Registration is closed
Thank you — it was a full house.
The Interfaith Council of Halton’s 25th Anniversary Breakfast took place on Wednesday, 14 October 2026 at the Thomas Merton Adult & Continuing Education Centre, 255 Morden Road, Oakville. Registration is now closed.
Thank you to everyone who came. The room was full — and a full room is the whole point of this Council: that people of nine faith traditions will sit down at one table on a Wednesday morning and be glad to see one another.
Thank you to the faith leaders who opened the morning, offered the blessing over the food and read the Golden Rule in their own traditions; to everyone who spoke; to our guests from the Town, the Region and Halton Regional Police; and to the volunteers who set out the chairs, poured the coffee and carried everything in and out again. Thank you also to the Thomas Merton Centre for having us.
Two of the three founding Co-Chairs are still at this table twenty-five years on, and the third sent his greetings from his congregation in the United States. That is the measure of the morning: not a milestone reached and put away, but a table that is still set.
The work carries on — the monthly meetings, the Interfaith Youth Festival in Halton’s schools, the Peace Camp for children, and the gatherings we hold whenever something far away wounds people here.
Photographs and a short report will follow on this page.The photographs, five short films from the morning and the whole presentation are now on the site — see the morning. Our gatherings are open to everyone, of any faith or none — see what is coming up, or get in touch if you would like to join us at the table.
Save the date
A historic morning
25th Anniversary Breakfast
Join us as we celebrate twenty-five years of
the Interfaith Council of Halton.
Hear from the original founders, and share a time of friendship at the table.
When
Wednesday, October 14, 2026
8:00 – 9:30 AM
Where
Thomas Merton Adult & Continuing Education Centre
255 Morden Road, Oakville
Oakville campus · L6K 2S2
Tickets
$20 per person
$15, when you buy 2 or more
Where to come
Thomas Merton Adult & Continuing Education Centre
255 Morden Road, Oakville, ON L6K 2S2
Please check the address before you set out. The Thomas Merton Centre has more than one location — ours is the Oakville campus on Morden Road, not the Milton or the Burlington one. Some older listings and map entries still show a previous address for the Oakville centre; 255 Morden Road is the current one.
Registration
Register for the breakfast
- When
- Wednesday, October 14, 20268:00 – 9:30 AM
- Where
- Thomas Merton Adult & Continuing Education Centre255 Morden Road, Oakville, ON L6K 2S2
- Tickets
- $20 per person, or $15 each when you buy 2 or more
- Register by
- Wednesday, October 7so we can confirm catering numbers
How to pay
$20 per person, or $15 when you buy 2 or more. Please register first, then send payment — or pay at the door if that is easier.
By Interac e-Transfer
treasurer@interfaithcouncilhalton.com
Please put Breakfast and your name in the message field so the Treasurer can match your payment to your registration.
At the door
Cash or cheque
Cheques payable to the Interfaith Council of Halton. Registering in advance still helps us confirm catering numbers.
One caution. This is the only e-transfer address we use, and it is on our own domain — interfaithcouncilhalton.com. The Council will never ask you to send payment to a different address, and never to a personal Gmail or other free account. If you receive such a message, it did not come from us — please tell us through the contact form.
What we do with what you send us
We use what you send us to confirm your place and plan the morning — nothing else. We keep it until you ask us to delete it, and we never sell it, pass it on or add you to a mailing list without asking you first.
What we ask for, and why
- Your name and email address — to confirm your place and send you the details.
- A telephone number, if you give one — in case something changes on the day.
- How many people you are registering — to tell the caterer how many to expect.
- Your faith community or organisation, if you give one — so we know who is coming — never published, never counted publicly.
- Dietary requirements and allergies — passed to the caterer so there is food you can eat.
- Accessibility needs — so the room is set up before you arrive.
Who can see it
Members of the Council’s executive, and no one else. It is not sold, not shared with other organisations, and not used to send you anything you did not ask for.
The caterer and the venue
Dietary requirements, allergies and accessibility needs are passed to the caterer and to the venue, because that is the only way they can be met. Nothing else about you goes with them, and they are not permitted to keep it or use it for anything else.
How long we keep it
Until you ask us to delete it. We would rather say that plainly than name a period we would not actually keep to. Submissions are stored on our own website and in the Council’s interfaithcouncilhalton.com mailbox.
How to have it removed
Ask us, and we will delete it. Write to info@interfaithcouncilhalton.com or send a note through the contact form saying you would like what you sent removed. You do not have to give a reason. We will delete it and tell you once it is done. You can also ask us what we hold about you, and we will tell you that too.
Spam protection
We do not keep your IP address with your message. To stop automated spam, the form notes when a message was sent and briefly counts repeat submissions from the same connection using a scrambled form of the address, which is discarded within the hour.