YALE UNIVERSITY CHAPLAIN'S OFFICE |
Chaplain’s Office Newsletter Oct 12-19
This Week:
1) Community Service This Friday Afternoon 2-5pm
1.2) Festive Mediterranean Feast at Slifka, Wednesday Oct 14th 5:30-6:30 with Live Oud Performance
Next Week:
1.3) Diwali – The Hindu Festival of Light. Monday October 19th 7:30 PM in the President’s Room (2nd Floor Commons)
This Month:
2) Music: David’s Harp: Tuesday Oct 20th
3) Lecture: “Do Church Debates Over Homosexuality Make Progress?”
Ongoing:
4) Common Grounds
1) Do A 180: Community Service this Friday afternoon
Is selfless service part of your spiritual life? Looking for somewhere to start?
DO A 180 is 180 minutes of community service in New Haven lead by the friendly folks of the Chaplain's Office. We enthusiastically welcome students of all spiritual paths. We freely discuss how compassionate action is an integral part of our spiritual, religious, ethical, and moral selves.
We will be making and serving dinner and hanging out with the members at Fellowship Place. www.fellowshipplace.org
We leave the Chaplain's Office at 2pm and will be back by 5pm.
To sign up, please email nathaniel.deluca@yale.edu
1.2) Wednesday October 14 | 5:30PM - 6:30PM
Presented By Slifka Center's Kosher Kitchen
enjoy the following for just a swipe ...
~ A Festive Meal featuring the Seven Species ~
(olives, figs, dates, grapes, pomegranates, wheat and barley)
~ Meet Egyptian-Jewish Artist Carole Naggar and
See Her Newest Paintings Entitled Seven Species; Five Elements ~
~ Live Oud Performance ~
When | Wednesday October 14, 5:30-6:30PM
Where | Slifka Center, Kosher Kitchen
Why | Because for one night, you won't find a better meal for your Yale swipe (which probably is the case during most meal-times....the Kosher Kitchen is delicious, and is part of the Yale Meal Plan!)
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Chaplain's Office Newsletter Sept 28-Oct 4
Blessed Yom Kippur! Today is Yom Kippur, the Jewish Day of Atonement, the holiest day of the Jewish year. Today is a very important holy day for many people at Yale, so feel free to ask your friends and colleagues if they are observing Yom Kippur. How individuals observe Yom Kippur will differ from person to person, but it may include fasting, intensive prayer, and festive meal tonight to break the fast.
Chaplain’s Office Newsletter Sept 14th – 20th
A candlelight vigil will be held at 8pm tonight on Cross Campus in honor of Annie Le. All are welcome to attend.
1) DO A 180! Join us for 180 Minutes of Community Service this Friday Afternoon
2) Common Grounds: Sign up for a small group discussion about our unique spiritual paths
3) Study Break Next Monday, Sept 21st – We’re firing up the grills for some tasty quesadillas and assembling hospitality kits that we distribute to homeless shelters in New Haven
4) Special Event Announcements from Members of Yale Religious Ministries.
1)DO A 180! Community Service in Our Neighborhood
Friday, September 18th from 2-5PM
Is selfless service part of your spiritual life?
DO A 180 is 180 minutes of community service in New Haven lead by the friendly folks of the Chaplain's Office. We enthusiastically welcome students of all spiritual paths. We freely discuss how compassionate action is an integral part of our spiritual, religious, ethical, and moral selves.
We will be making and serving dinner and hanging out with the members at Fellowship Place. www.fellowshipplace.org
We leave the Chaplain's Office at 2pm and will be back by 5pm.
Please RSVP to nathaniel.deluca@yale.edu.
2) COMMON GROUNDS
Common Grounds is a gathering of
three people to talk over coffee
about matters of
faith, belief, religion, and spirituality
in a safe, informal, and affirming setting.
You don't have to be an expert in religion to have a conversation about your own experience or to learn from one another.
An Opportunity To
Ask questions you may otherwise be
embarrassed to bring up
Change and grow in one’s own
perception of reality
by trying to understand the other
Define your religious or spiritual
identity in your own terms
without being judged or critiqued
Speak candidly about your own tradition
Experience new perspectives
Interested? Visit www.yale.edu/chaplain to sign up
3) Study Break #2. We had over 100 people come down for our first study break of the year, so it looks like word got out!
Come down to the Chaplain’s Office, Monday Sept 21st from 8-10pm for a delicious snack, meet some friendly folks, and help us assemble hospitality kits. Hospitality kits are distributed to local homeless shelters and contain toiletries, small clothing articles, and snacks. We also assemble school supply kits. So stop by, grab some food, pack a few bags with goodies, and get back to the library!
4) Announcements from Members of Yale Religious Ministries (YRM) .
For information about YRM and its member groups, including a comprehensive listing of weekly worship, scripture study, fellowship, and other periodic events, please visit http://www.yale.edu/chaplain/yrm.html. The Chaplain’s Office forwards announcements from YRM Members groups about special events each week. Don’t miss out on their great programs!
Yale International Christian Fellowship:
Welcome dinner for international students and scholars, Friday evening, Sept. 18, 6:00 in Dwight Hall, 67 High Street. All international students, post-docs, scholars, and their families are invited to a free, informal dinner (no reservations needed) provided by people from the New Haven community. Please come for a good meal, a chance to meet new friends, and learn about opportunities for internationals at Yale. Sponsored by the Yale International Christian Fellowship, Dr. Andrew Cunningham, contact person. 823-6167 cunningham.andrew@sbcglobal.net
Rivendell Institute:
Bishop John Rucyahana returned from exile to his native Rwanda in 1994 to find a country he barely knew. What he discovered on his return were the remains of men, women and children who had been hacked to death by machetes; stories of mothers forced to bash their own babies against walls; accounts of women raped and children burned alive; and more than one million Rwandans dead in a country of just 8.5 million people . . .
In this presentation, Bishop Rucyahana will address the Rwandan Genocide, and the efforts to respond with faith, hope and renewal to the devastating conditions and troubling questions it raises. He will share extraordinary stories of forgiveness in the aftermath of one of the world's darkest moments.
In his book The Bishop of Rwanda, Rucyahana writes, "I speak from Rwanda, and I speak through my own pain. My sixteen-year-old niece, whom I dearly loved, was raped and killed in a torturous, horrible way. Why would anyone go to so much trouble just to cause a young,
innocent girl so much terrible pain? .I know what it is like to forgive through tears. Like many people in Rwanda, I had to forgive in order to live. I've seen people forgive those who killed their loved ones. I've watched survivors and perpetrators cry together and hug each other through their tears."
Bishop Rucyahana is the winner of the William Wilberforce award and the Russell L. Brown Climate of Excellence in Leadership international award, and is known around the world as an activist and advocate for reconciliation.
Chaplain's Office Newsletter
Week of August 31-Sept 6th
Happy New Semester!
What’s Going On At the Chaplain’s Office?
1) We have Peer Liasons!
2) Does someone smell pancakes?
3)Religious and Spiritual Communities Open House
4) Want to talk to strangers about your spiritual life? Meet in Common Grounds
1)Our Rad PLs:
Peer liaisons are upperclassmen who help connect freshmen to the wealth of support and programming here at Yale. These student leaders also help first year students adjust to life at Yale and empower each student to be an engaged, responsible, and proactive citizen on campus. Peer liaisons provide personal guidance; social, academic, and emotional support; insight into academic resources; and connections to various communities on campus. The Chaplain’s Office has four great peer liaisons! You can find more information about the program, including how to connect with one, at the Yale College Dean’s website:
yale.edu/yalecollege/advising/special/peers.
