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SUMMARY:Hook Lecture- Hospitality and Sanctuary For All
DTSTART:20231024T180000Z
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DESCRIPTION:Organized by Leeds Church Institute\, Leeds Minster\, and Theo
 logy and Religious Studies at the University of Leeds\n\nHow can we res
 pond to the call of our faith to welcome refugees to Leeds and build a cit
 y of sanctuary for all?\n\nThe annual Hook Lecture will be delivered by
  Rev’d Dr Inderjit Bhogal on the subject “Hospitality and Sanctuary fo
 r All”.\n\nDr Bhogal is a former President of the British Methodist Conf
 erence and Founder of the City of Sanctuary network and movement. He is pa
 ssionately committed to the achievement of justice in immigration\, especi
 ally for people seeking sanctuary and refugees.\n\nHe will tell the story 
 of City of Sanctuary as a way of building welcome\, hospitality and safety
  since it was founded in 2005. As a movement it has embraced universities\
 , schools\, churches\, theatres\, libraries and maternity wards and has de
 veloped to face new challenges in the light of greater international displ
 acement of people and the climate catastrophe.\n\nDr Bhogal works with Chu
 rches Together in Britain and Ireland to develop and promote the Church of
  Sanctuary idea and network. He is a former Leader of the Corrymeela Commu
 nity in Northern Ireland (2011-2014) and recipient of the World Methodist 
 Peace Award (2018). In the New Year Honours list in 2005 he was awarded th
 e OBE for his interfaith work. Between 2005 and 2011 he was Director of th
 e Yorkshire and Humber Faiths Forum and worked closely with the Leeds Chur
 ch Institute. His book Hospitality and Sanctuary for All grew out of a res
 ource he prepared for Leeds Church Institute.
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LOCATION:Leeds Minster (St Peter at Leeds)
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