Sponsorship of the 2021 Parliament of the World’s Religions conference on October 17 – 18, 2021 with the theme: Opening our Hearts to the World: Compassion in Action.

The Parliament of the World’s Religions (PoWR) brings persons of faith and conscience together to cultivate harmony and foster their engagement in the world and its guiding institutions to achieve a more just, peaceful, and sustainable world. They are best known for hosting large convenings, called parliaments, the first of which was held in Chicago in 1893, and is considered the start of the interfaith movement.

In line with the three building blocks that constitute the shared sacred story, this project will create a design and review team vetted by the Fetzer Institute and the Templeton Foundation. Two convenings will be organized at Seasons to recruit candidates who will become members of a design and review steering committee for the development of a shared sacred story. Additionally, further discussions on the shared sacred story with the participants will explore opportunities on behalf of both the Fetzer Institute and the Templeton Foundation.

This partnership with the Colossian Forum (TCF) will empower both the Fetzer Institute and TCF to better understand the barriers congregations are facing right now to fully living out Christ’s love through conflict resolution, particularly in spiritually integrated racial reconciliation. Operational seed funding will allow them to engage in the early stages of a holistically integrated project called Sanctifying Reconciliation, in the early exploration of the spiritual inner-work needed in the field of racial reconciliation in their organization.

A collaboration with the Initiative on Catholic Social Thought and Public Life at Georgetown University intentionally deepens the Initiative’s public dialogue series and empowers faith/prophetic voices to highlight the connection between spirituality and civic action. The Initiative focuses on young Latino Catholic leaders to address racial justice and equity related concerns within their work and community.

This partnership will support Baylor University over five years to conduct a longitudinal global study on causality in human flourishing executed by Gallup. The Global Flourishing Study (GFS) will yield the first ever data set on a range of measures on well-being and health, religion and spirituality, and social, demographic, economic, political, and psychological variables. It will examine the determinants of well-being and the effects of religion/spirituality in a global probability-based panel study and will include all major faith traditions and "nones”.

General support to build a movement of business leaders improving the practice and perception of capitalism to elevate humanity so that billions of people can flourish, leading lives infused with passion, purpose, love and creativity.

General support for their mission to invite individuals to explore, encounter, and engage with the 450 year old tradition of Ignatian spirituality through such methods including: reading the autobiography of Ignatius Loyola, praying in an Ignatian way, encountering a personal relationship with Jesus Christ through the full Spiritual Exercises, being in friendship with individuals who are living on the margins of society or freely give what you have received.

General support for focus on key policy issues that affect everyone, especially in the areas of Human Dignity, Strong Families, Religious Freedom, Formative Education, and Healthy Communities.

General support for thier mission "To promote US/Mexico border and immigration policies that affirm the dignity of the human person and a spirit of bi-national solidarity through: 1) Direct humanitarian assistance and accompaniment with migrants; 2) Social and pastoral education with communities on both sides of the border; and 3) Participation in collaborative networks that engage in research and advocacy to transform local, regional, and national immigration policies."