Religious Centers (Archive)

Shri Akshar Purushotam Swaminarayan

Information about this center is no longer updated. This data was last updated on 5 February 2014.

Phone: 704-573-0820
Email: info@swaminarayan.org
Website: http://www.swaminarayan.org/
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Activities and Schedule

This community meets together as a temple every Sunday from 4:30-7:30. Members are welcome to come to the temple any time of the week for prayer and aarti. On Sundays the children of the temple have Sunday school to learn about their culture, traditions, and religion. The weekly... Read more about Shri Akshar Purushotam Swaminarayan

Shamans of the Willow Moon

Information about this center is no longer updated. This data was last updated on 30 October 2006.

Contact Information

Email: Celticbog@hotmail.com
Website: http://www.geocities.com/shamansofthewillowmoon

Activities and Schedule

Update: Shamans of the Willow Moon has relocated from Charlotte, NC to Denver, NC. They are no longer affiliated with WARD or WARD NC as the organization is no longer in existence. It was absorbed by another organization, AREN. Though they are no longer...
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Isthmus Zen Community

Information about this center is no longer updated. This data was last updated on 7 July 2006.

Phone: 608-257-7970
Email: magglpie@execpc.com
Website: http://www.isthmuszencommunity.org
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History and Description

The Isthmus Zen Community was established in Madison in 1996, and meets in space rented in an office building that also houses the Madison Shambhala Meditation Group. The variant of Zen Buddhism practiced by this community is known as...
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Charlotte Baha’i Community

Information about this center is no longer updated. This data was last updated on 26 October 2018.

Phone: 704-563-2323
Email: info@CharlotteBahai.org
Website: http://www.charlottebahai.org/main.html
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Activities and Schedule

Center activities can be found on the Charlotte Baha'i website, which is updated frequently. The community offers many programs geared toward different aspects of the community. The children’s program is called the Brilliant...
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Jain Community of Charlotte

Information about this center is no longer updated.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

Phone: (704) 921-1454
Email: Vijay.Doshi@parsons.com
Website: http://www.jaincenterus.org/
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History

The Hindu Center, where the Jains now worship, was built in 1982; at that time only seven Jain families worshiped together. Before building the center members of the Indian community met with and surveyed members of a church directly across he street...
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The Sikh Heritage Society of Greater Charlotte

Information about this center is no longer updated. This data was last updated on 25 October 2006.

Phone: 704-948-7664
Email: rattrey@aol.com or irajpal@aol.com
Website: http://www.gurdwaracharlotte.com/
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Activities and Schedule

The congregation meets once a month during the weekend for worship. Normally, about 60 people attend. The service starts around 11:00 A.M. and ends around 1:30 P.M.

The Gurdwara, when complete and open for service,...

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Drikung Kagyu Dharma Circle

Information about this center is no longer updated. This data was last updated on 30 October 2006.

Phone: 608-967-9339
Email: pnldkdc@mhtc.net
Website: http://www.vajrapub.org/dharmasites/rgn/dmo/public_html/

History and Description

The Drikung Kagyu Dharma Circle is an assembly of four to five individuals from around the Madison area, who follow the teachings of Tibetan Buddhist Drikung Kagyu lineage. A current Abbot of this lineage, the Venerable Khenpo Konchog Gyaltsen...
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Our Lady of Redemption Church

Information about this center is no longer updated. This data was last updated on 26 October 2006.

Phone: 810-751-6017
Website: http://www.olrmelkite.com
The research was conducted by The University of Michigan-Dearborn Pluralism Project.

History

Our Lady of Redemption Melkite Catholic Church is located in Warren, Michigan, a Macomb County working-and middle-class suburb north of Detroit. The church was established in 1929, and at that time was located...
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Escondido Baha'i Library

Information about this center is no longer updated. This data was last updated on 26 October 2018.

Phone: 760-745-0086
[flickr_set id="72157621942656148"] History The Escondido Bahá’ís recognized that they had outgrown their most capacious domestic spaces and would need to find a larger commercial building for gatherings many months before the January 1997 opening of their current center downtown. They established a specific fund for the acquisition of the center and called on the nearby Bahá’í communities of San Marcos and Valley Center... Read more about Escondido Baha'i Library

San Diego Unity Center

Information about this center is no longer updated. This data was last updated on 26 October 2018.

Phone: 858-689-6500
Email: oneness@theunitycenter.net
Website: http://theunitycenter.net/web/index.htm
[flickr_set id="72157621942654840"] History Bahá’í communities usually acquire centers because their members can no longer fit comfortably in homes. But the San Diego Bahá’ís outgrew homes long ago and already owned a center when they decided to rent some office space behind a shopping plaza in June of 2000 and call... Read more about San Diego Unity Center

Oceanside Baha'i Center

Information about this center is no longer updated. This data was last updated on 26 October 2018.

Phone: 760-757-8980
Email: oceanside1@bahai-site.org
Website: http://www.bahai-site.org/oceanside/nccbc.htm
[flickr_set id="72157621942652482"] History In 1863, a Persian nobleman named “Bahá’u’lláh,” the Glory of God, announced that he was the latest in a line of Manifestations of God that includes Abraham, Moses, Buddha, Jesus, and Muhammad. His followers were called Bahá'ís and the religion he founded is known as... Read more about Oceanside Baha'i Center

St. Leonard's of Port Maurice Church

Information about this center is no longer updated. This data was last updated on 2 July 2014.

Phone: 617-523-2110
Website: http://saintleonardchurchboston.org
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Activities and Schedule

Masses in Italian: Sunday 10:15 A.M., Monday through Saturday 9:00 A.M.; Masses in English Saturday 5:00 P.M., Sunday 9:00 A.M. and Noon, Monday through Friday 12:05 P.M.

History

St. Leonard's Church, founded in 1873, is the first Roman Catholic church in New England built by Italian immigrants. Located...

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