San Francisco Interfaith Council Executive Director
Michael Pappas, Executive Vice Chair Rita Semel,
Mayor Gavin Newsom and Chair Rev. James
DeLange at the Annual Mayor’s Interfaith
Thanksgiving Prayer Breakfast
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Born in the aftermath of the 1989
Loma Prieto earthquake, the San
Francisco Interfaith Council has
for 18 years brought people of
different faith traditions together,
bringing spiritual comfort at times
of crisis, building understanding
among various religious traditions,
celebrating our diversity, and
coordinating services to the
citizens of San Francisco.

Since its incorporation in 1991, the
San Francisco Interfaith Council has
both been asked and has taken
initiatives to fulfill its mission of bringing
people together to build understanding
Until the recent appointment of
Michael Pappas as Executive
Director, the San Francisco Interfaith
Council has done all of this with a
volunteer staff and board of directors.
It has been said that if the San
Francisco Interfaith Council ceased to
exist, the religious leaders of our city
would find it necessary to create one.
In this time when interfaith
understanding and cooperation is
essential, it is important for the
religious communities and agencies of
San Francisco to come together and
support interfaith work.
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