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News and Programs 11.03.22
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Voices of Inner Strength Fall Concert
Saturday, November 12, 7:00 p.m., Cannon Chapel
Join the Emory University Office of Spiritual and Religious Life (OSRL) and the Voices of Inner Strength Gospel Choir (VOIS) for our annual Fall Concert. VOIS offers a space for soul healing and reflection through worship music of many different Christian genres.
Parking is free on Saturdays at Emory's Oxford Road and Peavine parking lots.
Food will be provided after the concert.
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Emory OSRL Giving Week: Help Us Reach Our Goal of 10 Gifts per Fund
Today and Tomorrow, October 31-November 4, 2022
In this season of thanksgiving, please join OSRL in supporting spiritual life at Emory. Donations made anytime now through tomorrow at 1:00 p.m. count toward our total.
Please help us reach our goal of 10 gifts per fund.
You can give to many programs including:
- Emory Interfaith Center
- Inter-Religious Council
- Journeys of Reconciliation
- Voices of Inner Strength Gospel Choir
Thank you for your support. Please find the OSRL funds here.
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| Indigenous Language Path Engagement Sessions and Muscogee Teach-in Recap
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Muscogee Teach-in on the Atlanta Campus Quad, Friday, October 28, 2022
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ILP Listening Session for Atlanta Campus Faculty and Staff
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ILP Listening Session for Atlanta Campus Students
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ILP Listening Session for Oxford Students, Faculty and Staff
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The Indigenous Language Path Working Group hosted members of the Muscogee Nation on Emory's Oxford and Atlanta campuses last week for listening sessions and a first-ever Emory Muscogee Teach-in. Students, faculty, and staff engaged in sessions facilitated by partners from KAI. Members of the community then gathered on the academic quad for a teach-in featuring Muscogee leaders' remarks, hymns, storytelling, cultural labs, a stomp dance, food, and beautiful weather.
Thank you to all who participated and to the citizens of the Muscogee Nation who partnered with us. More photos and next steps for the ILP project coming soon. For questions, please contact religiouslife@emory.edu.
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IRC Update
On October 31, our sixth IRC dinner of this school year, we continued to dialogue about metaphors of light/darkness in different traditions with Hindu Chaplain Shweta Chaitanya. Chaplain Shweta shared about Diwali and invited us to make our own clay diyas, and she answered many questions about Hinduism from the group.
We are thankful to the student leaders in this group who make our weekly meetings so meaningful and help to create a culture of interfaith respect, learning, and engagement on campus.
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Midweek Musical Meditation
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Wednesdays during Term, 12:00-12:15 p.m. EST, Zoom and Facebook Live
All are invited to reflect and decompress in a mid-week, mid-day 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 through the link below or through our website. Like us on Facebook to receive updates on the Livestream.
Below is a recording of this week's musical meditation.
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Midweek Musical Mediation - 11.2.22
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Post-Election Reflection Space
Wednesday, November 9, Noon-5:00 p.m., AMUC 125
Next week Midweek Meditation will provide a reflection space after Tuesday's election. If you are on campus Wednesday and need a space to decompress, talk, or rest without media about the election, OSRL's office in AMUC 125 will be open in the afternoon from Noon-5:00 p.m. with chaplains and staff hanging out. For questions, please contact religiouslife@emory.edu.
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Are you craving a meaningful conversation? Talk with a Flourishing Fellow.
As part of Emory’s focus on Student Flourishing, the Flourishing Fellows program seeks to foster inclusive, resilient, and relationship-based communities on campus.
The Flourishing Fellows are a cohort of 18 students dedicated to deepening student conversations and connections that contribute to student flourishing, and they want to talk with you. Reach out to program lead Rabbi Jordan Braunig to learn more and review our website here. All students are welcome.
Sponsored by the Office of the Provost and the Office of Spiritual and Religious Life.
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Hindu Students Association: Mehendi Night
Tonight: Thursday, November 3, 6:00 p.m., Raoul Hall Lobby
Emory HSA, in collaboration with Emory ICA, is hosting Mehendi Night tonight at 6:00 p.m. in the Raoul Hall Lobby. They will be providing free henna, eyebrow threading, and haldi face mask kits to take home. There will also be a full Methai (Indian sweets) bar for everyone to enjoy. Learn more here.
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TONIGHT: Emory Buddhist Club Guided Meditation
Thursday, November 3, 6:00 p.m., Cannon Chapel or Zoom
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.
This week's meditation will be led by Venerable Priya Priya Rakkhit Sraman, the Buddhist Chaplain at Emory's Office of Spiritual and Religious Life. Please feel free to enjoy the provided snacks and tea before and/or after the session. For zoom info, please contact Venerable Priya Sraman.
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International Community Friday Lunch
Fridays during Term, 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m., Cannon Chapel Brooks Commons, RSVP required
Do you like free food and making friends from all over the world? ISSS and the Office of Spiritual and Religious Life invite you to our weekly International Community Friday Lunch (ICFL) beginning September 9. Free meals are limited to the first 100 students and scholars; therefore, please register in the Hub for each week you plan to attend. To RSVP, please click here. If you register and can no longer attend, please update your RSVP, even if last minute. This program often has a lengthy waitlist.
