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News and Programs 04.21.23
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Emory Ramadan 2023
March 22 - April 21, 2023
Weeknight Iftar Prayers and Dinner
The Muslim month of Ramadan spanned March 22-April 21, 2023. During this time, Emory’s Muslim community observed with daily fasting from dawn through the sunlight hours and nightly iftar communal prayers and dinner.
Weeknight iftars were hosted by OSRL, MSA, GMSC, Emory Muslim Alumni, and several Emory Schools, divisions, and units including the President's Office (pictured above) and Rollins School of Public Health (pictured below).
Please join the Emory MSA for a wonderful Eid-al-Fitr celebration on Saturday, April 22 on McDonough Field from 7:00-10:00 p.m.
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Eid al-Fitr
Saturday, April 22, 2023, 7:00-10:00 p.m., McDonough Field
Assalamu’alaikum, everyone. In collaboration with ICA and DooleyAfterDark, MSA is excited to host an Eid celebration this coming Saturday, April 22. Eid Al-Fitr represents the end of Ramadan - the month of fasting for Muslims. At this event, there will be performances, food, sweets and so much more. Everyone is welcome to attend. We will also have a fashion show for cultural clothes that anyone can sign up for through the RSVP link here.
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Seniors Please Register: Baccalaureate Ceremony for the Class of 2023
Friday, May 5, 2023, 4:30 p.m.; Doors Open at 4:00 p.m., Cannon Chapel Sanctuary
Please wear your graduation robe; Reception with the President will follow
Baccalaureate is a multifaith spiritual ceremony of reflection and celebration on the Friday afternoon before Commencement. This includes:
- Graduating seniors sharing music, reflections, and meditations with one another
- President Fenves, School Deans, and chaplains offering their best wishes and blessings to the graduating class
- A festive reception will follow
Seniors, Register here. Family and friends can register for the livestream here.
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Voices of Inner Strength Gospel Choir Spring Concert Recap
On Saturday, April 15, 2023, over 100 Emory community members gathered in Cannon Chapel for Voices of Inner Strength Gospel Choir's Spring Concert. The choir, under the direction of Music Director Maury Allums, shared songs and worship followed by dinner. VOIS recently celebrated over 30 years as a choir. On Saturday, we also celebrated the initial establishment of the VOIS Forever Endowment Fund, ensuring the group's place on campus for the future.
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Cannon Chapel Living Mandala Garden Planting Recap
On Monday, Emory community members and students of the Emory Buddhist Club came together to replant and maintain the Living Mandala Garden outside of Cannon Chapel. This space on campus is available to all for reflection, meditation, and engagement with nature.
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Staff Award of Distinction Honoree: OSRL Chief of Staff, Zachary Cole
Last week, Emory honored 14 staff members with the highest award available to staff, the Award of Distinction. OSRL's Chief of Staff, Zachary Cole, was honored this year for his work, which "has had a tremendous impact on transforming the office into a vibrant, visible and deeply intersectional program engaged with all schools and units of Emory and beyond." Thank you, Zach, for all of your passionate and hard work. Read about all the great honorees here.
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Last Midweek Music Meditation of the Academic Year (Video Below)
Wednesdays during Term, 12:00-12:15 p.m. EST, Zoom and Facebook Live
Below is a recording of this week's musical meditation. This week was the final meditation of the semester. We will return in Fall 2023.
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Midweek Music Meditation - 4.19.23
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Emory Buddhist Club Meditation
Thursdays, 6:00 p.m., Cannon Chapel
Join the Buddhist Club for Buddhist meditation Thursdays at 6:00 p.m. Feel free to come as early as 5:00 p.m. for the new weekly tea ceremony along with the usual community and snacking prepared before the meditation session at 6:00 p.m. Tea and snacks will remain in room 106 while meditation will be taking place in the sanctuary
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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.
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Senior Puja
Friday, April 21, 2023, 5:00 p.m., Cannon Chapel
Join us this Friday, April 21 at Cannon Chapel for a special Saraswati Puja in honor of our 2023 graduating class. Graduates are cordially invited and all are welcome to join. Dinner will be served after the Puja.
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Hillel: Senior Shabbat
Friday, April 21, Services 6:30 p.m., Dinner 7:00 p.m., Emory Hillel Center
Join Emory Hillel for Senior Shabbat on Friday night. Your seniors are almost finished with their college undergrad experience, but not before you have the oportunity to honor their accomplishments and the time they spent contributing to the community they leave behind to you. This is your chance to tell them what they have meant to you.
Do you have a special senior in your life?
Make sure they RSVP and attend the Shabbat, the first of 3 Senior specific programs over the last 3 weeks of the term. RSVP on The Hive.
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Emory University Catholic Center: Spring Semester Mass Schedule
Sunday, 9:00 a.m., Emory University Cannon Chapel
Sunday, 6:00 p.m., Emory University Cannon Chapel
Emory Catholic Coffee Hour
Sunday, April 23, 10:00 a.m., Cannon Chapel Brooks Commons
Join us on Sunday morning after the 9:00 a.m. Mass for coffee, breakfast goodies, and a conversation with friends.
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Beloved Community Protestant Worship in Cannon Chapel
Sunday, April 23, 11:00 a.m. service, Noon Lunch, Cannon Chapel
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, online during remote learning.
