Best Friends Animals & Religion Network Community continues its 2008 Webinar series with not one, but TWO amazing Webinars next week!!
by Kris Haley, Best Friends Manager of Multifaith OutreachThis month's “Animals & Religion Author’s Corner" will feature one of the co-authors of the Religious Proclamation for Animal Compassion, Professor Richard Schwartz. As its Associate Producer, Prof. Schwartz will be discussing the new and revolutionary documentary, "A SACRED DUTY," which clearly outlines the looming environmental threats currently facing us and the role that animals play in the equation. Under Richards tutelage, we will embark on an amazing journey through the Jewish scriptural texts, interpretations and philosophies that illuminated the path toward the groundbreaking documentary, “A SACRED DUTY.”
For those who have seen Al Gore's, "An Inconvenient Truth," "A SACRED DUTY" goes beyond, clearly addressing what that film did not and guides us to an understanding about how Jewish teachings can be applied to articulate an appropriate response for our planet. We will also explore key aspects of Judaism and Vegetarianism, a topic on which Professor is a scholar.
We will also host the third in our increasingly popular Webinar series,” Prayer Circle of Compassion for The World’s Animals,” featuring Deacon Joe Dwyer, who is also one of the Proclamation’s co-authors. A recent attendee stated, “…this was the most amazing experience. Prayer is something we can all do for the animals of the world.” Another added, “What an amazing experience. We should have one of these every week!”
These cutting-edge Webinars are open to all who wish to attend; friends and family welcome!
In addition to being "A SACRED DUTY’s" Associate Producer, Professor Richard Schwartz is Professor Emeritus of the College of Staten Island and has authored many books, among them, "Judaism and Vegetarianism," "Judaism and Global Survival," and "Mathematics and Global Survival." Prof. Schwartz is the President of Jewish Vegetarians of North America (JVNA - www.JewishVeg.com) and the Society of Ethical and Religious Vegetarians (SERV – www.serv-online.org)
Deacon Joe Dwyer is an ordained Catholic Deacon and Vice Chancellor of Administration for the Diocese of Newark; 7th largest in the nation. He is a board member for Catholic Concern for Animals and frequently speaks on Compassionate Stewardship when he is not delivering animal-centric homilies. Deacon Joe, a certified veterinary technician and third degree Black Belt in Karate, share his New Jersey home with his wife, two children and three beloved dachshunds.
For those who wish to attend the Prayer Circle Webinar, we always extend an offer to include your own personal companion animals, past and present as well as any of the world’s animals for whom you wish to have Deacon Joe offer prayer. And to encourage the inclusion of the animals close to your heart, we invite you to send us photos of them which we will include in the Webinar!!!
We hope you will consider joining us for one or both of these exciting new concept-Webinars which respectively feature extraordinary perspectives of animals and spirituality and both personal and global prayer for animals, conducted in real time. We will also have time at the conclusions of each Webinar for you to chat with Prof. Schwartz and Deacon Joe about their experiences with regard to Animals & Religion.
Webinar broadcast information is as follows:
Webinar Name: Animals & Religion Author’s Corner: A Sacred Duty/
Judaism & Vegetarianism
Date: Wednesday, March 26th
Time: 5:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m., MST (Mountain)
Webinar Name: Prayer Circle for the World’s Animals
Date: Saturday, March 29th
Time: 5:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m., MST (Mountain)
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We hope you will join us and we look forward to your
RSVP to piper@bestfriends.org . Please be sure to include the name, date and time of the Webinar(s) you are attending in your email. Your RSVP will allow us to send you dial and log in information so that you can join us! Don’t' forget to invite your friends, family and even your faith leaders!! Feel free to cut and paste this text and email it to your contacts!
We very much hope to see you at our upcoming Webinars next week! We thank for your interest and support in this very important work!
To visit the Animals & Religion Network Community, go to http://network.bestfriends.org/religion. To read and sign A Religious Proclamation for Animal Compassion, visit http://bestfriends.org/signproc