>>> COMING UP, LUCKY SEVERSON ON THE HUGE WELFARE PROGRAM OF THE MORMON CHURCH.
>>> ALSO, FRED DE SAM LAZARO ON QUAKER CONSCIENTIOUS OBJECTORS WHO AVOIDED THE DRAFT IN THE U.S. >>> AND THE LUSH FOREST OF COSTA REEK A.
>>> FOR RAMADAN, MUSLIMS SPONSORING A PROJECT CALLED "BRING A FRIEND TO MOSQUE."
♪♪ RETIREMENT COMPANY.
>> WELCOME, I'M BOB ABERNATHY.
GOOD TO HAVE YOU WITH US.
THIS WEEK OF CONTROVERSY FROM THE EUROPEAN UNION TO THE U.S. PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN.
REPUBLICAN PRESUMPTIVE NOMINEE DONALD TRUMP HELD A CLOSED DOOR MEETING IN NEW YORK WITH MORE THAN 1,000 EVANGELICAL LEADERS.
AT THE SAME TIME, OTHER FAITH GROUPS PROTESTED HIS CAMPAIGN.
>> Reporter: AS INTERFAITH ACTIVISTS PROTESTED OUTSIDE, SOME OF THE NATION'S MOST PROMINENT CONSERVATIVE CHRISTIAN LEADER HELD WHAT THEY CALLED A CONVERSATION WITH DONALD TRUMP.
>> THERE'S NO SPIRIT IN -- >> Reporter: THE SESSION WAS CLOSED TO THE PRESS, BUT SOME CELL PHONE FOOTAGE WAS POSTED ON SOCIAL MEDIA.
TRUMP ANSWERED A SERIES OF PRESELECTED QUESTIONS.
HE ASSURED THE GROUP HE WOULD PROTECT THEIR RELIGIOUS FREEDOM AND APPOINT PRO-LIFE JUDGES.
HE SAID HIS POSITION ON IMMIGRATION IS MORE NUANCED THAN IT'S PORTRAYED, AND HE CLAIMED THAT HE HIMSELF IS A TREMENDOUS BELIEVER.
EVANGELICALS ARE A KEY PART OF THE GOP COALITION, BUT THEY'VE BEEN DEEPLY DIVIDED OVER TRUMP.
ORGANIZERS SAID THE GATHERING HELPED MANY IN THEIR DECISION PROCESS.
>> I DON'T THINK PEOPLE ARE LEAVING HERE WITH THEIR MINDS MADE UP, BUT I THINK THEY'VE MOVED THE NEEDLE TODAY.
I THINK NOW HE HAS A LITTLE BIT -- WILL YOU HAVE, I THINK, GROWING INCREASING WIND IN HIS SAILS FROM A GRASSROOTS STANDPOINT.
>> Reporter: SOME EVANGELICALS WHO WERE NOT AT THE MEETING CRITICIZED THOSE WHO WERE.
SEVERAL CHRISTIAN CLERGY SAID TRUMP DOES NOT REPRESENT THEM.
>> IF DONALD TRUMP WANTS TO CONVINCE US THAT HE SHARES OUR VALUES, HE'S GOING TO HAVE TO START TALKING ABOUT THINGS LIKE COMPASSION, HUMAN DIGNITY, AND JUSTICE.
>> Reporter: OTHER RELIGIOUS LEADERS CRITICIZED TRUMP'S CLAIM DURING THE MEETING THAT HE AND THE PUBLIC "DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT HILLARY IN TERMS OF RELIGION."
THE FAITH VOTERS FOR HILLARY CLINTON PAC CITED CLINTON'S MANY DISCUSSIONS OF HER LIFELONG UNITED METHODIST FAITH.
>> THIS IS THE DAY THE LORD HAS MADE.
>> Reporter: MEANWHILE, THE JEWISH GROUP ORGANIZED INTERFAITH VALLEY VIEW BRIDGE TOILS PROTEST WHO THEY CALL -- INNERFAITH GATHERINGS TO PROTEST TRUMP'S ANTI-FAITH AGENDA.
>> I THINK THIS THREAT IS REAL.
I THINK IT'S A THREAT IT OUR DEMOCRACY IN MANY WAYS.
>> Reporter: THE GROUP PLEDGED THAT TRUMP WILL NOT BECOME PRESIDENT ON ITS WATCH.
I'M KIM LAWTON REPORTING.