2)
FREE PANCAKES
IN THE CHAPLAIN’S OFFICE
THURSDAY SEPTEMER 3RD
8-10 PM
BINGHAM BASEMENT
FOLLOW YOUR NOSE
BRING YOUR BLUE BOOK
3)
Wednesday, Sept 9th, 3-5pm, on Old Campus, is our annual Religious and Spiritual Communities Open House. Look for the green banners. Come check out the 30+ groups on campus.
Chaplain’s Office Newsletter
Week of April 27th-May 3th
HAPPY READING WEEK!
This Week’s Events
If you would like an event or other listing posted to the Chaplain’s Office newsletter, please email information to altaf.saadi@yale.edu. Weekly announcements are compiled and sent out each Monday. Events can also be viewed at www.yale.edu/chaplain.
Gitameit Voices (from Rangoon, Burma) & The Yale Spizzwinks (?)
Monday, April 27 (TONIGHT)
7:30 PM, Trinity Lutheran Church
The first visit of a Burmese choir to the United States!
Also featuring combined chorus of Yale & New Haven singers under the direction of Jeffrey Douma, Director, Yale Glee Club.
Email spizzwinks@yale.edu for details.
Co-sponsors: The Yale Spizzwinks, Yale Spizzwinks Alumni Association, Yale Glee Club, Yale Council on South East Asia Studies, Yale Institute for Sacred Music, Association of Yale Alumni, Saybrook College, Yale Chaplain’s Office.
Chocolate Fountain Study Break
Wednesday, April 29
8:30 -10 PM
Chaplain’s Office
Bingham Basement, Old Campus
Take a break from Reading Week with a chocolate fountain! Bring a friend – everyone is welcome!
YDS Prayer Service & Vigil:
End Violence Against Women
Wednesday, April 29th
8 PM, Yale Divinity School Quad
The YDS Women's Center would like to extend a special invitation to take part in
an evening prayer service and vigil to end violence against women in our local,
national, global communities Wednesday, April 29th at 8PM on the quad. At that
time, we will open a space for prayer, song, and personal testimony.
If you would like your story read anonymously, please send an email to
tbnyds@gmail.com with your story attached. The story will be given to a
volunteer to read that evening.
All are welcome to this time and space for prayer and reflection.
Grace and peace,
YDS Women's Center
Yale Divinity School
http://ydswomenscenter.wordpress.com
Coolooloosh: Elements of Sounds
Wednesday, April 29th
7:30-9:30 PM
FREE CONCERT
@ Café Bottega (corner of Chapel & Temple)
In 2003, five extremely talented musicians from Jerusalem, Israel, and around the world, found each other and came together to form one of the most unique and dynamic forces in the music world as we know it today. Suitability named "Coolooloosh", a Jerusalemite word for celebration and joy; this is precisely what the band exhumes with each and every exciting performance. Wooing fans around the world with their intelligent blend of genres, combining Hip Hop, Rap, Jazz, and Funk, Coolooloosh is one of Israel's most popular groups, and is one of the very few well known emerging acts that can pull it off. Consistently pushing the envelope, the band is destined to break internationally.
Cosponsored by: Slifka Center, and others (refer to attached flier).
LISTEN @ COOLOOLOOSH.COM
Chaplain’s Office Newsletter
Week of April 20th-April 26th
This Week’s Events
Upcoming/Ongoing Events
If you would like an event or other listing posted to the Chaplain’s Office newsletter, please email information to altaf.saadi@yale.edu. Weekly announcements are compiled and sent out each Monday. Events can also be viewed at www.yale.edu/chaplain.
Mango Madness!
Monday, April 20
11:00 PM, Dwight Hall Common Room
Look forward to mango lassis, mango ice-cream, dried mango, mango milkshakes, and other mango delights!
All are welcome!
Sponsored by the Muslim Students Association.
Mark Lilla Lecture Series
“Conversion: the Power of a Metaphore”
Lecture 1: The Conversion Ideal
Wed April 22, 4:30 PM, Luce Hall
Lecture 2: The Conversion Society
Thursday, April 23, 4:30 PM, Luce Hall
Seminar Discussion
Friday, April 24, 10 AM – 12 PM, LC 101
Mark Lilla is the Professor of Humanities at Columbia University, and Author of “The Stillborn God: Religion, Politics, and the Modern West.”
The seminar discussion will include Professors Carlos Eire (Riggs Professor of History and Religious Studies, Yale University; winner of the 2003 National Book Award in Nonfiction), Wayne Meeks (Woolsey Professor of Biblical Studies Emeritus, Yale University), and Lamin Sanneh (James Professor of Mission & World Christianity and Professor of History, Yale University).
All events are free and open to the public.
Sponsored by: The MacMillan Center Initiative on Religion, Politics, & Society.
Israeli Civil Rights Activist Hagai El-Ad
“Human Rights, Trying Times: Israel’s Civil Rights Challenges”
Wednesday, April 22
4 PM, Master’s Tea at Branford College
7 PM, Reception at Slifka Center
Hagai El-Ad is an Israeli Civil Rights activist, and Executive Director of the Association for Civil Rights in Israel, and the Founding Executive Director of the Jerusalem Open House for Pride and Tolerance.
Free and open to the public.
Sponsored/hosted by the Slifka Center for Jewish Life at Yale, Pride Month at the LGBT Cooperative at Yale, Yale Friends of Israel, Yale GALA, The Bruce L. Cohen Fund for LGBT Studies, and Branford College.
Yale Amnesty International: A Life for a Life?
Panel Discussion of the death penalty & current death penalty activism
Thursday, April 23
LC 102, 7 PM
The panel will feature:
- Renny Cushing: a NH State Representative and the Founder and Executive Director of Murder Victims' Families for Human Rights
- Gary Holder-Winfield: State Representative from New Haven's 94th District
- Benjamin Jones: Executive Director of the Connecticut Network to Abolish the Death Penalty
- Aniket Shah: Member of Amnesty International's Board of Directors
Following the event, audience members will have the opportunity to join Amnesty International USA.
Please contact Helen Jack at helen.jack@yale.edu for more information.
Helen Zia:
Transcending "Evil" in the age of Obama
Thursday, April 23
4 PM - Berkeley College Master's House
6 PM - Dinner at the AACC
Join our guest, Helen Zia, a mover-and-shaker activist of the 21st century, for an Obama-catylized discussion:
Can we re-envision the new face of America "post-Civil Rights," "post-racism," and "post-feminist"?
Why Ms. Zia?
Helen Zia was a vocal anti-war activist, voicing her Opposition to U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War, and a firm believer in feminism.
Her articles, essays and reviews have appeared in numerous publications, books and anthologies. Ms. Zia has been outspoken on issues ranging from civil rights and peace to women's rights and countering hate violence and homophobia. In 1997, she testified before the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights on the racial impact of the news media. Last February, she led a demonstration in San Francisco protesting California’s recently enacted discriminatory legislations against the LGBTQ community, and she testified before the California Supreme Court following the demonstration.
(More info can be found on AASA Blog:http://yaleaasablog.wordpress.com/
Sponsored by: Political Action and Education Committee (PAEC), the Asian American Cultural Center (AACC), the Office of LGBTQ Resources, the Afro-American Cultural Center, the Chaplain's Office, the Intercultural Affairs Committee (IAC), Women Gender and Sexuality Studies, LGBT Co-Op, the Berkeley College's Master's Office, & the Asian American Students Alliance (AASA).
Gitameit Voices (from Rangoon, Burma) & The Yale Spizzwinks (?)
Monday, April 27
7:30 PM, Trinity Lutheran Church
The first visit of a Burmese choir to the United States!
Also featuring combined chorus of Yale & New Haven singers under the direction of Jeffrey Douma, Director, Yale Glee Club.
Email spizzwinks@yale.edu for details.
Co-sponsors: The Yale Spizzwinks, Yale Spizzwinks Alumni Association, Yale Glee Club, Yale Council on South East Asia Studies, Yale Institute for Sacred Music, Association of Yale Alumni, Saybrook College, Yale Chaplain’s Office.
Chocolate Fountain Study Break
Tuesday, April 28
8-10 PM
Chaplain’s Office
Bingham Basement, Old Campus
Take a break from Reading Week with a chocolate fountain! Bring a friend – everyone is welcome!
Common Grounds
Brewed by the Chaplain’s Office
Common Grounds is a new program put on by the Chaplain’s Office. What is it? A gathering of three people, be they students, faculty, or staff, to talk about matters of faith, belief, religion, and spirituality in a safe, informal, and affirming setting.
You don’t have to be an expert on religion to have a conversation about your own experience or to learn from one another!
To facilitate this conversation, the first coffee will be on us!
Interested? Sign up here: http://www.yale.edu/chaplain/commongrounds.html.
Chaplain’s Office Newsletter
Week of March 30th-April 5th
This Week’s Events
Upcoming/Ongoing Events
If you would like an event or other listing posted to the Chaplain’s Office newsletter, please email information to altaf.saadi@yale.edu. Weekly announcements are compiled and sent out each Monday. Events can also be viewed at www.yale.edu/chaplain.
Islamic Awareness Week
BEGINS TODAY
Monday, March 30 – Friday, April 30
MONDAY 3/30 @ 7:00pm Silliflicks (Silliman Entryway C)
A Night at the Movies
Premiering the 2009 IAW Video & Screening:
"On a Wing and a Prayer: An American Muslim Learns to Fly"
http://www.upf.tv/upf06/tabid/283/Default.aspx
*Refreshments will be served*
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TUESDAY 3/31 @ 6:00pm Asian American Cultural Center (295 Crown St)
Yes, We Can?
"An Insider's Look at 'Change'"
A Dinner and Discussion w/
Mahdi Bray, Director of the Muslim American Society's Freedom Foundation (MAS Freedom)
*Dinner will be served*
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WEDNESDAY 4/01 @ 5:00pm LC 102
Islam and Democracy
"Shura vs. Demos?"
A Panel Discussion w/
Radwan Masmoudi, Director of the Center for the Study of Islam and Democracy (CSID) and
Professor Andrew March & Professor Ellen Lust-Okar
*Dinner will be served*
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THURSDAY 4/02 @ 7:00pm LC 101
Spoken Word Extravaganza
Suheir Hammad, Legendary Spoken Word Artist
Openings by Yale Students
*Refreshments will be served*
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FRIDAY 4/03 @ 1:00pm Af-Am House (211 Park St)
Sermon: "All Eyes on Me"
The Jummah Khutbah will be delivered by Chaplain Bilal Ansari with prayers directly afterward
"Civic engagement, Political competency and Cultural relevancy in American society. How are Muslim Americans perceived in the public eye. 'All Eyes On Me' is a famous title of a Tupac Shakur album and with this title I will reinterpret its lyrical meaning through Islamic meaning from Seerah, Qur'an and Modern social justice causes."
*Lunch will be served*
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Sponsors: CMES, Divinity School, NELC, Af-Am House, Saybrook College, UOFC, AACC, AASA, Dwight Hall, Chaplain's Office, Calhoun College, OISS, Berkeley College, and the Muslim Students' Association
Marilynne Robinson Terry Lectures
March 31, and April 2
LC 102, 4:30 PM
Author of the 2005 Pulitzer Prize novel Gilead, Robinson will give four lectures on the theme “Absence of the Mind: The Dispelling of Inwardness from the Modern Myth of the Self.” Robinson’s novels and essays engage deep questions of faith with unusual understanding.
For more information: http://www.yale.edu/terrylecture/thisyear.html.
Religion & Women’s Rights
Wednesday, April 1
WLH 119 – 6 PM
Please join us for a panel discussion on religion and women's rights this Wednesday.
The panelists are:
Dr. Andrea Blanch is the 2009 Fellow in the Women, Religion, and Globalization program.
The Reverend Ian Oliver is a Senior Associate Chaplain at the Chaplain's Office.
The Reverend Joan Cooper Burnett ('04 M.Div) is an ordained minister in theAmerican Baptist Churches USA, and serves as the Protestant Chaplain at Wesleyan University.
Rabbi James Ponet (TD '68) has been Yale's Jewish Chaplain since 1981, and teaches the seminar "The Family in the Jewish Tradition" with Dr. Ruth Westheimer at Yale College.
Noura Saleh Alturki is a Muslim research fellow at the Macmillan Center, studying the Women's Rights Movement in Saudi Arabia.
This event is sponsored by Amnesty International at Yale.
Songs for Soup
Wednesday, April 1
5:30-9 PM, St. Thomas More
Don’t be a fool – join us for Songs for Soup! Mass at 5:30, soup dinner at 6 and concert at 6:30 – silent auction during intermission with prizes in every price range! The silent auction has some rockin’ prizes including dinner with Bishop Peter Rosazza, a week in Paris, home baked goodies and more! Performances by the Whiffs, Out of the Blue, Purple Crayon and Proof of the Pudding! Don’t miss this!
Feast for Human Rights!
Friday, April 3
10 PM-12 AM, Dwight Hall
Come eat yummy food and support human rights!
All the proceeds will go to Amnesty Int'l USA.??
Tickets will be sold in Commons for $5, and will be $6 at the door.??
Participating Restaurants:??Atticus Bookstore Caf Ashleys Ice Cream Au Bon Pain BAR Booktrader Caf Bottega Lounge Brueggers Bagels Claires Corner Copia Lalibela Naples Pizza Starbucks Coffee Yorkside Pizza Yorkstreet Noodle Zaroka.
Apply to be a Peer Liaison!
Application Deadline: Friday, April 17th
Peer liaisons are upperclassmen who help connect first-year students to the wealth of support and programming initiatives based in the residential colleges, freshman counselor teams, LGBTQ Resources, University Chaplain’s Office, Office of International Students & Scholars, and in the four cultural centers (Af-Am, Asian-American, La Casa,
Native American).
Students selected to be peer liaisons will need to schedule 5-10 hours per week to their duties and responsibilities, and will be paid a competitive hourly wage of $11/hour. Check the attached position description and application for more information!
FOCUS on New Haven
Application Deadline: Wednesday, April 1st
FOCUS is a fun, engaging, weeklong program in New Haven of service and learning. This year’s program will run from Friday, August 21st to Thursday, August 27th. The program examines controversies in immigration, education, politics, the environment, race, and economic development, and ways in which these issues have interacted organically to form the modern city. FOCUS also matches students with four-day group service projects as examples of civic engagement with a specific community need. These are great ways to build knowledge, engage in active learning, and consider their present and future roles in their communities. FOCUS aims to draw students toward the larger community and instill a sense of belonging. Your week on FOCUS provides a mechanism to learn from, care about, engage with, and find inspiration in the city of New Haven.
Check attached application for more information! Apply now!
Food & Supply Drive for Christian Community Action
Until Easter!
Throughout Lent the University Church (UCY) will be collecting items to benefit Christian Community Action.
CCA is a non-profit ecumenical social service organization serving the New Haven community (www.ccahelping.org).
You are invited to bring non-perishable food items, cleaning supplies, and new or gently-used household items (sheets, towels, kitchen utensils, etc) to the narthex of Battell Chapel and they will be delivered to CCA shortly after Easter. For more info contact Grad Student Deacon Daniel Eiler (daniel.eiler@yale.edu).
