Sunday, June 22
Xavier University’s Cintas Center
12:30 PM – Doors open
12:45 – 1:15 PM Interfaith Observance (Auditorium)
1:30 – 4:30 PM Entertainment (Auditorium)
1:30 – 3:30 PM Sikh/ICGC Langar, delicious food served (Parking Lot)
1:30 – 4:30 PM Labyrinth: A Walking Meditation (Conference Room)*
2:00 – 2:50 PM Session hosted by Faith Communities Go Green (Conference Room)
3:00 – 3:50 PM Spiritual Meditations (Conference Room )*
*See descriptions below
1:30 – 4:30 PM Labyrinth: A Walking Meditation (Conference Room, self-directed)
Festival attendees can reflectively walk the labyrinth. A Labyrinth is a spiritual tool that can be used for prayer, meditation, and connection with The Divine. To use a labyrinth, one simply begins by following the single path before you that leads to the center; once there pause and set an intention for connection and wholeness; after some time, return on the same path to where you began. The labyrinth journey consists of three stages: Release (as you journey toward the center), Receiving (as you rest in the center), and Returning (as you move back toward the place where you began, having been changed in heart, mind, body, and spirit.) To find a labyrinth near you, use the world-wide Labyrinth Locator.
3 – 3:50 PM Spiritual Meditations: Connect with a Higher Power – Experience Joy and Peace (Conference Room)
Interfaith prayer is a practice that aims to connect people of different perspectives and faiths, spiritually and promote coexistence between religions. These prayers aim to emphasize the common values of the religions involved.
We expect through our interfaith meditation circle to achieve:
solidarity and act of goodwill.
common values of all religions.
opportunities to learn more, encounter each other, develop friendships.
opportunities for people to build their shared values and concerns to work together on practical projects for the common good.
These prayer practices and lead to enhance and develop world peace by fostering and understanding, acceptance and tolerance among different religious communities.
All are kindly welcome to be with us. Let’s hold each other in our hearts and souls and pray for our planets peace and joy.
Participating faith traditions: Baha’i, Brahma Kumaris, Buddhism, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Orthodox, Hinduism, Islam, Judaism, Sikh, Unitarian Universalism, and Zoroastrian.
Additional opportunities of note: