You can celebrate April’s divine coincidence with a tour of sacred Chicago spaces

In honor of Ramadan, Easter, Passover and more, the Interfaith Trolley Tour will stop at five religious sites on Chicago’s South Side.

By Meha Ahmad
The trolley took guests through the Logan Square, Hermosa and Belmont Cragin neighborhoods.
A trolley drives through the Logan Square, Hermosa and Belmont Cragin neighborhoods. Arionne Nettles/WBEZ
The trolley took guests through the Logan Square, Hermosa and Belmont Cragin neighborhoods.
A trolley drives through the Logan Square, Hermosa and Belmont Cragin neighborhoods. Arionne Nettles/WBEZ

You can celebrate April’s divine coincidence with a tour of sacred Chicago spaces

In honor of Ramadan, Easter, Passover and more, the Interfaith Trolley Tour will stop at five religious sites on Chicago’s South Side.

By Meha Ahmad
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For the first time in 30 years, Ramadan, Passover and Easter are all being celebrated at the same time. Additionally, the holidays of Vaisakhi and Ridvan also occur this month. And Chicago faith leaders are using the holy convergence as a chance to educate communities and shape the public narrative about what it means to live well together in religious and cultural diversity. And much of that education comes in the form of a trolley tour.

Reset talks to organizers behind the Interfaith Trolley Tour to find out more about what riders can expect.

GUESTS: JoAnne Terrell, associate professor of Theology, Ethics & the Arts at the Chicago Theological Seminary

Kim Schultz, coordinator of Creative Initiatives, CTS InterReligious Institute

Romana Manzoor, director of the office of Institutional Research and Effectiveness at American Islamic College