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News and Programs 01.26.23
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Interfaith Speaker Series: Monotheism in Islam and Other Faiths with Dr. Celene Ibrahim
Friday, January 27, 2023, 2:30 p.m., Halal Lunch, 3:00 p.m., Lecture, Brooks Commons, Cannon Chapel
How do Islamic concepts of the divine nature and attributes both resonate with and differ from those of other faiths? How can Muslims be in generative dialogue with traditions and philosophies that espouse differing concepts of the divine nature?
Dr. Celene Ibrahim will offer an array of scholarly resources and fruitful avenues for theological and practical interfaith engagement.
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Interfaith Social Justice Journey to Montgomery, Alabama Recap
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January 22, 2023
On Sunday, January 22, 2023, about 50 members of the Emory community traveled to Montgomery, AL as participants in an Interfaith Social Justice trip to the Equal Justice Initiative Legacy Museum and the National Memorial for Peace and Justice. This journey was planned by a committee of the Emory Inter-Religious Council and OSRL as part of our mission to foster interfaith dialogue on campus.
The museum traces the history of slavery and its implications through history to the present day, including Reconstruction, Jim Crow, the Civil Rights Movement, and mass incarceration, and the memorial is a monument to people who have been murdered by racist terror lynching between 1877 and 1950. The journey was a profoundly impactful experience, spiritually and emotionally, and a unique opportunity to connect interfaith dialogue and action with learning and work for social justice.
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Koshersoul: Building Community Through Faith, Identity, and Culture
Friday, January 27, 12:00 p.m., Woodruff Library Jones Room (Hybrid)
Join the Office of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, Office of Spiritual and Religious Life, and Tam Institute for Jewish Studies for a special culinary experience and intimate conversation with Culinary Historian Michael Twitty on faith, identity, and culture.
Professor Miram Udel,Ph.D., Director of the Tam Institute of Jewish Studies, will facilitate a conversation about building community through inherent connections and intersectionalities. Kosher food tastings inspired by Koshersoul will be available for attendees. Immediately following the conversation, there will be a book signing with Michael Twitty.
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Soul Food Gospel Fest
Sunday, February 19, 3:00-5:00 p.m., Emory Student Center, Multipurpose Room 4
Join Emory's Voices of Inner Strength Gospel Choir and wonderful guest gospel choirs from the Greater Atlanta area for a celebration with music, liturgical dance, spoken word, trivia, and games. Soul food refreshments will be provided. Join us as we celebrate Jesus and Black History Month. For more information, please contact religiouslife@emory.edu. To RSVP, click here.
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Midweek Musical Meditation
Wednesdays during Term, 12:00-12:15 p.m. EST, Zoom and Facebook Live
All are invited to reflect and decompress in a midweek, midday time of sacred music. Join Music Director, Maury Allums and the Emory University Office of Spiritual and Religious Life in taking a moment to breathe and connect with others in our community. Register on Zoom here. Like us on Facebook to receive updates on the Livestream. Below is a recording of last week's musical meditation.
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Tonight: Emory Buddhist Club Guided Meditation
Thursday, January 26, 6:00 p.m., Cannon Chapel Room 106
Join the Buddhist Club for Buddhist meditation this Thursday at 6:00 p.m. You may also come as early as 5:30 p.m. for a period of community and snacking while we prepare for the meditation session at 6:00 p.m. For questions, please contact Venerable Priya Sraman. Please feel free to enjoy the provided snacks and tea before and/or after the session.
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Tonight: Spring Involvement Fair
Thursday, January 26, 7:00-9:00 p.m., Emory Student Center Multi-Purpose Room
Stop by the Spring Involvement Fair this Thursday to learn more about the spiritual, religious and philosophical communities we have at Emory. Click here to learn more.
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Bread Coffeehouse DBS
Thursday, January 26, 7:15 p.m., Bread Coffeehouse
Join Bread Coffeehouse for Dinner, Band, and Story. See all events here. See the rest of the activities for the week on their Instagram.
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Emory Hillel: Shabbat Service and Dinner
Friday, January 27, 2023, 6:00 p.m., Marcus Hillel Center
Join Hillel at Emory for Shabbat this Spring semester. Services begin at 6:00 p.m. and dinner begins at 7:00 p.m.
