>From the Joseph Naik Vaz Institute .. All invited, no charge to attend.
Responding to the call from Pope Francis and many religious leaders around the world, we invite you to a video, lecture and interfaith discussion on how the lives of the poor and marginalized of South Asian countries are affected by the ecological destruction of their habitat, agricultural lands, forests, and water supplies. Climate Change and Ecological Destruction in South Asia Join us for a Video presentation, Lecture, and Panel discussion of religious perspectives on ecology in India, Nepal, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Bhutan, and Sri Lanka Saturday, August 20, 2016, 2:00 – 4:00 p.m. Newman Hall, 2700 Dwight Way, Berkeley, CALIFORNIA, 94506 “Pope Francis and the Care for Creation in the South Asian Context” Lecture by Rev. Dr. Thomas Massaro, S.J., Dean of the Jesuit School of Theology, University of Santa Clara and Graduate Theological Union, Berkeley. The lecture will be followed by an Interfaith panel discussion led by members of the California Interfaith Power and Light, the Vedanta society, the Islamic Center of Northern California, the Tibetan Buddhist Lama Norbu lineage, the Alameda Interfaith Climate Network, and Indian GTU doctoral students, Sister Shalet Mendonca and Rev. Shantaraj Thomas S.J. For more information please email us at josephnaik....@gmail.com Joseph Naik Vaz Institute – http://www.josephnaikvaz.org/
