These words from the most recent Chapter Acts of the Sisters of the Holy Names of Jesus and Mary state the SNJMs' desire to get to know other cultures and religious traditions:
We experience the richness that comes from sharing between cultures and religions. At the same time, we are faced with intercultural and interreligious conflict that threatens our world with violence and war.
Therefore we will
educate ourselves to become more sensitive to other faiths and cultures to promote better dialogue; create or engage in reflection and sharing groups to gain a better understanding of cultural and interreligious commonalities and differences.
Resources
U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops,
Hispanic Affairs
Catholic Church Dialogue with Followers of African Traditional Religion: Progress and Challenge
Becoming International, Multicultural Church:
How First Baptist Peddie Memorial Church of Newark, NJ, became an International, Multicultural Church, by retired pastor Glenn Hatfield.
Cross Cultural Negotiations
by Neil Payne
"We experience the richness that comes from sharing between cultures and religions..."