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News and Programs 08.19.22
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Welcome from Emory Spiritual Life
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The Emory University Office of Spiritual and Religious Life (OSRL) is delighted to welcome you (back) to campus for the new academic year. Over the past few years, we have added a number of chaplains and staff to our team to better support Emory's religious and philosophical diversity and all of our students, faculty, staff, and alumni across Emory's many Schools.
To learn more about our multifaith team and their backgrounds and roles, please read their biographies here or at the button below.
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Spiritual Life Resouce Fair
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Tuesday, August 23, 12:30-2:30 pm, Cox Hall Bridge (Rain location: Cannon Chapel)
Join the OSRL chaplains, affiliates, and student leaders at the Spiritual Life Resource Fair. Come meet spiritual, religious, and philosophical communities. Organizations will be sharing information on gatherings, practices, and opportunities to get involved with spirituality and social justice.
Snacks, giveaways, and community gathering information will be provided.
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Muslim Move-in Jumu'ah Prayers
Friday, August 19, 1:55 p.m., Cannon Chapel
Join Emory OSRL for Friday Prayers as you return to campus. For questions, please contact isam.vaid@emory.edu.
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Hillel at Emory: Move-In Shabbat
Friday, August 19, 6:00 pm., Marcus Hillel Center, 735 Gatewood Road NE, Atlanta, GA 30322
Welcome to Emory. This pre-semester move-in Shabbat is a great way for students to get to know their new peers and enjoy a delicious Shabbat meal with the students and staff of Hillel. Contact: Hillel Rabbi Ilan Schwartz, ilan@emoryhillel.org. RSVP here.
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Chabad at Emory: Move-In Shabbat Service and Dinner
Friday, August 19, Service 7:30 p.m., 8 p.m., Chabad, 1526 N Decatur Road
Join fellow Emoryites and experience Shabbat at Chabad. A perfect blend of gourmet food, spirited singing, friendly schmoozing, and inspired ideas. This is not to be missed. Please RSVP here.
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Jewish Life Bagel Brunch for Students and Families
Sunday, August 21, 10 am-12 pm, Marcus Hillel Center, 735 Gatewood Road, Atlanta, GA
Students and families are invited to attend the annual Bagel Brunch to explore Jewish life opportunities at Emory, including through Chabad, Hillel, MEOR, and Emory OSRL. For questions, please contact religiouslife@emory.edu.
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University Catholic Center: Sunday Mass
Sunday, August 21, 9 a.m., Cannon Chapel
Join us for Sunday Mass on-campus during this orientation weekend. Stay after Mass to meet student leaders and staff members from the University Catholic Center over coffee and donuts.
Contact: Catholic Affiliate Michael Zauche, michael@emorycatholic.org.
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Beloved Community Christian Worship and Lunch
Sunday, August 21, 11 a.m Service., Noon Lunch, Cannon Chapel
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.
Contact: Christian Chaplain Rev. Maddie Henderson, mhend25@emory.edu.
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Buddhist Meditation
Thursday, August 25, 6:00 p.m. Cannon Chapel Sanctuary
Join the Emory Buddhist community in guided meditation and discussion. Come to meditate, to make friends, and to learn about Buddhist life at Emory.
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Hindu Aarthi
Friday, August 26, 5 p.m., Cannon Chapel Sanctuary
Join Emory's Hindu community for weekly prayers and community. All are welcome.
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Celebration of Indigo Prayers and the Emory Praise House Project
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On Sunday, August 28, celebrate the exhibition "Indigo Prayers: A Creation Story" and the launch of artist activist Charmaine Minniefield's Praise House Project at Emory with a series of public events.
Conversation and Dance Performance
1:30 p.m., Cannon Chapel
Dr. Julie B. Johnson, chair of the Dance Department at Spelman College, and Tamara Williams, associate professor of dance at the University of North Carolina, Charlotte, will join Charmaine Minniefield for a conversation about movement as medicine, embodied memory, and the ring shout as resistance.
The conversation will be followed by a performance by the Geechee Gullah Ring Shouters from Darien, Georgia, led by seventh-generation shouter Griffin Lotson. The ten-member group has been performing professionally since 1980, educating and entertaining audiences around the United States with the "ring shout," a compelling fusion of counterclockwise dance movement, call-and-response singing, and percussion.
