At a certain
point you say
to the woods, to the sea,
to the mountains,
the world,
Now I am ready.
Now I will stop and be wholly attentive.
You empty yourself and wait,
listening...
Annie Dillard
RSCJ from Indonesia presents at the United Nations
On
October 4, 2007, Gerardette Philips rscj spoke during the General Assembly’s
Informal Interactive Hearings with civil society on Best Practices and
Strategies on Interreligious and Intercultural Cooperation Going Forward. Gera
was one of ten Presenters cho
sen
to speak from among 175 nominees. The hearings with civil society were part of a
two-day High-level Dialogue on Interreligious and Intercultural Understanding
and Cooperation for Peace, held by the General Assembly at the UN on October
4-5, 2007. For the text of Gera’s
presentation, please see below.
A full
report of the two-day High-level Dialogue and interactive hearings, written by
Amelia Vasquez rscj, is forthcoming on the website of The Temple of
Understanding,
www.templeofunderstanding.org.
To watch the web cast, please go to
www.un.org/webcast,
click on “Archives of previous webcasts”, look up 4 October 2007, choose
“General Assembly: Hearings with Civil Society, Panel discussion 1 - Challenges
of Interreligious and Intercultural Cooperation Today. Panel discussion 2 - Best
Practices and Strategies on Interreligious and Intercultural Cooperation Going
Forward.” The full program of the High-level Dialogue and hearings can be found
at
www.un.org/ga/president/61/follow-up/hld-interreligious.shtm