Columban Father Patrick McInerney has been named the inaugural recipient of the University of Notre Dame Australia’s Interfaith Dialogue Award. Source: Columban eBulletin.
The award was announced by Professor Michael Quinlan, national head of Notre Dame University’s School of Law and Business, and presented to Fr McInerney by Abbas Raza Alvi, president of the Indian Crescent Society of Australia, and Elder Philip Barton of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
The presentation took place at the university’s Broadway campus in Sydney at the 11th Annual Religious Liberty Lecture on September 11.
As a missionary priest, Fr McInerney was assigned to Pakistan for more than 20 years. He has a Licentiate from the Pontifical Institute for Arabic and Islamic Studies in Rome (1986), a Master’s of Theology from the Melbourne College of Divinity (2003) and a Doctor of Philosophy from the Australian Catholic University (2009).
Fr McInerney is the director of the Columban Centre for Christian-Muslim Relations, editor of its quarterly newsletter, Bridges, and an interfaith advocate on its social media platforms.
He is a member of a number of interfaith organisations and gives talks on Islam, Christian-Muslim Relations, and Interreligious Relations to a wide variety of audiences.
In his acceptance speech, Fr. McInerny expressed gratitude and appreciation for the recognition he received, but noted that interfaith is about encounter and cooperation with others.
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Columban receives the inaugural interfaith dialogue award (Columban eBulletin)
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