By Bernadette Beach
The Interfaith Leadership Council of Detroit in collaboration with Repair the World hosted "Grow Compassion"on April 22, 2018.
Repair the World is working to make an impact one person at a time by mobilizing volunteers to serve in partnership with the Detroit communities and to grow the capacity of service organizations.
A panel of four speakers discussed Compassion from their faith tradition. Brother Al Mascia, Rabbi Rachel Shere, William Boyle, and Najah Bazzy made up the panel and shared the various ways compassion shows up in the world today.
Compassion literally means “to suffer together” and is
defined
as the feeling that arises when you are confronted with another’s suffering and feel motivated to relieve that suffering.
COMPASSION REQUIRES ACTION
.
Following the panel, two short activities were done by the attendees to set their intention to grow compassion, such as “I will be more mindful to live and speak compassionately”, and “listen to others-seeking to understand, not judge” were written on ribbons and woven into a large Grow Compassion banner. banner. Small clay pots were also decorated as a reminder for each participant.
A big thank you to Savorfull and Costco for their generous donations.
Bernadette Beach,
RN, BSN, MSN,
is Community Health Educator at
Rekindle the Spirit.
She r
eceived extensive training over the
years to enhance her holistic practice.
Trained at the Omega Institute and through the Living School of Action and Contemplation in meditation, as well as being a certified holistic stress management educator she is an experienced presenter on these topics.
How does your faith group or religious organization grow compassion, we want to know! Write to us at stacyiflc@gmail.com.