Source: Chicago Sun-Times

On June 14, 2001, the Chicago Sun-Times reported that "in an unprecedented gathering, more than a dozen orange-swathed Hindu swamis representing every Ramakrishna order center in North America will assemble in Chicago next week and then spend the weekend at a Hindu retreat center in Ganges, Mich. More than 500 devotees are expected to join the 14 swamis for a conference that will examine their religion in the third millennium."