>>> AFTER THE UNITED KINGDOM'S VOTE TO LEAVE THE EUROPEAN UNION THIS WEEK, ARCHDIOCESE OF CANTERBURY JUSTIN WELBY AND BISHOP JOHN SENTAMU ISSUED A JOINT STATEMENT URGING THEIR NATION TO "REMAIN HOSPITABLE AND COMPASSIONATE BUILDERS OF BRIDGES AND NOT BARRIERS."
>>> THE U.S. SUPREME COURT ANNOUNCED THIS WEEK THAT IT HAD DEADLOCKED IN A CASE CHALLENGING PRESIDENT OBAMA'S IMMIGRATION PLAN.
THE SPLIT DECISION SETS NO NATIONAL PRECEDENT BUT LEAVES IN PLACE A LOWER COURT RULING THAT SAID THE PRESIDENT LACKS THE AUTHORITY TO SHIELD UP TO FOUR MILLION IMMIGRANT FROM DEPORTATION WITHOUT APPROVAL FROM CONGRESS.
MANY RELIGIOUS GROUPS EXPRESSED DISAPPOINTMENT WITH THE RULING, CALLING IT A MAJOR SETBACK FOR IMMIGRANT FAMILIES.
>>> IN A SEPARATE DECISION, THE SUPREME COURT HANDED AFFIRMATIVE ACTION SUPPORTERS A MAJOR VICTORY.
IN A 4-3 VOTE, COURT ALLOWED A RACE-CONSCIOUS ADMISSIONS PROGRAM AT THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN.
>>> DEBATE ABOUT NEW GUN CONTROL MEASURES STALLED ON CAPITOL HILL THIS WEEK.
RELIGIOUS ADVOCATES OF MORE GUN RESTRICTIONS WERE AMONG THOSE PRAISING DEMOCRATIC MEMBERS FOR STAGING A SIT-IN ON THE HOUSE FLOOR TO PROTEST CONGRESS' LACK OF ACTION.
THE SIT-IN WAS LED BY CIVIL RIGHTS LEGEND CONGRESSMAN JOHN LEWIS WHO'S ALSO A MINISTER.
SEVERAL GROUPS PRAISED WHAT THEY CALLED HIS AND OTHERS' MORAL LEADERSHIP.
>>> THE COUNSEL CRUDE OIL AMERICAN ISLAMIC RELATION -- COUNCIL ON AMERICAN ISLAMIC RELATIONS SAYS A RECORD NUMBER OF GROUPS ARE SPREADING HATRED OF MUSLIMS.
THE REPORT LISTS 74 ORGANIZATIONS THAT IT CONSIDERS ANTI-ISLAM.
THE REPORT ALSO NOTED THAT THERE WERE 78 ATTACKS ON MOSQUES IN 2015.
THE MUSLIM ADVOCACY ORGANIZATION SAID SOME OF THE LANGUAGE OF THE 2016 PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN IS PART THREE BLAME FOR THE RISE IN ISLAMAPHOBIA.
>>> IN A CONTINUED EFFORT TO STRENGTHEN INTERFAITH RELATIONS, POPE FRANCIS IS VISITING ARMENIA THIS WEEKEND.
FRANCIS IS SPENDING MUCH OF HIS TIME AS A GUEST OF THE ARMENIAN APOSTOLIC CHURCH AND VISITING A MONUMENT DEDICATED TO THE ESTIMATED 1.5 ARMENIANS KILLED BY OTTOMAN TURKS STARTING IN 1915.
LAST YEAR, FRANCIS REIGNITED A DIPLOMATIC DISPUTE WITH TURKEY AFTER HE LABELED THE KILLINGS "THE FIRST GENOCIDE OF THE 20th CENTURY."
>>> LEADERS OF THE WORLD'S EASTERN ORTHODOX CHURCHES HAVE BEGUN AN HISTORIC MEETING IN GREECE TO DISCUSS THE CHURCH'S ROLE IN THE MODERN WORLD.
IT WAS INTENDED TO BE THE FIRST TIME IN MORE THAN A THOUSAND YEARS THAT ALL THE SELF-GOVERNING BRANCHES OF EASTERN ORTHODOXY CAME TOGETHER.
AT THE LAST MINUTE, FOUR LEADERS DECIDED NOT TO COME, INCLUDING THE PATRIARCH OF THE RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH, THE LARGEST ORTHODOX BRANCH.
