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Interfaith Immersion Trips

About once a month club members visit places of worship around the Cincinnati area, including churches, synagogues, temples, gurdwaras, mosques, and other sites. Oftentimes we meet with a religious leader at the location, and if possible visit during a time of congregational worship. The following is a list of some of the faith communities in the Cincinnati area with which the Interfaith Club has been or expected to be in contact.

Site Visits to Different Places of Worship

Baha'i

Cincinnati Baha'i Center
The Bahá'í Faith has been in Cincinnati since 1898. They are one of the ten oldest Bahá'í communities in the United States. Àbdu'l-Bahá, the son of Bahá'u'llah (the founder of the Bahá'í Faith), actually visited Cincinnati in 1912. Cincinnati has had an incorporated Local Spiritual Assembly (the elected group which guides the faith since 1932.

2723 Montana Ave.
Cincinnati, OH 45211
(513) 481-6332

Buddhism

Cincinnati Dharma Center
The Buddhist Dharma Center of Cincinnati began in the mid 1980's as a handful of meditators sitting in one another's living rooms on an increasingly regular basis. In spring of 2001, the Dharma Center moved into their present location at 15 Moline Court, just off Hamilton Avenue, in a facility which was renovated specifically for their use. It includes a spacious, well-lit meditation hall, an adjacent room for tea and conversation, and an interview room. They meet several times a week.

15 Moline St.
Cincinnati, OH 45223

Cincinnati Zen Center
The Cincinnati Zen Center was founded in 1994 and is part of the Furnace Mountain Sangha, a world-wide Zen community under the direction of guiding teacher Zen Master Dae Gak. The center is led by Abbot Annie Weisbrod, Vice Abbot Steve Hegge, resident teacher Myogetsu Osho and a board of directors. Other local centers affiliated with Furnace Mountain include the Hamilton Zen Center, the Northern Kentucky Zen Center, the Zen Fellowship of Dayton and the Christian Meditation Group at Northern Hills United Methodist Church in Cincinnati. Between the local centers, group practice is available 7 days a week.

3647 West 8th St.
Cincinnati, OH 45205

Christianity

Norwood

Christ the Savior - Holy Spirit Orthodox Church
Information

4285 Ashland Ave
Cincinnati, OH 45212
(513) 351-0907

Holy Trinity Catholic Church & Our Lady of the Holy Spirit Center
The parish of Holy Trinity Church was formed in 1994 with the consolidation of the Norwood Parishes of St. Matthew, St. Elizabeth, and Sts. Peter & Paul. The structure of Holy Trinity, constructed in 1940, was formerly home to only the Sts. Peter & Paul congregation.

The Holy Spirit Center was built in 1920 under the direction of Archbishop Henry Moeller as a major seminary, and has now become a Marian center under the leadership of a Board of Trustees made up of religious and laity.

Holy Trinity Church            Holy Spirit Center
2420 Drex Ave.                 5440 Moeller Ave.
Norwood, OH 45212          Norwood, OH 45212
(513) 366-4400                 (513) 351-9800

Vineyard Central Church, St. Elizabeth Arts Foundation, & Sustainable Faith Center

Vineyard Central is a community of house churches strongly rooted in the Norwood Community. Among their numerous connections, they directly support the St. Elizabeth Arts Foundation as well as the Sustainable Faith Center.

The structure of St. Elizabeth Church was built in 1903 as a Catholic Church, but was sold in 1995 after parish consolidation the year before. It was at this time that the Vineyard Central community took ownership of the structure. While Vineyard Central is composed of house churches, they use St. Elizabeth for weddings and funerals, art camps and films, concerts and parties, and housing neighbors in need, all of these they consider as various types of worship. They find the building to be a place of joy and comfort, and a place of peace and prayer.