Islam, Intercultural Relations and Leadership
Summer Program by Pathways for Mutual Respect
Apply to the Summer Institute on Islam, Intercultural Relations, and Leadership <http://summerinstitute.pfmr.org/>, an intensive three-week program put on by the Pathways for Mutual Respect, that will take place in New Haven, Connecticut, from June 28-July 17, 2009.
Participants will engage in four core elements during the Institute:
o Scholarship – academically rigorous, multidisciplinary mini-courses geared toward developing a deeper and more nuanced understanding of the modern Islamic world
o Experience – from in-depth relationship building with international families to guided mosque visits, students will participate in multiple cross cultural interactions on a daily basis, interspersed by facilitated debriefings
o Collaboration – students will work with classmates and the Institute’s core faculty on projects and presentations designed to help internalize what they are learning in classes and experience
o Impact – prior to leaving the Institute, students will have, under the guidance of Pathways staff and core faculty, written an action plan which they are committed to implementing upon their return home.
We are seeking applicants in the professional or academic fields of International Relations, Near East/Middle Eastern Languages, Linguistics, Middle East Studies, Cross-cultural Communications, Political Science, Conflict Resolution, Religious Studies, and International Business, as well as educators and community leaders. The cost, including housing, most meals, and local transportation, is $2500. We have a limited amount of need-based scholarships available, for which we encourage potential participants to apply.
Admitted applicants will receive a $75 tuition discount if they submit their applications by the early application deadline of March 31. The deadline for applications is April 15, 2009.
For more information and links to the application forms, interested students may visit our website at www.pfmr.org <http://www.pfmr.org> . Questions may be directed tosummerinstitute@pfmr.org <mailto:summerinstitute@pfmr.org> .
Common Grounds
Brewed by the Chaplain’s Office
Common Grounds is a new program put on by the Chaplain’s Office. What is it? A gathering of three people, be they students, faculty, or staff, to talk about matters of faith, belief, religion, and spirituality in a safe, informal, and affirming setting.
You don’t have to be an expert on religion to have a conversation about your own experience or to learn from one another!
To facilitate this conversation, the first coffee will be on us!
Interested? Sign up here: http://www.yale.edu/chaplain/commongrounds.html.
Chaplain’s Office Newsletter
Week of March 23th-March 29th
Welcome Back!
This Week’s Events
Upcoming/Ongoing Events
If you would like an event or other listing posted to the Chaplain’s Office newsletter, please email information to altaf.saadi@yale.edu. Weekly announcements are compiled and sent out each Monday. Events can also be viewed at www.yale.edu/chaplain.
Cupcake Study Break
Tuesday, March 24
8-10 PM
Chaplain’s Office
Bingham Basement
Come for a frost-your-own cupcakes study break! Everyone is welcome!
Marilynne Robinson to deliver Terry Lectures
Begins tomorrow (Tuesday): March 24, 26, 31, and April 2
LC 102, 4:30 PM
Author of the 2005 Pulitzer Prize novel Gilead, Robinson will give four lectures on the theme “Absence of the Mind: The Dispelling of Inwardness from the Modern Myth of the Self.” Robinson’s novels and essays engage deep questions of faith with unusual understanding.
For more information: http://www.yale.edu/terrylecture/thisyear.html.
Yale Day of Service
Saturday, March 28
Work from 10 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.
Do you want to make a difference in New Haven? Do you want to know more about the agencies serving the needs of this city's residents? Come join Yale students, faculty, and staff for a day of service and support the agencies that do so much for the New Haven community – our community! Volunteering with a team from Yale will create new relationships and deepen old friendships with colleagues and students while making a significant contribution.
Participating sites address such issues as environmental education, literacy, arts advocacy, homelessness and transitional populations, parks and green spaces, and safe youth and teen centers.
As an enthusiastic supporter of this event, I strongly encourage you to participate and make a difference. Won’t you sign up now at http://yalestation.org/weekofservice where you will find more information about the specific project sites, as well as the Dwight Hall-Yale College Council Week of Service (March 28-April 3).
Check-in and breakfast starts at 8:30 a.m. at the McDougal Center, HGS (320 York St.), with buses leaving for the service sites at 9:30 a.m. Volunteers will work from 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. when transportation back to HGS will be provided.
Service to society is one of Yale’s most cherished values. I look forward to seeing many faculty, students and staff working together on March 28th!
Spring Jam
Saturday, March 28
8:30 PM – Slifka Center
The Yale Klezmer Band and the Yale Women's Slavic Chorus!
Islamic Awareness Week
Monday, March 30 – Friday, April 30
MONDAY 3/30 @ 7:00pm Silliflicks (Silliman Entryway C)
A Night at the Movies
Premiering the 2009 IAW Video & Screening:
"On a Wing and a Prayer: An American Muslim Learns to Fly"
http://www.upf.tv/upf06/tabid/283/Default.aspx
*Refreshments will be served*
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TUESDAY 3/31 @ 6:00pm Asian American Cultural Center (295 Crown St)
Yes, We Can?
"An Insider's Look at 'Change'"
A Dinner and Discussion w/
Mahdi Bray, Director of the Muslim American Society's Freedom Foundation (MAS Freedom)
*Dinner will be served*
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WEDNESDAY 4/01 @ 5:00pm LC 102
Islam and Democracy
"Shura vs. Demos?"
A Panel Discussion w/
Radwan Masmoudi, Director of the Center for the Study of Islam and Democracy (CSID) and
Professor Andrew March & Professor Ellen Lust-Okar
*Dinner will be served*
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THURSDAY 4/02 @ 7:00pm LC 101
Spoken Word Extravaganza
Suheir Hammad, Legendary Spoken Word Artist
Openings by Yale Students
*Refreshments will be served*
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FRIDAY 4/03 @ 1:00pm Af-Am House (211 Park St)
Sermon: "All Eyes on Me"
The Jummah Khutbah will be delivered by Chaplain Bilal Ansari with prayers directly afterward
"Civic engagement, Political competency and Cultural relevancy in American society. How are Muslim Americans perceived in the public eye. 'All Eyes On Me' is a famous title of a Tupac Shakur album and with this title I will reinterpret its lyrical meaning through Islamic meaning from Seerah, Qur'an and Modern social justice causes."
*Lunch will be served*
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Sponsors: CMES, Divinity School, NELC, Af-Am House, Saybrook College, UOFC, AACC, AASA, Dwight Hall, Chaplain's Office, Calhoun College, OISS, Berkeley College, and the Muslim Students' Association
Rivendell Eclectic Seminar: Selected Essays of C.S. Lewis
Mondays 7:00 – 8:30 PM
Rivendell Institute (16 Lynwood Place)
In this part of our seminar, we will read and discuss the three chapters of Lewis’ book, The Abolition of Man. The chapters are posted on the Rivendell website (www.rivendellinstitute.org <http://www.rivendellinstitute.org>) as pdf files.
Schedule:
Monday March 23: Chapter One: Men without Chests
Monday, March 30: Chapter Two: The Way
Monday April 6: Chapter Three: The Abolition of Man
Questions? Email Greg Ganssle (Gregory.ganssle@yale.edu)
Apply to be a Peer Liaison!
Application Deadline: Friday, April 17th
Peer liaisons are upperclassmen who help connect first-year students to the wealth of support and programming initiatives based in the residential colleges, freshman counselor teams, LGBTQ Resources, University Chaplain’s Office, Office of International Students & Scholars, and in the four cultural centers (Af-Am, Asian-American, La Casa,
Native American).
Students selected to be peer liaisons will need to schedule 5-10 hours per week to their duties and responsibilities, and will be paid a competitive hourly wage of $11/hour. Check the attached position description and application for more information!