THEY CITED DIFFERENCES OVER THE AGENDA.
THOSE AT THE MEETING CONDEMNED THAT DECISION AND VOWED TO KEEP SEEKING UNITY.
>>> NOW A LUCKY SEVERSON STORY ON THE SUCCESSFUL WELFARE PROGRAM OF THE MORMON CHURCH.
THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER DAY SAINTS.
IT SUPPLIES FOOD, CLOTHES, AND ALL KINDS OF CARE TO THOSE IN NEED.
ALMOST ALL THE WORKERS ARE VOLUNTEERS.
>> FROM THE FIELDS AND ORCHARDS TO THE FACTORIES, CANERIES, AND GIANT WAREHOUSES, HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD, THIS IS THE MORMON CHURCH'S WELFARE SYSTEM.
IT'S HUGE, IT'S IMPRESSIVE, AND GETS ZERO FUNDING FROM THE GOVERNMENT.
MANAGING DIRECTOR IS STEVE PETERSON.
>> THE IDEA OF CARING FOR THOSE IN NEED WE CONSIDER TO BE A SPRIPTURAL MANDATE.
>> Reporter: A MANDATE MORMONS SAY COMES FROM THE BIBLE AND SCRIPTURE RECEIVED THROUGH REVELATION TO ITS PROPHETS.
>> THAT'S GROWN INTO A WONDERFUL PROGRAM WORLDWIDE THAT FOCUSES ON CARING FOR THOSE IN NEED, TO RELIEVE SUFFERING AND TO FOSTER SELF-RELIANCE AND GIVE OPPORTUNITIES FOR SERVICE BOTH FOR THOSE THAT RECEIVE THINGS AND FOR THOSE THAT ARE HELPING OUT.
>> THAT CONCEPT HAS GROWN TO HELPING NOT ONLY MEMBERS BUT NONMEMBERS THROUGH HUMANITARIAN AID WORLDWIDE.
AND IT'S APPARENTLY BEEN DONE WELL.
THIS IS RICHARD HUMPHRIES, MANAGER OF THE BISHOP STORE HOUSE.
>> WE'VE HAD THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE, ARMY, NAVY, MARINES, FEMA.
THEY'VE COME OUT AND SAID WHEREVER WE GO WE'VE BEEN TOLD GO SEE HOW THE MORATORIUMANCE DO IT BECAUSE THEY'RE -- MORMONS DO IT BECAUSE THEY'RE ALWAYS FIRST ON THE SITE.
>> AFTER KATRINA SMASHED INTO NEW ORLEANS, MORMON CONVOYS WERE FIRST TO ARRIVED WITH 450 TRUCKLOADS.
>> IF THAT-- IT WAS CIRCLING IN THE GULF OF MEXICO.
WE DIDN'T KNOW WHERE IT WOULD COME INLAND.
WE FORMED A SEMI CIRCLE FROM TEXAS TO NORTH CAROLINA.
AS SOON AS THE HURRICANE HIT NEW ORLEANS, TRUCKS WERE SENT AND WERE THERE WITHIN HOURS.
>> THOSE TRUCKS HAVE A BEEHIVE ON THE SIDE, A SYMBOL IMPORTANT TO MORMONISM.
IT REPRESENTS INDUSTRY, HARMONY, ORDER, FRUGALITY, AND THE SWEET RESULTS OF TOIL.
THESE PEOPLE ARE BUSY BEES.
ON THE CHURCH'S FARMS AND RANCHES THAT ARE SOME OF THE LARGEST IN THE U.S., IN THEIR CANNERIES AND PROCESSING PLANTS.
AND THE FRUIT OF THIS LABOR IS GIVEN AWAY.
NOT EXACTLY GIVEN.
THOSE WHO CAN ARE REQUIRED TO WORK FOR IT.
THE PROPHET WHO STARTED THE WELFARE SYSTEM DURING THE GREAT DEPRESSION SAID ITS PURPOSE WAS TO DO AWAY WITH THE CURSE OF IDLENESS AND TO HELP PEOPLE HELP THEMSELVES.
>> TAKING CARE OF YOU OKAY?
>> YES.
>> BISHOP PAUL ROBERTS IS AN ATTORNEY AND A VOLUNTEER LAY PASTOR.
>> SOMETIMES IT HELPS THEM FEEL THEY'RE WORTH SOMETHING.
