Judeth Newham, Southern Cross Group
Faruz Kamal, At -Tawheed Mosque
Cindy Visscher, WMU - Comparative Religion
Swami Tapasananda, Mother's Trust

                        JUNE 25 -- 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. – Focus group and dialogue
                          12 p.m.  – Lunch and informal discussion

                       Practitioners of Hinduism, Judaism, Islam, and
                         Christianity will be discussing the issues of
                         spirituality and health with a focus on the health
                         care setting. The session will be a guided discussion
                         designed to explore the experiences and expectations
                         of various religious groups related to health and the
                         formal health care setting. The session is designed as
                         a “focus group”, and the questions will be presented
                         for individual response and group dialogue.  The
                         information gathered will be used to design future
                         programs on religion, spirituality and health. We will also                            result of the input that has already been gathered is
                         have a workshop on September 24th to facilitate
                         dialogue regarding religious beliefs and responses to
                         terminal illness, death and dying.    
                         All are welcome to participate in these sessions.