Festival of Faiths

"Whether you understand it or not, God loves you, is present in you, lives in you, dwells in you, calls you, saves you and offers you an understanding and compassion which are like nothing you have ever found in a book or heard in a sermon." —#ThomasMerton⠀ ⠀ #MertonMonday

The @FestofFaiths is an opportunity to come together. It's where deep thinkers, spiritual practitioners, and civic leaders will explore the interconnectedness of all people and the world we share. Learn more about this year’s lineup >> loom.ly/zvjDU38  #UnitedIsTheWay

@vivek_murthy 𝗘𝗽𝗶𝘀𝗼𝗱𝗲 𝟮: Guthrie Graves Fitzsimmons of Interfaith Alliance discusses religious pluralism during our conversation inspired by a 2005 festival segment featuring Rev. Dr. Martin Marty. Listen via Apple Podcasts, iHeart, Spotify; or wherever you get your podcasts!

𝗘𝗽. 𝟭: Revisit the wisdom of Dr. @vivek_murthy, former surgeon general, who took the stage at the 2019 festival to discuss the loneliness epidemic. Host Sally Evans propels the conversation forward, inviting Rev. Lauren Jones Mayfield (CIR's executive director) to respond.

Thrilled to announce the release of "𝗛𝗼𝗹𝘆 𝗘𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗲𝘀"—the new Festival of Faiths podcast! In this short-form pod, we discover the revelation and visionary hope reverberating between past fest speakers and current spiritual leaders. podcast.festivaloffaiths.org

Happy #Diwali to all who celebrate! This #FestivalofLights is one of the most important #Hindu holidays. Often compared to Christmas in the West, the five-day holiday is celebrated with different forms of light to symbolize the victory of good over evil.

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“If we are to provide a sense of hope, it is not so much what we say, but it is what we do.” —𝘙𝘦𝘷. 𝘋𝘳. 𝘒𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘉𝘳𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘋𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘭𝘢𝘴, 𝘍𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘢𝘭 𝘰𝘧 𝘍𝘢𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘴 2021 bit.ly/cirg4g21

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𝗧𝗢𝗠𝗢𝗥𝗥𝗢𝗪 𝗜𝗦 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗗𝗔𝗬 𝗧𝗢 𝗚𝗜𝗩𝗘 𝗙𝗢𝗥 𝗚𝗢𝗢𝗗!  By donating to CIR during #GiveForGoodLou, our area’s biggest day of online giving, you’ll support efforts to honor our differences, celebrate our shared humanity, and inspire positive change. (1/2)

“Love seeks one thing only: the good of the one loved. It leaves all the other secondary effects to take care of themselves. Love, therefore, is its own reward." —#ThomasMerton from “No Man is an Island” #MertonMonday #FindYourSacred

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📷 𝟭 𝗺𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗵 𝘁𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗚𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗚𝗼𝗼𝗱 𝗗𝗮𝘆! Please consider supporting us during the region's biggest day of online charitable giving. By donating to CIR, you will directly fund programming that seeks to help us thrive as 𝗢𝗡𝗘 𝗛𝗨𝗠𝗔𝗡 𝗙𝗔𝗠𝗜𝗟𝗬. (1/2)

”What we are asked to do is to love; and this love itself will render both ourselves and our neighbor worthy if anything can.” —#ThomasMerton from 𝘋𝘪𝘴𝘱𝘶𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘘𝘶𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴⁠ ⁠ #MertonMonday #FindYourSacred

"If I insist on giving you my truth, and never stop to receive your truth in return, then there can be no truth between us." —#ThomasMerton, from his “Letter to Pablo Antonio Cuadra”⁠ ⁠ #MertonMonday #FindYourSacred⁠ ⁠