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Muslim Jumu'ah Prayers
Fridays, 1:55 p.m., Cannon Chapel
Join Emory's Muslim community for Friday Prayers.
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Hindu Aarthi
Friday, November 4, 5:00 p.m., Cannon Chapel
Join Emory's Hindu Chaplaincy and Hindu Students Association for weekly Aarti prayers and community. Contact: Hindu Chaplain Shweta Chaitanya, shewta.chaitanya@emory.edu
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Intervarsity Christian Fellowship: First Friday Dinner
Friday, November 4, 7:00 p.m., Brooks Commons
Intervarsity's monthly First Friday dinner is coming up. Join us on November 4 at 7:00 p.m. for free food and fellowship with other Emory graduate students. And, this time, we’re being joined by Emory’s Faculty Christian Fellowship.
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Grace House: Visit to Luther's 500 Year-old German New Testament Translation Exhibit at the Pitts Library
Wednesday, November 9, 11:00 a.m., Pitts Theological Library, Candler School of Theology
October 2022 marked the 500th anniversary of Martin Luther's translation of the New Testament into German, and it is on display here at Emory. Join the Grace House Lutheran/Episcopal campus ministry to tour the collection on Wednesday, November 9 at 11:00 a.m.
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University Catholic Center Events
Lectio Divina Bible Study
Thursday, November 3, 7:30 p.m., Cannon Chapel Room 314
Dive into the upcoming Sunday Gospel reading and focus on growing in faith and following Christ.
Fall Formal with the Georgia Tech Catholic Center
Saturday, November 5, 7:00-11:00 p.m., Holy Spirit Catholic Church, 4465 Northside Dr NW, Atlanta, GA 30327
Join the second annual Fall Formal in McDonough Hall at Holy Spirit Catholic Church on Saturday. Find more details and purchase tickets here for $10 before Friday, November 4, or for $15 at the door. Use this form for carpool coordination.
Catholic Student Union at Wonderful Wednesday
Wednesday, November 9, Noon, Asbury Circle
Come "hang out with the Pope" at Wonderful Wednesday. We'll be there handing out some sweet giveaways and answering any questions you have about Catholic life at Emory.
Fall Picnic: Emory x GA Tech
Sunday, November 13 at 12:30 p.m., University Catholic Center
Join us after the 11:30 am Mass at the GA Tech Catholic Center for a picnic on Tech Green. Contact Marissa Spies at mspies@emory.edu if you'd like to carpool.
Emory Catholic Community: Sunday Mass
Sundays during Term, 9:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m., Cannon Chapel
Join the Emory Catholic community for Sunday Mass. Coffee and breakfast goodies are shared after 9 a.m. Mass in Brooks Commons.
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Beloved Community Christian Worship and Lunch in Cannon Chapel
Sundays during Term, 11:00 a.m. Service, Noon Lunch
Emory Beloved Community is a weekly progressive ecumenical Protestant worship service for the campus community, held in Cannon Chapel and followed by a free lunch. All are welcome.
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Mindfulness and Wellbeing Circle
Mondays during Term, 12:30 p.m., Cannon Chapel Room 106
Mindfulness and Wellbeing 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.
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Emory MSA Qur'an Study
Every other Wednesday starting October 5, 5:30-7:00 p.m., Cannon Chapel Room 106
Join Emory MSA on Wednesday at 5:30 p.m. for Quran Study. These will occur every other Wednesday. Next meeting, November 2.
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14th Annual Jacob M. Rothschild Memorial Lecture
Monday, November 7, 7:30 p.m., Oxford Presentation Room, 1390 Oxford Road
This year's lecture will feature Prof. George J. Sánchez of the University of Southern California (USC) as the speaker for this year’s Rothschild Lecture, which is titled “’What’s Good for Boyle Heights is Good for the Jews’: Creating Multiracialism in East Los Angeles During the 1950s.”
This lecture will discuss the creation of a multicultural radicalism in the Boyle Heights neighborhood of East Los Angeles during the 1950s. This new relationship between the Jewish and Mexican American communities took place during an exodus of Jews to Southern California’s white suburbs after World War II, while leftists of all races sought refuge in Boyle Heights to escape the growing conservatism of McCarthyism.
Sponsored by The Tam Institute for Jewish Studies and co-sponsors include the Office of Spiritual and Religious Life.
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Race and Difference Colloquium Series: Dr. Laura Harjo (Muscogee)
Monday, November 7, 12:00 p.m., Jones Room, Woodruff Library
The James Weldon Johnson Institute for the Study of Race and Difference invites you to the Fall Colloquium series featuring Dr. Laura Harjo. Dr. Harjo is an associate professor of Native American Studies at The University of Oklahoma.
Please register ahead here.
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Election Watch Party
November 8, 2022, 6:00-8:00 p.m., Harland Cinema
Sponsored by Emory Political Science and Emory Votes Initiative. To RSVP, click here.
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Aquinas Center: “Won’t You Be My Neighbor?”
