Members of the Council provide a variety of services including counseling, educational programs, conferences, worship, discussion groups, social events and Bible study for students, faculty, staff and administrators from their own traditions as well as working cooperatively on interfaith programs. The position of the Carnegie Mellon InterFaith Council is that religious sensitivity is a personal matter and should be treated with due regard, keeping sacred the principal of free will. Devotion in any system of belief should be offered and received openly and in good faith, never by coercion, manipulation or deception. Some would capitalize on the tender yearnings of spiritual awareness to promulgate factional personal or financial agendas. These actions thwart the value of spiritual exercise which should have as its objective the edification of the soul and in contribution to family and social order.
Council members forswear attempts to advance organizational progress by such methods.
CMIC welcomes all to evaluate any religious activity by similar standards. The InterFaith Council is separate from, but related to, the Office of Student Activities. Please contact Anne Witchner for additional information about religious observances and spirituality on campus.