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Muslim Chaplain Celene Ibrahim-Lizzio will host Rania Abouzeid, a prominent conflict journalist based in Beirut, for a lunch conversation with the Tufts community this Wednesday. Abouzeid will share her insights on the current situation in Syria, the refugee crisis, journalism in times of war, and related matters. She will offer brief remarks and open the conversation to participant questions. Learn more here. Light refreshments will be served. Wednesday, September 24, 2014, Noon-1:30 pm, Interfaith Center. RSVP here.
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| Religious Holy Day Policy Religious Holy Days: If your class is scheduled to meet during a religious holy day, faculty must allow students who observe that holiday an absence from class, provide ample opportunities for such students to make up work missed on such occasions without penalty, and try to ensure that no examinations, written reports, oral reports, or other mandatory class assignments are scheduled for or due on such holy days. See Tufts’ Academic Calendar for dates of Jewish, Muslim, Hindu, and Christian holy days that may conflict with classes: http://uss.tufts.edu/stuserv/AcadCal/default.asp
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Religious and Philosophical Life Programs Rania Abouzeid
Wednesday, September 24, Noon, Interfaith Center
Rania Abouzeid, a prominent independent journalist based in Beirut, is coming to Tufts to share her insights on vocation, telling human stories in times of war, the current situation in Syria, the refugee crisis, and other regional affairs. Rania has been published in TIME, the New Yorker, Foreign Affairs, Foreign Policy, The Guardian, the Los Angeles Times, and a host of other outlets and have appeared on BBC, CBC, CBS, PBS, Al-Jazeera and others. Her work is accessible here.
Please RSVP so that we have a good sense of the space set-up and light lunch refreshments. Rania will not prepare a talk to allow for a more conversational feel, so attendees should come with questions and curiosities.
Jewish High Holidays 2014-2015
Rosh Hashanah - September 24-26, Yom Kippur - October 3-4
Rosh Hashanah starts this week. Join us at Tufts Hillel for High Holidays services, meals, and creative programming. There are a lot of exciting events taking place throughout the holidays. Click here to visit our website for more information.
Knock Knock Give a Sock
September 24 - October 17, Tufts Hillel
Donate a pair of new socks to help keep people without homes warm this holiday season. Join Tufts Hillel and the Leonard Carmichael Society, working alongside NYU and other universities, in reaching the goal of collecting 10,000 pairs of socks - and, more importantly, help those without homes survive the brutal Northeast winter. Non-denominational Christian Fellowship Large Group: Prayer Edition
Thursday, September 25, 7:30-9 pm, Interfaith Center
Join us this week for a discussion and sharing! We will be looking at different prayers from the Bible and reflecting on our personal experience with prayer. Worship to follow! For more information, contact Esther Kim or Lauren Ritter.
Guided Meditation and Tea
Fridays, Noon-1 pm, Interfaith Center Downstairs Meeting Room: 9/26, 10/10, 10/24, 11/7
Goddard Chapel: 10/3, 10/17, 10/31, 11/14, 11/21, 12/5
Join Venerable Upali Sraman, Chaplaincy Intern, for an hour of guided meditation, followed by conversation, tea, and light snacks. Various forms of meditation will be led. Sponsored by the Tufts University Chaplaincy. For more information, please email upali.sraman@tufts.edu.
Apple Picking
Sunday, September 28, 10 am, meet at Tufts Hillel
Start the new year on a sweet note with some apple picking fun! Everyone is welcome, so bring all your friends! $5 includes transportation to and from the orchard so you can pick as many apples as you desire!
Personal Identity and Individuality - Humanist in Residence Small Group Reflection
Monday, September 29, 9 pm, Interfaith Center (downstairs meeting room)
With the establishment of the new Humanist Chaplaincy, we want to foster a comfortable environment for people to engage in honest discussions around the challenges in their lives, and explore how people outside traditional religion approach questions that many faith traditions engage regularly. At Small Group Reflections, the Humanist in Residence will facilitate an open, respectful, and confidential conversation around one theme that concerns and informs many of our choices and experiences in our life journey. The conversation will be rooted in a text (or other piece of culture) written from a Humanist perspective that engages the theme, and from there will be open to the perspectives and experiences of everyone present in the group. Those present are encouraged to bring pieces of culture that inspire their own values on the theme, including and especially those from other faith traditions. Small Group Reflections occur on the last Monday of each month, and are free and open to all members of the Tufts community.
