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Welcoming the Stranger – June 20 Refugee Day

Anne Baenziger2022-06-17T09:38:29+01:00June 17th, 2022|

On June 14th, we hosted a conversation around the area of refugees and those who are new to Ireland and the church can be a welcoming, befriending, and missional voice.

Abigail Sines from Christ Church Cathedral shared some of her experiences and stories with us. We had a great discussion about the complexity of the situation, the broken system, the racism, the resources, the opportunities and more. Below are some of the links which were mentioned:

Refugee Week Dublin events

• Art Exhibit at Christ Church, Free entry, Mon-Wed 6-8pm https://fb.me/e/1FgEE4Ufs, https://christchurchcathedral.ie/cathedral-of-sanctuary/refugee-week/
• Monday June 20th at 12pm Famine Memorial on Custom Quay prayer time with Dublin City Interfaith Forum https://www.dcif.ie/
• Saturday is a poetry reading at Christ Church
• June 26 – Sanctuary Sunday at Christ Church – https://fb.me/e/1ubY56ai0

Links for Refugee Week

• The UN Refugee Agency: https://www.unhcr.org/en-ie/world-refugee-day-in-ireland.html
• Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin: https://christchurchcathedral.ie/cathedral-of-sanctuary/refugee-week/
• Simple Acts : ​​https://refugeeweek.org.uk/simple-acts/
• 5k Virtual Run with Irish Refugee Council on June 20th: https://www.facebook.com/groups/386400106778027?fbclid=IwAR1Hj6m3inuUMTAmS5JYuzfLDqdUlktUq7iJM20JbZR7FD4wNT6BBBBCJgg
• Irish Refugee Council: https://www.irishrefugeecouncil.ie/
• Places of Sanctuary: https://ireland.cityofsanctuary.org/2021/06/04/refugee-week
• University College Cork: https://www.ucc.ie/en/edi/universityofsanctuary/events/rw/refugeeweek2022/

Links

• Community Sponsorship Scheme – ​​https://www.irishrefugeecouncil.ie/listing/category/community-sponsorship
• 150 Ukrainians in DP – https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/social-affairs/2022/06/07/it-is-shocking-government-criticised-as-150-ukrainian-refugees-in-direct-provision/
• Places of Sanctuary – https://ireland.cityofsanctuary.org/sanctuary-in-faith
• Afghans apply for Government Scheme – http://www.rte.ie/news/ireland/2022/0605/1303105-afghanistan-ireland-govt-scheme/
• Generous Love in Multi-Faith Ireland Susanne Cousins’ book on interfaith dialogue & difference – https://www.amazon.co.uk/Generous-Love-Multi-Faith-Ireland-Christian-Muslim/dp/1904884636
• The Human Library idea – https://humanlibrary.org/

We hope to continue this conversation and will see what the need and interest is after the summer. Email Anne here if you’d like to be involved or kept up to date.