An interfaith memorial service, featuring leaders from the diverse religious traditions of the South Bay, honoring the lives of people who died without homes in our community in 2017. Sponsored by Silicon Valley Interreligious Council (SiVIC). Afterwards there will be a lunch, and distribution of sleeping bags, blankets, and tarps.
Join SiVIC and speakers from the ING Speakers' Bureau for a panel discussion on Ecology and Religion. (Note change from previously announced topic.) Environmental degradation and climate change have become major global concerns that threaten human existence on this planet. While environmental issues are a new concern in the form they present themselves today, religious […]
To commemorate Martin Luther King, Jr.’s message of freedom, equality, justice and love, you are invited to an Interfaith Event Celebrating MLK Day joint prayers, exchange of ideas for dialogue, understanding & unity between communities. Focus on combining youth activities and more future endeavors Featuring: Bishop Patrick J. McGrath, Diocese of San Jose Congressman Ro Khanna, […]
We hope you and your family had a nice holiday and that you may be able to help with two specific (and easy) projects. Now that our shelter season has officially launched, and with wet and cold weather upon us we NEED YOUR HELP to do two simple things that can expand our network […]
Come join us for a tour of San Francisco South Bay urban agriculture and social/environmental collaborations happening right in our backyard! We’ll visit inspiring sites, plant trees and gather for a healthy vegan lunch while we get to know each other and hear moving stories about great projects. Together we’ll learn more about how we […]
The Winter Faith Collaborative is an interfaith movement formed to serve, shelter and advocate for the houseless community in Santa Clara County. In our first two seasons we served over 700 individuals. Consider these sobering facts: There are over 7300 unhoused in Santa Clara County. We sorely lack enough shelter beds. Space for families and […]
FEAST OF SAINT THOMAS AQUINAS Sunday, January 28, 12:00 noon, at St. Thomas Aquinas Church, Waverley at Homer, Palo Alto: Gregorian Mass - Solemnity of our parish patron saint. CANDLEMAS Friday, February 2, 8:00 p.m, at St. Thomas Aquinas Church - Candlelight procession and Solemn High Latin Mass in the Extraordinary Form. On Candlemas […]
Sunday, January 28, 2018 5pm Venerable JianHu, Abbot of Chung Tai Zen Center, and Rabbi Hugh Seid-Valencia, Community Engagement Director, Addison-Penzak Jewish Community Center will be in dialogue on: “When Bad Things Happen to Good People: Jewish and Buddhist Perspectives” This dialogue is part of A Day of Jewish Learning from 1:00-6:30pm, and SiVIC friends are […]