I TALKED TO PEOPLE AND THEY DON'T FEEL THEY'RE WORTH ANYTHING BECAUSE THEY CAN'T FIND THEIR JOB OR PROVIDE FOR THEIR FAMILY.
YOU ASK THEM TO DO SERVICE -- THEY COME AND HELP WITH THE STORE HOUSE.
THEY HAVE THEM GO AND SORT THROUGH THE CLOTHES.
HELPS THEM TO UNDERSTAND THAT THEY ARE -- THEY HAVE VALUE, AND THEY CONTRIBUTE.
>> BETTY IS A REFUGEE FROM CONGO AND A CONVERT.
SHE HAS A JOB, BUT THE CHURCH HELPS HER WITH HER FOOD.
MEMBERS COME TO HER HOME TO HELP HER LEARN ENGLISH.
>> I FEEL GOOD.
THEY HELP ME FOR EVERYTHING.
I HAVE A PROBLEM, THEY HELP ME.
>> THEY DO NEED TO WORK FOR WHAT THEY RECEIVE.
>> UNLESS THEY CAN'T -- >> IF THEY'RE PHYSICALLY UNABLE OR CAN'T WORK, YEAH, WE MAKE ACCOMMODATIONS.
>> CINDY TRISHAMAN IS CHURCH SOCIETY PRESIDENT, UNPAID POSITION ALWAYS HELD BY A WOMAN.
SHE VOLUNTEERS MANY HOURS A WEEK HELPING MEMBERS AND NONMEMBERS GET THEIR LIVES BACK IN ORDER.
HERE IN THE BISHOP STORE HOUSE, SHE'S HELPING A MEMBER CHOOSE GROCERIES.
THERE ARE 115 BISHOP STORE HOUSES AROUND THE COUNTRY.
>> IT'S IMPORTANT FOR PEOPLE TO NOT FEEL HUNGRY WHEN THEY'RE TRYING TO THINK OF GETTING A JOB OR TRYING TO THINK OF GETTING A HOME.
>> OTHER HELPERS INCLUDE WILMA AND DEVON SCHOFIELD.
THEY'RE ON A SERVICE MISSION WHICH TYPICALLY LASTS A YEAR AND A HALF.
>> MAKES YOU FEEL GOOD WHEN SOMEBODY COMES IN AND THEY GET A REAL SMALL ORDER AND THEY'RE CRYING OUT THE DOOR BECAUSE THEY HAVE SOMETHING FOR THE NIGHT.
>> WHEN IT'S IN THE BAKERY, CHEESE FACTORY, OR THRIFT STORE, VOLUNTEERS ARE EVERYWHERE.
HEAD OF PRODUCTION AND DISTRIBUTION, DON JOHNSON -- >> JUST AT OUR PRODUCTION AND DISTRIBUTION, WE HAVE OVER A MILLION VOLUNTEER SERVICE HOURS.
WE COULD NOT DO IT WITHOUT THOSE HOURS.
>> LAY PASTORS ARE CALLED BISHOPS, THE LINCHPINS OF THE WELFARE SYSTEM.
IF A FAMILY NEEDS HELP, THEY CALL THE BISHOP.
HE'S THE MAN.
>> WE WORK WITH PEOPLE TO HELP THEM GET BACK ON THEIR FEET.
SO SOMETIMES THEY NEED TEMPORARY ASSISTANCE.
LIKE THEY'LL NEED A FOOD ORDER OR UTILITIES PAID FOR.
WE -- WE STAND READY TO HELP.
>> SONNY CISNEROS DOESN'T GO TO CHURCH MUCH, BUT WITH A BABY ON THE WAY AND UNEXPECTED MEDICAL BILLS, THE BISHOP STEPPED IN TO HELP OUT.
>> GET FOOD FOR A WHOLE MONTH OR SO.
YEAH.
I'M GRATEFUL AND THANKFUL FOR IT.
>> THIS IS WELFARE SQUARE NEAR DOWNTOWN SALT LAKE CITY.
IT INCLUDES A JOB TRAINING CENTER, GROCERY STORE, BAKERY, AND A SECONDHAND STORE CALLED DESERET INDUSTRIES.
IT'S THE HUB OF THE PROGRAM.
EASY TO SPOT BY THE TOWERING GRAIN SILO.
