ONLINE DIALOGUE IN CELEBRATION OF THE

Ecumenical and Interreligious Guidebook:
CARE FOR OUR COMMON HOME

Jointly published by the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops,
Catholic Association of Diocesan Ecumenical and Interreligious Officers, and Catholic Climate Covenant
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 11:00 AM – 12 NOON EASTERN TIME
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GUESTS:

MANOHAR SINGH GREWAL, SCD is a trustee of Parliament of World’s Religions and founding member of its Climate Action Task Force. Dr. Grewal served as president of the World Sikh Organization, chairperson of World Sikh Council -American Region and is the founder and former president of the New England Sikh Study Circle.

GOPAL D. PATEL is Co-Founder and Director of Bhumi Global, a non-profit organization that works to educate and mobilize Hindu communities globally for environmental action. For over 10 years he has spearheaded the development of environmental initiatives engaging religious communities and leaders in India, East Africa, Europe and North America.

DR. BHIKKHU DHAMMADIPA SAK, Abbot of US Zen Institute (Maryland, USA) and Wisdom Temple (Billerica, MA), is a scholar of early Mahãyãna and Theravãda Buddhism. He insists that, though the meditation method is Buddhist, the practice to love and to empathize is beyond all limits and boundaries. To better serve this mission, he is building a meditation center near Washington DC.

DR. ANTHONY CIRELLI has been Associate Director of the Secretariat for Ecumenical and Interreligious Affairs at the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops since 2011. Dr. Cirelli is the principal staffer for all interreligious dialogues of the bishops, as well as the Reformed-Catholic ecumenical dialogue. He received his Ph.D. in 2008.

Hosted and Facilitated by:

Fr. Walter F. Kedjierski,
USCCB, Executive Director,
Secretariat of Ecumenical and Interreligious Affairs