Three things to highlights about Meridian Magazine's article Finding common ground through uncommon service.
1. When we start to hunt for stories about interfaith collaboration involving Mormons, examples abound; Dr. Fred Woods' research about the people of Kalaupapa, Hawaii, for instance.
2. A professor at Brigham Young University, Dr. Woods is walking his talk. His lectures on the people of Kalaupapa were in partnership with Archdiocese of St. Louis. Further, Dr. Woods is collaborating with Rev. Father Vincent Heier of the St. Louis Archdiocese on a book about what Catholics and Mormons should know about one another.
3. Interfaith collaboration quite often starts with us. Rev. Heier shares in the article, “This book and event would have never come about if the Latter-day Saints had not had an active role with interfaith dialogue. Coming together to learn about each other, and serve, is exactly what we should be doing.”
What are you doing to reach out to people of other faiths?
What is your mission, stake, ward, doing to partner with other faiths?
What good things are you accomplishing that you couldn't otherwise do without this type of partnership
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