FOCUS on New Haven
Application Deadline: Wednesday, April 1st
FOCUS is a fun, engaging, weeklong program in New Haven of service and learning. This year’s program will run from Friday, August 21st to Thursday, August 27th. The program examines controversies in immigration, education, politics, the environment, race, and economic development, and ways in which these issues have interacted organically to form the modern city. FOCUS also matches students with four-day group service projects as examples of civic engagement with a specific community need. These are great ways to build knowledge, engage in active learning, and consider their present and future roles in their communities. FOCUS aims to draw students toward the larger community and instill a sense of belonging. Your week on FOCUS provides a mechanism to learn from, care about, engage with, and find inspiration in the city of New Haven.
Check attached application for more information! Apply now!
Food & Supply Drive for Christian Community Action
Until Easter!
Throughout Lent the University Church (UCY) will be collecting items to benefit Christian Community Action.
CCA is a non-profit ecumenical social service organization serving the New Haven community (www.ccahelping.org).
You are invited to bring non-perishable food items, cleaning supplies, and new or gently-used household items (sheets, towels, kitchen utensils, etc) to the narthex of Battell Chapel and they will be delivered to CCA shortly after Easter. For more info contact Grad Student Deacon Daniel Eiler (daniel.eiler@yale.edu).
Common Grounds
Brewed by the Chaplain’s Office
Common Grounds is a new program put on by the Chaplain’s Office. What is it? A gathering of three people, be they students, faculty, or staff, to talk about matters of faith, belief, religion, and spirituality in a safe, informal, and affirming setting.
You don’t have to be an expert on religion to have a conversation about your own experience or to learn from one another!
To facilitate this conversation, the first coffee will be on us!
Interested? Sign up here: http://www.yale.edu/chaplain/commongrounds.html.
Chaplain’s Office Newsletter
Week of March 2nd-March 8th
Enjoy Spring Break!
This Week’s Events
Upcoming/Ongoing Events
If you would like an event or other listing posted to the Chaplain’s Office newsletter, please email information to altaf.saadi@yale.edu. Weekly announcements are compiled and sent out each Monday. Events can also be viewed at www.yale.edu/chaplain <http://www.yale.edu/chaplain> .
Film Screening:
“Bridging Waters: Creating a Peace Park on the River Jordan”
Tuesday, March 3
Slifka Center – 8 PM
For one week in May 2008, leading architects from Yale University traveled to the Jordan-Israel border, in order to work with Israeli, Jordanian, and Palestinian architects and to help design the first Peace Park in the Middle East. Two Yale undergraduates, Sofia Solomon and Reid Wittman, followed the story with a camera, in attempts to capture this significant moment and share this unique story with others.
The screening will be followed by a reception and Q/A Session with the filmmakers, as well as the professors and graduates making up the Yale Architecture Team.
St. Thomas More Soup Kitchen
EVERY WEDNESDAY
Students are encouraged to come in anytime between 9:00 AM – 2:00 PM for any help they can give – from preparing and serving lunch between 9 and 1, to clean up after 1 PM. The Soup Kitchen helps feed over 200 of New Haven’s neediest people every Wednesday.
Questions? http://www.yale.edu/stm/socialaction/soupkitchen.html
Common Grounds
Brewed by the Chaplain’s Office
Common Grounds is a new program put on by the Chaplain’s Office. What is it? A gathering of three people, be they students, faculty, or staff, to talk about matters of faith, belief, religion, and spirituality in a safe, informal, and affirming setting.
You don’t have to be an expert on religion to have a conversation about your own experience or to learn from one another!
To facilitate this conversation, the first coffee will be on us!
Interested? Sign up here: http://www.yale.edu/chaplain/commongrounds.html <http://www.yale.edu/chaplain/commongrounds.html> .
Interfaith Youth Core Fellows Alliance
Application Deadline: March 15th
IFYC Fellows receive a year-long stipend to support interfaith organizing work on their college campus, skill-based trainings on how to be an effective interfaith organizers, resources and tools to enhance interfaith work, media opportunities, a network of peer colleagues, and mentors in the interfaith movement.
IFYC Fellows are responsible for spending at least 8 hours each week organizing interfaith community service activities on campus or in the broader community. Fellows blog weekly, participate and lead monthly conference calls, and attend a fall and spring retreat. IFYC is seeking students who are committed to organizing interfaith work and who are passionate about exploring their own role in building religious pluralism.
Undergraduate student leaders, from diverse faith and moral traidtions who are committed to interfaith action on campus across the country are encouraged to apply. For more information: http://www.ifyc.org/fellows <http://www.ifyc.org/fellows>
Chaplain’s Office Newsletter
Week of February 23th-March 1st
This Week’s Events
Upcoming/Ongoing Events
If you would like an event or other listing posted to the Chaplain’s Office newsletter, please email information to altaf.saadi@yale.edu. Weekly announcements are compiled and sent out each Monday. Events can also be viewed at www.yale.edu/chaplain.
USA v. Al-Arian: film screening and panel discussion (dinner provided)
7 p.m., Monday, February 23, 2008
Room 129, Yale Law School
Come see USA v. Al-Arian, an award-winning film about the terrorism case again university professor and activist Sami Al-Arian! "USA vs AL-ARIAN" is an intimate family portrait that documents the American-Muslim family Al-Arian's desperate attempt to fight terrorism charges leveled by the US Government.
In February 2003, university professor and civil rights activist Sami Al-Arian was arrested in Tampa, Florida, charged with providing material support to a terror organization. For two-and-a-half years he was held in solitary confinement, denied basic privileges and given limited access to his attorneys. While the Bush administration considered this a landmark case in its campaign against international terrorism, Sami Al-Arian claims he was targeted in an attempt to silence his political views.
After a screening of the film, there will be a discussion with Laila Al-Arian, Prof. Al-Arian's daughter and producer at Al-Jazeera English, and Linda Moreno, Prof. Al-Arian's attorney and civil rights lawyer.
**Earlier that day, there will be a Master’s Tea with Laila Al-Arian at Stiles at 4 PM.
More information at http://www.usavsalarian.com/index.html
Pancakes Study Break
Tuesday, February 24
8-10 PM
Chaplain’s Office, Bingham Basement, Old Campus
Come for some delicious pancakes! Everyone is welcome – bring your friends!
There will also be an opportunity for you to make some hospitality kits for the homeless! See you there!
Rekindling the Light:
Jewish Reflections on the Jewish State
Tuesday, February 24, 7:30 PM
Slifka Center – Kosher Kitchen
This is the opening of a photo exhibit by student leader Jeremy Avins. Here is what he has to say about the event:
"Last summer I traveled to the former Yugoslavia with a group of Jewish and Palestinian students on a comparative conflict/conflict resolution trip. This exhibit uses photos I took to help illustrate some of my thoughts on the Jewish community's role in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. I will talk very briefly about some of these thoughts and the project, and also ask for your (optional) participation in the project and conversation. Please come!"
Ash Wednesday
at the University Church
Wednesday, February 25th
Battell Chapel – 7 PM
Ecumenical Service – all are welcome!
Seeds of Peace Film Screening
Followed by Conversation with Camp Director Tim Wilson
(with delicious Middle Eastern food!)
Thursday, February 26
7:00 PM, LC 102
Seeds of Peace (SOP) is an internationally recognized organization camp empowering young leaders from regions of conflict – such as Israel and Palestine, or India and Pakistan – with leadership skills required to promote reconciliation and coexistence. Through its work, SOP has gained recognition and support from world leaders like Bill Clinton, Queen Noor, Shimon Peres, Tony Blair, and Mahmoud Abbas.
The Yale event will include the screening of the award-winning documentary “Seeds,” followed by the screening, Tim Wilson – a co-founder of Seeds of Peace, Camp Director, and current Special Adviser. Tim has been with SOP for more than 40 years, and was honored by the late King Hussein of Jordan in 1997 for his remarkable work on conflict resolution and resilient dedication to peace.