>> YOU SEE BEHIND ME A GRAIN STORAGE FACILITY WHICH HAPPENS TO BE ONE OF 29 IN THE CHURCH.
THIS HOLDS OUR STRATEGIC GRAIN RESERVE.
THIS -- THIS PARTICULAR ONE WHICH IS OUR OLDEST FACILITY HOLDS 16 MILLION POUNDS OF HARD RED WINTER WHEAT.
>> MUCH OF THE WELFARE SYSTEM FOR MEMBERS IS FUNDED BY WHAT ARE CALLED FAST OFFERINGS.
THESE ARE DONATION WAS FAMILIES WHO FAST FOR TWO MEALS ONE SUNDAY EACH MONTH AND GIVE THE EQUIVALENT AMOUNT OF MONEY TO THE WARD BISHOP.
THE HUMANITARIAN FUND COMES FROM SEPARATE CONTRIBUTIONS AND IS ALMOST ALWAYS FOR NONMEMBERS.
>> YOU'RE SENDING TO WESTERN EUROPE, BUT WE ALSO HAVE PROJECT GOING ON IN AFRICA.
WE HAVE PROJECTS GOING ON IN THE MIDDLE EAST WHERE WE'RE PROVIDING AID FOR THE REFUGEE CAMPS IN TURKEY, FOR PEOPLE OUT OF SYRIA AND IRAQ, SAME IN JORDAN.
>> THAT WOULD ALSO INCLUDE LOCAL AID TO SOME OF THE FAITH-BASED CLINICS AND SHELTERS IN AND AROUND SALT LAKE CITY.
LAUREL INGRAM IS WITH THE 4th STREET CLINIC, FUNDED MOSTLY BY THE GOVERNMENT AND INTENDED ONLY FOR THE HOMELESS.
THE CLINIC ALSO RECEIVES FROM THE CHURCH.
>> THE WELFARE SPRING TRULY AMAZING.
WE ARE REALLY GIVEN A GIFT.
IT'S VERY MUCH A DONATION.
USE IT WHERE YOU WANT.
USE IT WHERE IT CAN BEST BE USED.
WE HAVE REPORTING BACK TO THEM TO SEE THIS IS HOW MUCH WE'VE USED.
IN IS HOW MANY PEOPLE HAVE BEEN SERVED.
BEYOND THAT, THERE IS NO STRING FOR US ATTACHED WHATSOEVER.
>> THIS IS THE BISHOP'S CENTRAL STOREHOUSE.
IT'S HUGE.
OVER HALF A MILLION SQUARE FEET, BUILT TO WITHSTAND A 7.5 EARTHQUAKE.
EVERYTHING GOES THROUGH HERE TO THE SMALLER 114 STOREHOUSES AROUND THE COUNTRY.
THERE ARE ENOUGH PROVISIONS TO MEET THE PROJECTED DEMANDS OF MEMBERS AND NONMEMBERS IN THE U.S. AND CANADA FOR TWO YEARS.
>> WHEN WE LOOK AT THE PRODUCTS THROUGHOUT THIS BUILDING, 80% OF THE PRODUCT IS PRODUCED AND PACKAGED BY THE CHURCH.
>> JOHN HOPKINS IS THE MANAGER OF THIS OPERATION.
FIRST HE TAKES ME THROUGH THE REFRIGERATION AREA WHICH IS LARGER THAN A FOOTBALL FIELD.
>> THIS IS NEGATIVE 13 FAHRENHEIT.
>> I BELIEVE IT.
>> WHAT YOU'RE SEEING IS MEAT STORAGE.
IT'S ABOUT FOUR TO SIX MONTHS OF INVENTORY.
IN THIS FACILITY, WE HAVE 65,000 PALLETS SPACES.
APPROXIMATELY 2,700 TRUCKLOADS.
>> THERE ARE NO STRING ATTACHED TO THIS.
IT'S NOT BECAUSE THEY'RE MEMBERS OR WE FEEL SOME OBLIGATION BECAUSE OF THEIR BELIEFS THAT WE HELP THEM.
THIS IS AID WE GIVE TO ANYBODY JUST BECAUSE THEY'RE IN NEED AND WE FEEL THAT IT'S THE RIGHT THING TO DO.
>> AS THE CHURCH CONTINUES TO GROW, THE NEED WILL GET EVEN GREATER -- ESPECIALLY SINCE MOST OF THE GROWTH IS IN CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA AND AFRICA.