The program is free and open to the public and is co-sponsored by the Emory's Office of Spiritual and Religious Life and Program in Dance and Movement Studies.
Ancestral Feast
4:30 p.m., Ackerman Hall, Carlos Museum
Join Charmaine Minniefield for a contemporary take on the traditional gathering prepared by Chef Cleophus Hethington, 2022 James Beard finalist for "Best Emerging Chef." Chef Cleophus will create a family style meal inspired by his interpretation of the foodways of the African Diaspora. Break bread in honor of those who have come before as Minniefield shares her vision for the Praise House Project over the next two years, culminating with a Praise House on the Emory campus in fall of 2023.
Fee: $60 for Carlos Museum members; $85 for non-members. Space is limited and registration is required for this event.. To register, please click here.
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Students: Apply to Be a Flourishing Fellow
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As part of Emory’s focus on Student Flourishing, the Flourishing Fellows program seeks to foster resilient, inclusive, and relationship-based communities on campus. This program will bring together a group of 12-15 diverse student leaders to be trained in the work of dialogue and community-building, and then actively engage their peers and their communities.
Deadline to apply: September 2
Application and Flourishing Fellow Position Description
This program seeks 12-15 full-time undergraduate students to serve as Flourishing Fellows for the 2022-2023 academic year. We seek candidates from diverse spiritual, religious, nonreligious, and ethical backgrounds. Specific responsibilities of the Flourishing Fellows include:
- Participate in two-day off-campus retreat away from campus to bond as a group and to take a deep dive into the work of listening, connecting, and developing friendships. Flourishing Fellows will arrive back on campus with a toolbox for meeting new peers and deepening relationships with existing friends.
- Participate in a weekly lunch meeting, which will allow fellows to further develop skills, continue bonding as a group, and work as a group to manage the challenges they face.
- Coordinate coffee/tea meetings with 40 fellow Emory students over the academic year. Engagements might happen in the DCT or at Kaldi’s (Fellows will have a coffee budget) or strolling around campus. In these conversations, Flourishing Fellows will be tasked with creating a reflective space for delving deeper, making connections, and imagining innovative opportunities for community engagement.
- Fellows can develop different ways to engage students for these meetings–they might start with acquaintances, or advertise the opportunity to meet for coffee and a meaningful conversation, or potentially even receive a referral for a coffee chat.
- Participate in alternate weekly one-on-one supervision meetings with the program director for coaching and guidance.
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Additional Fall Start-up Programs
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Emory Muslim Students Association: Ice Cream Social
Monday, August 22, 3:15-5 p.m., Cannon Chapel Underpass (Outside)
Contact: Ejaz Zaidi, ejaz.haider.zaidi@emory.edu.
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Hillel at Emory: Weeks of Welcome
August 19-September 2, 2022
Join Hillel at Emory for Weeks of Welcome. Learn more here.
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Bread Coffeehouse: Open House
Wednesday, August 24, 12-5 p.m., Bread Coffeehouse, 1227 Clifton Road.
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Reformed University Fellowship (RUF): Trivia Night
Wednesday, August 24, 8 p.m., Brooks Commons, Cannon Chapel
We’ll have snacks and trivia, come relax and meet some new friends. Contact: RUF Affiliate Rev. George Hamm, rufdooley@gmail.com.
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Emory InterVarsity GCF: Friday Gathering
Friday, August 26, 7:00 p.m., Brooks Commons, Cannon Chapel
Join us for our Welcome Back Friday Gathering Dinner on August 26 to begin the Fall 2022 semester. You are welcome to invite guests. RSVP here.
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Emory Wesley UMC Ministry Welcome Week
August 23-28, 2022
Announcing our Welcome Week events this fall at Emory University. We can’t wait to connect with you all this semester. More details TBA but send us a DM in the meantime, we’d love to hear from you. See you soon.
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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.
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Apply to Be an OSRL Student Worker
OSRL is hiring student workers for this academic semester. The Student Worker team supports the department’s mission through hospitality and communications support, data and record management, web and publications work, and special event staffing.
Training and mentoring will be provided through staff meetings and ongoing coaching to build knowledge and skills. Student workers will learn about multifaith and interfaith work and assist professional staff in supporting programs and services.
Positions are available for students with and without Federal Work-Study funding.
