Paul McKenna of the Scarboro Missions Interfaith Department speaks at the North American Interfaith Network’s 20th anniversary conference. Scarboro Missions was one of eight exemplary interfaith organizations chosen to be profiled at the conference. July 2008. San Francisco.

Scarboro Missions Honoured

July/August 2008

The Scarboro Missions Interfaith Department was chosen as one of eight interfaith organizations to be profiled at the 20th anniversary conference of the North American Interfaith Network (NAIN). The gathering took place at the University of San Francisco in July of this year and was sponsored by the Interfaith Center at the Presidio.

For NAIN organizers, Scarboro Missions was one of eight “vital, successful organizations developing new approaches to multifaith relationship-building.” Since the North America Interfaith Network started 20 years ago, thousands of local grassroots groups have organized across the continent. NAIN 2008 profiled eight from among the thousands, “not because they are biggest or best, but because they seem to be doing exemplary work in new ways...”

At the conference, Paul McKenna on behalf of Scarboro Missions was invited to make a presentation of its work to a plenary audience of 150 people. The Scarboro Missions Interfaith Department was founded 13 years ago and its outreach ministry focuses on both Catholics and non-Catholics. Two of its central projects are high school world religions retreats and the Golden Rule Poster which features Golden Rule texts in 13 religions.

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