New Mexico Peace Choir Concert

New Mexico Peace Choir presents Meet Me In This Patch of Light Let's build a new world without hate, without fear. In-person and YouTube livestream concert Sunday, March 5, 2023 at 3:00pm Central United Methodist Church 201 University Blvd NE, Albuquerque, NM 87106 Tickets on sale at nmpeacechoir.org (Livestream link will be emailed after ticket […]

Purim

The jolly Jewish holiday of Purim is celebrated every year on the 14th of the Hebrew month of Adar (late winter/early spring). Purim 2023 begins on Monday night, March 6 and continues through Tuesday, March 7.

Holi (Hindu Holiday)

Water balloons, pichkaris of colors, and gulal are how people celebrate Holi, the vibrant festival of colors. Revelers immerse themselves in mazza and masti (fun). Some food for thought: If a person uses one bucket of water (minimum), that is 15 liters of water. If five lakh people play Holi in one city, there is […]

El Paso Climate Charter Virtual House Party and Launch

On Wednesday, March 8th, Sunrise El Paso will be co-hosting a Virtual House Party and Launch from 5:00PM-6:30PM MST for the El Paso Climate Charter campaign to get out the vote! Over the last year, Sunrise El Paso drafted a Climate Charter amendment for the city charter in El Paso, collected close to 40,000 signatures, […]

Department of Interior Panel on People, Public Lands and Climate

Sister Joan Brown, osf, executive director of Interfaith Power & Light, New Mexico and El Paso, will take part in a presentation for a US Department of Interior Panel on People, Public Lands and Climate for people of faith experience of public lands. Details TBA

40 Days of Caring for Creation: A Lenten Practicum (Session 3)

This Lent, join the Spirit in the Desert Retreat Center in Arizona in taking decisive action! Featuring the Christian practices of fasting, almsgiving, and prayer, we will renew and improve our care of creation. Here’s a hard truth: One person’s dietary and lifestyle changes won’t reverse a drought or stop the glaciers from melting or […]

Our way into the future: An open heart to the whole universe (Session 1)

Four sessions on on  spirituality of the Earth, in person, at the Columban Mission Center, 816 Magoffin Avenue, El Paso, Texas The sessions will be led by Sister Odile Coirier, fmm, field organizer for New Mexico El Paso Interfaith Power & Light, and Beth Riehle, environmental activist and healer in El Paso. Other sessions on March […]

Volunteer Planting Day at Valle de Oro Wildlife Refuge

The Interfaith Power & Light -New Mexico and El Paso- Forest of Bliss committee has volunteered to plant coyote willows and salt grass plugs at Valle de Oro Wildlife Refuge in the south valley of Albuquerque. The planting event is co-sponsored by the  Albuquerque Wildlife Federation.  To sign up to participate, send an e-mail to […]

Quintessence Concert: The Sacred Veil

Quintessence, an Albuquerque chorus directed by Matthew Greer, presents The Sacred Veil on Sunday, March 12 at 3 PM and Monday, March 13 at 7 PM at St. John’s United Methodist Church, 2626 Arizona NE. The Sacred Veil takes us on the journey of Julie and Tony Silvestri, as they fall in love, build a family, and each […]

Quintessence Concert: The Sacred Veil

Quintessence, an Albuquerque chorus directed by Matthew Greer, presents The Sacred Veil on Sunday, March 12 at 3 PM and Monday, March 13 at 7 PM at St. John’s United Methodist Church, 2626 Arizona NE. The Sacred Veil takes us on the journey of Julie and Tony Silvestri, as they fall in love, build a family, and each […]

Interfaith Engagement at the UN Water Conference 2023

Background: This month, UN Environment Programme (EP) Faith for Earth's newsletter is dedicated to SDG 6 (Clean Water and Sanitation) ahead of the UN Water Conference 22-24 March 2023 where representatives of faith-based organisations will be actively enagaging on Water & Health, amongst other issues. Interfaith networking event ahead of the UN Water Conference 2023 Co-hosted […]

40 Days of Caring for Creation: A Lenten Practicum (Session 4)

This Lent, join the Spirit in the Desert Retreat Center in Arizona in taking decisive action! Featuring the Christian practices of fasting, almsgiving, and prayer, we will renew and improve our care of creation. Here’s a hard truth: One person’s dietary and lifestyle changes won’t reverse a drought or stop the glaciers from melting or […]