‘Marhaba’: My Awareness Sunday

Updated: Aug 2, 2019 A personal reflection by Magda Karkosinska-Deneault Edited by Josie Child   Awareness Sunday 2018 🙏 Father Nadim Nassar gave a moving and passionate sermon in Holy Trinity Sloane Square church, and this is what stuck in my mind: Marhaba – ‘God is love’ · MARHABA is an old Arabic greeting meaning: ‘God […]

Awareness Sunday 2016

  Awareness Sunday 2016 was celebrated around the world in venues large and small, but few could be as grand as St. Paul’s Cathedral, where The Revd Nadim Nassar preached on Awareness Sunday this year. The Cathedral was packed by the time the procession entered, followed by a group of very senior Islamic clerics, who […]

Celebrating Our Annual Awareness Event – Sunday, September 13th

Awareness Sunday, Sept. 13, 2020 Sign of Hope Celebrate with us! Mark it in your churches and let’s be united in hope! Awareness Sunday is an annual initiative of the Awareness Foundation and we would love you to celebrate Awareness Sunday this year on 13 September, please take the prayer which is here and use […]

Awareness Forum

Awareness Forum The Awareness Forum is the Awareness Foundation’s outreach programme. Through the Forum, we host special events to bring together opinion leaders for conferences, pilgrimages & delegations, exchanges, roundtables and lectures for our education and interfaith understanding work. The Awareness Forum offers people an open platform to discuss and learn more about issues that […]

“The Culture of God” launched today!

“The Culture of God” is now available to buy at bookshops and online retailers, including Amazon.co.uk. If you would like to get a signed copy, Nadim will be signing books after the service at St. Mary Magdalene Wandsworth Common on Sunday 9th September, and after our Awareness Sunday service at Holy Trinity Sloane Square on […]

The Revd Philippa Boardman MBE St Mary Magdalene Wandsworth Common

A few years ago there was a TV programme with a most intriguing title. It was called ‘The Most Dangerous Man in Tudor England’ Who could this be? Henry 8th? Certainly pretty dangerous if you were married to him! Thomas Cromwell – made famous to many of us by Hilary Mantel and her wonderful novels? […]

Nadim joins his new church – and signs book!

On Sunday 9th September, The Revd Nadim Nassar was officially welcomed as Associate Priest by The Revd Philippa Boardman MBE and her congregation at St Mary Magdalene Wandsworth Common.                   After the service, Nadim signed copies of his books.

Why Christians should rethink the resurrection

Updated: Aug 29, 2018 By Josie Child, PAX Producer The cross is everywhere in Christianity; on necklaces, church roofs, on the front of Bibles. It is imprinted onto wafers and sewn into priestly garments. It is the universally accepted symbol of the faith, and it has come to represent Jesus for Christians and non-Christians alike. The […]

Delegation to Lebanon, April 2017

A special part of our Awareness Forum is our Delegation programme, bringing Western thought-leaders to the Middle East to experience life, faith and culture there and to spend time with Christians and Muslims. In addition, this is an ideal opportunity for us to introduce our own work to Middle Eastern leaders and seek their help […]