He will be joined by a panel of four Yalies who attended the Seeds of Peace camp: Sameer Ahmed (Yale Law '09), Sarika Arya (TD '11), Micah Hendler (CC '11), Mahdi Sabbagh (BK '10).
THERE WILL BE FREE MAMOUN'S FOOD!
Talk with Lori Lipman Brown
“A Place at the Table”
Wednesday, February 25
WLH 199 – 8 PM
Lori Lipman Brown, Founding Director Emeritus of the Secular Coalition for America, former Nevada State Senator, and nontheist lobbyist (first in U.S. history) will speak at Yale this Wednesday. Her topic will be the reception of her lobbying efforts over the past two years.
Everyone is welcome!
Hosted by: the Humanist Society
Interfaith Day of Service
Friday, January 27rd
1:45-5:15 pm (after Jummah and before Shabbat!)
Meet at the Chaplain’s Office, break into groups, and walk to a nearby locale to put in a few hours of work. Serve your neighbors in New Haven and reflect on service with other students.
Everyone is welcome. All persons, all paths!
We will be working at:
Ronald McDonald House
Fellowship Place
For questions and RSVP, contact callista.isabelle@yale.edu
Film Screening:
“Bridging Waters: Creating a Peace Park on the River Jordan”
Tuesday, March 3
Slifka Center – 8 PM
For one week in May 2008, leading architects from Yale University traveled to the Jordan-Israel border, in order to work with Israeli, Jordanian, and Palestinian architects and to help design the first Peace Park in the Middle East. Two Yale undergraduates, Sofia Solomon and Reid Wittman, followed the story with a camera, in attempts to capture this significant moment and share this unique story with others.
The screening will be followed by a reception and Q/A Session with the filmmakers, as well as the professors and graduates making up the Yale Architecture Team.
OneCommunity Campaign:
A Call to Artists
Theme: “We are One Community, We are Yale”
Art contest open to all Yale students
* First place winner will receive a gift card of their choice *
Entries due March 1, 2009
Presented by: Intercultural Affairs Council of Yale College
Our Yale community is a strong, cohesive and richly diverse community and there is much to celebrate here. However, we have also experienced incidents of hate, bias or blatant insensitivity. The Intercultural Affairs Council at Yale strives to challenge bias on the basis of any distinction and promote cultural understanding, respect and appreciation. We are committed to offering a coordinated, community based response when such incidents occur. The “One Community" Campaign would seek to foster solidarity and understanding through the recognition that we are all one community, we are Yale.
The IAC is looking for an adaptable logo to use for this campaign. The logo would appear on T-shirts and buttons that Yale students, faculty and administration could collectively wear in direct response to hateful incidents on campus as a sign of solidarity and support for those most directly impacted by such incidents. The collective response would be an assertion that when one of us hurts, we all do.
Check the attached document regarding this art contest for entry details!
St. Thomas More Soup Kitchen
EVERY WEDNESDAY
Students are encouraged to come in anytime between 9:00 AM – 2:00 PM for any help they can give – from preparing and serving lunch between 9 and 1, to clean up after 1 PM. The Soup Kitchen helps feed over 200 of New Haven’s neediest people every Wednesday.
Questions? http://www.yale.edu/stm/socialaction/soupkitchen.html
Spring Break in New Haven!
Get to know this city, its people, its resources, and its challenges. Make a contribution, meet great people (Yalies and otherwise), and have fun! Grad, professional & undergrad students all welcome to sign up. Cost is $80 for 3 meals/day and free admission to great events (financial assistance available if needed).
Saturday, March 7-Thursday, March 12
To sign up by Feb 25th, or for more info: rabbi.lina@yale.edu or callista.isabelle@yale.edu
Sponsored by the University Chaplain’s Office, Slifka Center, the Office of New Haven & State Affairs, and the Office of International Students & Scholars.
Common Grounds
Brewed by the Chaplain’s Office
Common Grounds is a new program put on by the Chaplain’s Office. What is it? A gathering of three people, be they students, faculty, or staff, to talk about matters of faith, belief, religion, and spirituality in a safe, informal, and affirming setting.
You don’t have to be an expert on religion to have a conversation about your own experience or to learn from one another!
To facilitate this conversation, the first coffee will be on us!
Interested? Sign up here: http://www.yale.edu/chaplain/commongrounds.html.
Chaplain’s Office Newsletter
Week of February 16th-February 22th
This Week’s Events
Upcoming/Ongoing Events
If you would like an event or other listing posted to the Chaplain’s Office newsletter, please email information to altaf.saadi@yale.edu. Weekly announcements are compiled and sent out each Monday. Events can also be viewed at www.yale.edu/chaplain.
"Islam, the African American Community, and Human Identity: The Life and Legacy of Imam Warith Deen Mohammed"
Saafir Rabb II
Monday, February 16th
5 - 6 PM
Branford-Trumbull Room
(not the main Branford Common Room)
Refreshments will be served.
Yuval Ron Ensemble Workshop
“Muslim, Jewish, and Christian Harmony in the Golden Age of Spain”
Monday, February 16 – 7:30 PM
Slifka Center, 80 Wall St.
Eight musicians present the fascinating journey of the Middle East Lute (Oud) from Baghdad, Iraq to Andalusia, Spain and the amazing master musician who changed the music of Europe.
Presented by: Council on Middle East Studies, Joseph Slifka Center, the Chaplain’s Office
The Golden Fellowship in Faith and Science
"Radioactivity: How Current Standards Put Us at Risk"
Thursday, 5 PM
St. Thomas More Lecture Hall
Professor Kristin Shrader-Frechette, all the way from Notre Dame, will give a talk and lead a discussion about how current radioactivity standards put us at risk. She's an incredibly distinguished expert, and it promises to be a great event. All are welcome: bring your friends!
Wheel of Time Film Screening
Thursday, February 19th – 9 PM
Branford College TV Room
Hosted by: the Chaplain’s Office
Come join us for a phenomenal film about Tibetan Buddhism!
Shabbat 1000
Friday, February 20
6:30 PM, Commons Dining Hall
Come join the Slifka Center, Hille, Chabad, Chaplain’s Office, and the Jewish Federation of New Haven for a Friday night bonanza of eating, merriment, and excellent company!
Never experienced Shabbat but wanted to? This is the perfect way!
RSVP with your SID by Feb 17 to YaleShabbat1000@gmail.com.
Jim Wallis to speak at Yale
Sunday, February 22
10:30 AM, Battell Chapel, on the corner of College & Elm streets
1:30 PM, Open Forum LC 102
Rev. Jim Wallis, bestselling author, public theologian, speaker, preacher, and international commentator on religion and public life, faith and politics will be the guest preacher at the University Church worship service on Sunday, February 22 at 10:30 a.m. in Battell Chapel. Following the service, there will be an Open Forum with Wallis from 1:30-2:30 pm in Linsley-Chittenden Hall on Old Campus, Room 102. All are welcome, refreshments will be served. This visit is sponsored by the University Church in Yale and the University Chaplain’s Office.
Wallis’ latest book is The Great Awakening: Reviving Faith & Politics in a Post–Religious Right America (HarperOne, 2008). His previous book, God's Politics: Why the Right Gets It Wrong and the Left Doesn't Get It (Harper Collins, 2005), was on the New York Times bestseller list for 4 months. He is President and Chief Executive Officer of Sojourners; where he is editor-in-chief of Sojourners magazine, whose combined print and electronic media have a readership of more than 250,000 people.
