School faith forum to bring religions together
First published Wednesday 22 April 2015 in Black Country News
Last updated 15:46 Wednesday 22 April 2015by Dan Sharp, Reporter
A STOURBRIDGE school will be bringing religions together tomorrow (April 23) as it hosts a faiths and philosophies forum.
Old Swinford Hospital students will be joined in a seminar to address religious issues by leaders from local Buddhist, Christian, Hindu, Humanist, Muslim, Hindu and Jehovah’s Witness communities.
The Rev Martin Soar, school chaplain, said: “Our school motto ‘Ut Prosim Vince Mallum Bono’, taken from the New Testament letter to the Romans, means ‘Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good’.
“This was our vision for setting up our Faiths and Philosophies Forum on April 23, a day which some celebrate as St Georges’ Day – a truly ‘multi-cultural’ saint.”
The faith leaders will be answering questions on a variety of topics including what place, if at all, faith and philosophy has in the lives of young people, what is meant by ‘British Values’, and how can we demonstrate that we have ‘open hands’ towards one another?
Paul Kilbride, headteacher, said: “Old Swinford Hospital is a Christian school and we are pleased to welcome children of any faith or, indeed, none at all.
“We want the very best for all of them because we believe that they all have exciting potential and an important contribution to make.”
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