The first of these will engage the theme of Personal Identity and Individuality, led through Alice Walker's poem, “Be Nobody's Darling.” It will be on Monday, September 29th, at 9 pm in the Interfaith Center meeting room. Light refreshments will be served.
Join the Catholic Community at Tufts at the Annual Somerville Homeless Coalition 5K
Come join CCT at the Annual Somerville Homeless Coalition 5K! This is a charity race that starts at 9 AM in Davis Square on October 4th. If you are interested in running or walking, you can register with CCT and we can do the race as a team! If you'd like to help out in other ways, you can also donate to our team or volunteer at the race. You can use this link: https://fundraising.active.com/fundraiser/CCT to register with CCT or donate to our fundraising efforts. Registration costs $25 (extra $10 if you want a T shirt). All proceeds go to a great organization right here in our own community; you can check out their website here http://www.somervillehomelesscoalition.org/ if you want to learn about some of the great work they do. Please email megan.byrne@tufts.edu if you have questions or if you're interested in helping out in any way.
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| Off Campus Programs Sunday Assembly Meeting
Sunday, September 28, 4 pm, Democracy Center, 45 Mount Auburn Street, Cambridge, MA
Join us on September 28 for our World Launch Day - Assemblies around the world are launching in September! Come together for a little over an hour of live music, singing, laughing, community, interesting speakers, and tea & cake! Best of all - everyone's welcome, and it's all free. Sunday Assembly Boston is a start-up congregation of Sunday Assembly. Our motto is to live better, help often and wonder more. We're all trying to make the most of this one life we know we have.
Blessing of the Animals
Sunday, October 5, 5-6 pm, First Parish of Brookline, 381 Walnut Street, Brookline
All are welcome to celebrate the gift of companion animals. We welcome your companion animal (leashed or caged please), pictures, stories, and memories. Face painting, mask making, music by the Soundcheck String Band, and treats for every being. Questions? Call Rev. Eliza at 774-551-6071.
New England Lutheran Campus Ministry Retreat
October 17-18, University Lutheran Church, Cambridge, MA
Students from several New England universities will gather at University Lutheran, Cambridge, for an overnight retreat of fun, fellowship, and reflection framed by the concept of "home." Home base for the retreat will be Harvard Square Homeless Shelter (that is housed at UniLu) which is in a break before reopening on November 1. Being at home, being displaced and finding shelter will be explored through different portals. Undergrads and graduate students are welcome. For more information, contact Pastor Kathleen Reed, kreed@unilu.org.
Challenging the Church: Postcolonial Practice of Ministry
Saturday, November 15, 9:30 am-3:30 pm, Episcopal Divinity School
Join us for this international conference of students, scholars, and pastoral leaders as we consider the future of postcolonial ministry across the globe. Participants will rethink the practice of ministry as Christian Society has become increasingly pluralistic. Panelists will address the themes of worship, interfaith collaboration, and pastoral leadership, and participants will learn practical approaches to renew and rejuvenate the church and their ministries.
A registration fee of $50 includes admissions to all panels and lunch. Admission without lunch is $40. To register, please visit eds.edu/postcolonial
Register for Interfaith Leadership Institute (ILI)
Registration is now open for the Winter ILIs
At the ILI, you'll be equipped with the skills to engage diverse religious and non-religious identities to build the interfaith movement on your campus. If you're a student, you'll build relationships across identities, tell powerful stories to bridge divides, and mobilize your campus through interfaith projects. If you're a staff or faculty member, you'll network with other higher education professionals, share ideas, and partner with your students to transform your campus. Register here.