USA v. Al-Arian: film screening and panel discussion (dinner provided)
7 p.m., Monday, February 23, 2008
Room 129, Yale Law School
Come see USA v. Al-Arian, an award-winning film about the terrorism case again university professor and activist Sami Al-Arian! "USA vs AL-ARIAN" is an intimate family portrait that documents the American-Muslim family Al-Arian's desperate attempt to fight terrorism charges leveled by the US Government.
In February 2003, university professor and civil rights activist Sami Al-Arian was arrested in Tampa, Florida, charged with providing material support to a terror organization. For two-and-a-half years he was held in solitary confinement, denied basic privileges and given limited access to his attorneys. While the Bush administration considered this a landmark case in its campaign against international terrorism, Sami Al-Arian claims he was targeted in an attempt to silence his political views.
After a screening of the film, there will be a discussion with Laila Al-Arian, Prof. Al-Arian's daughter and producer at Al-Jazeera English, and Linda Moreno, Prof. Al-Arian's attorney and civil rights lawyer.
**Earlier that day, there will be a Master’s Tea with Laila Al-Arian at Stiles at 4 PM.
More information at http://www.usavsalarian.com/index.html
Pancakes Study Break
Tuesday, February 24
8-10 PM
Chaplain’s Office, Bingham Basement, Old Campus
Come for some delicious pancakes! Everyone is welcome – bring your friends!
There will also be an opportunity for you to make some hospitality kits for the homeless! See you there!
Interfaith Day of Service
Friday, January 27rd
1:45-5:15 pm (after Jummah and before Shabbat!)
Meet at the Chaplain’s Office, break into groups, and walk to a nearby locale to put in a few hours of work. Serve your neighbors in New Haven and reflect on service with other students.
Everyone is welcome. All persons, all paths!
We will be working at:
Ronald McDonald House
Fellowship Place
For questions and RSVP, contact callista.isabelle@yale.edu
St. Thomas More Soup Kitchen
EVERY WEDNESDAY
Students are encouraged to come in anytime between 9:00 AM – 2:00 PM for any help they can give – from preparing and serving lunch between 9 and 1, to clean up after 1 PM. The Soup Kitchen helps feed over 200 of New Haven’s neediest people every Wednesday.
Questions? http://www.yale.edu/stm/socialaction/soupkitchen.html
Spring Break in New Haven!
Get to know this city, its people, its resources, and its challenges. Make a contribution, meet great people (Yalies and otherwise), and have fun! Grad, professional & undergrad students all welcome to sign up. Cost is $80 for 3 meals/day and free admission to great events (financial assistance available if needed).
Saturday, March 7-Thursday, March 12
To sign up by Feb 25th, or for more info: rabbi.lina@yale.edu or callista.isabelle@yale.edu
Sponsored by the University Chaplain’s Office, Slifka Center, the Office of New Haven & State Affairs, and the Office of International Students & Scholars.
Common Grounds
Brewed by the Chaplain’s Office
Common Grounds is a new program put on by the Chaplain’s Office. What is it? A gathering of three people, be they students, faculty, or staff, to talk about matters of faith, belief, religion, and spirituality in a safe, informal, and affirming setting.
You don’t have to be an expert on religion to have a conversation about your own experience or to learn from one another!
To facilitate this conversation, the first coffee will be on us!
Interested? Sign up here: http://www.yale.edu/chaplain/commongrounds.html.
Chaplain’s Office Newsletter
Week of February 9th-February 15th
This Week’s Events
Upcoming/Ongoing Events
If you would like an event or other listing posted to the Chaplain’s Office newsletter, please email information to altaf.saadi@yale.edu. Weekly announcements are compiled and sent out each Monday. Events can also be viewed at www.yale.edu/chaplain.
From Settler to Peace Activist
A Talk with Kobi Skolnik
Tuesday, February 10 – 7:30 PM
Susman Hall, Slifka Center
Sponsored by: Council on Middle East Studies, Yale Hillel, Jews for Justice, and Yale Friends of Israel
Grilled! Study Break
Thursday, February 12
8-10 PM
Chaplain’s Office, Bingham Basement, Old Campus
Take a break from the cold – and your work – for some delicious grilled chese & grilled Nuttella sandwiches! Everyone is welcome – bring your friends!
St. Thomas More Study Break
Wednesday, February 11
9:30 PM
STM Dining Hall, 268 Park St.
Eating is better than studying - that's just science. Come join the UGC in the dining hall for some deliciousness.
Shabbat Unplugged
Friday, February 13
5:45 PM, Dwight Hall Library
Questions? lauren.holtzblatt@yale.edu
Come join in on the Jewish tradition of Shabbat with music, lots of singing, and relaxation! Music will include clarinet, guitar, drums, and flute!
Never experienced Shabbat but wanted to? This is the perfect way!
Yuval Ron Sacred Music Ensemble at Yale
Enjoy the Mystical Music of the Middle East!
FREE CONCERT – the event of the semester!
Sunday, February 15 – 5 PM
Whitney Humanities Center
A musical celebration featuring songs of the Islamic Sufi origin from Turkey, Jewish prayers from Morocco, Yemen and Israel, and Armenian chants.
Eight musicians. Whirling Dervish. Moroccan Dancer.
Yuval Ron Ensemble Workshop
“Muslim, Jewish, and Christian Harmony in the Golden Age of Spain”
Monday, February 16 – 7:30 PM
Slifka Center, 80 Wall St.
Eight musicians present the fascinating journey of the Middle East Lute (Oud) from Baghdad, Iraq to Andalusia, Spain and the amazing master musician who changed the music of Europe.
Presented by: Council on Middle East Studies, Joseph Slifka Center, the Chaplain’s Office
Jim Wallis Preaches at Yale
Sunday, February 22
10:30 AM, Battell Chapel, on the corner of College & Elm streets
Jim Wallis is a bestselling author, public theologian, speaker, preacher, and international commentator on religion and public life, faith and politics. His latest book is The Great Awakening: Reviving Faith & Politics in a Post–Religious Right America (HarperOne, 2008). His previous book, God's Politics: Why the Right Gets It Wrong and the Left Doesn't Get It (Harper Collins, 2005), was on the New York Times bestseller list for 4 months. He is President and Chief Executive Officer of Sojourners; where he is editor-in-chief of Sojourners magazine, whose combined print and electronic media have a readership of more than 250,000 people.
Come hear this exceptional speaker!
Wheel of Time Film Screening
Thursday, February 19th – 9 PM
Branford College TV Room
Hosted by: the Chaplain’s Office
Come join us for a phenomenal film about Tibetan Buddhism!
St. Thomas More Soup Kitchen
EVERY WEDNESDAY
Students are encouraged to come in anytime between 9:00 AM – 2:00 PM for any help they can give – from preparing and serving lunch between 9 and 1, to clean up after 1 PM. The Soup Kitchen helps feed over 200 of New Haven’s neediest people every Wednesday.
Questions? http://www.yale.edu/stm/socialaction/soupkitchen.html
Spring Break in New Haven!
Get to know this city, its people, its resources, and its challenges. Make a contribution, meet great people (Yalies and otherwise), and have fun! Grad, professional & undergrad students all welcome to sign up. Cost is $80 for 3 meals/day and free admission to great events (financial assistance available if needed).
Saturday, March 7-Thursday, March 12
To sign up by Feb 25th, or for more info: rabbi.lina@yale.edu or callista.isabelle@yale.edu
Sponsored by the University Chaplain’s Office, Slifka Center, the Office of New Haven & State Affairs, and the Office of International Students & Scholars.
Common Grounds
Brewed by the Chaplain’s Office
Common Grounds is a new program put on by the Chaplain’s Office. What is it? A gathering of three people, be they students, faculty, or staff, to talk about matters of faith, belief, religion, and spirituality in a safe, informal, and affirming setting.
