奥委会期望在温哥华的繁华地带建成一个多宗教活动中心。然而这项宏伟计划将耗资2千5百万美元，资助这项计划的不同宗教间团体表示，由于缺少必要的资金，永久性建筑难以实现，所以将在温哥华和惠思勒建造临时性建筑。

　　温哥华奥运会组委会最近在接受加西传媒的采访时表示，组委会和基督教、佛教、犹太教、伊斯兰教和印度教的一些团体进行了商讨，宗教教职人员在奥运会期间可以向5500多名奥运会运动员和官员提供直接的信仰帮助。（编译：平易）

All faiths represented at Olympics

Dec 1, 2008

The dream of a freestanding, permanent multifaith centre in the heart of Vancouver in time for the 2010 Olympics (October Journal editorial) has remained a dream.

That centre was to serve the multi-faith community well after the Olympics are over.

The editorial indicated that a $25 million multi-faith worship centre was being built in downtown Vancouver. That was the hope of the Olympics organizing committee. The inter-faith group behind the ambitious proposal said a permanent building will not be realized because it simply  lacks the funds to build it. Instead there will be temporary facilities in both Vancouver and Whistler.

The Vancouver organizing committee recently told Canwest News Service that it is privately negotiating with a variety of Christian, Buddhist, Jewish, Muslim and Hindu groups about which individual clergy will be allowed to temporarily provide direct support to the more than 5,500 Olympic athletes and officials who will be attending the Vancouver Winter Games.