The Calendar below includes upcoming DFBF events and other interfaith events in Devon, and reports and photos of previous events. [There is a known bug in the calendar, and it may go blank if you try changing the date or the display view. Refreshing the page should show the new information.]
See also the Shap e-calendar of Religious Festivals, featuring dates and descriptions of festivals. It is an invaluable resource for the teaching profession, students, businesses, chaplaincies, those in health care and public services.
Pádraig Ó Tuama is leader of the Corrymeela community in Ireland. Please see details of his visit to Exeter below, which may be of interest…
Corrymeela in Exeter
17 – 18 Nov 2018 Exeter
Mercy, Justice, Truth and Peace
A Christian based service of worship on November 18 in Exeter. The keynote speaker and preacher is Pádraig Ó Tuama.
Pádraig Ó Tuama is a poet, theologian, mediator and peace activist/educator. Since 2014, he has been the leader of the Corrymeela Community, Ireland’s oldest and pre–eminent organisation for peace and reconciliation. He grew up in Cork, and after a nomadic, highly creative decade in Switzerland, Australia, Lithuania, Uganda and the Philippines, he settled in Belfast in 2003. With a poet’s interest in storytelling, language, theology and conflict are among the dominant themes referenced in his work.
Pádraig writes poetry and prose, lectures, leads retreats, and is a frequent contributor to religious broadcasting across the British Isles. His published poetry and prose include In the Shelter, Sorry for your Troubles, Readings from the Books of Exile and Discovering the Spirit in the City. He is also a group worker and has worked with groups in Ireland, Britain, the US and Australia
Here is his TED talk:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lJfBYz6tab8
And here is one of his poems:
Torbay Interfaith Forum invites you to
“Words, Faith and Action”
A talk by Captain Adrian Prescott of the Anglican Church Army
7.30pm Wednesday 9th January 2019
Quaker Meeting House
48 Tor Hill Road
Torquay
TQ2 5RT
Torbay Interfaith Forum meeting
Wednesday 13th February 2019 at 7.30pm
Quaker Meeting House, 48 Tor Hill Road, Torquay TQ2 5RT
The talk will be entitled ‘Druidry Today’
The speaker will be Sandy Buckle
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/panel-discussion-religion-culture-sexuality-tickets-59226466957
Poster: Panel Discussion 2019
Devon Faith and Belief Forum is excited to be welcoming Clive Lawton OBE to speak at our Annual Public Talk this year. Clive is a British-Jewish educator, broadcaster and the author of a number of highly acclaimed books on Jewish life, Judaism and the Holocaust. He will be speaking to the title of ‘Religious Diversity; facing up to difference, learning from division’
To book a place: click here
VESPERS WITH THE AKATHIST HYMN
‘GLORY TO GOD FOR ALL THINGS’