FOR "RELIGION & ETHICS NEWSWEEKLY," I'M LUCKY SEVERSON IN SALT LAKE CITY.
♪♪ >>> WE HAVE A STORY TODAY FROM FRED DE SAM LAZARO ON THE ACHIEVEMENT OF A GROUP OF QUAKERS WHO HELPED DEVELOP COSTA RICA IN CENTRAL AMERICA.
IN THE 1950s WHEN YOUNG MEN WERE STILL BEING DRAFTED FOR MILITARY SERVICE, SOME OF THEM IN ALABAMA DECIDED THEIR RELIGIOUS COMMITMENT TO PEACE AND NONVIOLENCE PREVENTED THEM FROM BEARING ARMS.
THEY MOVED WITH THEIR FAMILIES TO COSTA RICA WHERE THEIR SETTLEMENT HELPED THAT COUNTRY BECOME ONE OF THE WORLD'S MOST POPULAR DESTINATIONS FOR ECOTOURIST.
A QUARTER OF -- ECOTOURISTS.
A QUARTER OF A MONTH A YEAR.
>> FOR DECADE, COSTA RICA HAS INVITED TOURISTS TO ENJOY THE NATURAL BEAUTY AND USE THEIR DOLLARS TO CON SERVE IT.
ONE OF THE DEEPEST ROOTS OF THE ECOTOURISM DATES TO THE QUAKERS.
THEY ARRIVED IN THE 1950s AND CARVED OUT A COMMUNITY THEY CALLED MONTEVERDE OR GREEN MOUNTAIN.
IT FORMS ONE OF THE BEST-KNOWN TOURIST SPOTS IN THIS CENTRAL AMERICAN NATION.
TODAY THE INFLUENCE OF QUAKERS CAN BE SEEN IN LOCAL PRODUCE AND FOOD THAT'S ON THE GROCERY STORE SHELVES, IN THE RECREATION AT THE FRIENDS SCHOOL AND CENTER WHICH IS A SOCIAL HUB FOR THE LARGER COMMUNITY OF COSTA RICANS AND SETTLERS.
OVER TIME, THE NUMBER OF ORIGINAL QUAKER PIONEERS HAS DWINDLED TO A RELATIVE HANDFUL.
AT SUNDAY SERVICES, THERE IS NO PRIEST OR LEADER, NO SERMON, NO MUSIC AS IS TYPICAL FOR MANY QUAKER CONGREGATIONS.
IT'S CALLED A MEETING AND MOSTLY CONDUCTED IN SILENCE.
>> A BASIC TENET OF QUAKER FAITH IS THE BELIEF, THE STRONG BELIEF THERE'S THAT OF GOD IN EVERY PERSON.
THAT IF YOU SIT IN SILENCE AND LISTEN, THAT YOU CAN BE LED BY THE SPIRIT.
>> LUCILLE OR LUCKY LINDEN WAS AMONG THE EARLIEST ARRIVALS HERE, LED ON A TENET OF QUAKER FAITH WHICH GOES BACK TO 17th CENTURY ENGLAND -- THAT'S PACIFISM.
>> ALL MEN BETWEEN 18 AND 25 WILL BE REQUIRED TO REGISTER.
>> BACK IN 1948, THE U.S. REINSTITUTED THE DRAFT REQUIRING ALL YOUNG MEN TO SIGN UP.
LUCKY'S HUSBAND-TO-BE, WOLF, RESISTED.
WHEN WE VISITED, WOLF WAS IN POOR HEALTH AND UNABLE TO SPEAK.
HE DIED JUST FOUR WEEKS LATER.
ANOTHER RESISTER FROM ALABAMA, MARVIN ROCKWELL, NOW 93, SAID THEY WERE WILLING TO FACE THE CONSEQUENCES.
>> WE WERE ARRESTED AND SENTENCED TO A YEAR AND A DAY IN PRISON.
WE WERE ACTUALLY IN PRISON FOR FORFOR ONE-THIRD OF THE SENTENCE.
>> FAR MORE INFLUENTIAL THAN PRISON WAS ADVICE GIVEN TO THEM BY THE JUDGE DURING SENTENCING IN THE ALABAMA COURT.
>> HE SAID IF YOU CAN'T OBEY THE LAWS OF THIS COUNTRY, YOU SHOULD LOOK FOR ANOTHER ONE.
