The Interfaith Center at the Presidio is . . .
- A San Francisco Bay Area interfaith friendship-building nonprofit organization, welcoming people of all faiths
- An inter-religious advocate of peacemaking among religions, locally and globally
- A regional resource for developing relationships among the diverse religious communities of the Bay Area
- A resource for ministering to veterans and their families and honoring those who have sacrificed their lives for their country
Developing Local & Global Relations
Since the turn of the century the Interfaith Center has collaborated programmatically with more than 50 sectarian, ecumenical, and interfaith groups on dozens of programs.
- The Center maintains an online calendar of San Francisco-Bay Area interfaith activities. Send your calendar information to [email protected]
- The Center is a founding Cooperation Circle of the United Religions Initiative (URI) and led in organizing URI’s first North America assembly and North American Interfaith Network’s 20th anniversary NAINConnect
- The Center is active in North American Interfaith Network, the Parliament of the World’s Religions, URI and other interfaith networks.
Creating Interfaith Learning Environments & Resources
Grants and generous donors have allowed the Center to shepherd numerous projects, workshops, and resources. The Center has published One World, Many Voices – An Interfaith Song Book(2002), Sacred Spaces – 2004 Interfaith Sacred Space Design Competition (2004), and Shared Wisdom – Developing Grassroots Interfaith Relationships (August 2004).
Other Center projects have included: What Do You Believe? (a 50-minute film based on 300 interviews with teenagers); Lost and Endangered Religions (including an academic conference Harran: At the Crossroads); a project gathering supplies for Iraqi children; and a course about ‘interfaith literacy’ being presented in seminaries, congregations, and special gatherings.
Renovation plans for the Main Post Chapel building include the creation and installation of 25 new stained-glass windows built around shards of glass gathered by U.S. Army Chaplain Frederick McDonald in 1944-45 from European sanctuaries damaged and destroyed by war.
Other Center projects have included: What Do You Believe? (a 50-minute film based on 300 interviews with teenagers); Lost and Endangered Religions (including an academic conference Harran: At the Crossroads); a project gathering supplies for Iraqi children; and a course about ‘interfaith literacy’ being presented in seminaries, congregations, and special gatherings.
Renovation plans for the Main Post Chapel building include the creation and installation of 25 new stained-glass windows built around shards of glass gathered by U.S. Army Chaplain Frederick McDonald in 1944-45 from European sanctuaries damaged and destroyed by war.