At the University of Evansville our Muslim students have ordered 1500 flowers to pass out on campus with a message of love and peace attached and our non-Muslim students are going to join the Muslims in their flower-power efforts. This event is putting peace and harmony into practice : Muslims and non-Muslims standing in solidarity to promote peace. This will take courage and will have high visibility on our campus and in the region.

First Drops is an interfaith organization of young children ages 5-13. The current faiths involved are Catholic, Christian, Muslim, Jewish and Hindu. The children learn about each others religions through the process of visiting religious buildings and performing community service together as a group. During World Interfaith Harmony Week, on Sunday, Feb 10th, the children will gather and go to Santa Ana, CA to feed 100-150 homeless people. Plus, since this is a rainy season, they have collected rain ponchos to hand out to all the homeless people and children. We think this is of importance because it is not something that we are doing just for 1 week. This is something the kids do every 2nd Sunday of the Month - on a regular basis, rain or shine. They stand on the side walk, set up the food and serve the homeless, always with a smile. Also, on the same evening, they will be honored for producing, directing and acting in an interfaith film that has been nominated. We believe that it is important for children to learn early on in life the importance of not tolerating, but understanding and respecting people of all beliefs. But most importantly, to know and follow the common requirement in all religions, which is to take care of those in need. That is what these kids do. In the past, they have collected clothes, toys, and books to give to those in need. And from the past year, we have noted that these kids are more confident and supportive of others. They are balanced in loving their religion and respecting the beliefs of others. This is a quality, when learned early on, will last their entire lifetime.

Boston’s ten seminaries and schools of theology are partnering together in a “Choirfest” in recognition of the week of World Interfaith Harmony and in light of the pioneering work of The Common Word Initiative. They will be joined by the Islamic Noor Ensemble for Spiritual Music in this unique Boston area performance. Organized by the ecumenical and interfaith Boston Theological Institute (BTI), the performance will take place at Boston University’s Marsh Chapel with a welcome from the Dean of the BU School of Theology, Mary Elizabeth Moore. This pioneering performance will begin on February 5 at 7:00 PM with a reception to follow. Each BTI school will provide a choir or soloist. Several will have CDs available for purchase, such as soloist Sujin Park of Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary, The Byzantine Choir of Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology, and the choir of Saint John’s Seminary. The World Interfaith Harmony Week (WIFHW) and the The Common Word Initiative which it celebrates, was initiated at the United Nations in 2007 and calls for religious leaders to engage in a dialogue based on the two common fundamental religious Commandments; Love of God, and Love of the Neighbor, without compromising their own religious tenets. For further information, contact the Boston Theological Institute at 617-527-4880; [email protected] with details on the website: www.bostontheological.org. Starts 7:00pm on Tuesday, February 5th 2013 Location Marsh Chapel More Info https://www2.bc.edu/marian-simion/bti/choirfest.pdf

In this kick-off activity, key multireligious leaders will come together to raise public awareness about the UN World Interfaith Harmony Week celebration to promote the activities for February l-7, 2013, and call for the participation of the general public in these activities. Lead Groups: Aksyon para sa Kapayapaan at Katarungan - Center forActive Non-Violence and Catholic Media Network Time: l0:00 - 11:30 am Venue : Ilustrado Intramuros, Manila ContactPersons: Dr. Tess Ramiro (Oz)Sz0.otOS Cecille Roxas 0916.353.4298

A gathering of women from various inter faith groups to celebrate the gift of womanhood. Women leaders will share about the "Gift of Womanhood" based on their faith and how friendships amongst these women can help bring about unity and harmony through what is common, uplifting, and up building. Lead Group: Teodora Time: 1:00 - 5:00 PM Venue: Conference Room, KLM, Bayanihan Center, United Laboratories (Unilab) Headquarters, I32 Pioneer Street, Mandaluyong City Contac tPersons: P"ggyBurgoyne Chinka Sarmiento Debbie Rodrigo 0917.841.8628 0932.869.9094 0918.9 27.1056

