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Current Services and Projects
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The Consejo Cultural Yorùbá and Ifaworld Conference have established a strategic alliance with the common vision that Mainstream society in Canada and the world recognize the Ifá-Òrìṣà belief-system (that encapsulates the various branches and lineages including Ifá-Òrìṣà , Santeria, Lucumi, Candomble, Vodoun-Fa and Èsìn Òrìṣà Ìbílè ) as 6
The Consejo Cultural Yorùbá and Ifaworld Conference have established a strategic alliance with the common vision that Mainstream society in Canada and the world recognize the Ifá-Òrìṣà belief-system (that encapsulates the various branches and lineages including Ifá-Òrìṣà , Santeria, Lucumi, Candomble, Vodoun-Fa and Èsìn Òrìṣà Ìbílè ) as 6th largest religious and spiritual belief-system in the world, and as such, that its followers should enjoy the same recognition and protection under the law as those in other great world faiths!
ÀBORÚ, ABOYE, ÀBOSÍSE:
The Consejo Cultural Yorùbá de Canada’s mission, since its origin in 2011 as a working-group here in Toronto, Ontario Canada, and now as of February 15th, 2018, as a registered business in the Province of Ontario, Canada has been to promote awareness regarding the Ifá- Òrìṣà belief-system through a spiritual anthropological approach to research, education, publishing and community support and services.
We have worked with partners like Ifaworld Conference, Harriet Tubman Institute at York University and ThatChannel to provide an open learning environment through which to receive information on Ifá- Òrìṣà’s history and practice. Ifá-Òrìṣà is one of the oldest traditions in the world pre-dating Christianity, Judaism, and Islam and is recognized as the 6th largest religion/religious belief in the world and one of the fastest growing. This indigenous belief system remains ever relevant in the modern world making it more than just a religious tradition, but a way of life.
The Ifá divination system was inscribed by UNESCO in 2008 as part of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity, originally proclaimed in 2005 (https://ich.unesco.org/en/RL/ifa-divination-system-00146).
Consejo Co-founder and President:
Jean-Jerome C. Baudry (Ifálodun Ose Akinyode AP)
Vision
Current Services and Projects
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A NEW STYLE OF RELIGIOUS LEARNING AND COUNCIL FOR BEST PRACTICES
A non-profit religious and humanitarian organization staffed by 26 experienced and well-respected Babalawos working together and oriented to education, community support, advocacy for the recognition by world governments and the law of the religious practice of Ifá-Òrìṣà and
A NEW STYLE OF RELIGIOUS LEARNING AND COUNCIL FOR BEST PRACTICES
A non-profit religious and humanitarian organization staffed by 26 experienced and well-respected Babalawos working together and oriented to education, community support, advocacy for the recognition by world governments and the law of the religious practice of Ifá-Òrìṣà and promotion of healthy development, study, research and religious unity of Ifá and corresponding divinities in Mexico, in Europe and in other world areas. To this end IFAWORLD CONFERENCE is holding On-Line meetings every Sunday with prominent Babalawos and Òrìṣà practitioners from the Afro-Cuban and the Yorùbá traditional branches of Ifá-Òrìṣà .
The objective of these topics is to delve into aspects that preserve our roots and those topics that can enrich our practice.
These question-and-answer sessions have to date already provided highly relevant concepts and criteria.
Ifaworld will begin to publish a summary of those aspects that can be public and that can generate consensus in our practice and inviting other religious leaders to comment and contribute and enrich the dialogue.
Ifaworld does not pretend to hold or promulgate the absolute truth in the religious practice of Ifá and Òrìṣà, but rather wants to put a grain of sand so that our practice evolves while preserving its identity, its proven effectiveness,and roots.
Ifaworld also promotes useful knowledge for both Lucumi and ATR traditions in accordance with our motto of: "AN OPEN MIND LEADS TO DEEPER UNDERSTANDING"
Our purpose is not to be revisionists nor to distort the milenium old practice. We seek through our council framework to reach consensus that overcomes unfounded arbitrariness and the deterioration of our strong tradition.
OBJECTIVES OF THE FOUNDATION
• Promote and defend, in different ways, the healthy development of Ifá and Òrìṣà, worhsip in the Western world.
• Provide a platform for International Council of Elder Awos
to support the healthy development of religion.
• Promote respectful exchange between traditions with different manifestations of Ifá and its deities.
• Develop projects of higher studies of Ifá in the West.
• Contribute to the legal recognition of the religion of Ifá and Òrìṣà, in the world with all its rights and privileges in different countries.
• Develop sanctuary or large park projects that help promote the healthy nature of religion.
• Establish harmonious relationships with the Ifá and Òrìṣà, organizations in the world.
• Support our religious communities around the world with humanitarian and educational projects.
• Develop events and promote investment and development in poor communities.
• Help poor children with different socio-educational projects.
President and Chair:
Oluwo Nelson Alvarez, Ifabiyi
Current Services and Projects
Current Services and Projects
Current Services and Projects
ÀBORÚ, ABOYE, ÀBOSÍSE:
To all members of the Consejo Cultural Yorùbá de Canada and Ifá-Òrìṣà community world-wide.
We invite you to contact us about our Facebook Live Podcast show Ancestral Eyes covering different topics on Ifá-Òrìṣà and other world Indigenous Spiritual Belief systems practices. Join us Fridays at 8pm @ Ancestral Eyes on
ÀBORÚ, ABOYE, ÀBOSÍSE:
To all members of the Consejo Cultural Yorùbá de Canada and Ifá-Òrìṣà community world-wide.
We invite you to contact us about our Facebook Live Podcast show Ancestral Eyes covering different topics on Ifá-Òrìṣà and other world Indigenous Spiritual Belief systems practices. Join us Fridays at 8pm @ Ancestral Eyes on Facebook or on IheartRadio and Spotify.
Our services:
We offer the local and international community: Ifá divination, ceremonial and ebbo services right here in Toronto. Please contact us to find out how you can become a member of our vibrant community.
You can reach us by:
Phone: +1-647-770-2086, Email: jjbaudry@consejoculturalyoruba.ca, or visit us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ConsejoCulturalYorubadeCanada/
Ase'ooo, Ire'ooo (Blessings)