Category: Interfaith 2
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TDN joins Interfaith Scotland
The Druid Network ( TDN ) is pleased to announce that it has been formally approved as a full member of Interfaith Scotland from October 2023. This is in keeping with TDN’s national Interfaith objectives of engaging with as wide a spectrum of interfaith bodies as possible. It also represents another first for TDN as,…
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Interfaith Week 2022
As members of the Inter Faith Network for the UK, TDN is highlighting the importance of religious literacy during inter faith week (13th to 20th November 2022). Phil Ryder, chair of The Druid Network, writes: The theme of #InterFaithWeek 2022 is to highlight the vital importance of religious literacy. In our increasingly digital world literacy…
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Druid chairs diversity group
Leonore Newson, trustee at The Druid Network, has accepted the role of chairing the Faiths and Beliefs Network at University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust. The hospital trust has several inclusion and diversity networks in place to support the diversity of both staff and patients, including Disability and Wellbeing, BAME, LGBTQ+ and Faiths and Beliefs. Each…
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TDN trustee reappointed to senior IFN position.
October 2022 : TDN trustee Neil Pitchford is appointed for a second three year term as Vice Moderator for the Faith Communities Forum of The Interfaith Network of the UK (IFN). After successfully serving for three years in the role of Vice Moderator and statement making moderator, Neil is the first Druid in the UK…
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Druidry and Interfaith
A statement by Phil Ryder, Chair of The Druid Network. It is often asked what it is that makes us human. Humanity is currently at a crossroads with major worldwide problems requiring urgent decisions from our political leaders. Whilst within interfaith we recognise our discreet differences we also celebrate that which unites; our challenge is…
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Cultivating Honorable Relationships with the World: Lessons from the ‘Scriptures’ of Druidry
On October 17, 2021, for the first time in history, Druids (Dr. Larisa A. White & Mr. Neil Pitchford) were invited to speak at the Parliament of the World’s Religions about contemporary World Druidry. The presentation made at the Parliament of the World’s Religions is now available on YouTube. Here is the link.
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TDN Supports CEE Bill
The Druid Network has formally offered its support as a faith group organisation to the CEE Bill campaign in Britain, seeking to push through the Climate and Ecological Emergency Bill. Link: https://www.ceebill.uk. Our logo site proudly amongst many others now (roughly on page eight of the Supporting Organisations). The CEE Bill is a Private Member’s Bill.…
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TDN to be represented in the Conference Interfaith Call for Ecocide Law
TDN trustee and IFN representative Neil Pitchford will be attending the inaugural Conference Interfaith Call for Ecocide Law by Faith for Ecocide Law, a multinational interfaith initiative calling for the crime of ecocide to be placed on the Rome Statute so as to give legal protection to our planet, the environment and all life on Earth.…
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Inter Faith Week
The Druid Network (TDN) celebrates the diversity expressed within the Inter Faith Network for the UK and the intentions within Interfaith Week (8th to 15th November 2020). Nature shows us that diversity is key to life. This understanding is central to the Druidry practiced by the Members of TDN. Through connection we come to understanding…