Religious Centers (Archive)

Weston-Wayland Interfaith Action Group

Information about this center is no longer updated. This data was last updated on 3 August 2018.

Phone: 617-962-3631
Email: contact@wwiag.org
Website: http://www.wwiag.org
History The Weston Interfaith Action Group is a not-for-profit organization that was formed by a small number of Christian and Jewish residents of Weston in 1988 who, according to their webpage, wanted to “encourage sensitivity to the increasing diversity of the town’s population.” Their first program was a 10-week workshop on understanding the... Read more about Weston-Wayland Interfaith Action Group

Massachusetts Buddhist Association and Dharmakaya Center

Information about this center is no longer updated. This data was last updated on 3 July 2018.

Phone: 781-863-1936
Email: mba_mail@yahoo.com
Website: http://www.ddmmba.org/?lang=en
[flickr_set id="72157621814590755"] History The Massachusetts Buddhist Association (MBA) began in the mid-1980s as a small group of students meeting in private homes in Lowell, Massachusetts. With increased interest, the group decided to move and expand in order to offer teachings to a larger community in a more central location in... Read more about Massachusetts Buddhist Association and Dharmakaya Center

Noble Academy

Information about this center is no longer updated. This data was last updated on 15 August 2017.

Phone: 617-472-0519
Email: info@nobleacademyma.com
Website: http://nobleacademyma.com/
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Jain Center of Greater Boston

Information about this center is no longer updated. This data was last updated on 27 September 2018.

Phone: 781-762-9490
Email: webmaster@jcgb.org
Website: http://www.jcgb.org

History

The Jain Center of Greater Boston was founded on September 9th, 1973 when twenty families gathered in a home to celebrate Paryushana Parva, a holiday commemorating the birth of Mahavira, the historical founder of Jainism. Throughout the 1970s the group met at the MIT Student Center or Rindge Tower apartments (where many of the... Read more about Jain Center of Greater Boston

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