Canisius College

Segment 1: Christ and Culture Lectures and the Center for the Global Study of  Religion at Canisius College.  Rev. Dr. G. Stanford Bratton and Dr. Timothy Wadkins, Center for the Global Study of Religion.
Segment 2: The History of African American Churches in Western New York.  Rev. Dr. G. Stanford Bratton and Rev. Richard Stewart, Pastor,  Durham Memorial AME Zion Church, Buffalo, NY.

Segment 1: Insights into Holy Week and Easter. Rev. Dr. G. Stanford Bratton and Rev. Dr. Jonathan D. Lawrence, Assistant Professor, Canisius College.
Segment 2: Mawlid an-Nabi and the Prophet Muhammad. Mr. Faizon Haq, Islamic Cultural Association of WNY, talks with Manar Sabry of the Islamic Society of the Niagara Frontier.

Segment 1: Passover. Peter Weinmann, Chair, Jewish Community Relations Committee, Jewish Federation of Greater Buffalo, and Dr. Irwin Gelman, President of the Holocaust Resource Center of WNY.
Segment 2:  Rama Navami and its Signficance.  Rev. Dr. G. Bratton, Sarita Bansasl, President of the Hindu Cultural Society of WNY and Dr. Vijay Chakravarthy, Secretary of the Hindu Cultural Society Trust Committee.

Segment 1: Buddhist Celebration of Vesak. Rev. Dr. G. Stanford Bratton and Dr. Jeannette Ludwig, Buffalo Zen Dharma Community.
Segment 2: Baha’I celebrations of Ridvan and Declaration of the Bab. Rev. Dr. G. Stanford Bratton and Mr. Dennis Smith, Spiritual Assembly of Baha’is, Amherst, NY.

Segment 1: Hill Cumorah Pageant. Rev. Dr. G. Stanford Bratton and Mr. Christopher Bjorling, Hill Cumorah Pageant Presidency Member.
Segment 2:  “Life in a Jar: An Interactive Theatre Presentation.” Rev. Dr. G. Stanford Bratton, Ms. Mary Lou Wyrick, Permanent Chair of Polish Culture at Canisius College, Reef Taylor, Holocaust Resource Center of WNY, and members of the cast of “Life in a Jar.”

Segment 1:  Centennial Celebration of the Caliphate by the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community. Rev. Dr. G. Stanford Bratton and Dr. Nasir Khan, Ahmadiyya Muslim Community.
Segment 2: Liberation and Political Theologies from an African American Perspective. Rev. Dr. Jonathan D. Lawrence, Assistant Professor, Canisius College, and Dr. Shawn Copeland, Associate Professor of Theology, Boston College.

Segment 1: Family Justice Center. Rev. Dr. G. Stanford Bratton, Rev. David Selzer,  Church of the Good Sheperd, Buffalo, NY and Paul Gevirtzman, Program Director, Family Justice Center.
Segment 2:  Campus Ministry Today. Rev. Dr. G. Stanford Bratton and Rev. Stuart Buisch, Campus Church Connection.

Segment 1: Ramadan. Faizan Haq, Islamic Cultural Association of WNY, Muhamed Fazil Hamza, Treasurer, Muslim Student Association and Hoda Ahmed, Muslim Student Association.
Segment 2: Vocations of Priesthood or Religious Life. Rev. Dr. G. Stanford Bratton, Rev. Walter Szczesny, Director of Vocations for the Catholic Diocese of Buffalo and Joseph Testa, Serra Club.

Segment 1: Major Jewish Holidays of Fall. Peter Weinmann, Jewish Federation of Greater Buffalo and Dr. Irwin Gelman, Member of Cantorial Assembly of the United Synogue of America.
Segment 2: Voice Buffalo. Sr. Susan Bowles, Board Member Voice Buffalo and Nancy Freeland, Director, Voice Buffalo.

Segment 1: 300th Anniversary of the installation of the Sikh Scriptures; the birth anniversary of Guru Nanak; and the story of the Guru Nanak Sikh Temple in Niagara Falls. Dr. Surjit Singh, Niagara Frontier Sikh Associations.
Segment 2: Catholic Charities and addressing poverty in WNY. Rose Caldwell, Director of Communications and Public Relations, Catholic Charities.

Segment 1: Day of Hajj and the New Mosque on the West Side of Buffalo. Faizan Haq, Islamic Cultural Association and  Muhammad Ayoub, President of the Islamic Cultural Association.
Segment 2: The Living Nativity. Rev Daniel Schifeling, Pastor, Church of Nativity, Tiffany Taylor, Nativity Volunteer and Felix Coniglio, Nativity Coordinator.

