St Philip's Centre's new website

Now that our new website is up and running, this blogsite will no longer be updated.
Please see our website for all our latest news and information.  You can access it via this link:

www.stphilipscentre.co.uk

 Another FREE FAITH GUIDING COURSE is starting soon for City of Leicester residents

The course is accredited to level 2 by the Institute of Tourist Guiding:   www.itg.org.uk and builds on our previous Introduction to Faith Tourism course.   It is aimed at people who already welcome, or wish to welcome, visitors to places or worship, or organise faith exhibitions/displays.  The course will increase their skills and understanding about the social and economic benefits visitors can bring.

The course is also open to people who have an interest in religion and belief and who would like to become faith guides.

Subjects covered will include:

• Importance of faith in tourism
• Presentation skills
• Effective communication
• Understanding your own and other faiths
• How to make your place of worship more welcoming and accessible to increase visitor numbers

The course dates are as follows:

Course 2 Evenings - 6.00 - 9.00 pm
TUESDAYS & THURSDAYS, 26TH JUNE - 26TH JULY
and SATURDAY 28TH JULY 10.00 am - 4.30 pm

Download the forms here:  engagement-form-and-action-plan and enrolment-form1
and return them as soon as possible to Revd David Dean at St Philip's Centre -
david.dean@stphilipscentre.co.uk
Tel: 2733459

ST PHILIP'S CENTRE'S ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING AND ANNUAL LECTURE:

19th June 2012 at 5.00 pm

St Philip's Church

Evington Road, Leicester LE2 1HN

Please join us for our Annual General Meeting and Annual Lecture -

Our guest speaker will be

Professor Paul Weller

Senior Fellow and Professor of Inter-Religious Relations at Derby University

Religion & Change in Modern Britain:

Controversies as a Lens on Change

Programme for the Evening:

5.00 pm Annual General Meeting

5.30 pm Refreshments

6.00 pm Lecture -

followed by open forum & questions

BOOK YOUR PLACE NOW 

0116 273 3459

admin@stphilipscentre.co.uk

 

 

POSTGRADUATE COURSES IN INTER-RELIGIOUS RELATIONS

Applications are now being taken for the September 2012 intake.
Courses can be taken at Postgraduate Certificate, Diploma or MA level and are suitable for

• members of faith communities who have a practical or theoretical interest in relations with people of different faiths
• those working for secular or religious agencies, private or public, where faith issues are significant
• specialist ministers in inter-faith relations
• anyone interested in extending their grasp of a lively field of enquiry

All teaching takes place at St Philip's Centre, and all courses are validated by De Montfort University.
For further information and applications, contact maureen@stphilipscentre.co.uk or telephone 0116 2733459.
A leaflet giving details of modules and course fees can be downloaded from our website:
http://stphilipscentre.dioceseofleicester.com/?page_id=29

Latest Newsletter and Programme now available

Our September 2011 Newsletter is now available.   

You can view it at:

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/28265952/Newsletter%20September%202011.pdf

Our latest programme is also available at:

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/28265952/Autumn%202011%20programme%20final.pdf

(Copy and paste the links into your browser).

Evening Seminar - Tuesday 18th October

The Council of Christians and Jews and

Churches Together in Britain and Ireland

Warmly Invite you to an evening seminar

The Continuing Israel - Palestine Conflict:

is it now defining the relationship

between Jews and Christians?

by

Dr John Pawlikowski*

on

Tuesday 18^th October 2011,  7.30 pm TBC

St Philip’s Church, Leicester

Light buffet supper will be provided

RSVP by Thursday 30th September 2011

admin@stphilipscentre.co.uk

0116 2733459

*Prof T. Pawlikowski living in Chicago is a Servite priest and Professor of Social Ethics at the Catholic Theological Union.    As member of the Catholic Theological Union since 1968  Pawlikowski was appointed to the United States Holocaust Memorial Council in 1980 by then-President Jimmy Carter. He was subsequently re-appointed by Presidents George H.W. Bush and Bill Clinton. As of 2008, he chaired the Council's Subcommittee on Church Relations and served on its Executive Committee, the Committee on Conscience, and Academic Committee. He has been awarded: the Raoul Wallenberg Humanitarian Award for Distinguished Contributions to Religion, Distinguished Service Award from the American Jewish Committee (Chicago) and Army Cross of Merit for Distinguished Service to the Polish Nation and from the Republic of Poland. He is President Emeritus of the International Council of Christians and Jews

Encounter between Hindus and Christians in Britain

A One-Day Seminar in Inter Faith Week 2011

Saturday 19th November 2011,

10.30 am - 4.00 pm

St Philip's Church, Evington Road, LE2 1HN

The day will include three lectures by 
 Canon Dr Andrew Wingate,  

formerly joint Chair of the Hindu Christian National Forum. 

The lectures will be on three Bhakti (devotional) movements

with responses by three Hindu speakers

The seminar is free, but donations towards the cost of the Indian lunch are welcome (suggestion £10)

Registration essential for catering purposes - contact maureen@stphilipscentre.co.uk

or download the registration form from our website - www.stphilipscentre.co.uk -

you will find it on the Study - Lectures page.