Thursday, November 10, 6:30-9:00 p.m., Holy Transfiguration Greek Orthodox Church, Parish Hall
Aquinas Center fall programs continue on November 10 with “Won’t You Be My Neighbor?” sponsored by the Aquinas Center's Catholic-Orthodox Initiative. The initiative focuses on a greater understanding of the commonality of the Catholic and Orthodox faith traditions rooted in our shared history. Come for trivia and a program that builds community with local Catholic and Orthodox parishioners ---food, fun, and conversations.
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Emory Veterans Day Ceremony
Friday, November 11, 11:00 a.m., Academic Quad
Join the Emory Veterans Association for a Veteran's Day Ceremony on the Quad featuring Guest Speaker, Matt Wain. Learn more here.
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Emory Cares: International Day of Service
Saturday, November 12, 2022
The Emory Cares International Day of Service will take place on November 12, 2022 but can now extend beyond a single day with virtual, flexible service projects and opportunities through the month of November. We encourage all members of our Emory Community to sign up to participate in an existing project.
To register for the International Day of Service, click here.
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TIJS Alumni Panel: Why Be A Jewish Studies Major or Minor?
Wednesday, November 16, 7:00 p.m.
Enjoy a moderated conversation with accomplished Jewish studies alumni as they reflect on their experience in school and how their degree impacted their professional trajectory in small or more significant ways. To register for this event, please click the link here.
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Community Conversations: Emory Talks Climate Action, First Session
Friday, November 18, 2022, 1:00-2:30 p.m., Emory Student Center N102-N103
This school year, all Emory students, staff, and faculty are invited to and encouraged to join any of six "Community Conversations: Emory Talks Climate Action" sessions. These facilitated Conversations will ensure that the work being completed by Emory's Climate Action Task Force, a group of student, faculty, staff, and community members spearheading Emory's Climate Action Plan, is informed by the entire Emory Community.
Community Conversations are a key part of the University's continued progress toward its goals of reducing emissions by 45% by 2030 and reaching net zero emissions by 2050 using a 2010 baseline. Learn more here.
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All Saints’ Sunday
November 6, 4:00 p.m., Cathedral of St. Philip
The Cathedral will offer a Choral Requiem Eucharist for All Faithful Departed. Music will feature Gabriel Fauré’s sublime Requiem, performed by the Cathedral Choir with chamber orchestra and organ, and sung within the context of the service, as the composer intended. In person only.
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Douglasville United Methodist Church: Evensong for All Saints
Sunday, November 6, 6:30 p.m., 6167 Prestley Mill Rd, Douglasville 30134
The Church will provide a wonderful music-filled experience that offers you the opportunity to remember with gratitude the saints who have gone on before us.
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Opportunities and Resources
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Students for Zero Waste Conference
Wednesday, November 9-Sunday, November 13
The Post-Landfill Action Network (PLAN) is hosting a Students for Zero Waste (SZW) Conference, which brings together students, staff, industry innovators, activists, and community members from across the country each Fall. Since 2014, SZW has served as a space for community-building and solution sharing to push the Zero Waste Movement forward. It prioritizes “walking the walk” of Zero Waste and centering the needs of those most impacted by the Waste Crisis and systems of oppression.
SZW 2022 will be running in a hybrid format from November 9-13. Tune in to our digital conference platform for live-streamed sessions, events, and student panels. Additionally, there will be small in-person gathering with local campuses in Philadelphia from November 11-13. Register here.
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23rd Annual Latino Youth Leadership Conference
Saturday, December 3, Emory University
This year, the Latino Youth Leadership conference will be held in person for 700 middle and high school students.
The Latino Youth Leadership Conference, presented by The Latin American Association, is here to motivate Latinx students to pursue higher education and continue the conversation of exploring pathways to be successful; whether that is a 4-year college, a technical school, or maybe even a trade school
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TIJS' Jews of Poland: History and Memory Study Abroad Experience
In Summer 2023, TIJS is excited to offer Emory undergraduates the study abroad experience of a lifetime: a ten-day summer study abroad program in Poland. The program, generously supported by the Berger Family Fund, will be led by TIJS core faculty member Ellie Schainker, the Arthur Blank Family Foundation Associate Professor of Modern European Jewish History.
Through this opportunity for on-site learning, Schainker aspires to provide students with the opportunity to explore a thousand years of Jewish life in Poland, study the history of Nazi occupation and Soviet domination, and consider the flourishing of Jewish life in Poland today alongside the country’s grappling with its history and role in the Holocaust. Learn more here.
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Interfaith America: Is Protecting Voting Rights a Sacred Value? Podcast Episode
Emory College alum Rev. Adam Russell Taylor is president of the Christian social justice organization Sojourners and the author of “A More Perfect Union: A New Vision for the Beloved Community.”
He and Interfaith America's Eboo Patel discuss how Sojourners’ voting rights work and Interfaith America’s Vote Is Sacred campaign are inspiring faith communities to protect participatory democracy. “If we’re serious about following Jesus,” Taylor says, “we have to recognize that following Jesus has profound social, political, and economic implications.” Learn more here.
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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.
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.
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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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