THAT PLANTED A SEED.
>> ROCKWELL, LINDEN, AND TWO OTHER RESISTERS JOINED BY FAMILY FROM FAIR HOPE, ALABAMA, 44 IN ALL DECIDED TO FIND A NEW COUNTRY, UNABLE TO RECONCILE THEIR BELIEFS WITH A SYSTEM THAT THEY BELIEVED WAS PREPARING THE UNITED STATES FOR THE NEXT WAR.
COAST RICA WAS A NATURAL FIT.
IT WAS ENCOURAGING IMMIGRATION, AND IN 1949, ABOLISHED ITS ARMY.
>> IT WAS A COUNTRY WITH MOSTLY MIDDLE CLASS, NOT THE EXTREME RICH AND EXTREME POOR.
AND THEY WERE ALSO WELCOMING PEOPLE TO COME IN AND HELPED DEVELOP IT.
WHEN MY HUSBAND-TO-BE WROTE TO ME HOW WOULD I LIKE TO LIVE IN COSTA RICA, OF COURSE -- >> YOU'D GROWN UP IN IOWA.
>> I GREW UP IN IOWA.
>> THE COSTA RICA THEY CHOSE TO LIVE IN COULD NOT BE MORE DIFFERENT THAN IOWA OR ALABAMA.
WITH PROCEEDS FROM THE SALE OF LAND BACK HOME, THEY PURCHASED SOME 3,400 ACRES IN A LUSH TROPICAL MOUNTAIN SCAPE.
THE ROAD HERE, TREACHEROUS EVEN TODAY, WELL, THEY HAD TO BUILD IT.
>> THE ROADS WHEN WE FIRST CAME WAS LIKE AN OX CART TRAIL.
YOU HAD TO HAVE FOUR-WHEEL DRIVE, CHAINS, MAYBE CARRY AN EXTRA AXLE WITH YOU AND HAVE A WINCH.
EVEN THEN SOMETIMES OXON HAD -- PEOPLE HAD TO GET PULLED OUT BY OXEN.
>> THERE WAS NO CLINIC.
THE COMMUNITY COUNTED ON FAITH AND, IRONICALLY, THE MILITARY EXPERIENCE OF MARVIN ROCKWELL.
>> IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR, I WAS DRAFTED AND WOULDN'T CARRY A RIFLE SO THEY PUT ME IN THE MEDICAL CORPS WHICH WAS THE TRAINING I GOT.
VERY VALUABLE HERE BECAUSE WHEN THEY FIRST GOT HERE, THE CLOSEST DOCTOR WAS SIX HOURS AWAY BY JEEP.
>> IN TIME, A SCHOOL AND COMMUNITY CENTER WERE BUILT, LAND WAS CLEARED, AND FARMS ESTABLISHED.
THE GUINDONS WENT ON TO HAVE NINE CHILDREN.
THEIR DAIRY FARM IS NOW OPERATED BY SON BENITO.
TOGETHER, INTERNATIONAL CONSERVATION GROUPS IN THE QUAKER COMMUNITY LED BY WOLF GUINDON AGREED TO PROTECT THE FOREST FROM MINING, LOGGING, OR FURTHER HUMAN ENCROACHMENT.
>> WOLF SPENT THE FIRST 20 YEARS OF HIS LIFE CUTTING DOWN TREES, AND THE REST OF HIS LIFE SAVING TREES.
>> THE QUAKERS THEMSELVES CONTRIBUTEDED ONE-THIRD OF THE ACRES THEY'D PURCHASED EARLIER TO THE CLOUD FOREST RESERVE.
TODAY SOME 250,000 ECOTOURISTS VISIT HERE EACH YEAR.
A SMALLER NUMBER OF NORTH AMERICANS HAVE COME AND STATE DEPARTMENT.
HAWAII NATIVE NICOLETTE SMITH SETTLED HERE WITH HER HUSBAND, RANDALL.
>> DIDN'T TAKE US LONG TO REALIZE THIS IS THE PERFECT PLACE TO HAVE KIDS.
THEY'RE GROWING UP A LOT LIKE I DID IN A SMALL TOWN, YOU KNOW, WHERE EVERYBODY KNOWS WHO YOU ARE.
♪♪ >> FOR THE SMITH, THE FRIENDS SCHOOL AND CENTER QUICKLY BECAME A SOCIAL HUB TO MEET OTHERS.
