The Peacemakers' Circle CC

Our purpose is to bring together people of diverse cultures and beliefs in Metro Manila to collaborate in the spirit of mutual respect, understanding and cooperation for the common good, and to promote various forms of interfaith dialogue and relationship-building for individual and social transformation.

Activities fall under three main program areas.

• Program I: SELF-AWARENESS & TRANSFORMATION offers a weekly support session called Inner Work Circle every Tuesday evening for members from different religions or faith traditions who aspire to be instruments of peace by practicing self-awareness and transformation based on the teachings and ideals of their respective faith traditions.
• Program II: INTERFAITH DIALOGUE FOR RELATIONSHIP-BUILDING offers various forms of dialogue through dialogue circles for religious leaders, women and the youth, various activities that address common concerns among people of faith in the country, and peacebuidling workshops/seminars.
• Program III: INTERFAITH ACTION FOR SOCIAL CHANGE-offers grassroots Muslim-Christian Dialogue and Relationship-Building activities in Muslim-Christian communities around Metro Manila.

Among the recent activities are the IMAMS-PRIESTS DIALOGUE TRAINING WORKSHOP-SEMINAR (August-October 2007) that yielded the creation of a National Imams-Priests Dialogue Forum (NIPDF), and the pilot summer training workshop-seminar on MUSLIM-CHRISTIAN DIALOGUE FOR NATION- BUILDING (April-May 2008) that successfully launched the Interfaith Peacebuilding Institute in Manila. These have produced Muslim and Christian leaders from various sectors of society who are committed to working in grassroots communities and conducting ongoing dialogue and relationship- building workshops and activities in their respective locales.