Word: interfaith
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...national level, the spirit of ecumenism has produced plenty of talk about interfaith union, but much of the real action is now taking place at the grass roots. In a number of U.S. communities, togetherness has become a reality, as churches of different denominations have cooperated to create new ecumenical parishes. Though it can take any of several forms, the ecumenical parish has behind it a basic conviction that the churches must cast aside their denominational autonomy and pool resources to meet the changing needs of community and religious life...
...ridden district. Recently they hired a full-time coordinator, Presbyterian Minister John Peterson, to advise member-ministers on programs they might develop. The parish so far has fielded volunteer-manned patrol cars to assist police in curbing crime, organized a child-care program for working mothers, set up interracial, interfaith coffeehouses for youths...
...grave moral wrong. For a growing number of Protestants and Jews, it is an act that is justified under certain circumstances. Currently, the differences between these views are of more than academic interest. The introduction of several state abortion reform bills has caused a loud and bitter interfaith debate on the subject-and has indicated that even in an era of ecumenical good will, there remain profound disparities between Catholicism and other faiths on fundamental issues...
Given the go-ahead by the Financial Committee, the Corporation and its cosponsors, the Interfaith Housing Corporations of Cambridge and Boston, will draw a survey and planning application, to be approved by the legislature before going to Washington...
...years. Sheen, who used to compete with Uncle Miltie for the Tuesday night Nielsen ratings, will continue the TV sermons he resumed last September after a nine-year absence. "In Rochester I will be closer to the people," he told a Manhattan press conference. Carried away by interfaith enthusiasm, a photographer rushed up to the bishop and called out the Hebrew blessing: "Mazel...