You don’t have to be an expert on religion to have a conversation about your own experience or to learn from one another!
To facilitate this conversation, the first coffee will be on us!
Interested? Sign up here: http://www.yale.edu/chaplain/commongrounds.html.
Chaplain’s Office Newsletter
Week of January 12th-January 18th
Welcome Back!
This Week’s Events
Upcoming Office Events
If you would like an event or other listing posted to the Chaplain’s Office newsletter, please email information to altaf.saadi@yale.edu. Weekly announcements are compiled and sent out each Monday. Events can also be viewed at www.yale.edu/chaplain.
Memos of Faith to President Elect Obama
with Charles Hill and Randy Balmer
Tuesday, January 13, 4 pm
Neibuhr Hall, Yale Divinity School
On Tuesday, January 13 at 4pm Charles Hill and Randy Balmer, with Melissa Matthes of the Initiative on Religion and Politics moderating, will offer their suggestions and analysis for how, whether, and why or why not Barack Obama might bring “God to the White House.”
Randy Balmer is the author of the recent book God in the White House, which explores the ways faith has animated various American presidencies, beginning with John F. Kennedy; he is also a frequent visiting professor here at YDS.
Charles Hill has built a forty-year career as a diplomat and advisor to Henry Kissinger, Boutros Ghali and many others. He is one of the premier architects of Yale’s well-known courses on Grand Strategy.
Melissa Matthes is director of the Initiative on Religion and Politics.
Please join us for what promises to be a lively and engaging discussion.
Light refreshments will be provided.
Quesadilla Study Break!
Chaplain’s Office
Bingham D Basement
Thursday January 15, 8-10 pm
Come and enjoy delicious quesadillas during shopping period! Everyone is welcome – bring a friend!
From King to President: A Reflection on a Life Working for Civil Rights
A Conversation with Charney Bromberg
8:00 pm, Chapel of Slifka Center, 80 Wall St.
All are welcome to attend Shabbat Services at 5:45 and Dinner at 6:45.
Charney Vladeck Bromberg's civil rights activity goes back to his first Washington visit for a rally in support of the African American students who integrated Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas, when he was 14 years old. Since then, he's worked in many civil rights arenas, including as a Task Force Worker for the Congress of Racial Equality. In the summer of 1965, he was appointed director of the Scott County Project and a trainer for the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party which subsequently had more African American students enrolled in the previously all-white schools in than in any other school district in the state. Mr. Bromberg was arrested and jailed 6 times. He remains in close contact with families in Mississippi to this day. Charney Bromberg recently retired as the Executive Director of Meretz USA, an organization devoted to peace, pluralism, and democracy for Israel.
Peace Vigil for Israel and Gaza
Thursday, January 15
Cross Campus, 5 pm
Though we, people of faith, whether we are Jewish, Muslim, Christian, Buddhist, Hindu, Sikh or Baha’i have differences within and between our own communities, we ultimately share a commitment to peace and well-being for all of creation. The recent events in Gaza and Israel have saddened us. We long to see a new day where all people can be safe and live peacefully on this earth. We will gather in prayerful silence on the actual birthday of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. to draw inspiration from his commitment to interfaith communities joining together for hope and for peace.
Please join us on Thursday, January 15th on Cross Campus at 5pm for a 15 minute silent candlelight vigil.
Special MLK Worship Service
Battel Chapel
Sunday, January 18, 10:30 am
The new semester’s worship will kick-off with a special worship service for the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. national holiday week. Professor Andre Willis of the Yale Divinity School will be the speaker and the Choir will sing special music for the day. Sunday, January 18 at 10:30 a.m. The Service will be followed by an all-church potluck lunch -- please bring a salad or dessert to share if you’d like to.
Evening Prayer at St. Thomas More
268 Park St.
Monday, January 19, 5:30 pm
At 5:30 p.m. on 1/19, Saint Thomas More Catholic Chapel & Center at Yale University, 268 Park St., will hold evening prayer in celebration for the life of MLK and for Christian unity on the eve of the presidential inauguration.
On Dry Ground: Faith, Fear and Transformation at the Edge of an Inauguration
Joseph Slifka Center
Wednesday, January 21, 7:30 pm
On January 21 at 7:30 p.m., Joseph Slifka Center will host “On Dry Ground: Faith, Fear and Transformation at the Edge of an Inauguration.” This workshop will explore contemporary issues through the ancient story of the Israelites at the Red Sea, using writing, movement and theater techniques. People of all ages and abilities are welcome. For information, contact rabbi.lina@yale.edu
Pan-Christian Fellowship
St. Thomas More Golden Center
Friday, January 23, 7 pm
On January 23 at 7 p.m., St. Thomas More’s Thomas E. Golden Center will host a night of pan-Christian fellowship in celebration of the life and works of MLK. The event is open to all who are interested in learning more about the diverse Christian community and its involvement with social justice. For information, contact the Black Church at Yale, Olawale Amubieya, olawale.amubieya@yale.edu.
Interfaith Day of Service
Friday, January 23rd
1:45-5:15 pm (after Jummah and before Shabbat!)
Meet at the Chaplain’s Office, break into groups, and walk to a nearby locale to put in a few hours of work.Serve your neighbors in New Haven and reflect on service with other students.
Everyone is welcome. All persons, all paths!
We will be working at:
Ronald McDonald House
Fellowship Place
Christian Community Action
For questions and RSVP, contact nathaniel.deluca@yale.edu
Service Trip to New York City
Friday Feb 6- Saturday 7th
Serve the homeless and enjoy life in NYC
The Chaplain’s Office is running a trip on February 6-7 to work with YSOP in New York. The project will include preparing a meal for homeless people, meetings with direct service people to learn more about homelessness, sleeping on the floor overnight, eating simply, and direct service in small groups in multiple sites around New York. The cost to you is only $20.
If you’re interested, please sign up with Altaf Saadi in the Chaplain’s Office office a.s.a.p. Email her at altaf.saadi@yale.edu, and check out our website for more information: http://www.yale.edu/chaplain/NYCFEB09.html.
Interested? Email altaf.saadi@Yale.edu.
Spring Break in New Haven!
Get to know the city, its people, its resources, and its challenges. Make a contribution, meet great people (Yalies and otherwise), and have fun!
Everyone is welcome!
Saturday, March 7-Thursday, March 12
To sign up, or for more info: rabbi.lina@yale.edu or callista.isabelle@yale.edu
Sponsored by the University Chaplain’s Office.
Young Leaders Needed: Apply for the Faiths Act Fellowship
This Fall, thirty outstanding young leaders from the US, UK, and Canada will reach across faith lines and work together toward building a movement of global social action. The Faiths Act Fellowship is an opportunity for young leaders of faith to become ambassadors for inter-religious cooperation achieving the Millennium Development Goals and ending deaths due to malaria. It is a partnership initiative between the Tony Blair Faith Foundation, Malaria No More and the Interfaith Youth Core.
Specifically, the Faiths Act Fellowship will empower thirty religiously diverse young leaders to embark together on a 10 month journey of interfaith service. Training begins with a 2-month intensive initiative that includes training in London and Chicago and fieldwork with primary health care partners in Africa. Fellows will return to their home countries for 8 months to mobilize young people of faith to raise awareness and resources to promote the Millennium Development Goals. They will focus on fighting deaths due to malaria .
The application deadline is rapidly approaching (January 15, 2009). To be considered, an applicant needs to be between the ages of 18 and 25 and a citizen or legal resident of the US, UK, or Canada.
You can visit the Faiths Act Fellowship home page http://www.FaithsActFellows.org <http://www.FaithsActFellows.org> for more information, where you'll find the online application.