URI Stories of Impact

Dear Friends -- Greetings of love and peace. Today began at KIPS with a peaceful interfaith prayer gathering under a mimosa tree planted seven years ago by Abraham and now big enough to provide shade for our group, seated in a circle of chairs on the red dirt, listening to the music of the Earth and sharing the sacred wisdom of different traditions, listening with open hearts and minds, with joy and gratitude, as small yellow petals floated down from the tree.

Dear Friends -- Greetings of love and peace from Kottarakkara, India. Today was a wonderfully full day – the first day of the Fourth International Interfaith Conference on Holy Books – Holy Books and People of Differing Faiths, as well as the inauguration of the Interfaith Peace Research Institute.

Dear Friends -- Greetings of love and peace from Kottarakkara, in Kerala State in southern India – a land local people refer to as “God’s Own Country,” at least in part because of its lush green beauty.

The conference on "The role of religions to build Peace,Security and Counter Violent Extremism in Africa" at the Hotel Africana in Kamapala, Uganda

URI Executive Director Charles Gibbs urges members to support millions suffering from hunger 

Thousands, nay millions, of Muslims in the city are celebrating Ramadan. Meanwhile, the Hindu Puja Season has begun with Varalakshmi Puja and Raksha Bandhan last weekend.

Dear Hindu Brothers and Sisters, Happy Krishna Janmashtami from URI Pakistan May the Celebrations of JANMASHTAMI (Birth of Lord Sri Krishna- August 22, 2011) be the source of happiness, joy and to..