Isr’a and Mi’raj

The Isra and Mi'raj (Arabic: الإسراء والمعراج‎, al-’Isrā’wal-Mi‘rāj) are the two parts of a Night Journey that, according to Islam, the Islamic prophet Muhammad took during a single night around the year 621. Within Islam […]

Tu B’Shevat begins at sundown

The Jewish “New Year of the Trees” is celebrated with observances that connect humankind to the natural world.T his holiday has special significance because "Man is the tree of the […]

“Before all, and above all, attention shall be paid to the care of the sick, so that they shall be served as if they were Christ Himself.”
–St. Benedict of Nursia, The Rule of Saint Benedict