www.maryknollsisters.org Members of at least eight distinct faith groups, including Muslim, Hindu, Buddhist, Jewish, Presbyterian, Episcopal, the Bruderhof and Roman Catholic, will convene for an Interfaith Harmony Prayer Service on Sunday, March 25, 2012, and you can watch live via our website. Open to the public, the service will be held from 2:00 to 4:00 pm at Annunciation Chapel, Maryknoll Sister Center, 10 Pinesbridge Rd., Ossining, NY. The service is sponsored jointly by the Maryknoll Sisters, Fathers and Brothers, in conjunction with their Centennial celebrations (Fathers & Brothers in 2011; Maryknoll Sisters in 2012) and seeks to promote harmony and peace among various traditions through prayer. "Genuine interreligious dialogue depends on openness to the mystery of God which is beyond all religions," the Maryknoll communities say on the Maryknoll.org website. Participants in the prayer service, each of whom will contribute a prayer or song from their faith tradition,! will include: Bhikkini Ven. Sudharma, Chuang Yen Buddhist Monastery, Kent, NY; Dr. Mahjabeen Hassan, American Muslim Women's Association, Briarcliff Manor, NY; Members of the Bruderhof Communities, headquartered in Rifton, NY; Kasturi Rumu DasGupta, Ph.D.,Professor, Georgian Court University, Lakewood, NJ, representing the Hindu community; Sister Kateri Mitchell, Executive Director, Tekakwitha Conference, Great Falls, MT, representing the Native American community; Paul Silverman, Buddhist priest ...
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