02.08.2013
Dublin Interfaith Walk to Mark International Day of Peace
The Dublin City Interfaith Forum is inviting people to participate in the Interfaith Walk of Peace 2013. Leaders and members of various religious communities, members of the Dublin City Interfaith Forum and others will gather at St Patrick’s Cathedral Park, on Sunday September 15 at 2.00 pm and walk together behind a peace banner to the Mansion House, where they will be welcomed by the Lord Mayor of Dublin, Oisin Quinn at approximately 2.45 pm.
The International Day of Peace was established by a United Nations resolution in 1981. In 2002 the General Assembly officially declared September 21 as the permanent date for the International Day of Peace. This year’s Interfaith Walk of Peace is being held on the Sunday.
Dublin City Interfaith Forum (DCIF) is a network of people from the different Faith Communities in the City of Dublin. It aims to create awareness and dialogue through building relationships that nurture harmony, and deepen understanding and respect. The World Faiths currently present and active in Dublin City and represented on DCIF are: Baha’i, Buddhism, Christianity, Hinduism, Islam, Judaism and Sikhism.