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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
Please save the dates for our upcoming SiVIC Interreligious Leaders Forums, held on a Sunday from 2:30pm to 4pm at a variety of locations around Santa Clara County. 4/8/2018 Cancelled 5/6/2018 Yoga Beyond the Mat: The Ultimate Goal, Location information TBD Contact: Rev. Joy-Ellen Lipsky 408-513-4418, Joy-Ellen@sivicouncil.org RSVP: rsvp@sivicouncil.org
SiVIC Forum February 2018: Mindfulness: Buddhist Psychology February 11, 2018, 2:30 pm - 4:00 pm Chung Tai Zen Center 750 E. Arques Ave Sunnyvale, CA 95125 Join us for a discussion with Abbot Jian Hu of the Chung Tai Zen Center and Caroline C. Fleck, Ph.D. on Mindfulness in Modern Psychology and the Buddhist Analysis of the […]
Join us to learn about actions being taken by faith communities to address the current challenges they are faced with. Silicon Valley is fortunate to have many faith communities that have stepped up. The topics will cover immigration changes and support actions (including DACA, ICE raids, religious workers visa, H1B/H4 visa, etc.), unhoused community issues […]
Wednesday, March 14, 7:30 p.m. at Stanford Memorial Church -Music of Tom s Luis de Victoria through the Year. Free admission.