Winter Workshop in Montreal

I taught about spiritual life at a Youth Winter Workshop in Montreal on December 29

My son Frone, home for the holidays, trained up from New York to take part.

Here are some pictures from the workshop.  I find them lovely, but there are quite a bunch of them.

If you get tired of the pace of the slide show, you can click on the show to be taken to the album page to see what's there.

New Knights of Malta: Committed to doing good | Washington Times Communities

New Knights of Malta: Committed to doing good | Washington Times Communities

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Knights live by the motto, Pro Fide, Pro Ultimate Hominum, “For the Faith and in the Service of Humanity.”

St. John of Jerusalem Knights of Malta Investiture Ceremony

December 15, 2012
Palm Beach, Florida
Captions for photos are here

American ignorance of Islam results in confused Syria policy

 Lack of understanding of Islam and of the critical importance between Sunni and Shi’ite Muslims is fueling a disastrous American policy in Syria, as it has elsewhere in the region.

Condoleezza Rice delivers keynote to World Congress of Religions

Condoleezza Rice delivers keynote to World Congress of Religions

Martin Luther King III opens DC Interfaith Meeting | Washington Times Communities

Martin Luther King III opens DC Interfaith Meeting | Washington Times Communities:

Hurricane Sandy and Her Impact on the US Vote for President

Hurricane Sandy, Peggy Noonan, and BFFs President Obama and Chris Christie | Washington Times Communities:

Innocence of Muslims and Rocks in the East China Sea

Innocence of Muslims and Rocks in the East China Sea
Frank Kaufmann
September 28, 2012

Independence Day article by Frank Kaufmann

Independence Day article by Frank Kaufmann

Dublin Co-Existence, Islamic Finance and Investment Conference 2012

I just presented a paper at the Dublin Co-Existence, Islamic Finance and Investment Conference 2012, of the Irish Business Executives Forum, in County Meath, Ireland.

A draft of my presentation is posted here:

Conference Presentation on Interfaith

On Saturday, May 19, 2012 I presented a paper on a multi-religious panel of speakers at a  New York City conference, sponsored by the Universal Peace Federation.

Here is the promotional flyer for the program:



There were a number of good and important speakers and presentations during the event.

My own panel included, Dr. Pedro Guzman, Imam Shamsi Ali, Ms. Joyce Schriebman, Dr. Jeffery Rubin, and Swami Parameshananda.

My paper was entitled: Ethnicity, Culture, and Interfaith.  You can read it here.

Vaisakhi Festival sponsored by the Punjabi Heritage Organization of Chicago

On Saturday, April 28, 2012, thanks to our invitation from friend, business partner, and Event Honoree, Yogi Bhardwaj,  I had the pleasure to attended the Vaisakhi Festival presented by the Punjabi Heritage Organization of Chicago.

Yogi Bhardwaj

Presentation on Spiritual Life

On Friday, April 27, 2012, I offered a presentation to several Chicago families on topics related to religious and spiritual life.  The event was organized and took place in the home Jack and Hiroko Sullivan of Northbrook, Illinois.

The evening went well.

Below are some images from our time together:

Egyptians Mourn Coptic Pope Shenouda ‎III

By Dr. Frank Kaufmann on March 18, 2012 11:12 AM 

Abba (Pope) Shenouda III was a good friend of the Council for the World's Religions (CWR)  (root organization of IRFWP).  

In 1985 Pope Shenouda welcomed CWR director Frank Kaufmann and senior adviser Francis Clark for an extended stay at is residence in Wadi Natrun.  

We pray for Abba Shenouda's glorious ascension.

Voice of America Reports

Egyptians are mourning the death of Coptic Pope Shenouda III, the spiritual leader of the Middle East's largest Christian community. 

Shenouda died on Saturday in Cairo at age 88 after suffering from what the official MENA news agency says was liver and lung disease. 

Mourners gathered in the main Coptic cathedral in Cairo to pray and try to get a look at the pope's body. Many wept openly.

The grand sheik of Cairo's Al-Azhar, the pre-eminent theological institute of Sunni Islam, Sheikh Ahmed el-Tayeb said, "Egypt has lost one of its rare men at a sensitive moment when it most needs the wisest of the wise..."

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Dublin Conference on Global Economy

From July 5 - 6, 2012 the Irish Business Executives Forum and the Saudi Arabia based International Islamic Forum for Dialogue will co-host the conference Islamic Economy and World Peace - Islamic Perspective in the Dublin Convention Center, Dublin Ireland.

The conference invitation points out that "Peaceful cooperation and co-existence are not possible in the presence of economic instability," and describes the conveners' plans for conferees "to examine the relationship between economic stability and social stability."

Attempts until now to address the global financial meltdown strictly in terms of economic theory and speculation while ignoring the moral failures informing the collapse has been misguided as a starting point at best.

This conference promises to take good steps toward approaching this historical time of transition from a more holistic grasp of human affairs.

Education in Schmitten, Germany

On January 9th and 10th I taught approximately 80 young people from c. 18 - 22 some lectures on spiritual principles and their application in daily life.

Here are a couple of images of our time taking pictures together



The group with especially good. Bright, attentive, and thoughtful.