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Sacred Sites Quest

Sacred Sites Quest 2011

Schedule of Sunday SSQ dates & sites:

N.B.: Sunday SSQ times generally run from ca. 1:00 – 3:30p.m. (with one late Saturday morning visit in late January).

January 9th: Preview & Orientation at Rice University’s Ley Student Center
& Rice Memorial Chapel (ecumenical)


January 23rd: Visits to the University of St. Thomas (Chartres) Labyrinth &
the Chapel of St. Basil (Catholic) (ca. West Alabama & Mt. Vernon Sts. Montrose, Houston, 77006)

Saturday, January 29th: BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir (Hindu) (1150 Brand Lane, Stafford TX. 77477) – ca. 10:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.

Schedule of Sunday SSQ dates & sites - 2

February 6th: Visits to Annunciation Greek Orthodox Cathedral (3511 Yoakum)
& the Rothko Chapel (non-denominational, interfaith) (1409 Sul Ross St.)

February 13th: Visits to St. Paul’s United Methodist Church (5501 Main St.)
& Dawn Mountain Tibetan Temple (Buddhist) (1925-B Richmond Ave.)

February 20th: Visit to the Ismaili Jamatkhana and Center (Muslim) (1700 First Colony Blvd, Sugar Land TX. 77479)

Schedule of Sunday SSQ dates & sites - 1

March 6th: Visits to the Live Oak Friends Meeting House (Quaker) (1318 W. 26th St.)
& Teen How Temple (Taoist) 1507 Delano St., 77003

March 27th: Visit to Congregation Emanu El (Jewish) (1500 Sunset Blvd.) 77005

April 3rd: Meet at MOCAH (908 Wood St., Ste. 150, Houston TX 77002) for designing & composing capstone mural

Schedule of Sunday SSQ dates & sites - 3

April 10th: Meet at MOCAH (908 Wood St., Ste. 150, Houston TX 77002) for designing & composing capstone mural

April 17th: Meet at MOCAH (908 Wood St., Ste. 150, Houston TX 77002) for designing & composing capstone mural

May 1st: Meet at MOCAH (Museum of Cultural Arts Houston) for composing capstone mural

May 8th: Meet at MOCAH Studio for completing capstone mural panels

May 15th (12:00 Noon – 1:00 p.m.): Closing Celebration & mural unveiling @ Interfaith Ministries installation site (3217 Montrose Blvd.) H, Tx. 77006

Spotlights

SSQ
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Webcasts

An Intrafaith Panel on Islam
Moderated by Mike Ghouse, Religious and Cultural Pluralism Commentator,President of the Foundation for Pluralism & America Together Foundation.

Panel Participants:
Imam Azhar Haneef
Vice President of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community of the US, Silver Spring, Maryland.

Imam Wazir Ali
Masjid Warithud-Deen Mohammed and Masjid Al-Qur'an,Houston, Texas

Imam Moustafa al-Qazwini
Founding Director of the Islamic Education Center of Orange County, California

Imam Zia Shaikh
Islamic Center of Irving, Texas
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Radio Podcasts

Peaceful Coexistence Radio 90.1 KPFT
Peaceful Coexistence Radio 90.1 KPFT
These podcasts are from the Peaceful Coexistence Radio program which is no longer airing as of 2009. 
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