Brother Joseph Kilikevice, OP is a friar of the Central Province of the Dominican Order in the Catholic Church. He founded the Shem Center for Interfaith Spirituality during the 1993 Parliament of the World’s Religions. He has offered interfaith retreats throughout the country for over 20 years. Approaching the world’s religions and spiritual paths experientially, forms of prayer, meditation and ritual are presented as a way into the wisdom found these traditions.

The Dances of Universal Peace are used as a spiritual means for these experiences. He draws inspiration from the Second Vatical Council document, “Nostra Aetate,” (On the Church’s Relations with Non-Christian Religions) and subsequent mandates from General Chapters of the International Dominican Order, calling for an end of hostilities and a commitment to healing relationships between Christianity and the other religions of the world.

SHEM Center for Interfaith Spirituality 

708 N. Harvey Avenue, Oak Park, Illinois, 60302-1742

708-848-1095

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