Interfaith Glasgow and St Mungo Museum of Religious Life and Art invite you to
Journeying Together:
How Interfaith Dialogue Can Enrich One’s Own Faith
Sunday 1st October 2023, 2 - 4pm
St Mungo Museum of Religious Life and Art
2 Castle St
G4 0RH
Our Speakers
Sister Isabel Smyth SND
Sister Isabel Smyth is a member of the Sisters of Notre Dame, a world-wide community of nuns within the Roman Catholic tradition of Christianity. Meeting people of different faiths when studying at Lancaster University opened a whole new horizon and a journey that has deeply enriched her own spirituality, inspiring others to follow her example. She is one of the original members of the Glasgow Sharing of Faith, founding director of Interfaith Scotland and Roman Catholic Bishops’ Interfaith Officer. Isabel has contributed to countless interfaith conversations and dialogues in Glasgow and indeed across the world.
‘Sometimes, you only understand yourself in relationship to others, and it can be the same with faith. One of the many things that I value was that I was invited to do a week of interfaith dialogue at Samye Ling Monastery with a Buddhist nun. For about 10 years, we would set up things on Buddhist-Christian dialogue. She too was a nun, and I think it was quite a surprise to me, in the beginning, just how much we had in common. I got to know her very well. We became good friends.’
Sunna Kaleem
A Shia Muslim and active member of Scottish Ahlul Bayt Society, Sunna is a psychologist by profession and has a wealth of experience with diverse charities, ranging from working with people with life-limiting health conditions to addressing mental health needs. She has also worked with community councils and undertaken international interfaith work. Sunna loves meeting people from diverse backgrounds across the world. She recently went on a pilgrimage with two Roman Catholic friends. They travelled from Medjugorje in Bosnia and Herzegovina, to San Giovanni Rotondo in Italy and the Vatican.
For me, we were truly following the profound teachings and essence of the Abrahamic Religion, God, Prophet Jesus (a.s.) and Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) in simply being our beautiful selves in walking this journey of faith and love "together". As Imam Ali (a.s.) said: “There are two kinds of people: Your brothers in faith or your equals in humanity."'