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Muslim Jumu'ah Prayers
Fridays, 1:55 p.m., Cannon Chapel
Join Emory's Muslim community for Friday Prayers. For questions, please contact Isam Vaid. Prayers will resume Friday, January 6, 2023.
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Emory Hindu Students Association: Saraswati Puja
Friday, January 27, 5:00 p.m. Cannon Chapel
Join the Hindu Students Association and Swara as we honor the Goddess of knowledge, Saraswati, with calming chants, songs, aarti, and prasad consisting of light snacks and hot chai. Join us at Cannon Chapel Sanctuary at 5:00 p.m. this Friday, January 27.
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HSA Gurudwara Visit
Sunday, January 29, 10:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m., Raoul Hall
Join the HSA and the Sikh Students Association for Sikh morning worship at the Guru Nanak Mission Society this Sunday, January 29. We will depart from the circle-drive outside of Raoul Hall at 11:00 am. Transportation will be provided. Please bring a head covering if possible.
If you are interested in joining, please fill out this RSVP form by Friday, January 27.
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Emory University Catholic Center: Spring Semester Mass and Reconciliation Schedule
Saturday, 5:00 p.m., Oxford College Day Chapel
Sunday, 9:00 a.m., Emory University Cannon Chapel
Sunday, 6:00 p.m., Emory University Cannon Chapel
Wednesday, 12:00 p.m., University Catholic Center Halligan Chapel
Sundays from 8:30 to 8:50 a.m. - Reconciliation at Cannon Chapel at Emory University
Sundays from 5:30 to 5:50 a.m. - Reconciliation at Cannon Chapel at Emory University
Reconciliation can also be scheduled at other times by contacting the chaplain. Weekday Mass times and locations will be announced soon.
Emory Community Coffee Hour
Sundays at 10:00 a.m. - Cannon Chapel Brooks Commons
Join us on Sunday mornings after the 9:00 AM Mass for coffee, breakfast goodies, and conversation with friends.
Faith Formation - Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults (RCIA)
Sundays at 11:30 a.m., Cannon Chapel Room 105D
Discover the history, beauty, spirituality, and accomplishments of the Catholic Church - join Fr. John on Sundays if you are interested in learning about Catholicism, becoming Catholic, or desire to receive the Sacraments of Christian Initiation. All are welcome. To sign up or request more info, please click here. University Catholic Center: Ash Wednesday Mass Schedule
As the first day of Lent, Ash Wednesday calls us to remember our earthly mortality and thus repent and believe in the gospel.
Wednesday, February 22, 2023
7:30 a.m. - Mass at Cannon Chapel at Emory University
11:30 a.m. - Reconciliation at the University Catholic Center
12:00 p.m. - Mass at the University Catholic Center
7:00 p.m. - Reconciliation at Cannon Chapel at Emory University
7:30 p.m. - Mass at Cannon Chapel at Emory University
We look forward to worshiping and celebrating with you throughout the week. Learn more here.
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Reformed University Fellowship: Small Group
Please join RUF for the Bible Study small groups that start at the beginning of next week.
For more information on RUF Emory, please contact George Hamm.
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Mindfulness and Well-Being Circle
Mondays, 12:30 p.m., Cannon Chapel, Room 106
Mindfulness and Well-Being Circle is a space for cultivating and engaging in mindfulness practices for our individual and collective well-being. It is a place for community, rest, and learning. All are welcome to the circle for group meditations, contemplations, and reflections facilitated by Buddhist Chaplain Venerable Priya Rakkhit Sraman. Light refreshments will be provided.
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Latino Bible Study
Tuesdays, 7:30 p.m., Centro Latinx (AMUC 116)
Join us tomorrow for our first Bible study of the semester. Come explore your faith in community :) Everyone is welcome, we hope to see you there. Click here for more information.
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Intervarsity Graduate Christian Fellowship: Board Game and Bible Study Thursdays
Thursdays, 5:30 p.m., Brooks Commons, Cannon Chapel
Take a break from studying for Bible study, board games, and fellowship with graduate students.
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Intervarsity Graduate Christian Fellowship: First Friday Dinner
Friday, February 3, 6:30 p.m., Brooks Commons, Cannon Chapel
Join Intervarsity for our monthly dinner and speaker event. Dinner and fellowship with graduate students provided. Register here.
