2025 Multifaith Calendar
It's that time of year again when the new Multifaith Calendar is now available for purchase, with the theme for this 2025 being ‘Pathways to Peace’.
Description: As multiple conflicts rage across the world, it can be easy to give in to feelings of hopelessness about humanity’s prospects for a peaceful and prosperous future. The dream of true and lasting world peace is universal, yet elusive. What will it take for us to finally set aside our petty differences and historical grievances to find a common vision for humanity? Does peace simply entail the absence of war, or does it incorporate freedom from all forms of injustice and oppression?
Many philosophers and spiritual leaders have posited that we cannot achieve global peace and unity until we realize peace within ourselves – an intriguing perspective inviting new and creative interpretations. Perhaps, peace need not be more complicated or grandiose than a walk amongst the wildflowers or a late-summer sunrise.
What's New for 2025: Over the years, the Multifaith Calendar has been privileged to moons and moon cycles according to different Indigenous Peoples, including Nisga'a (northwestern BC) and Ojibwa (eastern BC to western Quebec and in the upper and mid-west in the US), Cree (across western and central Canada and Quebec as well as in Montana), and Coast Salish (Pacific Northwest). This year, the 2025 Multifaith Calendar again features moons and months as observed by the Mi'kmaq First Nations.
The Mi'kmaq are a First Nation of Indigenous people whose territory—called Mi'kma'ki—spans the maritime provinces of Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, and parts of Newfoundland and Quebec. The Mi'kmaq have lived there for 11,000 years and their language is one of the Eastern Algonquian family of languages. The Mi'kmaw Moons names denote the passage of time by reflecting activities in the natural world through the seasons.