Interfaith Luncheon 13.11.19
Members and friends of Redbridge Faith Forum celebrated National Interfaith Week by sharing a delicious 3 course buffet lunch at the Karamsar Centre in Buckingham Road, Ilford. This gave everyone the opportunity to chat socially, thus forming bridges across different faiths as well as enjoying a fun interfaith quiz, a prize draw and seeing a…
Read More29 OCT 2019 Network “Support & Information for Cancer patients and their families”
11.45 am – 1.30 pm Hindu Community Centre, Albert Road, Ilford This network meeting aimed to raise awareness of the support that is available in Redbridge in the community for cancer patients and their families and proved to be a very informative and well attended event. Everyone received a very warm welcome to the VHP…
Read MoreFaith Festivals… Ramadan
What Ramadan means to me… by Mohamed Omer, Muslim representative & Chair of Redbridge Faith Forum Ramadan is the ninth month of the Islamic calendar and Muslims believe that it is during this month that God revealed the first verses of the Quran to the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him). Muslims see this month…
Read MoreFaith Festivals… Easter
What Easter means to me… by Phil Butcher, Trustee of Redbridge Faith forum As a Christian, Easter is the most important Feast in our calendar. Within Roman Catholicism, in common with many other Christian traditions, the Easter season starts with Lent, forty day period of prayer, almsgiving and abstinence. At the start we receive ‘ashes’…
Read More“Caring for Creation” – Multi-faith Walk through Ilford 15.9.19 –
Our ever popular well attended Multi-faith Walk of Peace took place on Sunday 15th September 2019 commencing at 12.45pm in the Holocaust Memorial Garden in Valentines Park with a greeting from the Redbridge Mayor, Councillor Zulfiqar Hussain followed by a talk from Rabbi Lawrence Becker. Walkers received wonderful hospitality enroute visiting the following venues Buddhist…
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