# Event Details

- **Event Name**: The Gathering Place: Interfaith Conversations
- **Event Start and End Date**: Tue, 18 Aug, 2026 at 05:00 pm – Tue, 18 Aug, 2026 at 07:30 pm
- **Event Description**: Come together in community to make room for understanding and connections
At Prairiewoods, we honor all traditions and believe there is deep wisdom to be discovered when we gather across lines of faith, spirituality, and lived experience. In a world that often emphasizes difference and division, we seek to create spaces of welcome, curiosity, and meaningful connection—places where people can listen deeply, share openly, and encounter the sacred in one another.

As author and theologian John Philip Newell writes in Praying with the Earth: “When we open our hearts to one another and share the rich perspectives of our distinct traditions, it is not simply new or foreign insights that we exchange. Sometimes it is ancient and intimate insights that we uncover for one another in the other’s tradition. In other words, we need each other if we are to be well.”

You are invited to a very special opportunity for community and conversation. Join us for the first of a quarterly dinner series, August 18th at 5:00 pm. These dinners will allow us all to focus on what we share: kindness, compassion, hope, belonging and caring for each other.  By gathering as a community, we make room for understanding and real connections to grow. 

This event is free and is co-sponsored by the Inter-Religious Council of Cedar Rapids.  

Registration is required. Dinner will be served at 5:30. We will honor the dietary needs connected to various traditions. (ie: Halal; Kosher). For other questions, please email ecospirit@prairiewoods.org or call (319) 395-6700.

Register Here: https://pw.retreatportal.com/calendar/event?programcode=26PWS34665
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/hiawatha/the-gathering-place-interfaith-conversations/200030409180050
- **Event Categories**: art, literary-art, calendar
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 25

## Ticket Details


## Event venue details

- **city**: Hiawatha
- **state**: IA
- **country**: United States
- **location**: 120 E Boyson Rd, Hiawatha, IA, United States, Iowa 52233
- **lat**: 42.04943
- **long**: -91.66926
- **full address**: 120 E Boyson Rd, Hiawatha, IA, United States, Iowa 52233

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When and where is The Gathering Place: Interfaith Conversations being held?
  - **A:** The Gathering Place: Interfaith Conversations takes place on Tue, 18 Aug, 2026 at 05:00 pm to Tue, 18 Aug, 2026 at 07:30 pm at 120 E Boyson Rd, Hiawatha, IA, United States, Iowa 52233.
- **Q**: Who is organizing The Gathering Place: Interfaith Conversations?
  - **A:** The Gathering Place: Interfaith Conversations is organized by Prairiewoods Franciscan Spirituality Center.
- **Q**: Who is this event for? Is it right for me?
  - **A:** The Gathering Place: Interfaith Conversations is ideal for art lovers, collectors, creatives, and anyone inspired by visual arts, installations, and exhibitions. Whether you're a first-time attendee or a longtime enthusiast in Hiawatha, this event is thoughtfully curated to deliver a standout experience worth every moment. If The Gathering Place: Interfaith Conversations sounds like your kind of event, don't wait - spots fill up fast.

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