Current Projects
The purpose of the Interfaith Service Network is to bring together people of different faiths in service to the community. By working together, a deeper understanding of the commonalities are discovered, experienced and enhanced. The Interfaith Service Network recruits volunteers through churches, synagogues, mosques and temples. The establishment of this network is in itself a valuable outcome. It identifies suitable, valuable community service projects and provides the infrastructure to recruit volunteers from different faiths to work on the project together. The desired outcome is the establishment of relationships across faith boundaries and a better understanding of their common humanity. For more information on the Interfaith Service Network go to www.interfaithservicenetwork.org
Interfaith Education is an outreach project developed out of the spiritual symposium: Many Paths, One Source (www.manypathsonesource.org) sponsored by the Memnosyne Foundation in 2005. An education teaching guide is being developed from one of the themes of the symposium. 40 participating spiritual leaders were invited to submit essays with a focus on “Intolerance: What role does your spiritual doctrine, principles, practices and traditions play when confronted with intolerance?” A group of educators and scholars are developing the curricula. The education teaching guide will be available to schools and globally as part of the Memnosyne Virtual Campus for Humanity.
In addition, the Memnosyne Foundation plans to produce a publication of the collective spiritual essays written by the spiritual leaders and will include a current curriculum vitae/narrative biography along with a current photograph of each participating spiritual leader. |
