Interfaith Programs
UPF organizes programs that help build understanding, respect and cooperation among people of different faiths.
- Interfaith Programs
- Written by: Tomiko Duggan, Senior Vice President, UPF-USA
United States—UPF-USA’s third weekly Interfaith Prayer for the Nation and the World brought together clergy from Christian, Jewish, and Hindu traditions.
- Interfaith Programs
- Written by: Tomiko Duggan, Senior Vice President, UPF-USA
United States—UPF-USA’s second weekly Interfaith Prayer for the Nation and the World was convened on the Zoom platform on Thursday, April 16, through an invitation to Ambassadors of Peace, UPF members and friends of UPF.
- Interfaith Programs
- Written by: Tomiko Duggan, Senior Vice President, UPF-USA
United States—UPF-USA’s initial Interfaith Prayer for the Nation and the World was convened on the Zoom platform on Thursday, April 9, bringing together over 90 participants.
- Interfaith Programs
- Written by: Dr. Sérgio Vieira, president, UPF-Portugal
Lisbon, Portugal—UPF board members attended the first day of the III Lusophone Congress on the Science of Religions.
- Interfaith Programs
- Written by: Wim Koetsier and Bert Janssen, UPF-Netherlands
Amsterdam, Netherlands—Five participants in the World Clergy Leadership Conference inaugural assembly were the guest speakers at a UPF meeting.
- Interfaith Programs
- Written by: Marian Barnes, president, ANDECO
Marbella, Spain—One hundred representatives of different faiths attended the “Meeting for Peace and Dialogue: Strengthening Ties among Different Paths.”
- Interfaith Programs
- Written by: Maria Pammer, UPF-Upper Austria, and Johann Brunnbauer, FFWPU-Upper Austria
Linz, Austria—An interreligious and intercultural breakfast gathered about 40 people representing different faiths.
- Interfaith Programs
- Written by: Ana Paula F. da Silva, board secretary, UPF-Portugal
Lisbon, Portugal—UPF and the leader of an affiliated youth organization met the supreme leader of the Tocoist Church.
- Interfaith Programs
- Written by: Robert Bentele, UPF-Munich
Munich, Germany—UPF participated in a special interfaith workshop on Houses of Religions titled “Vision / Format / Experiences.”
- Interfaith Programs
- Written by: Ana Paula F. da Silva, secretary, UPF-Portugal
Lisbon, Portugal—UPF was invited by the Tocoist Church of Portugal to report to its community about the Africa Summit.
- Interfaith Programs
- Written by: Peter Haider, president, UPF-Austria
Vienna, Austria—UPF participated in a discussion at the United Nations about faith-based organizations’ role in preventing crime.
- Interfaith Programs
- Written by: Sérgio Vieira, president, UPF-Portugal
Lisbon, Portugal—UPF representatives joined an interfaith celebration of the 150th anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi’s birth.