The purpose of the Carbondale Interfaith Council is to make God's love visible in our community by fostering interfaith cooperation, sharing religious experiences, engaging in service, discovering unity while respecting our differences, and speaking with courage and strength for justice.
Since 1971, the Carbondale Interfaith Council has provided a forum for
cooperation between faith communities in Carbondale. It was formed in May,
1971, as an ecumenical Christian association, inspired by the Consultation
on Church Union (COCU). Over the past twenty years, that inital ecumenical
spirit has broadened into a true interfaith perspective, and today the
Council's member congregations include not only representatives of the
major Christian Protestant and Roman Catholic faith traditions, but also
Jewish, Latter Day Saints, and Unitarian Universalist congregations .
The major activities of the Council are its ongoing support of Good
Samaritan Ministries, providing emergency assistance, a homeless shelter, and a food
pantry. Recently the Council has undertaken responsibility for coordination
and administration of Carbondale's Ralph Anderson Interfaith Dialogue series
(formerly known as the Jewish/Christian/Muslim Dialogues).
President: Bill Sasso, Minister, Carbondale Unitarian Fellowship,
Vice-President: Bob Flannery, Pastor, St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church
Secretary: Marleen Shepherd, First Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)
Treasurer: Al Parr, First Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)
Carbondale Interfaith
Council
P. O. Box 854
Carbondale, IL 62903-0854