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Omega Institute for Holistic Studies is a non-profit educational retreat center located in Rhinebeck, New York. Founded in 1977 by Elizabeth Lesser and Stephan Rechtschaffen, inspired by Sufi mystic, Pir Vilayat Inayat Khan and his ecumenical spirituality, today it offers classes to over 25,000 people a year, at the 190-acre (0.77 km 2) campus.
Short-term courses of two to seven days are offered throughout the year on themes including Quaker faith and practice, nonviolent direct action, prophetic witness, and arts and spirituality. Online programs are also available throughout the year, including free lectures, free reading groups, and free daily meeting for worship.
In 2002 the Osher Foundation began making program development grants of $100,000 a year for up to three years to launch new OLLI programs. The initial focus was on California, which now has OLLI programs at seven University of California and 16 California State University campuses. In 2004 Osher established a National Resource Center (NRC) at ...
Auburn Theological Seminary was established in Auburn, New York, by action of the Presbyterian Synod of Geneva on 16 August 1818. [1] It obtained a charter from the New York State legislature on 14 April 1820 [4] as a post-baccalaureate theological seminary, and it matriculated its first students in 1821. [5]
The Interfaith Center of New York (ICNY) is a secular educational non-profit organization founded in 1997 by the Very Reverend James Parks Morton. ICNY programs work to connect religious leaders and their communities with civil organizations and each other.
The center has a temple in New York City and the summer cottage at Thousand Island Park, New York; it publishes a number of seminal books on Vedanta, written or translated by Swami Nikhilananda, many of which were first published by mainstream publishers, including The Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna, the first complete and best-known translation of ...
New York State Department of Correctional and Community Supervision" that has reached the supreme court. This case was originally filed by attorney Frederick Dettmer, a member of the NYYM, to protest the disruptment of the regularly scheduled quarterly meetings as well as meetings for worship with a concern for business held with inmates at ...
The Christian Cultural Center (CCC) is a non-denominational Christian megachurch located in the Starrett City section of Brooklyn, New York City, with a satellite campus in Smithtown on Long Island. It is the largest Evangelical church in New York City.