Prayer service to encourage UN to act on HIV-AIDS
-27/05/06
Protestant and Catholic Chr
Prayer service to encourage UN to act on HIV-AIDS
-27/05/06
Protestant and Catholic Christians, Bahais, Buddhists, Quakers, Hindus, Muslims, Shintos, Sikhs and Zoroastrians will pray side-by-side at St Bartholomew’s Church in New York next week, seeking together (and in their own distinct ways) for renewed a commitment to overcome AIDS.
The service will take place on 30 May 2006, the eve of the United Nations’ Comprehensive Review and High-Level Meeting on AIDS – during the 25th year of the global HIV/AIDS pandemic.
The Most Rev Njongonkulu Ndungane, Anglican Archbishop of Cape Town, and Canon Gideon Byamugisha, founder of the African Network of Religious Leaders Living with or Personally Affected by HIV/AIDS, will both speak at a media event beforehand.
Canon Byamugisha made a moving presentation last year at the ecumenical Conference on World Mission and Evangelism in Athens, Greece.
The service will start with a procession of clergy from all over the world, bells tolling 25 times – one for each year of the pandemic – and will include a message by the Secretary General Kofi Annan delivered by Deputy Executive Director of UNAIDS, Ms Deborah Landey.
Under-Secretary General Ms Thoraya Ahmed Obaid will also share a message of hope. The President of the General Assembly, Mr Jan Eliasson, will provide a call to action as representatives from all UN member states prepare to review progress and set new goals in eradicating AIDS.
Performing artists will include the Lavender Light Gospel Choir, Tibetan Singing Bowls, Simply Skins Female Drum Group, and the Stonewall Chorale.
The interfaith service has been planned by a New York-based committee and supported by more than 70 organizations including UNAIDS, the Office of the United Nations Church Centre Chaplain, the World Council of Churches, the Ecumenical Advocacy Alliance, and the Islamic Cultural Centre of New York.
[Also on Ekklesia: Fulfil global HIV agreement, says Christian Aid 26/05/06; Combat HIV/AIDS ñ church agency says it with flowers; Vatican stance on contraception may be modified; Cardinal calls for reduction in price of AIDS medicines; Priests resist condom use in HIV-hit Tanzania; Unprecedented NHS debt threatens Christian hospital; Churches sign AIDS code; Cameroon Catholic cardinal backs condom use; Churches face up to world AIDS pandemic; The Body of Christ has AIDS, say Methodists]
Prayer service to encourage UN to act on HIV-AIDS
-27/05/06
Protestant and Catholic Christians, Bahais, Buddhists, Quakers, Hindus, Muslims, Shintos, Sikhs and Zoroastrians will pray side-by-side at St Bartholomew’s Church in New York next week, seeking together (and in their own distinct ways) for renewed a commitment to overcome AIDS.
The service will take place on 30 May 2006, the eve of the United Nations’ Comprehensive Review and High-Level Meeting on AIDS – during the 25th year of the global HIV/AIDS pandemic.
The Most Rev Njongonkulu Ndungane, Anglican Archbishop of Cape Town, and Canon Gideon Byamugisha, founder of the African Network of Religious Leaders Living with or Personally Affected by HIV/AIDS, will both speak at a media event beforehand.
Canon Byamugisha made a moving presentation last year at the ecumenical Conference on World Mission and Evangelism in Athens, Greece.
The service will start with a procession of clergy from all over the world, bells tolling 25 times – one for each year of the pandemic – and will include a message by the Secretary General Kofi Annan delivered by Deputy Executive Director of UNAIDS, Ms Deborah Landey.
Under-Secretary General Ms Thoraya Ahmed Obaid will also share a message of hope. The President of the General Assembly, Mr Jan Eliasson, will provide a call to action as representatives from all UN member states prepare to review progress and set new goals in eradicating AIDS.
Performing artists will include the Lavender Light Gospel Choir, Tibetan Singing Bowls, Simply Skins Female Drum Group, and the Stonewall Chorale.
The interfaith service has been planned by a New York-based committee and supported by more than 70 organizations including UNAIDS, the Office of the United Nations Church Centre Chaplain, the World Council of Churches, the Ecumenical Advocacy Alliance, and the Islamic Cultural Centre of New York.
[Also on Ekklesia: Fulfil global HIV agreement, says Christian Aid 26/05/06; Combat HIV/AIDS ñ church agency says it with flowers; Vatican stance on contraception may be modified; Cardinal calls for reduction in price of AIDS medicines; Priests resist condom use in HIV-hit Tanzania; Unprecedented NHS debt threatens Christian hospital; Churches sign AIDS code; Cameroon Catholic cardinal backs condom use; Churches face up to world AIDS pandemic; The Body of Christ has AIDS, say Methodists]