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Annual Major Religious Holidays List -- Academic Year 2022-23
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As planning begins for courses, programs, and meetings for the 2022-23 academic year, OSRL seeks to provide guidance for the Emory community regarding upcoming religious holiday observances that may impact large numbers in our community. These dates are provided to assist community members with avoiding potential schedule conflicts, and can be found below. Please give special attention to the bolded holidays, as they often require accommodation. In some cases, it is ideal to avoid assignments and programs on these dates to be most equitable.
Below are lists of major religious holidays observed by sizeable religious demographic groups within the Emory community.
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Weekly Interfaith Midday Respite Interfaith Contemplation
Wednesdays, Noon, Virtual
Interfaith Atlanta offers a weekly 30-minute virtual midday respite focused on peace, compassion and kindness at noon on Wednesdays.
Join here.
Passcode: 060135
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Faith Works
A coalition of faith leaders throughout Georgia has joined together to create the voting advocacy entity Faith Works to secure a strong, supportive infrastructure that ensures all legal voters in Georgia are provided the ability to vote and that any attacks to marginalize Georgia voters are confronted head-on. For more information, see www.FaithWorks.Vote.
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New Children's Book, Shabbat and Sunday Dinner
The American Jewish Committee’s Atlanta Black/Jewish Coalition is excited to share that two Project Understanding alumni and active Black/Jewish Coalition members have published a children’s book, Shabbat and Sunday Dinner. The book follows two friends through their class presentations as they learn more about each other's family traditions. The book also introduces readers to other cultures and communities with the hopes of helping children learn from one another. Buy A Copy On Amazon
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Student Involvement Fair 2022
August 28-31, 2022, 7-10 pm, McDonough Field/McDonough Plaza
Interested in learning more about student organizations on campus. Nearly 100 organizations participate daily. Each day there will be food trucks, novelty activities, giveaways, and music. Come back every day for something new.
- Sunday 8/28 - Glow Jam, featuring: Service/Philanthropic. Pre Professional, Academic organizations, Fraternity/Sorority chapters and councils (IFC, EPC, MGC, NPHC)
- Monday 8/29 - Emory Spirit Fest, featuring: Club Sports, Recreation & Wellness organizations, Student Government, University Offices/Departments/Programs
- Tuesday 8/30 - County Fair, featuring: Cultural/Ethnic, Diversity, Spiritual/Religious, Faith-Based, and Philosophical organizations
- Wednesday 8/31 - Land of Curiosities, featuring: Political & Ideology and Arts & Media organizations
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Opportunities and Resources
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Fall 2022 Jewish Studies Course Sampling
For Fall 2022, the Tam Institute for Jewish Studies is listing a diverse set of undergraduate courses in the fields of literature, history, Middle Eastern Studies, and religion. Take a look at all of our exciting offerings 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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Krishna Janmashtami (Sri Krishna Jayanti or Janmashtami)
Thu., Aug. 18, 2022
Tradition: Hinduism
Celebrates the birthday of Krishna. According to the Hindu epics, Krishna was the eighth incarnation of the God Vishnu, opposed to the demon Kansa, who was responsible for the increase of evil in the world. Worship of Krishna is characteristically expressed in dance and song.
Paryusana Festival
Tue., Aug. 23 – Tue., Aug. 30, 2022
Tradition: Jainism
Considered the holiest period of the year, these eight days are marked for Jains by fasting, meditation, prayer and public readings of the life story of Lord Mahavira. Observed especially by the followers of the Shvetambara sect, Paryusana concludes on Samvatsari, the most solemn occasion of self-scrutiny and forgiveness. On this day, Jains ask for forgiveness from their relatives and friends for any offense they may have committed by deed, word or thought.
Ganesh Chaturthi
Tue., Aug. 30, 2022
Tradition: Hinduism
A celebration of Ganesh’s birthday, one of the major Hindu deities. Ganesh, who has the head of an elephant, is the God of Success and is invoked at the beginning of all new undertakings.
Das Laxana Festival
Wed., Aug. 31 – Fri., Sep. 9, 2022
Tradition: Jainism
(the Paryusana Festival of Jain Digumbar Sect): A 10-day festival that is considered to be a holy convocation. During these days, Jains impose some restraints on their daily activities by fasting, meditation and prayer. The last day of Paryusana is the most solemn occasion of forgiveness and the examination of one's own thoughts and feelings. On this day, Jains ask for forgiveness from their relatives and friends for any offense they may have committed by deed, word or thought.
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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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