Faith

Two choirs from places of worship in Chiswick will be taking part in an exciting and unusual concert on Saturday 21 November. The groups, from St Michael's Sutton Court, Elmwood Road and the Russian Orthodox Church in Harvard Road are presenting music as heard in worship in 'Music from the Faiths'. Other contributions will include a Catholic youth group, Sikh, Hindu and Jewish music, plus the Muslim call to prayer and Quaker silence.

Wouldn't it be great if there were alternatives to war? There are! Quaker peace workers will be talking about Peace Child International and other projects which attempt to prevent conflict before it happens. These are part of the Quaker run peaceworker scheme to boost organisations working for peace.

The funeral of Chiswick priest Father Edward Houghton is to take place tomorrow.

A ceremony for Fr Edward who was fatally injured in a road accident in North Yorkshire on August 21, will be held at Church of Our Lady of Grace and St Edward in Chiswick at 7pm, followed by Mass at which Cardinal Cormac Murphy O'Connor will be the main celebrant.

TRIBUTES are pouring in for the much loved Chiswick priest who died in a car crash on Friday.

Father Edward Houghton, fondly recognised as 'father Ed', a priest at the Roman Catholic Church of Our Lady Grace and St. Edward on Chiswick High Road, was on his way to his aunt's funeral when he was involved in a car crash in North Yorkshire.

On Thursday 4th June there will be a chance to hear from the Hindu community in Hounslow about the basic philosophy and every day practices of Hinduism today. Hindus believe that God exists in everything in the universe and there is a responsibility to care for the earth in everything we do. Hinduism is the oldest of the world major religions and the third largest.

Martin Luther King stated that the choice for mankind is not between violence and non-violence, but between non-violence and continued existence.

An audience in Hounslow on 7th May were reminded of this at the Younghusband Lecture, given at the annual meeting of the World Congress of Faiths (WCF) held this year in the Sikh Gurdwara in Alice Way.

The Bishop of London, the Rt. Rev. Richard Chartres met priests, ministers and spiritual heads from Chiswick to Feltham on Monday 30th March and advised them to 'be convinced, be humble, be joyful and look cheerful in your faith'.

Sikhs have been living in the borough for over 35 years and the gleaming towers of the Gurdwara Sri Guru Singh Sabha are now a well-known part of the skyline of Hounslow.

On Thursday 5th February there is a chance to hear about the history, principles and every day practices of Sikhism at the Gurdwara in Alice Way, Hounslow TW3 3UA.

Hounslow Friends of Faith welcomed the Imam of Hounslow Jamia Mosque and Islamic Centre, Sheik Nisar Ahmad Hussain Suleimani, to address their annual meeting this week, during which he stressed the need to maintain strong family values and to live a balanced life.

In a talk entitled: "Islam in Britain: its contribution to the UK and to Hounslow", the Imam said that Islam can encourage people to be spiritual. People of faith need to study scriptures for guidelines on how to live.

'I'm only a housewife' said Mary Clarke on Sunday describing her recent work as a human rights observer in Israel-Palestine. Mary was telling Brentford and Isleworth Quakers and guests about her time as an Ecumenical Accompanier in Jayyous, a village inside the West Bank where Palestinian farmers are cut off from their lands by the Separation Wall built by the Israeli government.