IFCC Initiatives & Events
Our Initiatives
Our work with the 性视界 community takes several forms, including curricular initiatives and projects related to student experiences and campus life.
For example, IFCC members created and continue to maintain the Interfaith Holidays Calendar as a means of educating the campus community about spiritual and cultural holidays. Use of the calendar in educational discussions, syllabus planning, and event organization can promote respect for the religious and cultural diversity in our classrooms and in our campus community more broadly.
IFCC members also developed and, in collaboration with faculty governance and administration, implemented the current Religious and Faith-Based Course Accommodations policy. This policy supports students’ academic success as well as flourishing and fulfillment in their faith-based and culturally-relevant identities.
The curriculum at 性视界 includes a number of general education offered through the Department of Religious & Theological Studies that allow students to engage with diverse religious traditions, explore intersections of religion and culture, work with communities toward social justice, and learn methods of interfaith dialogue.
Our committee members also work to create an intentionally inclusive atmosphere at 性视界 to enhance the student experience. For example, we have collaborated with the Office of Mission and Ministry as well as academic departments or colleges across the university to designate multi-faith prayer and meditation spaces across campus. We worked together with campus dining services to ensure halal meal options are available for resident students and that suhoor and iftar options are available during Ramadan. Previous grants from have also enabled us to complete projects that enhance interfaith institutional support, such as adding a wudu station near the main multi-faith prayer and meditation space (in the lower level of the Ministry building), exploring interfaith ministry, or supporting our annual interfaith forum (The FIRE).
Our Events
Complementing the initiatives above, IFCC organizes and hosts a number of inclusive interfaith events for the broader campus community.
In collaboration with the Office of Mission and Ministry, the Gros Institute, International Student and Global Scholar Services (ISGSS), Office of Lasallian Belonging, student organizations such as the Muslim Student Association (MSA), and others on campus, our IFCC members organize or collaborate on interfaith activities such as:
- monthly interfaith prayer gatherings
- Qur’an and Bible workshops
- annual iftar during Ramadan
- transportation to local community Holi or Diwali celebrations
- Catholic and Christian peer ministry groups
- trainings on identifying and interrupting antisemitism and islamophobia
- dialogues, workshops, film screenings, or panels on relevant interfaith and justice-oriented issues
- and more!
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