{"id":1777,"date":"2015-05-06T21:19:06","date_gmt":"2015-05-06T11:19:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.advancediv.wpengine.com\/?p=1777"},"modified":"2015-05-06T21:19:06","modified_gmt":"2015-05-06T11:19:06","slug":"interfaith-series-2015-the-spiritual-practice-of-fasting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.advancediversity.org.au\/interfaith-series-2015-the-spiritual-practice-of-fasting\/","title":{"rendered":"Interfaith Series 2015 &#8211; The Spiritual Practice of Fasting &#8211;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>On Tuesday, 24 February 2015, Advance Diversity Services (ADS) held the <strong>Spiritual Practice of Fasting<\/strong> at Civic Theatre, Hurstville Entertainment Centre.Over 100 community members and community workers from diverse faiths came to hear religious scholars and leaders from Buddhism, Christianity, Hinduism, Islam and Judaism talk about fasting in their respective faith.<\/p>\n<p>Antoinette Chow, Executive Officer of Advance Diversity Services, said she was \u201cthrilled\u201d by the success of the event, and \u00a0\u201cThis is how we build harmony. I hope that our series of faith-based events will go a long way in nurturing a culture of interreligious dialogue in the region\u201d, said Antoinette Chow.<\/p>\n<p>The event also aimed to promote the message of unity \u00a0around the theme\u201c<strong>Standing Together\u201d<\/strong> amidst tragic events that have happened in Australia and around the world. Speaking on the success of the event, Lorraine Watson, co-founder of St George Women\u2019s Interfaith Network, said \u201cI am excited to be part of the ADS\u2019s Interfaith Project Advisory Committee which is essentially putting a UN resolution into practice and that is <strong><em>mutual undestanding and interreligious dialouge constitute important dimensions of a culture of peace<\/em><\/strong>,\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; On Tuesday, 24 February 2015, Advance Diversity Services (ADS) held the Spiritual Practice of Fasting at Civic Theatre, Hurstville Entertainment Centre.Over 100 community members and community workers from diverse faiths came to hear religious scholars and leaders from Buddhism, Christianity, Hinduism, Islam and Judaism talk about fasting in their respective faith. 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