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Central Texas Interfaith is a non-partisan, multi-ethnic, multi-issue organization of 43 congregations, public schools, and unions who work together to address public issues that affect the well-being of families and neighborhoods in our community.

We are a broad-based citizens' organization committed to promoting justice and democratic values. We work to develop leaders and to provide opportunities for member institutions to negotiate effectively through the political process with local government and community leaders around issues of common concern. Central Texas Interfaith is strictly non-partisan. Central Texas Interfaith is one of thirty organizations of the West / Southwest IAF network and one of sixty-five organizations that make up the Industrial Areas Foundation.  


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    Amor Concreto: The Legacy of Pope Francis

    It is with great sadness that we learned the news this Easter Monday morning about the death of Pope Francis.

    Over the past three years, we, as representatives of Central Texas Interfaith (CTI) and sister organizations of the Industrial Areas Foundation, were privileged to meet him three times in his Santa Marta residence at the Vatican, each an encounter of 90 minutes or more. CTI leader Rev. Minerva Camarena Skeith, rector of St. John's Episcopal Church (in photo greeting Pope Francis) was part of the delegation that met with Pope Francis in 2023.

    Said Reverend Minerva Camarena Skeith: 

    “Meeting with Pope Francis was an experience that I will never forget.  What impressed me the most is how well he understood the work we do around the development of leaders and creating a culture of solidarity."

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