Interfaith Week 2025

Schedule of Events

The CISL Prayer and Meditation Spaces are open all week. Please stop by one of our spaces in the University Student Center or on the Mount Vernon Campus for a place of quiet contemplation.

CISL Prayer and Meditation Spaces

• CISL , University Student Center 240

• Muslim, University Student Center 406

• Dharmic* (Buddhist, Hindu, Jain, Sikh), University Student Center 407 (Code: 52762)

• Mount Vernon Campus, Academic Building 107

Sunday, November 2nd

• 2 pm: New Voices, Shared Spaces 
  • New Students Only, Prior Registration Required
• 4 pm: The Ties That Connect Us: An Interfaith Worship Service
  • St. Mary's Episcopal Church

Monday, November 3rd

• 10 am: The Science of Spirituality: Interbeing and Intuition
  • CISL Prayer & Meditation Space (USC 240)
• 12 pm: Kiev Collection Judaica Popup
  • Gelman Library, 713 (GW Community Members Only)
• 1 pm: Ancestors Have Our Backs: Aleut Wisdom and the Universal Power of Heritage 
  • Event Cancelled
• 2 pm: Perspectives: Conversations that Matter
  • CISL Lounge (USC 240)
• 3:30 pm: Telling Interfaith Stories Through a Photo
  • CISL Lounge (USC 240)
• 5 pm: New Voices, Shared Spaces
  • New Students Only, Prior Registration Required
• 6 pm: Rest as Resistance: An Interfaith Practice of Renewal
  • CISL Prayer & Meditation Space (USC 240) 
• 7 pm: Jewish on Campus Dialogue: Jews Across the Aisles
  • Amphitheater (USC 3rd Floor) 

Tuesday, November 4th

• 10 am: Arabic Calligraphy
  • CISL Lounge (USC 240)
• 12 pm: Spiritual Bites and Interfaith Insights: Haikus with Dr. Redmon
  • Shenkman Hall
• 2 pm: CISL Open House
  • The Center for Interfaith and Spiritual Life (USC 240)
• 5 pm: Holy Hour
  • Newman Center
• 6 pm: Unity Dinner
  • Prior Registration Required
• 6 pm: New Voices, Shared Spaces
  • New Students Only, Prior Registration Required
• 6:10 pm: Catholic Mass
  • Newman Center
• 7 pm: Tuesday Night Dinner
  • Newman Center

Wednesday, November 5th

• 8 am: Gurupurab at the Vern
  • Mount Vernon Campus West Hall 2nd floor lounge and kitchen
• 11 am: New Voices, Shared Spaces
  • New Students Only, Prior Registration Required
• 12 pm: Blessing of the Animals
  • Kogan Plaza
• 3:30 pm: CISL at the Museum: Museum Walkthroughs
  • GW Textile Museum
• 3:30 pm: CISL at the Museum: Journaling Workshop
  • GW Textile Museum
• 4 pm: Many Faiths, Many Flavors: Israel
  • Hillel
• 5 pm: New Voices, Shared Spaces
  • New Students Only, Prior Registration Required
• 6 pm: New Voices, Shared Spaces
  • New Students Only, Prior Registration Required

Thursday, November 6th

• 9 am: Coffee, Conversation, and Calling with Dean Coleman
  • CISL Lounge (USC 240)
• 11 am: New Voices, Shared Spaces
  • New Students Only, Prior Registration Required
• 12 pm: Rel-X Talks
  • Amphitheater (USC 3rd Floor)
• 2 pm: Meditate with a Monk
  • Grand Ballroom (USC 3rd Floor)
• 3 pm: Chaplain's Corner feat. Interfaith Dialogue Society
  • CISL Lounge (USC 240)
• 4 pm: Abrahamic Conversations
  • Amphitheater (USC 3rd Floor)
• 5 pm: Religious, Secular, and Spiritual Student Org Fair
  • Continental Ballroom (USC 3rd Floor)
• 6 pm: Interfaith Dinner
  • Continental Ballroom (USC 3rd Floor)

Friday, November 7th

• 9:30 am: Shared Values, Shared Humanity: An Interfaith Dialogue Across Faiths and Cultures
  • USC 307
• 11 am: Sound Bath
  • Continental Ballroom (USC 3rd Floor)
• 1 pm: Jummah
  • USC LL01
• 3 pm: "Righteous Love" Watch Party and Panel
  • Amphitheater (USC 3rd Floor)
• 4 pm: Living the Legacy: The Path of the Prophets
  • Grand Ballroom (USC 3rd Floor)
• 6 pm: Shabbat Service
  • Hillel
• 6:45 pm: Shabbat Dinner
  • Hillel
• 7:30 pm: Newman Center Fall Festival
  • Anniversary Park

Saturday, November 8th and Sunday, November 9th

Saturday, November 8th

• 10:30 am: The Fabric of Resilience: Interfaith Stories from First-Generation Journey
  • USC 309
• 6 pm: The Voice Concert
  • Amphitheater (USC 3rd Floor)
• 7 pm: Bhangra Panel
  • Continental Ballroom (USC 3rd Floor)

Sunday, November 9th

• 12 pm: Sikh Student Association Langar
  • Kogan Plaza

Interfaith Week 2025

The Ties That Connect Us: Woven From Many Threads, Stronger Together

Join us for a week of connection, reflection, and celebration!

November 2-8, 2025

The Division for Student Affairs and the Center for Interfaith and Spiritual Life invite you to Interfaith Week, a special series of events dedicated to honoring the rich religious, secular, spiritual, and philosophical diversity of our GW community.

This week-long celebration will explore the intersections of religious, secular, and spiritual worldviews, culture, and art. We look forward to bringing together students, faculty, and staff from various religious, secular, and spiritual backgrounds to foster dialogue, collaboration, and mutual respect.