Inter-faith interaction Yesterday was DOCTOR'S DAY, which is a day dedicated across the USA for physicians. This is an occasion for the community, patients and hospitals to say thank you and appreciate the work and contribution of their physicians.
St. Elizabeth Hospital (a Catholic hospital) had a religious service for all their physicians and their families and to ask God's blessing on their work in healing the sick of all faiths and communities in our city. The religious service in the Catholic chapel at the hospital in upstate NY was attended by and included prayers by Hindus, Muslims (originally from India, Pakistan and Middle East), Jews, Protestants and Catholics. It was a great inter-faith service and no one was forced to attend. Among the program, an Indian physician Dr. Amita Butala sang 'Ai Malik Tere Bunda Hum' and Dr. Hamid Obeid sang the prayer of St. Francis. And I said, what a different atmosphere from Goanet. :=)) Regards, Gilbert ########################################################################## # Send submissions for Goanet to [EMAIL PROTECTED] # # PLEASE remember to stay on-topic (related to Goa), and avoid top-posts # # More details on Goanet at http://joingoanet.shorturl.com/ # # Please keep your discussion/tone polite, to reflect respect to others # ##########################################################################
