For the message of the UN Secretary General on the observance of World Interfaith Harmony Week, February 1-7, 2011, click here.
For the Golden Rule in thirteen world religions, click here.
Joan Kirby, RSCJ, received the Interfaith Visionary Lifetime Achievement Award from the Temple of Understanding (TOU) on October 19, 2010, during the Fiftieth Anniversary Gala and Juliet Hollister Awards Ceremony in New York City.
The UN General Assembly proclaimed 2010 the International Year for the Rapprochement of Cultures (A/RES/62/90), affirming that “mutual understanding and interreligious dialogue constitute important dimensions of the dialogue among civilizations and of the culture of peace.” In her message for this international year, Irina Bokova, Director-General of UNESCO, describes the objective as
