Reconciliation Centers
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- Written by Ron Gagne
Reconciliation Centers:
La Salette Institute of Reconciliation, (click title), housed at the La Salette University, Santiago City, Isabela, Philippines with an extension campus in Silang, Cavite, Philippines.
The purposes of the institute include:
- to promote Peace grounded on Justice through Reconciliation;
- to offer a forum of open, safe, and free discussion of various cultures, different beliefs and divergent ideologies;
- to provide opportunities for research on the theories and practice of Conflict Transformation and Reconciliation and their related subjects, aggression, arbitration, adjudication, competition, confrontation, negotiation, mediation, collaboration, accommodation, forgiveness, and others;
- to teach Conflict Resolution, Conflict Management, Conflict Transformation and Reconciliation;
- to train in the art and science of Conflict Transformation & Reconciliation;
- to advocate Conflict Transformation and Reconciliation as a viable alternative to exploitation, domination, subjugation, oppression, abuse, violence, terrorism, war.
Duke Center for Reconciliation: (click title)
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Rooted in a Christian vision of God's mission, the Center for Reconciliation at Duke Divinity School inspires, forms, and supports leaders, communities, and congregations to live as ambassadors of reconciliation.
- Their video about reconciliation (Quicktime movie)
Paulist Center for Evangelization and Reconciliation: (click title)
- They assist parishes and their representative groups to reach out to the unchurched, welcome back those who have drifted away and deepen the spiritual life of active Catholics through a variety of programs and gatherings.
International Fellowship of Reconciliation: (click title)
- Founded in 1919 in response to the horrors of war in Europe, IFOR has taken a consistent stance against war and its preparation throughout its history. Perceiving the need for healing and reconciliation, it envisions a world based upon love in action.
