Joining Worldwide Appeals for Religious Reconciliation, Chicago Organization Develops Online Prayer Community

In the hopes of reconciling tensions between the world's major religions, Saudi King Abdullah opened an interfaith conference in Madrid Wednesday. With the same goal of interfaith dialogue, a Chicago-based communications agency recently developed Pray At Abraham's Table, an online community committed to religious understanding and prayers for peace.

Created by Derek Simons of Angels Studio, a communications agency in Chicago, Abraham's Table invites Jews, Christians, Muslims and people of all faiths to share their prayers for peace online. Described as a "mingling of shared prayers to our one God," Abraham's Table allows visitors to the web site to post their own reflections, explore the prayers of other faith traditions, and discover ways to nurture peace in their own lives.

Inspired by the common roots of the world's three largest religions -- all branches of the family tree of Abraham -- Simons created the online gathering place to "foster a more positive, peaceful bond with different faiths." He explains, "While religions have often misunderstood each other, we are probably more aware than ever of the dangers of intolerance in our world. Abraham's Table is, we hope, a place where visitors can open their hearts to different traditions and different people -- all of whom share the common goal of peace in our world."

About Abraham's Table

Pray At Abraham's Table is a new media initiative of Angels Studio in Chicago. Angels Studio is a communications agency devoted to building bridges of cooperation between different faith groups using the digital and expressive arts. As a communications ministry of the international Roman Catholic Order - the Society of The Divine Word, this community serves people of faith, or without faith, around the world, in the belief that there is a place for All God's Children at the table of life. Dialogue and cooperation with other faith traditions is a priority of this community.

Find out more about Abraham's Table at www.abrahamstable.org

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