Bethlehem University
Provide quality higher education to the people of the State of Palestine; serve them in its role as a center for the advancement, sharing and use of knowledge.
Provide quality higher education to the people of the State of Palestine; serve them in its role as a center for the advancement, sharing and use of knowledge.
The Department of Religious Studies offers a Bachelor Degree in religious studies that concentrates on the study of Christianity from a Catholic and ecumenical point of view. It seeks to meet the spiritual and academic needs of all its students, and promotes the study of religion at university level. The program aims at promoting an appreciation of the religious culture of the Holy Land in an ecumenical and interfaith atmosphere. The department contributes in a special way to the mission of Bethlehem University by preparing qualified graduates to teach Catechism, to participate in the mission of the local church, to be positive members of the churches and society and to be qualified to continue higher education. By limiting enrollment and having smaller class sizes, the learning process is personalized and formative. Besides the academic goals, the department offers ecclesiastical, ecumenical, and personal formation for its students. Several activities accompany the academic formation to make learning a more enjoyable journey. The language of Instruction is Arabic, with English as a second language.
The CIB promotes and studies the way that these sectors tend to create a harmonious and productive environment, cooperating to solve the different problems of our country. The CIB's goals are to serve all Muslims who are in Bolivian national territory, native, settled or passing through. It promotes exchanges good relations with similar institutions at the local, national or international level. The CIB works to spread knowledge on the values of morality, justice, freedom, charity and honesty while also promoting the understanding of faith based on Islamic thought and assisting all those in need in Bolivia.
Bring together people from different religious tradition (Islam, Judaism and Christianism) so as to promote the building of relationships of mutual acknowledging and understanding, and the organization of solidarity actions destined to local communities.
Apply tenets of Humanistic Buddhism to benefit society through promoting education, raising gender equality, providing medical services and emergency relief, and supporting environmental sustainability.
The aim of the organisation is to gather lay people who share a commitment to the world on a daily basis to be next to and support the poorest in society.
Be meeting point where different role-players and institutions, both private and public, from the worlds of business, education, academia, politics and culture can dialogue, interact, establish lines of cooperation and undertake joint projects.
Its goal is to build a solid bridge between both countries and promotes an atmosphere of coexistence, tolerance, mutual respect, and world peace through dialogue. The foundation also carries Turkish language classes, has a women's platform and engages in various trainings, seminars, and talks.
Increase power and influence, so that women and men in the poorest and most disadvantaged communities area able to influence the systems, decisions and resources affecting them, living under governments, institutions and global structures that are just and accountable; promote sustainable development, so that women and men in the poorest and most disadvantaged communities live in a just and more equal world, realising their rights and accessing the essential services and resources they need to live sustainably and with dignity; achieve peace, security and recovery, so that women and men in the poorest and most disadvantaged communities live in safe and secure environments and are able to minimise, survive and recover from crises; build partnerships in the Catholic community, so that Catholics in England and Wales are inspired to challenge global poverty and injustice through prayer, action and giving, so transforming their own lives.
Support the pastoral missions and humanitarian works of the Catholic Eastern churches; alleviate poverty without regard to nationality or religion; encourage interfaith dialogue, especially between Catholic and Orthodox churches; raise awareness about peoples and churches of the East.