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Interfaith Work as its own Sacred Path

By sean mcshee | december 26, 2018.

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – Many seminaries have roots in only one spiritual tradition. The Sacred Journey Interfaith Seminary has its roots in interfaith work as its own spiritual path. Reverend Lori Cardona and Reverend Dr. Grace Telesco founded the Sacred Journey Interfaith Seminary and now serve as its Co-Executive Directors. They began developing the curriculum in 2013 and ordained their first students in 2016. Cardona distinguishes “interfaith work as a spiritual path” from interfaith work as “a dialogue amongst people of different religions.” Cardona said that this “interfaith work as spiritual path” is to clergy as “spiritual but not religious” is to lay people.

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[Reverend Dr. Grace Telesco and Reverend Lori Cardona. Dr. Telesco has the orange sash]

The seminary requires students to visit services of different religious and spiritual traditions. Cardona stressed that all paths lead to higher consciousness. She believes that ”it is essential in this time of history to not put God in a box.” Cardona continued, “Our students are not expected to pick one particular path, but to have a basic understanding of as many [paths] as possible so that they can expand their mind and their hearts around all cultures and faiths.” Cardona stressed that “we are all obligated to find our way on that sacred path.” She continued, “Sacred Service means that we can assist people as ministers without having a dogmatic approach.”

At present, the Sacred Journey lacks an on-line program. Students must attend in person, and many travel varying distances to do so. Cardona reported that a woman traveled monthly to South Florida to study with them. Another woman flew in from the Bahamas every month. Currently, one man flies in monthly from Colorado. The Sacred Journey is currently developing a scholarship fund.

In their first year, students examine faith practices, rites, and rituals. Each class session includes a ritual. The first year’s curriculum covers the “major world religions” such as Buddhism, Hinduism, and the Abrahamic faiths. That curriculum also studies minority religious and spiritual traditions. These minority religious and spiritual traditions include “indigenous practices, Goddess worship, Wicca, African spirituality, Sufism, Kabbalah, Gnosticism, [and] the Vedas” among others.

When studying religions of the world, the issue of cultural appropriation arises. The Sacred Journey does not ordain or certify people in any given tradition other than Interfaith. Cardona said, “We advise against them [the students] trying to do something that is outside an interfaith minister’s role. If they can officiate alongside a rabbi or a Hindu priest, then that is what they do. But they are never to take on the role of an ordained cleric that is beyond their field.” She continued, “Anyone who is already ordained in their field of expertise can continue as such. But it doesn’t work the other way around.”

The list of required religious traditions does not include some Pagan traditions such as Druidry and Heathenism. Cardona said “It’s almost impossible to teach every single religion or every single aspect of every religion that is available.” The seminary requires that “all the students have to choose one religion that is not covered in class and then they themselves present that religion to us. That requirement would give them the opportunity to explore further and investigate other aspects of religions.”

The second year of study stresses “how to be of Sacred Service.” Each student leads rituals and worship services. They will learn how to perform interfaith weddings, memorial services, and baby blessings. Students also learn how to lead guided meditations and how to pray in spiritually diverse groups.

More religiously, racially, and ethnically mixed marriages occur today than ever before. Cardona continued, “It’s not always easy to find someone who would officiate their marriage in a way that is inclusive and comfortable for both parties.” This maybe a critical niche for interfaith clergy. Graduates of The Sacred Journey are not automatically certified as chaplains. They would still need to obtain their chaplaincy certification elsewhere.

The seminary draws a diverse set of students. Two graduates identified as Pagan. One student was an ordained Hindu Swami. Another was a Baptist preacher. Cardona said that more women than men have enrolled in the seminary. She said the women came “from multiple ethnic and religious backgrounds.” Cardona felt that this gender imbalance resulted from the failure of mainstream religion to provide female clergy with leadership positions. She also said that the seminary has a mix of students with different sexual orientations.

Cardona identified the seminary’s major strength as the expansion of minds and consciousness. That strength involves expanding “what religion is, what culture is, what faith is, and what it means to be of service.”

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In all its levels, programs, and teaching, Logos School seeks to: Teach all subjects as parts of an integrated whole with the Scriptures at the center (II Timothy 3:16-17); Provide a clear model of the biblical Christian life through our staff and board (Matthew 22:37-40); Encourage every student to begin and develop his relationship with God the Father through Jesus Christ (Matthew 28:18-20, Matthew 19:13-15).

In all its levels, programs, and teaching, Logos School seeks to: Emphasize grammar, logic, and rhetoric in all subjects (see definitions below); Encourage every student to develop a love for learning and live up to his academic potential; Provide an orderly atmosphere conducive to the attainment of the above goals.

Grammar : The fundamental rules of each subject. Logic : The ordered relationship of particulars in each subject. Rhetoric : How the grammar and logic of each subject may be clearly expressed.

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In the 1940’s the British author, Dorothy Sayers, wrote an essay titled The Lost Tools of Learning . In it she not only calls for a return to the application of the seven liberal arts of ancient education, the first three being the “Trivium” – grammar, logic, rhetoric, she also combines three stages of children’s development to the Trivium. Specifically, she matches what she calls the “Poll-parrot” stage with grammar, “Pert” with logic, and “Poetic” with rhetoric (see The Lost Tools Chart ). At Logos, the founding board members were intrigued with this idea of applying a classical education in a Christian context. Doug Wilson, a founding board member explained the classical method further in his book, Recovering the Lost Tools of Learning. Logos School has been committed to implementing this form of education since the school’s inception.

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The 10th round of Islam and Christianity Interfaith Dialogue opened September 26 in Moscow’s Orthodox Church.

Head of Islamic Culture and Relations Organization (ICRO) has said interactions with over 30 churches is a quite achievement for the interfaith dialogue.

Abouzar Ebrahimi Torkman heads a religious mission to Moscow to participate in a meeting with head of Russian Orthodox Church Patriarch Kirill of Moscow, where a session was held on Tuesday. Patriarch Kirill of Moscow said that 10 past sessions had brought great achievements for the dialogue; “we believed such dialogues should regularly continue to foster religious understanding; interfaith dialogue was in its formative years just after the collapse of former Soviet Socialist Republics in 1991 and since then there has been a shift toward interaction with Islam from exclusively western-oriented dialogue,” he told the meeting.

Patriarch Kirill said that the dialogue would improve both Abrahamic religions. A second speaker was Ayatollah Mohammad Ali Taskhiri, Adviser to Leader on Islamic World Affairs, who hailed the decision on biannual holding of the interfaith dialogue; “efforts of the Patriarch Kirill to inculcate in the young cohort religious mentality and to organize religious matters across Russian Federation are laudable and appreciated,” he added.

“Not only have the religious community but also the laity welcomed interfaith dialogue of Islam and Christianity,” Taskhiri briefly said. Ebrahimi Torkman welcomed initiatives of Russian Orthodox Church to promote the dialogue; “the interaction is critical to the mutual understanding of both faiths,” he told the patriarch, expressing gratitude to cooperation with ICRO’s Center for Interfaith Dialogue; “now over 30 churches have joined the initiative, and a joint workgroup will be established to address implementation of the results of 10 past sessions,” he said.

The 10th round of Islam and Christianity Interfaith Dialogue opened September 26 in Moscow’s Orthodox Church. The round seeks to improve contacts and communications of religions to help solve grander human issues. Russian Orthodox Church is also head of some Orthodox churches in Belarus, Ukraine, and others in Europe, Asia, and the Americas.

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