Vineyard Central               Sustainable Faith Center
1757 Mills Ave.                 1756 Lincoln Ave.
Norwood, OH 45212          Norwood, OH 45212
(513) 396-7202                 (513) 253-3439

Hinduism

Hindu Temple of Greater Cincinnati
The Hindu Temple on Klatte Road, located on the edge of Hamilton County, is a splendid facility which opened in May of 2007 to serve the nearly 2,000 Hindu families living in greater Cincinnati. The temple grounds are notable for a healthy, green location, where proximity to the city (via I-275) along with closeness to nature's abundant beauty blend to set the stage for an attractive place of worship. The plain yet solid white architecture lacks the particular trills and ornamental nuances of traditional Indian Hindu temple construction, but it the worship within where the importance lies.

4920 Klatte Road
Cincinnati, Ohio 45244
(513) 528-3714
(513) 652-5382

Islam

Islamic Center of Greater Cincinnati
The Center and its community have been major influencing factors in the dynamics and successes of Greater Cincinnati in many areas. Its leaders and community is a very well educated community that has been embedded into the fabric of Cincinnati from the early 1960s. It has grown from a handful of families at that time to nearly 25,000 Muslims in the Greater Cincinnati area. The Muslim community at the Islamic Center of Greater Cincinnati invite all to come celebrate, share, learn and build the bridges for the future. The Center itself was constructed in 1995.

8092 Plantation Drive
West Chester, Ohio 45069
(513) 755-3280

Islamic Association of Cincinnati (Masjid Salaam)
Another community, in partnership with the aforementioned Islamic Center. This masjid is located on Clifton Avenue, north of the University of Cincinnati.

3668 Clifton Avenue
Cincinnati, OH 45220
(513) 221-4003

Judaism

Adath Israel Congregation
Adath Israel is a Kehillah Kedoshah, a Conservative Jewish community, that supports congregants during significant life events, and in their journeys to become more involved, knowledgeable, and spiritually fulfilled Jews. The congregation, is conveniently located in the Cincinnati suburb of Amberley Village, is convenient to all Cincinnati and suburban neighborhoods. Adath Israel boasts a membership of about 700 families.

3201 E. Galbraith Rd.
Cincinnati, OH 45236
(513) 793-1800

Plum Street Temple & Isaac M. Wise Temple
Prior to the Civil War, the 200 families of K. K. B'nai Yeshurun (Isaac M. Wise Temple) envisioned a magnificent building to house their growing twenty year old congregation that had already gained a national prominence because of their rabbi, Isaac Mayer Wise. With his energy and vision, the congregation and Cincinnati fast became a center of national Jewish life.

Isaac M. Wise Temple
8329 Ridge Road
Cincinnati, OH 45236
(513) 793-2556

K. K. Bene Israel Rockdale Temple
K.K. Bene Israel is familiarly known as Rockdale Temple. Rockdale Temple is the oldest congregation west of the Allegheny Mountains. Founded in 1824, Rockdale Temple has always been at the forefront of Reform Judaism in America and was one of the founding congregations of the Union for Reform Judaism and the Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion.

8501 Ridge Rd.
Cincinnati OH 45236
(513) 891-9900

Congregation Beth Adam
Founded in 1980 in response to the needs of Cincinnati's diverse and contemporary Jewish community, Beth Adam provides Jewish experiences through religious services, child and adult education programs, Bar and Bat Mitzvah classes and services, social activities and community social action programs. Beth Adam is led by Rabbi Robert B. Barr, and follows from the Reform Tradition.

10001 Loveland-Madeira Rd.
Loveland, OH 45140
(513) 985-0400

Sikhism

Guru Nanak Society
Located north of Cincinnati in Hamilton, the Guru Nanak Society is the closest gurdwara to Xavier's campus.

4394 Tylersville Rd.
Hamilton, OH 45011
(513) 942-0111

Interfaith Immersion Trips

Site Visits to Different Places of Worship

Baha'i

Buddhism

Christianity

Norwood

Hyde Park Area

Over-the-Rhine

Downtown & Mt. Adams

East Side

Northern Kentucky

Hinduism

Islam

Judaism

Sikhism