A PLACE FOR CULTURAL EVENTS AS WELL AS RELIGIOUS OBJECTS SERVANCE S. -- OBSERVANCES.
MANY OF THOSE WHO ATTEND SUNDAY SERVICES ARE NOT QUAKER.
>> WE'RE NOT OUT TO CONVERT ANYBODY.
THERE ARE BRANCHES OF QUAKERISM WHERE THAT'S -- THAT'S WHAT THEY DO.
WE -- NOT OUR BRANCH.
TO LIVE PEACEABLY, TO WORK WITH AND COOPERATIVELY.
>> WHILE QUACKERS DRAW ON BIBLICAL -- QUAKERS DRAW ON BIBLICAL SCRIPTURES, THEY'RE ECUMENICAL.
QUAKERISM'S FOUNDERS BELIEVED IN DIRECT COMMUNION WITH GOD, ALTHOUGH SOME BRANCHES DO HAVE PROGRAM SERVICES WITH BIBLE READINGS.
AFTER MONTHS OF ATTENDING FOR MOSTLY SOCIAL REASONS, THE SMITHS DECIDED TO DO SO FOR SPIRITUAL ONES AND BECOME QUAKERS.
>> I'M LOOKING FOR A PLACE TO TO PRACTICE EMPTHIGH -- PRACTICE EMPATHY, TOLERANCE.
I'M LOOKING FOR A PLACE TO PRACTICE COMPASSION, LOVE, TRUTH TRUTH.
WHAT I FOUND IN THE FRIENDS COMMUNITY IS A PLACE TO DO THAT THAT IS SAFE, THAT IS A VERY LARGE TENT.
NOW THE GREAT PART OF THAT WAS THAT I ENDED UP JOINING THE MOST UNORGANIZED ORGANIZED RELIGION I COULD FIND.
>> ONE WHOSE ADHERENCE, NUMBERING JUST A FEW DOZEN, HAVE LEFT A LARGE CIVIC FOOTPRINT IN COAST RICA, LONG KNOWN AS ONE OF THE MOST PEACEFUL NATIONS IN THIS HEMISPHERE.
FOR "RELIGION & ETHICS NEWSWEEKLY," MONTA VERDE, COAST RICA.
>>> FINALLY, MUSLIMS HAVE BEEN OBSERVING RAMADAN WHEN THEY FAST FROM SUNUP TO SUNDOWN.
DURING THE MONTH, MANY MOSQUES AROUND THE COUNTRY ENCOURAGE MEMBERS TO INVITE NON-MUSLIM FRIENDS TO THE SPECIAL IFTAR DINNER THAT BREAKS THEIR FASTING.
IMAM ABDUHARI FROM FALLS CHURCH, VIRGINIA, DESCRIBED HOW THE BRING A FRIEND TO MOSQUE PROJECT HELPS BUILD BRIDGES.
>> THERE ARE MANY PEOPLE WHO HAVE NEVER BEEN IN A MOSQUE BEFORE EVEN THOUGH THEY WORK WITH MUSLIMS, LIVE NEAR MUSLIMS, THEY PASS BY THE MOSQUE ALL THE TIME.
BUT THERE'S SOMETHING FOREBODING ABOUT GOING INTO A HOUSE OF WORSHIP THAT YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT THE TRADITIONS ARE.
THERE IS A CURIOSITY.
WE DISCOVERED IF WE TOLD MEMBERS OF THE CONGREGATION INVITE YOUR FRIENDS -- AND WE HAVE IN THIS MOSQUE ABOUT 1,000 PEOPLE FOR DINNER EVERY NIGHT -- SO YOU KNOW, 10 OR 15 OR 20 EXTRA PEOPLE, NOT GOING TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE.
OUR FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS ALSO COME BECAUSE THEY WILL SHARE THEIR TRADITION WITH US.
WHAT I LEARNED AFTER 30 YEARS OF INTERFAITH DIALOGUE IS THAT WHEN PEOPLE COME TOGETHER AND SHARE THEIR FAITH TRADITIONS, THEY ARE MORE LIKELY TO DEEPEN THE TRADITION THAT THEY'RE IN THAN THEY ARE TO JOIN ANOTHER.
SO IT IS THROUGH THAT DEEPENING THAT ALL OF US GROW.
>>> THAT'S OUR PROGRAM FOR NOW.
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