• Intro to Sheltering Workshops

    Christ the Good Shepherd Lutheran Church 1550 Meridian Ave., San Jose, CA, United States

    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 […]

  • Special Liturgical Celebrations for the Winter Season

    St. Thomas Aquinas Church 751 Waverley St,, Palo Alto, CA, United States

    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 […]

  • A Day of Jewish Learning 2018, Special Dialogue by SiVIC Board Members

    Addison-Penzak Jewish Community Center, Levy Family Campus 14855 Oka Road, Los Gatos, CA, United States

      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 […]

  • World Interfaith Harmony Week

    The Gauntlet has been thrown down and the Compassion Games World Interfaith Harmony Week Coopetition is set to begin on February 1st!  The World Interfaith Harmony Week was first proposed at the UN General Assembly on September 23, 2010 by H.M. King Abdullah II of Jordan. Just under a month later, on October 20, 2010, […]

  • World Interfaith Harmony Day

    Niles Discovery Church 36600 Niles Blvd., Fremont, CA, United States

    In 2010 the United Nations established “World Interfaith Harmony Week as a way to promote harmony between all peoples regardless of their faith.” In that spirit we have organized a meet up where we can all talk about and share our faith traditions in the spirit of openness. You are welcome to bring ethnic finger […]

  • “How to Bring Balance and Compassion to Life” Educational Course

    Charter for Compassion Education Institute  is pleased to offer this very special course for only $10, which is one 10th of its normal fee, in honor of the Charter Education Institute's 2nd Anniversary. We are celebrating our second year of working together to make a significant difference through compassion education courses. Lao-tzu said, “When you are compassionate toward yourself, you reconcile all beings in the […]

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