Sai Centre: Edmonton
Interfaith Unity Walk for Peace & Love
With Swami’s grace and love, the Edmonton Sai Centre participated in the Interfaith Unity Walk for Peace and Love that occurred at the Alberta Legislature on May 24, 2019. Our Center has had affiliations with the Interfaith Center for many years and since 2017 with Bro Jagadeesan’s visit the Interfaith Center has been more open to collaboration with us.
Nationwide 108 hours continuous Gayatri Mantra Chanting
General meaning: We meditate on that most adored Supreme Lord, the creator, whose effulgence (divine light) illumines all realms (physical, mental and spiritual). May this divine light illumine our intellect.
Sincerity
Perhaps, after all, in the great Pantheon of Virtues, the key is Sincerity.
“If you have no Shradda (Sincerity, earnestness), you cannot achieve anything, whatever other qualifications you may have,” Sathya Sai Baba said. “Only the earnest seeker can acquire knowledge of the Divine. However intelligent one may be, without earnestness he will achieve nothing. A man with earnestness can convert a small burning cinder into a huge bonfire.” “If [he] lacks Shraddha he will allow even a blazing fire to go out.”
Gandhi’s Legacy – Essay by Navya Baradi of Sri Sathya Sai Baba Centre of Edmonton
A MESSAGE OF LOVE FOR 2018: “LOVE ALL, SERVE ALL”
The Edmonton Sai Center has been active in the Interfaith community for the past several years. In October 2017, the Center received a Deepavali message from Pope Francis that was sent via the Catholic Archdiocese of Edmonton. The Archbishop Richard Smith was touched by the loving response from our Center for the message from the Vatican and expressed interest in coming together in friendship and exploring joint community service projects.
An Interfaith Event in Alberta
The Edmonton Sai Centre received an invitation to participate in an interfaith event on June 28th, 2015 in the town of Whitecourt, Alberta which is a smaller resource-based community about two hours northwest of Edmonton. The event was sponsored by the Ahamadiyya Muslim Jama’at and hosted by Reverend Alwin Maben, the local United Church minister.
Operation Friendship: Serving Seniors in Edmonton
National Textbook Drives 2016
The Sai Young Adults conducted a National Textbook Drive in all regions as a Back to School service for students in need. This service project expanded beyond the young adults and included volunteers from Sathya Sai Centres across the country, with parents and friends bringing in old and gently used books for donation at their local Centre.