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News and Programs 12.14.23
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As 2023 comes to a close, thank you for your involvement in all of our programs, some of which are highlighted here.
From the WISE Pre-Orientation program, to the grand opening of the new Emory Interfaith Center, to longstanding programs such as the IRC, VOIS Gospel Choir, International Community Friday Lunch, and so many weekly gatherings and holidays, we are grateful for sharing the past year with you.
We wish you many blessings and we look forward to seeing you in 2024.
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Emory Interfaith Center Homecoming Opening Celebration Highlights Video - October 21, 2023
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Save the Date: Emory King Week 2024
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Emory University King Week is a series of programs offered in January by various Emory units to honor the life and legacy of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and the Civil Rights movement. Programs include educational lectures, spiritual events, community service projects, celebrations, and exhibits.
See a full list of current programs on the King Week website here. This page will be updated as additional information becomes available. Check back in January for new events and final times and locations. For more information, please contact religiouslife@emory.edu.
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MLK Sunday in Beloved Community Worship
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Sunday, January 21, 2023, 11:00 a.m. service, Noon lunch, Cannon Chapel
Join Beloved Community for worship and lunch on MLK Sunday. Our speaker will be Dr. Carol E. Henderson, vice provost for diversity and inclusion, chief diversity officer, and adviser to the president at Emory. She is professor emerita of English and Africana Studies at the University of Delaware and the author and editor of five books as well as numerous essays and journal articles.
Please register for worship and lunch here.
Emory Beloved Community is a weekly ecumenical Protestant worship service planned for the campus community that gathers Sundays at 11:00 a.m. during the academic year in Cannon Chapel. All are warmly welcome. For more information, please contact religiouslife@emory.edu.
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Recap: Emory Chanukah Celebration 2023
On Thursday, December 7 a record-breaking crowd showed up to celebrate Chanukah at our third annual "Chanu-Kaldi's." Participants joined in candle lighting, eating jelly doughnuts and potato latkes, playing dreidel, and sharing warm drinks and community. The event was sponsored by the Emory Office of Spiritual and Religious Life in conjunction with Chabad, Hillel and Meor.
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Recap: Candler MTS Students Visit the New Emory Interfaith Center
On Friday, December 1, the Candler School of Theology's Master of Theological Studies cohort, along with interim director Dr. Helen Kim, enjoyed an end-of-semester gathering celebration lunch and a tour at the Interfaith Center, learning about multifaith chaplaincy and interfaith life at Emory
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Celebrate the Winter Holidays at Emory
The Emory community is celebrating the winter holidays with music, art and special spiritual events. For a list of programming, please click here.
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Muslim Jumu'ah Prayers
Friday, December 15, 1:55 p.m., Cannon Chapel
Join Emory OSRL for Friday Prayers.
For questions, please contact isam.vaid@emory.edu.
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Advent and Christmas Masses
- Catholic Mass, Third Sunday of Advent: Sunday, December 17, 9:00 a.m., Cannon Chapel
- Catholic Mass, Fourth Sunday of Advent: Sunday, December 24, 9:00 a.m., Cannon Chapel
- Catholic Mass, Christmas Vigil: Sunday, December 24, 4:00 p.m., Cannon Chapel
For more information, please click here.
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InterVarsity: Christmas Party
Saturday, December 16, 5:00-8:00 p.m.
International InterVarsity Fellowship offers a Christmas party and game time for international students and visiting scholars who are studying and researching at colleges in GA.
Learn more and sign up here.
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Welcoming Interfaith and Spiritual Exploration (WISE): Apply to Be a WISE Pre-Orientation Student Coordinator
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OSRL is hiring Student Coordinators to lead the Peer Mentor team for our 2024 WISE Pre-Orientation. The WISE Student Coordinator is a paid, part-time role starting in February 2024 through August 2024. The position requires 4-5 hours per week during the Spring 2024 semester starting in February, a few hours per month in the summer, and an increased time commitment starting during the second week of August during final pre-orientation preparations and for the Peer Mentor training and the WISE program (August 19-23).
Apply and view the position description here. Deadline to apply is January 19, 2024.
Learn more about the WISE program here. Information about WISE Peer Mentor positions will be available late January 2024.
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Emory Cares: Community Impact Leadership Program Spring 2024 Applications
The Emory Alumni Association is now accepting applications for the Spring 2024 cohort of the Emory Cares: Community Leadership Impact Program (CLIP).
Launched in the spring/summer of 2023, CLIP will strengthen Emory’s presence and relationships with nonprofit boards and Atlanta-area alumni. The spring 2024 cohort will be comprised of alumni who are interested in serving on a nonprofit board and/or have previous experience on nonprofit boards. Through a series of workshops and gatherings, the cohort will learn to be effective nonprofit board members and agents of community change.
Apply HERE. Applications are due by January 10, 2024.
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Study Abroad in Poland with the Tam Institute for Jewish Studies
Building on the positive feedback from 2023 participants and strong programmatic foundation, TIJS is excited to offer an expanded iteration of the program for Emory undergraduates in Summer 2024. To that end, this year’s version will feature a 11-day, 1-credit summer study abroad program in Poland, taking place May 19-30, 2024. Read More>>
To learn more about the 2023 Poland program, check out this article authored by TIJS alumna Sasha Rivers 23C reflecting on her experience HERE.
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Emory Center for Contemplative Science and Compassion Based Ethics: Cognitively Based Compassion Training
March 4 - April 22, 2024, Mondays 4:30-6:00 p.m., Cannon Chapel 106
Emory's Counseling and Psychological Services are teaming up with the Center for Contemplative Science and Compassion Based Ethics to teach a course on cognitively based compassion training during spring semester 2024.
Click here to learn more and register.
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Weekly Spiritual Gatherings
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 request adding an item to our weekly gatherings page, please email religiouslife@emory.edu.
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Upcoming Religious Holidays
These events are drawn from the multifaith calendar maintained by the Harvard Divinity School Office of Religious and Spiritual Life. To see more upcoming religious holidays and festivals, please click here.
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Advent
Sun., Dec. 3 – Sun., Dec. 24, 2023
Tradition: Christianity-Protestant, Christianity-Roman Catholic
Period of four weeks in which Christians prepare for Christmas and meditate on the end of all time. In Western churches, the first Sunday of Advent marks the beginning of the Christian liturgical year.
Chanukah
Thu., Dec. 7 – Fri., Dec. 15, 2023
Tradition: Judaism
The Feast of Lights (Feast of Dedication) is celebrated for eight days to commemorate the rededication of the Temple following the Jews' victory over occupying forces in 165 BCE, which re-established for a time their religious and political freedom.
Christmas
Mon., Dec. 25, 2023
Tradition: Christianity-Protestant, Christianity-Roman Catholic
Celebrates the anniversary of the birth of Jesus.December 25 is the date of this observance for Roman Catholic, Protestant, and many Orthodox Christian churches.
Death of Prophet Zarathustra
Tues., Dec. 26, 2023
Tradition: Zoroastrianism
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Emory OSRL ENews is published weekly during 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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