This week's preacher: The Rev. Maddie Henderson, Christian Chaplain, Emory Office of Spiritual and Religious Life
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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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"Time to Pause" Sound Bath During Finals Week
Monday, April 24, 12:30 p.m., Cannon Chapel Room 106
Join sound practitioner Noni Keyton for a sound bath on Monday at 12:30 pm in Cannon Chapel. RSVP here. To prepare for a relaxing sound bath experience, please do the following: 1. Arrive a few minutes early. Late arrivals can be disruptive for other participants and the sound practitioner.
2. Attend the sound-bath session in its entirety. Which is usually between 45 minutes to an hour.
3. Once arriving be sure to turn all electronic devices to the off position.
4. Come hydrated! Sound waves move faster through water.
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Sufi Mehfil Qawwali Concert
Monday, April 24, 5:00-7:00 p.m., Brooks Commons Cannon Chapel
Join us for an electric Qawwali concert on Monday, April 24 at Cannon Chapel. The event is free to attend. Head coverings are customary.
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Interministry Christian Worship Night
Monday, April 24, 8:00 p.m., PAIS 230
Come out to be replenished by some worship, led by friends and fellow students from Emory's different Christian ministries, before finals. In one faith and one body, this praise/prayer night is open to everyone and we hope to see you in Room 230 in the Psych building at 8 p.m. Cohosted by Emory In Via, Bread Coffeehouse, and many of Emory's other Christian communities.
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Emory In Via: Release Party
Thursday, April 27, 5:00 p.m., Brooks Commons, Cannon Chapel
Emory In Via, A journal of Christian Thought, invites you to join in celebration of the newest edition, "I AM." Food will be provided. Learn more here.
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Cafe Slow Down
Friday, April 21, 10:30-11:30 a.m., The Hatchery
Cafe Slow Down is an anti-grind culture discussion circle and burnout support group. On April 7, the group will focus on Innovation, and on April 21, it will focus on Disruption. Please RSVP here.
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The Point Recycles
Saturday, April 22, 11:00 a.m., Emory Point
Join the members of the Clifton Corridor community on Saturday, April 22 at Emory Point to celebrate Earth Month with a recycling event. Earth Month Recycling Day at Emory Point is a daylong event that invites the public to dispose of unwanted household items, providing a chance for local community members to recycle hard-to-recycle items.
Items collected range from textiles, games/toys, kitchen materials, and furniture to paints, aerosols, batteries, bulbs, and tires.
To learn more about the recycling event and how you can participate, please click here.
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Rollin's DEI Racial Trauma Series, Part 2: Understanding Racial Trauma within Asian Communities: History, Healing, Allyship
Wednesday, April 26, 2023, 12:00 p.m., Zoom
In this session, we will have a panel of Emory colleagues help us understand the history of anti-Asian Violence, the coping mechanisms that are used by different members of Asian communities and how allies can be effective in providing support for those within Asian communities affected by race-based violence or hate.
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Aquinas Center: Marriage Liturgical Practices: A Catholic-Orthodox Community Gathering and Program by Gabriel Radle
Thursday, April 27, 6:30 p.m., Holy Transfiguration Greek Orthodox Church
This talk is sponsored by The Aquinas Center's Catholic-Orthodox Initiative and will examine the history of marriage liturgical practices in the Catholic and Orthodox faith traditions. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. for Happy Hour. Dinner and the program will begin promptly at 7:00 p.m.
Please click here to register.
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Transforming Perspectives: Embracing Transgender Advocacy through a Jewish Lens with Rabbi’s Daniel and Karen Bogard
Monday, April 24, 2023, 7:30 p.m., Presser Hall and Gaines Chapel, 141 East College Avenue Decatur, GA 30030
We are excited to welcome Rabbi's Daniel and Karen Bogard as our presenters for this year's James Ross McCain Faith & Learning Lecture, "Transforming Perspectives: Embracing Transgender Advocacy through a Jewish Lens."
The Bogard's will speak on the history of transgender politics in Judaism and their personal experience of being faith leaders and parents involved in political advocacy for trans children. Their work in Missouri has been recently highlighted in the Washington Post's article on Missouri Transgender Bills.
We welcome the local community and members of the general public to join us for these lectures. Register for your free tickets at this link.
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Creative Justice Exhibit - Woodruff Library
Open now - May 13
Emory’s Arts and Social Justice Fellows Program, which pairs talented Atlanta artists with Emory professors, has yielded vivid and creative pieces that are on exhibit through May 13 in the Schatten Gallery at Emory’s Woodruff Library. Make plans to visit “Creative Justice: A Celebration of Emory’s Arts and Social Justice Fellows Program” (details and hours can be found here). This exhibit provides a survey of the work the ASJ fellows and faculty did to help students translate their learning into creative activism in the name of racial justice.
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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.
Ramadan
Wed., Mar. 22 – Fri., Apr. 21, 2023
Tradition: Islam
The Holy Month of Ramadan is the month of fasting during which Muslims who are physically able do not eat or drink from the first sign of dawn until sunset in honor of the first revelations to the Prophet Muhammad. The evening meal is celebrated with family.
Eid al-Fitr ('Id al-Fitr)
Thu., Apr. 20 – Sun., Apr. 23, 2023
Tradition: Islam
Also known as the Festival of the Breaking of the Fast. One of the two main Islamic festivals (the other is Eid al-Adha), this day celebrates the end of Ramadan, the month of fasting. It comes on the first day of the next lunar month, Shawal.
Ridvan
Thu., Apr. 20 – Tue., May 2, 2023
Tradition: Baha'i
Commemorates the 12 days that Baha'u'llah spent in the Garden of Ridvan in the last days of his exile in Baghdad, during which time he proclaimed himself as the one announced by Bab. Work is suspended for the first, ninth, and twelfth days.
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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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