January/February 2005

COVER: Scarboro Missions' Golden Rule poster

• Toward a Christian understanding of world religions
  By the Scarboro Missions Interfaith Desk
  Theologians and faith representatives gather for a day of dialogue
• Jesus and other world religions
  By the Scarboro Missions Interfaith Desk
  A biblical approach to interfaith dialogue
• Interfaith in Winnipeg
  By Paul McKenna
  Catholic multifaith activist helps interfaith dialogue to blossom at the parish level in Western Canada
• The Muslim-Christian conversation
  By Paul McKenna
  Scarboro Missions Interfaith Desk goes to Rome
• Building an international interfaith movement
  2004 Parliament of World Religions, Barcelona
• Encounter with Islam
  Embracing the study of Islam: An interview with Fr. David Warren
• The joy of Muslim-Catholic dialogue
  A day of welcome for Scarboro Missioners at a Toronto Mosque
• The Golden Rule
  …a path to peace
• The right to religious freedom
  "Religious freedom is the cornerstone of all freedoms; to prevent others from freely professing their religion is tantamount to jeopardizing our own." Pope John Paul II
• Sacred space
  Interfaith sharing at Holy Blossom Temple
• The Native talking circle
  By Paul McKenna
  North American interfaith leaders learn to dialogue the Native way
• Experiencing God in the land of the Buddha
  By Dorothy Novak
  Catholics participate in Buddhist meditation as part of the emerging Buddhist-Catholic dialogue around the world
• Opening to other faiths and cultures
  By Georgina Phalen
  Celebrating life and faith with the people of Thailand
• A single encounter
  By Susan Keays
  How words and deeds shape others' understanding of our faith
• A gift from Yogi Bhajan
  Sikh leader urged Pope John Paul II to call an international gathering of religious leaders
• Guest Editorial
  By Fr. Damian MacPherson, S.A.

Scarboro Missions magazine thanks Paul McKenna and the Scarboro Missions Interfaith Desk for coordinating the material for this special issue. We also thank Fr. Terry Gallagher, S.F.M., for providing many of the featured photographs.