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CAO DAI ATTENDED THE INTERNATIONAL INTERFAITH CONFERENCE IN YEOJU CITY, KOREA - YEOJU ECO FORUM -

Updated 2019-10-11 20:04:41

(Seoul, Korea, October 6, 2019 - Reported by Caodai TV members: Huu Loi, Le Den, Le Cuong and Nguyen Hoang)
 
Following the invitation of Mr. Jay Cha, Organizational Committee General Manager of the Interfaith Dialogue for an Ecological Civilization - Yeoju Eco Forum, held from October 3 to 5, 2019 in  Yeoju City, South Korea, Rev. Canh Tran, President of Cao Dai Overseas Missionary, led an 8-member Caodai delegation (Deaconess Huong Thoan, Tran Huu Loi, Nguyen Van Hoang, Le Quoc Cuong, Ngo Thanh Nam, Le Xuan Den, Nguyen Van An and Ta Quoc Quy) to South Korea from October 2 to Oct. 6, 2019.
 
The Conference had about 200 participants, including about 80 religious leaders, professors and scholars from countries such as the United States, Australia, Japan, Korea, Taiwan, China, Hong Kong, Philippines, Bangladesh, India and Vietnam.
 
According to the Conference program (see the program below), on the first day of October 3, 2019, there were the following key speakers:
 
Dr. John B. Cobb, Co-Chair of Yeoju Eco Forum Committee
Mr. Yun Eun-Do, President of Daesoon Jinrihoe and Chairman of Yeoju Eco Forum Committee
Mr. Lee Hang-Jin, Mayor of Yeoju City
Dr. Audrey E. Kitagawa, Chair, Board of Trustees, Parliament of the World’s Religions
Mr. Choung Byoung-Gug, Member of National Assembly
Mr. Yoo Pil-Seon, Chairman of Yeoju City Council
Mr. Lee Myeon-Jae, President of Daejin University
Wang Zhihe, Director of Institute for Postmodern Development of China
 
Monday, October 4, 2019 is a day for religious leaders to speak, including:
 
Rev. Tran Canh, President, Cao Dai Overseas Missionary (see attached Welcome Address)
Fr. Kurian Kachappilly, President, Dharmaram Catholic University Vidya Kshetram, India
Prof. Richard Rose, Chair, Religion and Philosophy Department, University of LaVerne, California
Rev. Lee Dong-Soon, Minister of Cheonsong Church, South Korea
Rev. Perry Hamalis, Minister of Orthodox Christianity, Korea
Rev Shrivatsa Goswami, representing Acharya Sri Radaharamana Mandir Temple, India
Rev. Mat McDermott, Director of the Hindu American Foundation, USA
Rev. Chang Fiona, Director of the Center for Religious Affairs of Weixin Shengjiao, Taiwan.
 
The third day was the closing day, announcing the Yeoju Eco Forum Statement. Then the Conference attendees took a cultural tour, visiting the mausoleum of King Sejong (the fourth King of the Korean Joseon era, reigned from 1418 to 1450), Daesoon Jinrihoe Holy Temple, and its religious nursing home.
 
During the three days of the Conference, there were 56 presentations on ecological and environmental issues, divided into 14 sessions.
 
Intersperse between the Plenary sessions and Conference meetings, there were cultural and traditional performances of countries such as Korea, Taiwan, China and Vietnam. The youths in the Cao Dai Delegation contributed a performance of traditional Vietnamese music and Cao Dai ritual music, especially it was warmly applauded by the performance of a traditional Korean song, the Arirang.
 
Here are some pictures of the Conference:
 
CONFERENCE PROGRAM
 
 
 
DAY 1 - THURSDAY OCTOBER 3rd, 2019
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
REV. CANH TRAN AND PRESIDENT YUN EUN-DO
 
 
 
 
 
(from right) Dr. Lee Tae-Yeol, Dr. Fiona Chang, Dr. Wook Kim, Rev. Canh Tran,
President Yun Eun-Do, Dr. Bae Kyuhan
 
 
 
REV. CANH TRAN AND FATHER PERRY HAMALIS
 
 
 
 
REV. CANH TRAN AND JAY CHA, GENERAL MANAGER ORGANIZATIONAL COMMITTEE
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
DR. JOHN B. COBB DELIVERED THE OPENING SPEECH
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
DAY 2 - FRIDAY OCTOBER 4th, 2019
 
 
 
MASTERS OF CEREMONY OF THE CONFERENCE
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
REV. PERRY HAMALIS
 
 
 
REV. SHRIVATSA GOSWAMI
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
REV. FIONA  CHANG OF WEIXIN SHENGJIAO
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
DAY 3 - SATURDAY OCTOBER 5th, 2019
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
REV. CANH TRAN WITH PROF. ABU SAYEM AND ABU TAHER
FROM THE UIVERSITY OF DHAKA, BANGLADESH
 
 
 
DEACONESS KIM THOAN AND DR. JOHN B. COBB
 
 
 
 
 
GIFT EXCHANGE
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
PROF. LEE GYUNWON INTRODUCED THE ORGANIZATIONAL COMMITTEE MEMBERS
AND MORE THAN 50 VOLUNTEERS
 
 
 
 
PERFORMANCE SHOWS AT THE CONFERENCE
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
CULTURAL TOUR YEOJU CITY