旼컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴커 � Conference to Celebrate Racial, Ethnic & Religious Diversity Page 89 � 쳐컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴캑 � VA, 1-19/US Newswire: At a time when the world is increasingly torn by � � racial, ethnic and religious strife, the Third U.S. Women-Church � � Conference will challenge that trend at a major national conference which � � celebrates women's racial, ethnic and religious diversity. From April 16 � � to 18, more than 2,200 women (and a few good men) will gather at the � � Civic Center in Albuquerque, N.M., to explore the richness of women's � � spiritual and social experiences and develop new strategies to challenge � � injustices in both secular and religious institutions. This pioneering � � conference has been initiated by Women-Church Convergence, a coalition of � � more than 40 groups rooted in the Catholic tradition, which reached � � beyond past boundaries to join with organizations and individuals from � � other religious traditions to co-create this conference. Over 100 � � speakers, artists and presenters are slated to deal with four central � � themes: spirituality, economics, violence/healing and education. � � Albuquerque hospital chaplain Catherine Stewart-Roache summed up her � � hopes for the conference this way: "It will be a time to gather women � � from all over the country to the southwest to discover our spiritual � � space and the spirituality in each other -- in forms as diverse as the � � landscape." On the final day of the experience women will have their � � choice of over 30 rituals and religious services to attend. � 읕컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴켸