Interfaith Engagement Archives - Niagara Foundation

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Heartfelt Condolences on the Passing of Our Honorable President Fethullah Gulen

Heartfelt Condolences on the Passing of Our Honorable President Fethullah Gulen: “Indeed, we belong to Allah, and indeed to Him we will return.”...

Friends in Faith, FRONTPAGE, Illinois, Intercultural Trips, Interfaith Dinners

Interfaith Youth Iftar Dinner 2024

ur Annual Interfaith Youth Iftar was a testament to the power of dialogue, understanding, and shared humanity. We were honored to host youth...

Chicago Interfaith Gathering, FRONTPAGE, Illinois, Interfaith Dinners, Ramadan Experience

LSTC’s Center of Christian-Muslim Engagement Iftar

Over the weekend, LSTC’s Center of Christian-Muslim Engagement helped host two wonderful interfaith iftar dinners! If you weren’t able to make either of...

Chicago Interfaith Gathering, Default Category, Dialogue Dinners, Events, FRONTPAGE, Illinois, Interfaith Dinners, Ramadan Experience

Niagara Annual Interfaith Iftar Dinner 2024

At our Annual Interfaith Iftar Dinner, we came together as a community to break bread, share stories, and celebrate the beautiful diversity of...

Events, Friends in Faith, FRONTPAGE, Illinois

Youth Educational Visit Program

Excited to welcome another inspiring group of high school students from Maine Township High School District 207 to our Youth Educational Visit Program!...

Branches, FRONTPAGE, Illinois, Interfaith Dinners, Ramadan Experience

Interfaith Iftar Dinner 2024

Dear Friends, For the Muslim faith, Ramadan is the holiest and the most significant month of the year. It is a time for...

Default Category, Events, Illinois, Interfaith Dinners

Annual Interfaith Iftar Dinner 2023

Dear Friends, As Niagara Foundation, together with the Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago, St. Raymond De Peñafort Catholic Church, and Congregation Beth...

| Tagged chicago, dialog, event, intercultural, Interfaith, Niagara Foundation, Ramadan

Default Category, Dialogue Dinners, Events, FRONTPAGE, Illinois, Interfaith Dinners, Ramadan Experience

Youth Interfaith Iftar Dinner

We had an amazing time at our Annual Interfaith Youth Iftar Dinner program together with college students from various faith traditions! We gathered...

23 Mar

Abraham's Tent, Abrahamic Traditions Dinner, Default Category, Events, FRONTPAGE, Illinois

Abraham’s Tent Iftar Dinners

Dear Friends, As the Holy Month of Ramadan approaches, Niagara Foundation would like to invite you to attend a Home-Based, Family Iftar (breaking...

15 Mar

Default Category, FRONTPAGE, Illinois, Interfaith Engagement

National Day of Prayer

Humanity is once again going through testing times.. Faith leaders from various communities are invited to join this circle of supplication to express...

| Tagged chicago, Interfaith, Niagara Foundation, prayer

11 Aug

Chicago Interfaith Gathering, Default Category, Dialogue Dinners, Illinois, Interfaith Dinners, Interfaith Engagement, Ramadan Experience

Annual Interfaith Iftar Dinner

What a wonderful gathering that was! Lots of speakers, friends, gathered together around an iftar dinner. As Niagara Foundation, we are honored to...

| Tagged beth judea, chicago, dialogue, fourthchicago, Iftar, Interfaith, lstchicago, Ramadan, religion, straymondMPIL

11 Aug

Illinois, Interfaith Engagement

Muslim-Jewish Youth Interfaith Dinner

Muslim students from Turkish community meets Jewish youth from Rochelle Zell Jewish High School. This April was special for three religions of the...

| Tagged chicago, Interfaith, islam, Judaism, Niagara Foundation, religion, student, youth

niagara-foundation-muslim-jewish-high-school-students-interfaith-hanukkah-gathering

21 Nov

Branches, Illinois, Interfaith Engagement

Muslim Jewish High School Student’s Interfaith Hanukkah Gathering

Niagara Foundation partners with Rochelle Zelle Jewish High School for a series of cultural exchanges. In this first event, they will host us...

| Tagged chicago, Hanukkah, Interfaith, islam, Judaism, Niagara Foundation, youth

Branches, Chicago Interfaith Gathering, Illinois, Interfaith Engagement

Interfaith Youth Thanksgiving (Online)

As Niagara Foundation, together with Children of Abraham Coalition and Keystone Youth Center, we are organizing an Interfaith Thanksgiving Program for young members...

| Tagged chicago, Interfaith, Niagara Foundation, Online, thanksgiving, youth

07 May

Interfaith Dinners, Interfaith Engagement, Ramadan Experience

Annual Interfaith Iftar Dinner

Niagara Foundation cordially invites you to Annual Interfaith Iftar (breaking the fast) Dinner Program. The Islamic holy month of Ramadan represents a time...

07 May

Default Category, Interfaith Dinners, Interfaith Engagement

Youth Interfaith Iftar Dinner!

Niagara Foundation cordially invites youth (High School & College age) to our Youth Interfaith Iftar gathering. Muslims around the world fast from sunrise...

07 May

Abraham's Tent, Ramadan Experience

Abraham’s Tent Iftar Dinners | Everyday Throughout The Mounth Of Ramadan!

As the Holy Month of Ramadan approaches, Niagara Foundation would like to invite you to attend a Home-Based Family Iftar (breaking the fast)...

Default Category, Interfaith Dinners

Interfaith Youth Thanksgiving Dinner

Interfaith Youth Thanksgiving Dinner on November 29, 6:30pm As NIAGARA Foundation, we would like to invite your youth groups to our Interfaith Youth Thanksgiving...

17 May

2018, Articles, Blog, FRONTPAGE, Illinois, Ramadan Experience

Significance of Ramadan in Islam

Significance of Ramadan in Islam (Retrieved from: http://www.quranreading.com/blog/significance-and-importance-of-ramadan-in-islam/) Since many of you will be attending our Abraham’s Tent home dinners throughout this holy...

27 Apr

2018, Illinois, Interfaith, Interfaith Dinners, Interfaith Engagement, Religion and Spirituality, Theology

Dinner & Dialogue Series

2018, FRONTPAGE, Illinois, Interfaith, Interfaith Dinners, Ramadan Experience, Religion and Spirituality, Religious Holidays

Annual Interfaith Dialogue Iftar

13 Mar

2017, Community Projects, Conferences & Panels, Illinois, Interfaith, Interfaith Engagement, Religion and Spirituality, RSVP, Social Responsibility, Society and Culture

RIOTcon Conference: Beloved is a Verb

08 Jan

2017, Illinois, Interfaith, Interfaith Engagement, Religion and Spirituality, Religious Holidays, Sharing the Faith, Society and Culture, Theology, Values

8th Annual Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Interfaith Breakfast

29 Oct

2017, Articles, Blog, Event Recaps, Illinois, Interfaith, Niagara Updates, Sharing the Faith

Salaam Shalom Interfaith Concert & “What I Brought in My Luggage Mini Exhibit”

A LONGING LARGER THAN LUGGAGES TOUCHED PEOPLE’S HEARTS By: S.K. in collaboration with Ayse Eldes The Congregation Etz Chaim Synagogue hosted the “Salaam...

28 Oct

2017, Illinois, Interfaith Dinners

Niagara Foundation Partners with Congregation Etz Chaim: Interfaith Concert

28 Oct

2017, Chicago Global Family, Education, Illinois, Leadership, Niagara Forums, Public and Global Affairs, RSVP, Sharing the Faith, Social Responsibility, Special Events

Niagara Forum: Rethinking Veterans Day

2017, Blog, Illinois, Interfaith, Interfaith Engagement, Religion and Spirituality, Religious Holidays, Theology

Yom Kippur And Food

Yom Kippur And Food By: Boe Chmill Yom Kippur, it is the holiest day in the Jewish Calendar. It is a holiday built...

29 Aug

2017, Illinois, Interfaith, Interfaith Engagement, Religion and Spirituality, Theology, Values

NF: “The Generation Gap: Are Millennials Losing their Religion?”

Abraham's Tent, Dialogue Dinners, Illinois, Interfaith, Religious Holidays, Values

The Falls: 1 Hour Remedy to Thwart Muslim Stereotypes

1 Hour Remedy to Thwart Muslim Stereotypes By: Cultureguru “Wow…what a way to blow away years of stereotypes in one evening! Everyone should...

2017, Conferences & Panels, Illinois, Interfaith, Ramadan Experience, Religion and Spirituality, Religious Holidays, Theology

NF: Self-Renewal through Service @ Fourth Presbyterian Church

15 May

2017, 2017, Illinois, Interfaith, Interfaith Engagement, Ramadan Experience, Religion and Spirituality, Religious Holidays, Theology, Values

Niagara Forums: Self-Renewal through Service

06 Mar

2017, 2017, FRONTPAGE, Gender, Illinois, Interfaith, Interfaith Engagement

NF: Women of Faith and the Future of Feminism

03 Nov

2016, Conferences & Panels, Democracy, Friends in Faith, FRONTPAGE, Governance, Illinois, Interfaith, Interfaith Engagement, Lecture Series, Peace and Conflict, Politics, Religion and Spirituality, Theology

Dr. Murphy to speak on “Mercy and Reconciliation in Post-Election America”

27 Oct

2016, Default Category, Events, FRONTPAGE, Illinois, Interfaith, Interfaith Dinners, Religious Holidays, Sharing the Faith, Society and Culture

Thanksgiving – Fourth Presbyterian Church

2016, Illinois, Interfaith, Interfaith Dinners, Interfaith Engagement, Noah's Pudding, Religion and Spirituality, Social Responsibility

Noah’s Pudding Contest

12 Oct

Articles, Blog, Illinois, Interfaith Engagement, Interns' Corner

To Understand and Act: The Importance of Interfaith Dialogue

By: Joseph Birko, Communications Intern – [email protected] With the recent tragedies in Europe, Syria and other attacks throughout the Middle East, the relationship...

02 Aug

2016, Branches, Friends in Faith, Illinois, Interfaith, Interfaith Engagement, Religion and Spirituality, Theology

Dr. Scott Alexander on “Which Religion Will Win?”: The Problem of Triumphalism in Christian-Muslim Relations”

10 Mar

Events, Friends in Faith, Interfaith, Interfaith Engagement, Philosophy, Religion and Spirituality, Society and Culture, Theology, Values

FIF: Reverend Marrice Coverson on “What is Spiritualism?”

| Tagged Christianity, Niagara Foundation, religion, Reverend Marrice Coverson, spiritualism, spirituality, The Church of the Spirit of Chicago

10 Mar

Events, Friends in Faith, Gender, Interfaith Engagement, Philosophy, Religion and Spirituality, Society and Culture, Theology, Values

FIF: Dr. Susan Ross on “Feminist Theology”

We are pleased to invite Dr. Susan A. Ross, Professor of Theology and a Faculty Scholar at Loyola University Chicago, on March 17,...

| Tagged Dr. Susan Ross, feminism, feminist theology, Friends in Faith, Loyola University Chicago, Niagara Foundation, religion, spirituality, Theology

03 Mar

2016, Abrahamic Traditions Dinner, Chicago Interfaith Gathering, Conferences & Panels, Default Category, Democracy, Governance, Illinois, Interfaith, Interfaith Engagement, Politics, Public Affairs, RSVP, Speakers

2016 Chicago Interfaith Gathering

02 Feb

Friends in Faith, Interfaith Engagement, Philosophy, Religion and Spirituality, Society and Culture, Theology, Values

FIF: PJ Cannon on “Reality of Rastafari: Peace, Love, and Inity”

| Tagged PJ Cannon, Rastafarianism

28 Jan

Events, Friends in Faith, Interfaith, Interfaith Engagement, Religion and Spirituality, Society and Culture, Theology, Values

FIF: Professor Benjamin Zeller on “Religion and Food”

| Tagged Benjamin Zeller, dietary restrictions, food, Lake Forest College, religion

27 Jan

2016, Events, Friends in Faith, Interfaith, Interfaith Engagement, Philosophy, Religion and Spirituality, Theology

FIF: Professor Julius Crump on “The Role of Evil in Religion”

| Tagged evil, Julius Crump, Lake Forest College, problem of evil, religion

27 Jan

2016, Events, Friends in Faith, Interfaith Engagement, Religion and Spirituality, Speakers

FIF: Sallie Latkovich, C.S.J. on “Importance of Biblical Study Abroad”

We are pleased to invite Sallie Latkovich, C.S.J., Director of the Bible Study and Travel Program at Catholic Theological Union, to discuss the...

| Tagged Bible, Biblical study, Catholic Theological Union, Catholicism, Christianity, CTU, Sallie Latkovich, Study abroad

01 Dec

2015, Events, Friends in Faith, Interfaith Engagement, Religion and Spirituality, RSVP, Speakers

FIF: Cameron Ferguson on “Can Satan Be Saved? The Problem of Original Sin”

| Tagged Cameron Ferguson, original sin, religion, Satan, sin, Theology

12 Nov

2015, Events, Friends in Faith, Illinois, Interfaith, Interfaith Engagement, Religion and Spirituality

FIF: Eileen Smith to speak on Interfaith Marriage

| Tagged Eileen Smith, inter church, Interfaith, marriage, The Interfaith Union

10 Nov

2015, Events, Friends in Faith, Illinois, Interfaith Engagement, Religion and Spirituality

Friends in Faith: Reverend Patti Sakai on “Hiding in Plain Sight”

| Tagged Buddhism, chicago, Japan, Japanese Americans, Patti Nakai

16 Oct

2015, Events, Friends in Faith, Religion and Spirituality

Friends in Faith: Dr. Samuel Fleischacker to speak on the “Meaning of Jewish Sabbath”

28 Sep

2015, Events, Friends in Faith, FRONTPAGE, Interfaith, Interfaith Engagement, Religion and Spirituality, Values

Friends In Faith: Imam Hazim Fazlic on Islam in Europe

| Tagged Europe, Friends in Faith, islam

08 Sep

2015, Events, Illinois, Interfaith, Interfaith Engagement, Religion and Spirituality, RSVP, Sharing the Faith

Sharing the Faith: Yom Kippur Break-Fast at KAM Isaiah Israel

26 Aug

2015, Education, Friends in Faith, Illinois, Interfaith, Interfaith Engagement, Religion and Spirituality

FIF: Dr. Aasim Padela to speak on “Exploring the Encounter of Islam with Modern Biomedicine”

27 Jul

Branches, Default Category, Events, Friends in Faith, Illinois, Religion and Spirituality

Friends in Faith: Pastor Larry Dowling to speak on “Christian Belief & Anti-violence Community Service

16 Jul

2015, Blog, Global Issues, Illinois, Interfaith, Ramadan Experience, Religion and Spirituality, Society and Culture

Event Recap: Ramadan Experience 2015

By Brianna Deigan, Communications Intern July 15, 2015 “There is an unseen sweetness in the stomach’s emptiness. We are lutes. When the soundbox...

| Tagged Food Security, Hunger, Interfaith, Ramadan Experience

29 Jun

2015, Dialogue Dinners, Intercultural Receptions, Interfaith, Interfaith Dinners, Minnesota, Religion and Spirituality

11th Annual Dialogue & Friendship Iftar Dinner – Minnesota

19 Jun

2016, Abrahamic Traditions Dinner, Interfaith, Minnesota, Religion and Spirituality, Speakers

8th Annual Dinner of Abrahamic Traditions

18 Jun

Blog, Friends in Faith, Human Rights, Illinois, Interfaith, Religion and Spirituality

Event Recap: Fr. James Mikhail on the Plight of Coptic Christians

By Alyssa Slager, Communications Intern On June 16th, the Niagara Foundation was happily joined by Father James Mikhail for a Friends in Faith...

01 Apr

2015, Friends in Faith, Illinois, Interfaith, Religion and Spirituality

Friends in Faith: Rabbi Robin Damsky on Earth Day and Religion

01 Apr

2015, Friends in Faith, Illinois, Interfaith, Religion and Spirituality

Friends in Faith: Chalking Muhammad

01 Apr

2015, Friends in Faith, Illinois, Interfaith, Religion and Spirituality

Faith in Englewood with Thomas Adducci

02 Mar

2015, Friends in Faith, Gender, Illinois, Religion and Spirituality, Values

Friends in Faith: Miniskirts to Hijab – The Life and Experiences of one Iranian Jewish Woman

25 Feb

2014, Interfaith, Interfaith Dinners, Minnesota, Values

Thanksgiving Dinner – Turkish style cooked turkey

24 Feb

2015, Friends in Faith, Illinois, Interfaith

Friends in Faith Event: Millennials and the Church

29 Jan

Blog, Illinois, Intercultural Trips, Interfaith, Religion and Spirituality, Values

Turkey Trip Tales: Mary Ellen O’Hare-Lavin, Ph. D.

By: Mary Ellen O’Hare-Lavin, Ph. D. In spring 2013, I joined a group of faculty, students and other interested persons on a trip...

| Tagged travel, turkey, Turkey Trip

22 Jan

2015, Abrahamic Traditions Dinner, Interfaith, Nebraska, Religion and Spirituality

6th Annual Abrahamic Traditions Dinner – Nebraska

20 Jan

2015, Intercultural Trips, Iowa

Turkey Trip Reunion

12 Jan

2015, Intercultural Trips, Nebraska

Intercultural trip to Turkiye 2015 – Nebraska

16 Oct

2014, Dialogue Dinners, Events, Intercultural Trips, Minnesota, Special Events

Annual Reunion Gathering – Minnesota

16 Sep

2014, Blog, Illinois, Sacred Sources

Sacred Sources: God and Human Suffering

Sacred Sources: God and Human Suffering Ryan Fordice, Program Director, Center for Interfaith Engagement Bright, mid-day sunlight flooded through the windows as the delicious aroma of Turkish food wafted...

2013, 2014, Blog, Education, Global Issues, Interns' Corner, Media, News, Niagara Updates, Sacred Sources

Complicating the East-West Divide in Ukraine: A Niagara Panel

By: Alexis O’Connor, intern at Niagara Foundation and student at Northwestern University Niagara Foundation held a panel on recent developments in Ukraine on...

20 Mar

2014, Abrahamic Traditions Dinner, Flint, Michigan, Society and Culture

Abrahamic Dinner Flint – 2014

12 Mar

2015, Friends in Faith, Gender, Illinois, Interfaith, Peace and Conflict, Religion and Spirituality

Friends in Faith: Women in Male-Dominated Religious Roles

04 Feb

2015, Friends in Faith, Illinois, Interfaith, Religion and Spirituality

Friends in Faith: Rev. John Cunningham, Physics professor at Loyola University Chicago.

2014, Intercultural Trips, Missouri

Niagara Travel Grant Program 2014

Niagara Grant Invitation Letter Grant Application Form Sample Itinerary NIAGARA FOUNDATION TURKEY TRAVEL GRANT PROGRAM 2014 1. Program Description Founded in 1997, Niagara...

30 Jan

2014, Abrahamic Traditions Dinner, Kalamazoo, Michigan