Segment 1: 11th Anniversary and Annual Meeting of the Network of Religious Communities. Rev. Dr. Kenneth Neal, Co-President, Dr. Vijay Chakravarthy, Vice President,  Network of Religious Communities.
Segment 2: The Year of Paul and the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity. Rev Paul W. Steller, St. Mary of the Assumption, Lancaster, NY.

Segment 1: History of African American Churches in the Buffalo area during the 20th Century. Rev. Richard Stewart, Pastor, Durham Memorial AME Zion Church, Buffalo.
Segment 2: Jesuit involvement in India, theological dialogues between Catholics and Hindus and the recent violence in India. Rev. Francis X. Clooney  S.J., Ph.D., Parkman Professor of Divinity and Comparative Theology, Harvard Divinity School.

Segment 1: The founding, history, mission and purpose of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community. Dr. Nasir Khan, President, Ahmadiyya Muslim Community. Segment 2: The commemoration of Lent by the Christian Community and a special educational event being held during lent. Barbara Wallace, Biblical Storytellers and Cheryl Wagner, Buffalo Christian Center.

Segment 1: Rev. Francis Mazur, Ecumenical Officer of the Diocese of Buffalo sits down with Rabbi David Novak, Professor of Jewish Studies and the University of Toronto, to discuss the present state of Jewish Catholic Dialogue.
Segment 2: In honor of Holocaust Remembrance Day, two Holocaust survivors share their stories and experiences.
Segment 3: Cantor Penny Myers of Temple Beth Zion talks about her role and what inspires her.

Segment 1: Ray Ball, facilitator of the Buffalo Zen Dharma Community, discusses Zen Dharma as a form of meditative Buddhism.
Segment 2: Dr. Stan Bratton, Executive Director of the Network of Religious Communities, talks with Dennis Smith, Vice President of the Spiritual Assembly of Baha’is of Amherst, about his acceptance of the Baha’i faith and its profession of the Oneness of Humanity and its commitment to Race Unity.
Segment 3: Father John Bucki, Director of Campus Ministries at Canisius College, shares the significance of the vestments worn by Roman Catholic Priests.

Segment 1: Father Rastko Trbuhovich takes viewers inside St. Stephen’s Church to discuss the church’s history and the significance of its artwork.
Segment 2: Dr. Stan Bratton, Executive Director of the Network of Religious Communities, talks with Dr. Surjit Singh of the Sikh Societies of the Niagara Frontier about the meaning of martyrdom and the commemoration of the Martyrdom of Guru Arhan Dave.
Segment 3: Viewers are introduced to the Buffalo Religious Arts Center at the former St. Francis Xavier church in the Black Rock District of Buffalo.

Segment 1: Father Don Palace of St. Gabriel’s Church in Elma explains how exercise, a healthy diet and guidance from God helped him lose over 100 pounds.
Segment 2: Dr. Stan Bratton, Executive Director of the Network of Religious Communities, sits down with Rev. Amos Acree and Dr. Dilip Sinha of the University at Buffalo to discuss spirituality and the end of life.
Segment 3: Youth leader Barbara Burns and members of Life Teen – a youth group at St. Katharine Drexel’s parish in Buffalo – share their thoughts on the importance of this group.
Segment 4: Christian Rock band “Blissed” perform “Gasoline” and discuss how Christianity plays a critical role in their music and in their everyday lives.

Segment 1: Customs observed during the Islamic holiday of Ramadan.
Segment 2: Students at Universal School, an Islamic school for Muslim children in Getzville, NY, embrace the spirit of service during Ramadan. Segment 3: Two Islamic scholars, Dr. Othman Shibly and Dr. Sawsan Tabbaa, discuss Muslim religious dress in today’s world.
Segment 4: Dr. Stan Bratton, Executive Director of the Network of Religious Communities, talks with Mrs. Krishna Parikh, Religious Secretary of the Hindu Cultural Society and Dr. Vijay Chakravarthy about Sri Krishna and the celebration of Janmashtami.
Segment 5: How devotion and praise are exhibited through the art of Hindu music.

Segment 1: Amelida Ortiz-Weinmann discusses the symbolism of various foods prepared during Rosh Hashanah.
Segment 2: Dr. Stan Bratton, Executive Director of the Network of Religious Communities, talks with Peter Weinmann, Chair of the Jewish Community Relations Council, about the meaning of Yom Kippur.
Segment 3: Dr. Stan Bratton talks with Cindy Simon and Karen Minor about the genealogical research assistance offered by the Family History Center in Williamsville, NY.
Segment 4: James Anderson, a Deacon at New Hope Baptist Church, speaks about the Baptist faith and the importance of music in the liturgy, and performs the Baptist freedom song, “Go Down Moses.”