Fraser Centre Interreligious Visual Art Exhibit
2020-02-02 - 2020-02-29 | Regis College, 100 Wellesley St W, Toronto, ON, M5S 2Z5, Canada
Fraser Centre Interreligious Visual Art Exhibit:
“Neighbourhood Earth”
February 2—February 29, 2020
Exhibit Reception: Thursday, February 13, 2020, 8:30pm-9:30 pm. (Please RSVP through the Regis Website.)
The art exhibit asks: What is a neighbour?  Who is my neighbour?  What is a neighbourhood?  What are the borders of our neighbourhoods?  Who defines them?  Who is inside, who is outside?  How do personal or political relations become “neighbourly”?  Who is overseeing our neighbourhood watch?  Who determines the scales of our neighbourhoods—local, regional, national, cultural, religious, spiritual, ecological?  Is not a central tragedy of our times the perception of our differences as disproportionately more important than our similarities?
Participating artists:  Linda Chen, Blake Debassige, Heather Gentleman, Hayyan Helal, David Holt, Tai Kim, Emmaus O’Herlihy O.S.B., Aparna Rangnekar, Michael Stoeber.
Co-curated with Katharine Lochnan, the exhibit is in conjunction with the 2020 Scarboro Missions Lecture in Interreligious Dialogue by Dr. Mary Jo Leddy: “Faith in the Commons: Becoming Neighbours includes the Personal and the Political,” Thursday, February 13, 7:00 pm. The 8:30 pm reception following the 2020 Lecture will also include the reception for the Fraser Centre Interreligious Visual Art Exhibit.

2020 Annual Scarboro Missions Lecture in Interreligious Dialogue
2020-02-13 19:00 - 21:30 (America/Toronto)
“Faith in the Commons: Becoming Neighbours includes the Personal and the Political”
Lecture—7:00 pm // Reception—8:30 pm (Please RSVP through the Regis Website.)
One of the most exciting developments in political theology is the renewed awareness that “the neighbour” creates a new space “in-between” the personal and the political. Professor Leddy will illustrate and explore how becoming neighbours summons new forms of spirituality and politics and provides common ground for interfaith and cross- cultural relationships.
Presented by Dr. Mary Jo Leddy, Romero House Founder and Regis College Professor
Respondents: Shahid Akhtar and Dr. Barbara Landau, Co-Chairs, Canadian Association of Jews and Muslims
Moderator: Dr. Michael Stoeber, Scarboro Missions Chair in Interreligious Dialogue, Regis College
The 8:30 pm reception following the Lecture will also include the reception for the Art Exhibit, “Neighbourhood Earth,” which is on display all of February 2020, at Regis College at the University of Toronto. Please register through the Regis Website.
The programming offered by the “Msgr. John Mary Fraser Centre of Practical Theology” (or the “Scarboro Missions Chair of Inter-religious Dialogue”) was made possible through the Scarboro Missions Legacy. Scarboro Missions is a Society of Apostolic Life of Canadian Catholics, priests and laity, motivated by the Spirit and dedicated to the person, teaching, and mission of Jesus Christ as expressed in his words: “I have come that they may have life and have it to the full.” (John 10:10).

Abrahamic Talk Series
2020-02-27 19:00 - 21:00
INTERFAITH DIALOGUE TODAY: Is Cooperation Across Religious Traditions a Luxury for Community Building?
Panelists:
Debra Landsberg (Jewish)
Valeria Vergani (Christian)
Betul Veral (Muslim)

Content:

The panelists will discuss multiple ways in which faith and interfaith reflection, dialogue, and cooperation can help a society to develop a sense of community in the midst of highly individualizing contexts.
– What are the tools for community-building at our disposal in cultural traditions as robust as Judaism, Islam, and Christianity?
– What should be our starting point as people of faith in responding to the isolating effects of an individualistic secularism?
– What have been our personal experiences of successful community-building within/across religious groups?
