Interfaith

Reflection: The Marrakesh Declaration

Reflection
In light of the increasing violence in the Muslim World, the Marrakesh Declaration was written to promote peace among all people, regardless of their religion. This reflection outlines the basic...
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Interfaith Prayer Service on Mercy

Prayer Service
Following the model of Pope Francis, we are called to pray with all people of faith, especially during this Year of Mercy; this prayer service reminds us of God's mercy and God's call to us to be...
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"Mourners Kaddish"

Prayer
Rabbi Arthur Waskow, Ph.D. shares an adapted version of the Mourners Kaddish, a prayer rooted in the Jewish tradition that is used to mourn the dead. Rabbi Waskow’s Mourners Kaddish remembers the...
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On Pilgrimage

Reflection
Learn about the significance of pilgrimages for many religions, and then travel to several countries around the world to discover pilgrimage sites for Christians, Buddhists, Muslims, and...
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Thích Nhat Hanh: An Apostle of Peace and Nonviolence, October 11

Reflection
Thích Nhat Hanh is a Zen Buddhist monk, global spiritual leader, poet, author, and peace activist. This reflection takes his quotes and urges readers to see how they too can become apostles of peace...
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Pope Francis: Dialogue is a Way to Peace

Reflection
Pope Francis recently visited Bosnia and Herzegovina, still recovering from a bloody war two decades ago that pitted different ethnic and faith communities against each other, to proclaim that...
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Prayer Service for Christian Unity

Prayer Service
The Week of Prayer for Christian Unity is celebrated from the 18th-25th of January each year. It is a significant time during which churches around the world express their longing for and commitment...
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Prayer for Christian Unity

Prayer
We pray to bring unity to our human community. We ask that we be healed and made whole as the family of God; we pray to draw deeper into communion with God and one another.  

St. Francis and His Relevance for Today

In his reflection on St. Francis, Fr. Joseph Nangle, O.F.M., seeks to show us a pro-active Francis concerned with real issues of peace. Francis went to the Middle East during the Fifth Crusade and...
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Bless Me, Ultima

BLESS ME, ULTIMA is based on the novel by acclaimed author Rodolfo Anaya. It is the coming-of-age story of Antonio, a seven-year-old Catholic boy living in a small town in New Mexico. The film...
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An Interfaith Prayer for Peace

An interfaith prayer that seeks to recognize the force in all religions and belief systems that moves everyone to be open to see the humanity of the other, even in the “enemy:” only a strategy of...
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Interfaith Dialogue: Hope grows for lasting bonds

Learn more about how Pope Francis' efforts for interfaith dialogue continue the legacy of Nostra Aetate, and pray our interfaith prayer for peace. Posted on February 14, 2014