CMF 2019 Summer Newsletter
 

Thought for the day:
"A responsible exercise of our callings, according to our perspective, requires that we educate ourselves about the faith traditions that surround us. This is something that is easy to do, at least in a beginning way. It requires that we seek a respectful and appreciative approach to the faith of the neighbour, the one who is, in so many ways, a real stranger to us. Everything hinges on how we deal with our encounter of that stranger, knowing, as we do, that it is the face of God that meets us in the face of that stranger."  [source: 'Spiritual care in the new Pluralistic context, by Edgar P. Senne. in 'Health Care & Spirituality: Listening, Assessing, Caring, Edited by Richard B. Gilbert 2002. P. 74. @ the Multifaith Library]

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Theme:  Multifaith Leadership – Where the Heart Matters  
 

SRCAW 
Details are at CMF Website

SRCAW Proclamation Request:

We are requesting that the week be proclaimed as Spiritual and Religious Care Awareness Week, in every institution in Canada.

We sincerely thank all those who proclaimed in the past years, including Canadian provinces (e.g., Ontario, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Nova Scotia, British Columbia), municipalities, interfaith/multifaith agencies and institutions.
 
A letter from CMF's President is here (includes a sample proclamation and a press release). Kindly advise what other information is required to expedite our request.

Note: If this email should have been sent to someone else in an organization or body that you know is responsible, please forward it to them.

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PS. Now you can order: SRCAW POSTER, SRCAW Volunteer Certificates. Click here for the order form.

Contact:

Email inquiries, & / or  order details : cmfsrc@cmfsrc.ca 
Telephone: 416-422-1490  
Facsimile: 416-422-4359

SRCAW Theme Readings

(includes resources, i.e., online* and **printed books);
Highlights :
**Highly Recommended**
 

• Interfaith Health and Hope Coalition Acting in Faith
• Faith & Leadership: Leaders must develop the qualities of the heart, Bill George
• * The relationship between religion and civic engagement," Office of Public Affairs of the Bahá’í Community of Canada
• *Mental Health: A Guide for Faith Leaders Mental Health and Faith Community Partnership
• *Faith – Brett Powell – Leadership Where it Matters Most -- It's called The Way of the Heart.
• *The role of faith leaders in influencing health behaviour: a qualitative exploration on the views of Black African Christians in Leeds, United Kingdom
• *Health and HOPE – InterFaith Leadership Council of Metropolitan Detroit
• *Matters of the Heart - Leader Impact
• *RELIGIOUS LEADER ENGAGEMENT:AN EMERGING CAPABILITY FOR OPERATIONAL ENVIRONMENTS by Steven Moore 
• **What Is Interfaith Leadership? by Eboo Patel :
• **Faith in Leadership : How Leaders Live Out Their Faith in Their Work-And Why It Matters 
• **Blackaby, H., & Blackaby, R. Spiritual Leadership: Moving People on to God’s Agenda. Nashville: Broadman& Holman, 2001
• **Blanchard, Kenneth H., Bill Hybels, and Phil Hodges. Leadership by the Book: Tools to Transform YourWorkplace. Colorado Springs, CO: WaterBrook, 1999.
• **Greenleaf, Robert K. Seeker and Servant: Reflections on Religious Leadership. Edited by Anne T. Fraker andLarry C. Spears. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 1996. 
• ** Kouzes, James M., and Barry Z. Posner. Credibility: How Leaders Gain It and Lose It, Why People Demand It.San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 2003
• **Grefe, Dagmar, Encounters for Change: Interreligious Cooperation in the Care of Individuals  and Communities. Eugene, Oregon: Wipf & Stock, 2011.
• McLaren, Brian D. Why Did Jesus, Moses, the Buddha, and Mohammed Cross the Road? Christian Diversity in a Multi-faith World. New York: Jericho Books, 2012.
   

Note: **Printed books may be available or requested from your public library. To access online resources please ask the Librarian: cmfsrc@cmfsrc.ca):