ISANG BAYAN, ISANG BAYANIHAN An Interfaith-Led Nation Buiding Summit of Filipino Youth Lead Groups : Presidential Communications Operations Office and EDSA People Power Commission Time: 1:00 - 5:00 pm tI hasbeen a year since Pilipinas Natin, under the Office for Speacial Concerns ofthe Presidential Communications Operations Office, held the Balangayan Interfaith Forum at the University of Santo Tomas. The forum was an avenue for participants to know about the different religions through religious leaders. Since the audience was mostly youth, it was a great opp ortunity to intro duce them to difierent ways of life and to open their eyes to our shared humanity. As a next step of the Balangayan Forum, the Office of Special Concerns in.partnership with the EDSA People Power Commission will hold a summit that will feature stories of interaction of people from different religions. The stories will show the diversity of how people from different faiths live their lives, and how a person's openness can lead to unity of different people. The February event will serve as an invitation for the audience to put into action what they have learned from all the interfaith . dialogue activities through the Bayani Challenge. The Bayani Challenge is a five day gathering of volunteers where Bayanihan and love for God and Country are showcased through building of schools, health missions, climate change mitigation activities and others. This year we are challenging the impossible by staging the biggest volunteerism event to be done in 38 sites in 34 provinces to gather 70,000 to 10o000 volunteers. Throughout the summit, the participants and the audience will be asked to go on Twitter, Facebook and other platforms of social media so the whole world will know that an Interfaith Summit is happening in Manila as part of its contribution to the Uni-HarmonyWeek. This will help raise awareness on the urgency and relevance of reality of interfaith dialogue and Nation Building. Venue: ULTRA, Pasig City ContactPerson3 Justin Gunnacao 0917.805.9652

BREAKFAST DIALOGUE AMONG RELIGIOUS LEADERS, DIPLOMATS, Legislators and Government Officials His Eminence Antonio Luis Cardinal G.Tagle, the Archbishop of the Archdio ces e of Metro Manila will host a breakfast meeting with multireligious leaders and the members ofthe diplomatic community. This initial meeting aims at establishing friendship between the multi-religious and civil leaders and their international partners, and hopes to have regular breakfast meetings or 'kapihans' in the future where partners can share thoughts and experiences on the challenges of peace and harmony and draw common action. Senator Loren Legarda will also be present, the sponsor of the Senate Bill 3276 An Act Declaring the First Week of February of Every Year as World Interfaith Harmony Week in the entire country mandating its observance by the different government agencies. Lead Group: Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines - Episcopal Commission on Interreligious Dialogue Time: 7:30am - 9:30am Venue: Villa San Miguel, Cardinal Sin St., Mandaluyong City ContactPersons: Fr. Richard Babao Joy M. Ong

Our Shared Values as A foundation of Muslim-Christian Harmony The forum seeks to increase awareness of the teachers, students and the public about the World Interfaith Harmony Week, and increase peoplet appreciation for the shared values and common good between the two faith groups. Lead Groups: Miriam College Center for Peace Education, Peacemakers' Circle Foundation and University of the Philippines Institute of Islamic Studies Time: 9:30 - 11:00 am Venue: ESI Conference Room, Miriam College, Qrezon City Contact Person: Loreta Castro 0917-8984910

Focus on Harmony with Creation: An Interfaith Perspective The forum seeks to highlight the moral climate of various religious traditions in addressing pressing issues and concerns about the environment. It advances the belief that World Harmony requires unity of all religions to work together in healing the earth. It aims to (a) to discern the realities and challenges of the impact of man-made activities on the integrity of God's creation; (b) to promote awareness on the moral climate of the various religious traditions in promotingr caring and healing the earth; and, (c) to provide venue for public discourse and reflection towards common action. Lead Groups: UST Center for Peace Studies and Lrterfaith Dialogue, Religions for Peace Philippines, DominicanJustice, Peace and Care for Creation Commission Time: 2:00 - 4:00 pm Venue: Tanghalang Teresita Quiring University of Santo Tomas Graduate School Contact Person: PatJaring 02 7086112

Conference on Discovery of Love of Neighbor and the Golden Rule The conference is a gathering of Christians, Muslims, Hindus, and Buddhists to discuss and reflect with only one goal in their hearts: to live the same ideal of loving the neighbor and to live the golden rule "do unto others as you would have them do unto you'i It will show how each culture and religion should not be an obstacle in our relationship with the others, and find the strength necessary to overcome them in universal fraternity. The differences are not cancelled, but are seen as enrichment and invitation to respect the faiths and traditions of others. What should prevail is the dialogue based on lift, mutual respect and trust and to highlight what is commory and yet, it does not bring confusion of faiths. Living perfectly the mutual love will be presented so as to promote with everyone that universal brotherhood is possible. The dialogue based on the "golden rule" little bylittle contributes to the collapse ofmistaken and preconceived ideas about religion and their respective faithful. Everyone is encouraged to be a living testament in loving the neighbor. Lead Group: Focolare Movement 3:30 - 6:00 pm Venue: Tanghalang Teresita Qpirinq University of Santo Tomas Graduate School Contact Persons: TedArago AselaArago 0918.934.6321