Contributed by Deacon Steve Herrera, Notre Dame San Jose High School Four Shinnyo-en Buddhists, one Zoroastrian, and five Catholics embarked on an interfaith journey from June 24 to 29, 2024, in New Mexico, sponsored by Shinnyo-en Foundation in partnership with Notre Dame San Jose High School, California. We visited various places of worship and met …
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In June 2023, the New Mexico Interfaith Immersion Trip brought together ten youth from the San Francisco Bay Area, Orange County, Boston and New York for a unique exploration of spirituality and cultural exchange. Hosted in Santa Fe this immersive experience aimed to foster understanding through visits to various places of worship and engaging dialogues …
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Photos from New Mexico, courtesy of Deacon Steve Herrera, Co-director of the Teen Interfaith Leadership Council of Santa Clara County We are proud to announce the release of the video that Steve Herrera produced this summer after hours of intensive viewing, clipping, and editing the interviews and footages, and inserting and animating photos collected from …
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Contributed by Kyoko Sato, Shinnyo-en USA Head Temple, Redwood City, CA Peninsula Multifaith Coalition’s (PMC) 2018 MLK Jr. Day of Service was represented by 25 congregations, totaling over 430 volunteers who took on 21 projects across the Northern Peninsula area. About two thirds of the participants were returning volunteers from past MLK Jr. Day of …
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The following article was contributed by Diane Fisher, Community Relations Council Director of the Jewish Federation of Silicon Valley and Co-Director of the Teen Interfaith Leadership Council (TILC) of Santa Clara County. It has also been published at the Summer 2017 issue of JValley Magazine. Three Junior Youth Association (JRYA) members from the Bay Area …
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Once again, Hartford Seminary hosted a week-long summer course titled, “The Spirituality and Practices of Asian Religions.” The course was designed to introduce the religious life and spirituality practiced in East Asian countries, in particular, China, South Korea and Japan this year. It has been very special for Shinnyo-en Foundation to support this course for …
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Over the past Martin Luther King Jr. Day, the Peninsula Multifaith Coalition (PMC) held its 5th Annual Multifaith MLK Day of Service. This special event brought together 450 volunteers from 22 different faith houses to work on 24 community service projects throughout the Bay Area Community. Joining the Multifaith Day of Service this year were 22 …
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Contributed by Deacon Steve Herrera, the Diocese of San Jose Diane Fisher of the Jewish Federation of Silicon Valley and Deacon Steve Herrera from the Diocese of San Jose, both Co-directors of the Teen Interfaith Leadership Council of Santa Clara County, took eight interfaith teenagers on an immersion experience to Santa Fe, New Mexico from …
With warm welcoming remarks from Dr. Uriah Kim, Academic Dean of Hartford Seminary, a week-long summer course titled “Spirituality and Practices of Asian Religions” began on June 13 for the second time this summer. This course was made possible by the collegial collaboration between Dr. Michiaki Okuyama of Nanzan University and Dr. Uriah Kim who …
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On January 18th, the gymnasium at Fair Oaks Community School in Redwood City was bustling with people and buzzing with excitement. The day was still young, but plenty of volunteers arrived bright and early to participate in the MLK Day of Service. Breakfast was provided at four different locations for the total of over 500 …
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