For over 30 years the Institute of Jainology (IOJ) and the Vatican have had good relations with many visits and joint activities to promote awareness and inter-faith dialogue. This year, after a break for COVID, the IOJ led its 4th international delegation to the Vatican with delegates, totalling 37, from the UK, America, Middle East[…]
Category Archives: Inter-faith Network Activities
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Summary of Jain Engagement with the Vatican to date. 1986 Direct contact between the Vatican and the Jain community occurred for the first time in October 1986, when Pope John Paul II convened representatives of the world’s religions to gather at the Church of Saint Francis of Assisi, Italy to pray together for the first time[…]
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The Commonwealth Service, a celebration of the Commonwealth in its 75th anniversary year took place on Monday 11th March 2024, at Westminster Abbey. The Commonwealth Service is held on the second Monday of March each year and celebrates the people and cultures of all the Commonwealth nations. The service was attended by Queen Camilla, William,[…]
Message to the Jain Community from Gareth Thomas MP I am writing to you following the celebration of Lord Mahavir’s birth anniversary. I hope that you were blessed to be able to spend time with loved ones on this most auspicious of days, even if that was via ‘Zoom’ or ‘Skype’ or “old style”[…]
Institute of Jainology and Zoroastrian Community hosted a joint husting on November 20, 2019 at Zoroastrian Centre in Harrow. The event was attended by prospective parliamentary candidates for Harrow East, Harrow West, Ruislip, Pinner and Northwood from Labour and Conservatives Parties and approximately 100 Jain & Zoroastrian community members. Bob Blackman (Conservative) & Pamela Fitzpatrick[…]
To commemorate the 150th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi this October, the Jain community have established a unique living legacy for peace and harmony in Harrow, North West London. With enthusiasm and warm hearts over 250 members of the Jain and Interfaith community including school groups and children gathered together at Kenton Recreation Ground[…]
Jessica Kingsley Publishers have published a book titled ‘Interfaith Worship and Payer’. It has been edited by Christopher Lewis, an Anglican priest and former Dean of Christ Church in the University of Oxford and Dan Cohn-Sherbok a Reform Rabbi and a Professor Emeritus of Judaism at the University of Wales. His Holiness the Dalai Lama[…]
This year is 150th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi and it is being commemorated by several Indian communities in the UK during this year by holding a variety of programs and events. OneJAIN, the union of UK Jain communities are proud to announce a ‘Planting for Peace’ flagship tree-planting project to celebrate the life of[…]
On 25th June 2019, Her Majesty The Queen hosted a special reception at Buckingham Palace to celebrate the work of Faith and Belief Communities in helping to bring communities together. The reception took place in the spectacular Blue Drawing Room overlooking the Palace lawns, where Her Majesty greeted each of the 160 community workers described[…]
London 23rd April 2019 The Chair of Board of Directors of the Institute of Jainology issued a statement on behalf of the Institute and OneJAIN sympathising with the people of Sri Lanka and expressing the solidarity of the Jain community with them in their hour of sadness. He also wrote to H E The High[…]