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Graduate Student Shabbat
Friday, February 3, 7:00 p.m., Convocation Hall
Medical Mensches of School of Medicine is hosting a Shabbat dinner to bring Jewish graduate students together who are interested in helping build a unified Jewish graduate student community across all programs. We are looking for your opinions/ideas/how we can make your experience here better. We will have a free Kosher catered dinner and drinks. Visitor parking information here. Students are welcome from across Emory's graduate schools.
Please RSVP here.
If you have any questions please contact: Natalie David, David Kulp, or Ben Yellin.
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MSA Sister's Soirée
Saturday, February 4, 6:00 p.m., Emory Student Center Multi-Purpose Room
Hello sisters, please join Emory MSA for our annual Sisters Soirée this February 4. Come for a wonderful galentines girls night dressed in your best or whatever you’re comfortable in. RSVP here.
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Hillel at Emory: Growing Up Jewish: Art and Storytelling
Monday, February 6, 7:00 p.m., Marcus Hillel Center, 735 Gatewood Rd NE
Jacqueline Kott-Wolle will reflect on her colorful paintings, inspired by decades of family photos, Jewish holiday and ritual observance, Hebrew school and summer camp, milestone celebrations, and relatives who were killed or rescued in the Holocaust. No registration is required for this free event to be held at the Marcus Hillel Center on Monday, February 6.
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Sound Bath Meditation
Monday, February 13, 12:30 p.m., Cannon Chapel, Room 106
Join The Health 1,2,3,4 Program with the Center for the Study of Human Health, in partnership with Emory Buddhist Chaplaincy, Office of Spiritual and Religious Life for an hour of Sound Bath and Meditation.
The event is limited to 35 participants and reservation is required. To RSVP, click here.
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Andy Rotman of Smith College on "The Vow that Began the Buddha’s Path to Awakening"
Sunday, January 29, 2:00-3:00 p.m. Ackerman Hall and Zoom
The Buddha’s life story is generally said to begin at a moment other than his birth as Prince Gautama. Instead, it began many eons ago, during a previous lifetime, when as a learned brahman he vowed before the Buddha Dipankara that he, too, would one day become a Buddha. This story is one of the most famous in the Buddhist world, immortalized in Buddhist literature and art, especially in sculptures from the first centuries CE from the northwest region of the Indian subcontinent, then known as Gandhara. In the lecture, Andy Rotman, Sydenham Clark Parsons Professor in the Department of Religion at Smith College, will discuss the reasons that this story was so popular and what it tells us about the Buddha’s biography.
If you prefer to attend this event virtually through Zoom, click HERE.
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JWJI: Race and Difference Colloquium Series
Monday, January 30, 12:00 p.m., Woodruff Library
Our next guest, Dr. Akira Drake Rodriguez from the University of Pennsylvania, will discuss "'What is Our City Doing for Us?' Placing Collective Care into Atlanta's Post-Public Housing Movements."
All events are free, but registration is required. Once registered, you will receive the Zoom link. Please register here.
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Glenn Memorial Church: Georgia Legislative Update
Sunday, February 5, 6:00 p.m. Dinner, 6:30 p.m. Program, Ward Fellowship Hall
All are welcome to join us for this annual update from Senator Elena Parent and Representatives Mary Margaret Oliver and Becky Evans. Learn what legislation is currently being discussed and discover ways to help make positive changes in our community and state in 2023 and beyond. To help with hosting dinner with our Transforming Community Welcoming Table team, contact Susan-Anne MacKenna.
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Science on Spiritual Health Symposium 2023
Saturday, April 1, 2023, 8:30 a.m.-5:50 p.m., Woodruff Health Sciences Center Administration Building, Plaza and Auditorium
Join us to hear about Emory’s scientific and clinical collaborations in spiritual and brain health and their potentials to help transform the medical system’s approach to physical and mental health. The symposium will feature a variety of speakers and presenters and will also include a luncheon. Scan the barcode in the graphic to the right for more details.
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Glenn Memorial Church: Snack in a Backpack
Every Thursday, 3:30-5:30 p.m., Glenn Memorial Church
Join us on Thursday afternoons to set up, pack food, and load cars that deliver food to schools. Sign up for a Thursday shift here. Volunteers are also needed during the week to shop, deliver food to schools, and unload food bank deliveries at Glenn. Contact Deborah Marlowe for more information.
