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Rings of Faith

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Thursday, 15th November
Bolton College, Deane Road Campus

This was the annual event of all the Greater Manchester Interfaith Network which is the umbrella organisation for interfaith groups across Greater Manchester. It will showcase the contribution of interfaith groups and organisations and statutory agencies.

The theme this year was “Promoting Interfaith Interaction Through Sports and Well-Being Activities.

Speakers and Contributors to workshops included :-
   * Arun Kang, CEO Sporting Equals
   * Fabrice Muamba, Ex Bolton Wanderers footballer
   * Phil Mason, Bolton Wanderers Community Trust

Holocaust Study Day 2012

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Thursday 8th November 2012
Menorah Synagogue

The opening speaker was the Right Reverend Brian Noble, Bishop Emeritus of Shrewsbury.
Keynote speaker was Professor John McDade, Former Principal, Heythrop College, Catholic theologian and a leading expert on the relationships between Christians and Jews.
Other speakers included Canon Albert Radcliffe who spoke on “The Tragic Spiritual and Theological Blindness of the Protestant Church during the Holocaust.”
Eric Roth talked about “An ordinary family:  A second generation Holocaust testimony”.
Rabbi Haim Shalom, Menorah’s new Rabbi, chaired the meeting and spoke on “Jewish Responses to the Holocaust”.

 

Alf Keeling Memorial Lecture 2012

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Wednesday 7th November 2012
St Ambrose Preparatory School Hall
Mrs Doris Angel MBE JP will talk on
“Reconciliation after the Holocaust: one Family’s story”

 Doris Angel escaped Nazi Germany in 1936 and settled in Manchester. Seventy two years later she received a letter from the “Loewenstein Research Association.” This was a group of German citizens who wanted to honour the contribution that her father, Felix, and uncle Artur had made to their town – Mössingen.Doriswill share a part of this remarkable story and the relationship that she and those citizens continue to nurture

Sukkot 2012

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Lucille Cohen invited Altrincham Interfaith Group to celebrate the festival of Sukkot in the succah at her home. Lucille’s granddaughters explained significance of the succah, the four species and ushpizin.

Lucille’s grandaughters explain the significance of Sukkot

 

Under the Succah

Visit to Shiri Guru Gobind Singh Gurdwara

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Over 50 people from Altrincham Interfaith Group visited the Shiri Guru Gobind Singh Gurdwara in Moss Side. The Sikh temple opened in November 2011 and now has a thriving attendance of several hundred each Sunday. The group were taken, with their shoes off, heads covered and hands washed, into the prayer hall. Prakash and Pargash told them about the Guru Granth Sahib and the 10 gurus. The principles of the Sikh beliefs and practices were explained including the “5 Ks”.

Sikhs can be recognised by the “5Ks”. The Kesh or uncut hair. The Kangha or comb which is always worn under a turban. The Kara steel bracelet, Kacha underwear and the Kirpan sword or more commonly a small dagger.

Later the group were taken to the Langer, a dinning hall, and were given food and drink including some excellent onion bahjis. During a question and answer session a wide range of topics were openly talked about.