{"id":886,"date":"2014-01-18T10:20:09","date_gmt":"2014-01-18T10:20:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/english.thesunrisetoday.com\/?p=886"},"modified":"2014-01-18T10:21:10","modified_gmt":"2014-01-18T10:21:10","slug":"mayor-meets-representatives-of-the-boroughs-catholic-community","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/english.thesunrisetoday.com\/index.php\/mayor-meets-representatives-of-the-boroughs-catholic-community\/","title":{"rendered":"Mayor meets representatives of the borough\u2019s Catholic community"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/english.thesunrisetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Tower4.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-887\" alt=\"Tower\" src=\"http:\/\/english.thesunrisetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Tower4-300x277.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"277\" \/><\/a>The Mayor of Tower Hamlets praised the positive role of Catholics in the community life of the borough after a special meeting with leading local faith representatives.<br \/>\nLutfur Rahman was invited to Bishop Challoner Catholic Collegiate School on Tuesday (January 14), where he met with more than 60 active members from the Catholic community.<br \/>\nMayor Rahman said: \u201cIt was an honour to spend so much time with the members of the Catholic community and to meet so many truly inspirational people.<br \/>\n\u201cThis event demonstrated once again how important faith continues to be in the modern world, and how in particular it can make a real difference within our multi-faith community.\u201d<br \/>\nThe attendees included priests and parishioners from all of the Catholic churches in Tower Hamlets, as well as representatives from the borough\u2019s seven ethnic chaplaincies and from all nine Catholic primary schools.<br \/>\nThe event included speeches from Mayor Rahman as well as Father Michael Dunne, the Dean of Tower Hamlets, and Bishop Challoner headteacher Jackie Johnson.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/english.thesunrisetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Tower-21.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-889\" alt=\"Tower 2\" src=\"http:\/\/english.thesunrisetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Tower-21-300x234.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"234\" \/><\/a>Mayor Rahman met with guests and heard stories from those involved in local institutions, some whose relationship with the Catholic community stretches back more than 50 years.<br \/>\nHe was also given a tour of the new school site by students and watched some lessons taking place.<br \/>\nFather Dunne said it was a very worthwhile meeting, adding: \u201cThe Mayor was very energised to meet some Catholic people in an agenda which was similar to his own; namely building relationships with the people and also contributing to the borough in issues of diversity.<br \/>\n\u201cThere is also a commitment to raise rootedness in the community and social justice issues.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\r\n<script>(function(d, s, id) {\r\n  var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];\r\n  if (d.getElementById(id)) return;\r\n  js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id;\r\n  js.src = \"\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_GB\/all.js#xfbml=1\";\r\n  fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);\r\n}(document, \"script\", \"facebook-jssdk\"));<\/script>\r\n <fb:comments href=\"https:\/\/english.thesunrisetoday.com\/index.php\/mayor-meets-representatives-of-the-boroughs-catholic-community\/\" font=\"arial\" num_posts=\"\" width=\"\" height=\"\" colorscheme=\"light\"  style=\"background:#FFFFFF;padding-top:0px;\r\npadding-right:0px;\r\npadding-bottom:0px;\r\npadding-left:0px;\r\nmargin-top:0px;\r\nmargin-right:0px;\r\nmargin-bottom:0px;\r\nmargin-left:0px;\r\n\"><\/fb:comments>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Mayor of Tower Hamlets praised the positive role of Catholics in the community life of the borough after a special meeting with leading local faith representatives. 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