In the last issue of our newsletter, we reported on the batches of teddies the members of the TOS in Italy are knitting and sending off to the TOS in Tanzania to comfort children hospitalised in India for heart surgery. 

In order to keep up with the twenty to thirty teddies needed each month (!), our Italian sisters are now reaching out to other associations, encouraging them to create knitting teams.  In addition to TOS teams in Milan and Rome, there is a new team in the city of Forlì made up of members of  the Giordano Bruno branch of the Associazione Mazziniana Italiana (a non-profit group educating against despotism and fascism) and of the Banca del Tempo di Forlì, a ‘time  barter’ group.   We see them here on the local news page of a national newspaper Il Resto del Carlino.

Newspaper clipping
of the Forlì group
with their teddies

The TOS Group in Lisbon, composed of members of different branches of the Theosophical Society, recently visited the association ‘Focinhos e Bigodes’ (‘Muzzles and Whiskers’) which cares for abandoned dogs. The TOS has been helping the association with donations to pay for veterinary treatments, food and other items. Much more help is needed and welcomed!

Check out the Portugal page on the TOS International website for more information.

Sharing ideas during the Peaceful Living seminar

To celebrate the International Day of Peace, the Brisbane TOS group conducted a free seminar on Peaceful Living with two focuses – Approaches to meditation and Building peaceful relationships.

The morning session provided an opportunity for participants to try various ways of developing inner peace through contemplation and meditation.

Following lunch, participants enthusiastically joined in exploring ways of enhancing the important relationships in our lives.