Thursday,
June 28: Second Annual One
Columbus Golf
Tournament
By now, you
have probably seen the ad on WTVM/WXTX with Lee Brantley and
Rev. Allen Page advertising the Second Annual One Columbus
Golf Tournament on June 28.
This One
Columbus fund raiser starts at noon at the Grand National
Robert Trent Jones golf course in
Opelika,
Alabama.
You can
still sponsor a team by going to the One Columbus website at
www.onecolumbus.org.
and clicking on Golf Tournament to find the appropriate forms.
Contact: DJ
Jones 706-681-1136 or Allen Page 706-323-0049.
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Occasionally I look at
the Interfaith Calendar to note the traditions, Holy days, or
events that have similar goals to One Columbus.
Missing from the
Interfaith Calendar of the month of June is Race Unity Day
- June 8 which I thought might be of interest.
Interfaith Calendar
2007
*
Means that Holy days begin at sundown the day before this
date.
**
Regional customs, group preference or moon sightings may cause
a variation of this date.
Bold
titles are primary holy days of a tradition.
JUNE 2007
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3
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All Saints Day -
Orthodox Christian
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Trinity Sunday -
Christian
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7
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Corpus Christi-
Catholic Christian
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9
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St. Columba of
Iona - Celtic
Christian
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15
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Sacred Heart of
Jesus - Catholic Christian
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16
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Guru Arjan Dev
martyrdom - Sikh
-
21
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First Nations Day -
Canadian Native People
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Litha * -
Wicca/Neo Pagan
northern hemisphere
-
Yule * -
Wicca/Neo Pagan
southern hemisphere
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19
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New Church Day -
Swedenborgian Christian
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24
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Saint John the
Baptist - Christian
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29
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Feast Day of Saints
Peter and Paul - Christian
-
30
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Guru Purnima ** -
Hindu
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Asala Puja Day -
Dharma
** - Buddhist
Race Unity Day Second Sunday In June
Missing from the Interfaith Calendar is Race Unity Day,
the Second Sunday in June. This holiday was
established in 1957 by the National Spiritual Assembly
(administrative body) of the Baha'is of the
United States
to promote racial harmony and understanding - a mission that
parallels that of One Columbus. Some of the material found on
the Baha'i website includes the following:
The holiday is designed to focus attention on what Baha'is
believe is the most challenging moral issue facing this
country - racial prejudice. Race Unity Day, which originally
was called Race Amity Day, creates "awareness that we are all
one kind," said Joan Hutchens, a Baha'i who has coordinated
events for the holiday in
Punta Gorda,
Fla. "We are like
flowers in a garden -- we look different, but we are unified
in our diversity." "We want to eliminate prejudice of any
kind," added Albert Sensley, who served as master of
ceremonies at last year's Punta Gorda Race Unity Day
celebration. "We've come along way ... but it can take years
to reach people's hearts. Some will never change unless they
have had an emotional upheaval."
The National Spiritual Assembly calls racism "an affront to
dignity, a cause of hatred and division, a disease that
devastates society." Since its inception 1863 in
Iran,
the Baha'i Faith has worked to eliminate prejudice of all
kinds, in accordance with one of the religion's core beliefs,
the oneness of humanity.
Baha'u'llah, Founder of the Baha'i Faith, implored people to
"Close your eyes to racial differences and welcome all with
the light of oneness." See
www.bahai.us/node/222
