By WFWP Canada
On October 14, 2023, we held an interfaith breakfast meeting under the theme “Women, Faith & Family: Building a Prosperous Nation” in Toronto. We had 70 participants including:
- Nala Moorthy Facilitator, Multicultural Settlement and Education
- Rev. Jean Henry practices counseling and therapy under the supervision of a Registered Psychological Association of Ontario
- Khalilah Megan Campbell is the President of Mississauga Monarch Lions Club. She is a Poet who won the Merit and Golden Poet Awards, and the Chairman’s Leadership Award.
Lilly Tadin, President of WFWP Canada welcomed women of faith from diverse religious backgrounds. Also, a good participation of some husbands or community leaders came to support our initiatives of working together and sharing common values and principles. In her speech, President Tadin shared the situation of our members of WFWP Japan and asked them as women of faith to pray for our members of FFWPU and WFWP Japan.
Our speakers shared their faith’s teachings and guiding principles and highlighted women’s role within the family and its impact on the community and nation.
Rev. Jean Henry offered the Christian perspective as a family, youth, and marriage counselor and emphasized the great importance of Men and Women working together and bringing forth a new world based on the culture of the heart.
Nala Moorthy shared a Hindu perspective stating that building a prosperous peaceful and safe future starts at our homes. Family is first and foremost a place of protection, Safety, and Security. It’s a place that forms the values that shape the boundary for conduct and behavior. And a mother is the nucleus of a family blessed with the Divine instinct to protect a child in any harmful environment.
Eveline Stewart, Coordinator, and a Board Member of WFWP Canada gave her perspective on the importance of parents as models to their children, community, society, and ultimately the world. The family is the most basic unit of human relationships. Faith and traditions with fundamental values have offered guidance and teachings on realizing harmonious families, communities, and societies.
During the event, we presented GWPN Award to Khalilah Megan Campbell, the President of Mississauga Monarch Lions Club, and to Yvette Shanks
In addition, Lilly Tadin was presented with an award by the Monarch Lions Club and honorary member of the club.
Our 13-year-old second-gen MeYoung Gabriel entertained us with beautiful songs that enlightened the participants with warmth and love.