7 FEBRUARY 2012 INTERFAITH CONFERENCE AND SHKODRA!
Our cold weather continues, with snow showers or constant snow most days.....and the tempratures are dropping, so Spring is still quite theoretical!
Yesterday, a caller to our house brought an invitation to an Interfaith Conference being held today. This was part of an Interfaith Week organised by the Universal Peace Federation. I looked up the internet and saw there were services held in a long list of cities. In fact, we shared today with the United Nations, New York, where a similar service was held. A number of speakers took part in our Conference, which was held at Fan Noli University. I was sorry there was no formal representative from the Catholic community. We had an Orthodox priest and the majority who attended were Bektashi Muslims.
A Peace Corps. Volunteer came here to visit in the afternoon. Laurie has been to a Peace Corps. Meeting in Durres, which is near Tirana, and afterwards, she visited Shkodra. The very strong Catholic atmosphere plus the crowded church attendance at Sunday Mass really amazed her. I told her of our Church getting flooded and that we have moved underground, while awaiting repairs. The priest two weeks ago hinted we had a touch of the Catacombs about our present setup!
For Good Shepherd blog readers, tomorrow is a lovely feast, so, enjoy a special day!
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