Interfaith

Who We Are: Area's History Gives Rise to a Medley of Faiths

January 29, 2008

Author: Marketta Gregory

Source: Democrat & Chronicle

http://www.democratandchronicle.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080129/NEWS01/801290345

January 29, 2008 3:05 am — They take wine and wafer, believing it is the body and blood of Jesus. They kneel, touch their heads to the floor and pray toward Mecca. They meditate, seeking an awakening — nirvana.

And they do it here, in the Rochester...

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Interfaith Group Aims High, Asks Big Questions at Meeting

January 29, 2008

Author: Kathryn Kennedy

Source: Daily Reflector

http://www.reflector.com/local/content/news/stories/2008/01/29/PeaceandJustice.html

Local followers of several faiths called on their God — or gods — in a monthly search for peace and justice Monday.

Approximately 40 Jews, Muslims, Unitarian Universalists and members of the Baha'i Faith filled the plush, red pews at the Bayt Shalom Synagogue on 10th...

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Cooking with Faith; Diverse Religious Communities Unite to Provide Dinners for Needy

January 29, 2008

Author: Vincent Ball

Source: Brantford Expositor

http://www.brantfordexpositor.ca/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=876930

On Sunday afternoon, when a lot of guys are watching sports on television, Gord Markle is washing a pot in a church basement.

His friend, Yvonne Wright, is peeking into the oven to check the chicken and looking over her shoulder is her friend, Glen Gordon.

Another gentleman is whipping up a Caesar salad and...

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Young Christians Learn about Islamic Principles

January 29, 2008

Author: Staff Writer

Source: Indian Catholic

http://www.theindiancatholic.com/report.asp?nid=10270

An Islamic institute is conducting a course to teach Protestant youths about Islam and pluralism.

Wahid Institute, initiated by former president Abdurrahman Wahid, is cooperating with the Crisis Center of the Christian Church of Indonesia (GKI, Indonesian acronym) in running the four-session course.

Thirty GKI youths including...

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Interfaith Group to Push for Release of Montreal Man Jailed in India

January 29, 2008

Author: Staff Writer

Source: The Canadian Press

http://canadianpress.google.com/article/ALeqM5iBD9qVgwapgcUihxQkWhyOeJiUJg

Former justice minister Irwin Cotler and an interfaith delegation will meet with Indian authorities in Ottawa on Monday in hopes of freeing a Montreal businessman imprisoned in northeastern India.

Saul Itzhayek, 42, was sentenced to three years in jail on accusations of entering the country from...

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Interfaith Leaders Call for Intervention In Gaza

January 28, 2008

Author: Staff Writer

Source: Muslim Public Affairs Council

http://www.mpac.org/article.php?id=597

As the growing humanitarian crisis continues in the Gaza Strip, interfaith leaders in Southern California held a press conference and a vigil to call for an end to the collective punishment of 1.5 million residents. Interfaith leaders highlighted the importance of social justice and its centrality to Abrahamic faith traditions."

"Violence done in the name...

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Teenagers of all Faiths Remember Holocaust

January 28, 2008

Author: Martin Wainwright

Source: The Guardian Unlimited

http://www.guardian.co.uk/religion/Story/0,,2248047,00.html

The warmth which encompassed every faith community in Liverpool yesterday embraced elderly survivors of the Holocaust and victims' relatives at a memorial concert in the city. There to welcome them were teenage Jews, Christians, Hindus and - for the first time in an official capacity - Muslims who had been on a "walk of faith"...

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Thanks-Giving Square

Information about this center is no longer updated. This data was last updated on 11 October 2009.

Phone: 214-969-1977
Email: tgs@thanksgiving.org
Website: http://www.thanksgiving.org
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Mission

The two-fold mission of Thanks-Giving Square is "to offer a place for all people to give thanks to our Creator" and "to witness, celebrate, and to promote the value and spirit of thanksgiving for both sacred and secular cultures throughout the world." The...
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Faiths Join Hands for Abraham Dinner

January 28, 2008

Author: ELIZABETH KALFSBEEK

Source: Daily Democrat

http://origin.dailydemocrat.com/news/ci_8099673

The fifth annual Celebration of Abraham, which took place at St. James Catholic Church Saturday, did just that - celebrated the fact that major religions Christianity, Islam and Judaism all trace their roots back to Abraham.

"Our humanity draws us together," said one event organizer, Hannah Biberstein of Davis. "We're all creations of one God....

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Rajan Zed to Open Utah, Washington Senates with Hindu Prayers

January 27, 2008

Author: SRIREKHA N. CHAKRAVARTY

Source: India Post News Service

http://indiapost.com/article/communitypost/1905/

NEW YORK: Ever since the Rajan Zed created history in July last year, by becoming the first Hindu to open the US Senate with a Hindu prayer, this Nevada-based priest has been on a roll.Setting one milestone after another, Zed has been conducting the opening prayers at various state senates, and participating in various local Nevada church and...

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Religious Groups Share Song and Dance, Pray for Peace

January 27, 2008

Author: LISA BOLIVAR

Source: The Miami Herald

http://www.miamiherald.com/478/story/392798.html

On the eve of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, eight groups of worshipers from almost as many faiths came together in Pembroke Pines for the second annual World Religion Day.

They gathered at the Susan B. Katz Theater of the Performing Arts in the Pembroke Pines Academic Village, 17189 Sheridan St., to share dance, song and prayers for peace.

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