Interfaith Partnership/Faith Beyond Walls of St. Louis
Interfaith Partnership of Greater St. Louis is a collaborative organization open to members of all faiths in the St. Louis metropolitan area. It provides a timely voice and visible presence of the religious community in the metropolitan area; brings together people of faith for dialogue, celebration, service, pursuit of social justice and increased understanding of one another.
Center for Spirituality & Sustainability
The Center for Spirituality & Sustainability at SIUE is home for the campus ministries of several religious denominations who are dedicated to keeping religious faith and experience in dialogue with higher education. The center is also working to bring "green" practices into the building and educational programs about sustainability to the SIUE campus and local communities. The center's staff seeks to promote faith sharing among all those on campus who are attempting to integrate a relationship with a Higher Power and their daily life. Through this blending of several long-standing religious traditions, the staff hopes an inter- faith community will develop to encourage, inspire and challenge all participants, as well as anyone at SIUE who is asking questions about the ultimate meaning and purpose of life.
Compassionate St. Louis
Compassionate St. Louis Network is a welcoming community of caring people. We are advocates for compassion. We are witnesses to compassion. We share an unflinching resolve to make compassion a clear, luminous, and dynamic force to alleviate suffering and promote the common good. The St. Louis region shines in the Compassionate Cities Index, which includes metrics for Psychological Well-Being, Community Disparities, Community Vitality, Health, Governance, Ecological Resilience. Educational Attainment, Compassionate Business, and Standards of Living. Our Strategy: Ignite a movement of compassion-minded people networked throughout the region. Build the case for compassion for individuals, organizations, and the community. Shine a positive spotlight on people in the region who are witnessing compassion to others.
Please see their website here: https://www.compassionate-stl.org/
Our Lady of the Snows Shrine
Located just 15 minutes from downtown St. Louis, the Shrine provides an atmosphere where guests of all faiths have the opportunity to deepen their relationship with God and one another. The National Shrine of Our Lady of the Snows in Belleville, Illinois, is one of the largest outdoor Shrines in North America. See their list of upcoming events, such as Partnership for Peace that has hosted such speakers as Arun Gandhi and the author of the best-selling book The Shack.
McKendree University
McKendree University in Lebanon, Illinois has integrated education about interfaith relations through classes, a student interfaith group, and Global Awareness Week.
Gateway to Peace Museum
This traveling peace museum visits schools in the St. Louis and Metro-east area to spread the message of peace. The organization believes that positive social change can be achieved by teaching children peacemaking skills at a young age, thus preparing the next generation to speak out against a culture of war and violence. As Mahatma Gandhi taught us, "If we wish to see real peace in the world, we will have to begin with the children."
Carbondale Interfaith Council
The purpose of the Carbondale Interfaith Council is to make God’s love visible in our community by fostering interfaith cooperation, sharing religious experiences, engaging in service, discovering unity while respecting our differences, and speaking with courage and strength for justice. The Council hosts the annual Ralph Anderson Interfaith Dialogue.
Interfaith Youth Core
The big idea for IFYC came to our leading founder Eboo Patel in 1998 when he was at an interfaith conference at Stanford University. He and a small group of his peers realized they were the only young people at the conference, and they started asking each other two questions. Why do so many stories about religion these days feature young people fighting in the name of God? Why isn’t there a huge movement of young people from different faiths working together to apply the core value of all faiths – service to others? The answer came to them in a moment of inspiration: build an interfaith youth movement using service as the bridge.
Charter for Compassion
On February 28, 2008 acclaimed scholar and bestselling author Karen Armstrong received the TED Prize and made a wish—to help create, launch, and propagate a Charter for Compassion. After much work and the contribution of thousands of people the Charter was unveiled to the world on November 12, 2009. The Council of Conscience helped to formulate the Charter for Compassion document.
The Charter for Compassion inherits a confluence of contributions made by TED.com, the Compassionate Action Network, the Fetzer Institute, and many others. Charter for Compassion provides an umbrella for people to engage in collaborative partnerships worldwide. Our mission is to bring to life the principles articulated in the Charter for Compassion through concrete, practical action in a myriad of sectors.
Vision
A world where everyone is committed to living by the principle of compassion.
Mission
We support the emergence of a global movement that brings the Charter for Compassion to life. To do so, we are a network of networks, connecting organizers and leaders from around the world, providing educational resources, organizing tools, and avenues for communication; sharing lessons, stories, and inspiration; providing the umbrella of the Charter for Compassion for conferences, events, collaborations, conversations and initiatives to create compassionate communities and institutions.
https://charterforcompassion.org/
The Charter for Compassion inherits a confluence of contributions made by TED.com, the Compassionate Action Network, the Fetzer Institute, and many others. Charter for Compassion provides an umbrella for people to engage in collaborative partnerships worldwide. Our mission is to bring to life the principles articulated in the Charter for Compassion through concrete, practical action in a myriad of sectors.
Vision
A world where everyone is committed to living by the principle of compassion.
Mission
We support the emergence of a global movement that brings the Charter for Compassion to life. To do so, we are a network of networks, connecting organizers and leaders from around the world, providing educational resources, organizing tools, and avenues for communication; sharing lessons, stories, and inspiration; providing the umbrella of the Charter for Compassion for conferences, events, collaborations, conversations and initiatives to create compassionate communities and institutions.
https://charterforcompassion.org/