Our Field Trip to Local Religious Centers

On Tuesday September 25th we visited three local religious centers to help us gain meaningful understanding of three major religions in our area. We are extremely grateful to the members of these local religions that welcomed us and spent time with us. To read about the students' impressions of the different religious centers visit their blogs by clicking on the Fall 2007 Contributors links.

Here is a brief overview of our field trip.

First we visited Al Huda Islamic Center where the prayer leader, Hisham Ahmed, spoke with us about the beliefs of Islam. He took many questions from the students about the Islamic faith including giving an excellent description of their Holy month of Ramadan that is going on right now.

Here is the class with Hisham Ahmed.











Next we went to the Congregation Children of Israel. There we met Rabbi Gerson. He spoke with us about Judaism and showed us around the synagogue and read to us from a magnificent Torah.

Here is a picture of Rabbi Gerson












The third religious center we went to was St. Joseph's Catholic Church. We were welcomed by Benedict and Father David McGuinness. They spoke to us about Catholicism as we spent time in the Sanctuary, and we were told about a great deal of the symbolism therein.

Here is a picture of one piece of stained glass from inside St. Joseph's Catholic Church.















I believe our field trip was a great experience for all!