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Celebrate World Interfaith Harmony Week on Thursday, February 2 with Interfaith Community Initiatives as it hosts in Atlanta the North American Interfaith Pot Luck. Join faith, non-faith, and community groups in Atlanta and connect with other Pot Lucks across North America via Zoom. Bring your favorite dish and prepare for a day of entertainment, dancing, making new friends, and learning more about the interfaith movement in Atlanta.
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Interfaith America: Art, Religion, and Academic Freedom Panel
Tuesday, January 31, 12:00 p.m. EST, Zoom Webinar
Please join Interfaith America on January 31 for "Art, Religion, and Academic Freedom: Lessons From the Hamline/Prophet Muhammad Controversy." A panel of distinguished educators will discuss the recent events at Hamline University and suggest constructive ways for leaders in higher education and other sectors to navigate the inevitable conflicts that will emerge in a religiously diverse democracy. IA's founder and president Eboo Patel will moderate the discussion that will include Maria Dixon Hall, Laurie Patton, and Omid Safi.
To join us, register here.
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| Opportunities and Resources
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Spring 2023 CAPS Resources
Did you know that CAPS offers resources beyond individual therapy? These include Drop-In Workshops, which are one-time workshops on rotating topics, including Imposter Syndrome (2/3); Body Image (2/24); Improving Sleep (3/17); and Avoiding Burnout (3/31). For more information or to sign up, click here and sign in with your Emory credentials.
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Catholic Climate Covenant: Common Home Corps
In collaboration with faculty from Creighton and Loyola University Chicago, Catholic Climate Covenant is launching the Common Home Corps. As outlined below, the program trains leaders to organize local Catholics, meet with their bishop and other leaders, and advocate for climate action that lives the Church’s mission: enacting the Vatican’s Laudato Si’ Action Platform with focus on net zero carbon. Catholic Climate Covenant is the U.S. convener of the Laudato Si’ Action Platform.
The Covenant is now accepting applications from young leaders (aged 18-35) in select U.S. dioceses who seek to help the Church address the climate crisis by more deeply living its Catholic teaching. Those accepted into the Common Home Corps will: - Attend an in-person training program at Loyola University Chicago from June 15-June 19, 2023 (all expenses paid for)
- Receive training in Catholic social teaching, the Vatican’s Laudato Si’ Action Platform, climate science and impacts (especially net zero), community organizing, and climate advocacy
- Become the leader of a Catholic community working to catalyze ecological conversion in their dioces
- Be funded: Selected and trained leaders will receive a $3,000 annual stipend
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University Catholic Center: International Wives Group
Tuesday mornings, 9:30 a.m., Emory Catholic Center
The International Wives Group supports the wives and children of Emory international students, researchers, and faculty. We meet for tea, conversation, and friendship. It's a time to practice English, meets other international families, and learn to navigate life here in Atlanta. Babies and young children are both welcome and enjoyed. Interested?
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Scholarship for United Methodist Students
Lack of financial means can often obstruct students’ ability to pursue the education they deserve. The United Methodist Church awards over five million dollars annually to help close the gaps. Apply now for a United Methodist Scholarship for a chance to fulfill your academic pursuits.
Applications can be found at this link and are due by March 30, 2023.
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Weekly Spiritual Gatherings
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There are a plethora of weekly religious and philosophical gatherings offered at Emory. Many of them are listed here and at the button below. Can't find what you are looking for? Contact many of our undergraduate and graduate communities directly or contact our religious life affiliates and OSRL staff.
For questions, or to add an item to our weekly gatherings page, please email our office here.
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Upcoming Religious Holidays
These events are drawn from the multifaith calendar maintained by the Office of Religious and Spiritual Life at Harvard Divinity School. To see more upcoming religious holidays and festivals, please click here.
Imbolc
Wed., Feb. 1, 2023
Tradition: Wicca/Paganism
The first fertility festival, celebrating the approach of spring and the growth of light in the darkness.
Tu B'Shevat
Sun., Feb. 5, 2023
Tradition: Judaism
New year of the trees; an environmental holiday that serves as a reminder of the duty to take care of the natural world.
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Emory OSRL ENews is published weekly during the term by the Emory University Office of Spiritual and Religious Life publicizing Atlanta-campus spiritual life programs. It is not a comprehensive listing. For Oxford College spiritual life, please click here. To submit information or to update your preferences, please contact religiouslife@emory.edu.
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