From Mindanao to the World In the year 2000, Silsilah Dialogue Movement started in Mindanao to promote the “HARMONY PRAYER.” That was the time when then former President of the Philippines, Joseph Estrada, launched the “Total War in Mindanao.” Alarmed by this news we in Silsilah started another “war”, an “Armed of prayer” involving all, Christians […]
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Following the tradition of Silsilah Dialogue Movement to send a message on the occasion of Advent and Christmas to the Christians and on the occasion of the month of Ramadan to the Muslims, we are happy to reach out to many in this special time of the Christian faith. For us in Silsilah this time coincides with
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From Bishops-Ulama Conference to Mindanao Religious Leaders Conference: A new spring of hope (Conference statement and photo: https://www.facebook.com/cbcp.ecid19 ) With great joy, the Silsilah Dialogue Movement welcomes the gathering in Davao City held on October 7-10, 2024 to share the need to restart the experience of the Bishops-Ulama Conference in a new format and according to the
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Cardinal Pablo Virgilio David: A new hope for the mission of Interreligious Dialogue We in Silsilah Dialogue Movement are happy that Bishop Ambo David, the president of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) has been elected cardinal. The long friendship of Fr. Sebastiano D’Ambra, PIME, founder of the Silsilah Dialogue Movement, and Cardinal-elect
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WHY DO WE CELEBRATE THE DIALOGUE WITH CREATION PARTNERS WEEK? Working Together in the spirit of Solidarity to Protect Our Common Home What will the future of the world be? This question is expressed in many ways and through different initiatives. There are local, national, and international initiatives that address this issue. Observing climate change today many ask:
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The Silsilah Summer Course on Muslim- Christian Dialogue is one of the most relevant programs of Silsilah. We started the first summer course in 1987 and this year we offered the 38th Summer Course in Harmony Village. The Basic Course was conducted on July 7-21, 2024 and the Special course on July 21-30. We present
The death of Fr. Amado Picardal who died of cardiac arrest last May 29, 2024 brought me back to the time when we have been together and shared about peace, dialogue and the mission of the Basic Christian Communities (BCC) in Mindanao. Our friendship became stronger when in 2001 he attended the Silsilah Summer Course in
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The news of the death of Prof. Alih S. Aiyub reached us as soon as he passed away on May 18, 2024 during the celebration of the 40th anniversary of Silsilah. What a sad news! I visited him some weeks ago in his house knowing that he was on dialysis informing him of the plans
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It all started in 2010 with a heartfelt invitation of our School President of Notre Dame of Kidapawan College, a Marist brother with a big heart in dialogue and peace. He gave me a brochure about the Silsilah Dialogue Movement with Summer Course offerings on Basic, Intensive and Special Courses on: A Culture of Dialogue,
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This year, on the occasion of the 40th Anniversary of the Silsilah Dialogue Movement we have launched the motto: … BACK TO GOD“. These three words are the last part of the initial inspiration of Fr. Sebastiano D’Ambra, PIME living in a Muslim community, the message is “Dialogue starts from God and brings people back to God.” He started
The Silsilah Dialogue Movement welcomes the month of Ramadan as a form of solidarity with the Muslim Umma in the Philippines and around the world. Fasting, prayer and acts of charity are the basic points of the spirituality of Ramadan that people of different religions admire. This practice guides the Muslim Umma towards the “Great Jihad” (the struggle for the purification of
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Silsilah started to go to the City Jail of Zamboanga more than thirty years ago and we continue to do our mission by inviting other Silsilah members in different cities to give attention to this specific mission. We have great testimonies of people deprived of liberty who have shared to us how they have been
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The news of the death of Archbishop Fernando Capalla on January 6 , 2024, who died at the age of 89 is a time of sorrow for all of us and for me also an occasion to remember him as a good friend who contributed a lot for the promotion of interreligious dialogue in Mindanao and on the national and international level. When
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