Muslims, Christians and Buddhists all working together for a common cause?

It’s a reality with Building Bridges: A Multi-Faith Community Service Event, organized by the Religious Youth Service, Australian Islamic Council, Carmelite Monastery and Fo Guang Shan Temple.

The 24^th of June marks this Multifaith Community Event which will bring together youth groups from 3 separate religious faiths to build dialogue and cooperation between them.

The goal of Building Bridges is to encourage and promote meaningful dialogue between people of various religious and cultural backgrounds through working side by side in community service.

This multi-faith event aims to provide an opportunity for its participants to gain an understanding and respect for others’ cultures and beliefs. By performing service projects at a mosque and temple, participants experience working in harmony with other religious groups, thus promoting peaceful cooperation, inter-cultural and inter-religious harmony.

Muslim, Christian and Buddhist participants will travel to visit three religious centers in a full day event. Activities on the day will include talks by leaders of each religious order and community service by participants at two of the religious centers.

Religious organizations that will play a part will include the Rivervale Mosque/ Islamic Centre, the Carmelite Monastery (Nedlands) and the Fo Guang Shan Temple (Maylands).

Participants will start the day at 8:30am at the Rivervale Mosque on the 24^th of June and will end the day at the Fo Guang Shan Temple in Maylands. Lunch and refreshments will be provided through the day.

Religious Youth Service was a project developed at the 1985 Assembly of World Religions to foster respect, cooperation and understanding among religions. The project has been organizing community service with members of all faiths for over 20 years, involving over 5000 volunteers in more than 37 countries.

For more information, or to find out how you can attend, contact Fazida Razak (Religious Youth Service) on 0409 297 420/94432496 or Carl Ong (Buddha’s Light International Association Young Adult Division) on 0433 207 025 before the 18th of June.