Source: The Minnesota Daily
http://www.mndaily.com/2009/04/26/student-group-promotes-unity-among-different-religions
From April 26-24, the Panoramic Interfaith Effusion hosted a conference focused on interfaith training for students of different religious backgrounds.
The different religions included Baha’i , Catholicism, Baptist, Judaism and Islam. The religious groups gathered in six workshops, with topics ranging from teaching members how to explain interfaith cooperation to planning a future interfaith event on campus.
PIE Vice President Jon Hartman said the main goal of the conference was to redefine interfaith work, analyze how the public perceives interfaith cooperation and to lay out a plan for next year.
This year was really an experimental year for the group, and the inaugural year for the conference, which the group isn’t sure will become an annual tradition.
The inspiration for the conference derived from the Interfaith Youth Core , which originated in 1998 from Chicago.