- Atlanta - Friday, January 30th, - Sunday, February 1st, 2015
- Los Angeles - Saturday, February 14 - Monday, February 16th, 2015
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Weekly Gatherings
Buddhist: Thursdays, 8:30-10 am, Goddard Chapel; Sundays, 7 pm, Rabb Room, Lincoln-Filene Center
CAFE/Interfaith: Tuesdays (9/30, 10/14, 10/21, 11/11), 6 pm, MacPhie Conference Room, Dewick Dining Hall
Catholic: Mass: Sundays, 10 pm, Goddard Chapel
Christian Scientist: Please see website for student leader contact information.
Evangelical Protestant: Thursdays, 7:30-9 pm, Interfaith Center
Freethought/Humanist: Weekly Discussion Meetings: Thursdays, 7:30 pm, Eaton Hall 202; Please see their calendar for jam sessions, community dinners, and other events
Hindu: Tuesdays, 9-10:15 pm, Goddard Chapel
Jewish: Conservative & Reform Shabbat Services: Fridays, 6 pm; Saturdays, 10:30 am, Granoff Family Hillel Center; Hillel Shabbat Dinner: Fridays, 7:15 pm, Granoff Family Hillel Center; Chabad Shabbat Dinner: Fridays, 6:45 pm, Rohr Chabad House; Chabad Shabbat Service: Fridays, 7:30 pm, Rohr Chabad House
Latter Day Saints: Wednesdays, 9:15 pm, Hillside 120
Mainline/Progressive Protestant: Worship Service: Sundays, 7 pm, Goddard Chapel; Breakfast Book Group: TBD; Noonday Prayer and Lunch: Wednesdays, Noon, Interfaith Center; Spiritual Formation Small Group (Compline): Thursdays, 9:15 pm, Goddard Chapel
Muslim: Jumah Prayer: Fridays, 1:15 pm, Interfaith Center; Chaplain Facilitated Qur'an and Arabic Circles: Fridays, 2:15-3 pm, Interfaith Center
Orthodox Christian: Mondays, 8 pm, Campus Center, Room 207
Seventh Day Adventist: Mondays, 7-8 pm, Campus Center, Room 012
Unitarian Universalist: Thursdays, 8:30-9:30 pm, Interfaith Center
For information about communities not listed, please contact the University Chaplaincy at chaplaincy@tufts.edu
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Partner Programs
Many Stories, One Community
Thursday, September 25, 5:30, Metcalf Hall Lounge
Join us for a discussion about the Many Stories, One Community Orientation Program. This is a first year student opportunity to meet with MSOC panelists and Group of Six directors to ask questions and to talk about diversity and social justice as they relate to your own lives and your Tufts experience. Dinner will be provided. Email sjli@tufts.edu to RSVP or if you have any questions.
Consortium of Studies in Race, Colonialism, and Diaspora: Inaugural Celebration and Plenary
Tuesday, September 23, 5-7:30 pm, Sophia Gordon Hall
The Consortium of Studies in Race, Colonialism, and Diaspora (RCD) is the academic home for Africana, American, Asian American, Colonialism and Latino studies - all that programs that link innovative, progressive, and outstanding scholarship and learning on race, colonialism, and diaspora. We welcome all students, faculty and staff to a community celebration and interactive discussion, facilitated by program directors, about how our intersectionality and differences help us understand the study of race, colonialism, and diaspora in plural and more profound ways.Celebratory refreshments will be served!
Ferguson as Metaphor: Racial Equality in the 21st Century
Wednesday, September 24, 7 pm, Alumnae Lounge
This event will focus on the recent events in Ferguson, MO in an interactive format between a panel and the audience. It will probe the militarization of police departments, the state of black equality and leadership in America, and how to turn Ferguson from a moment into a sustained movement.
Please feel free to contact Theresa Sullivan (Theresa.Sullivan@tufts.edu) with any questions, and we look forward to seeing you soon.
Sponsored by the the Center for the Study of Race and Democracy.
Title IX Teach-In
October 3, 9 am-5 pm, Alumnae Lounge, 40 Talbot Ave, Medford Tufts University
What is Title IX? Come hear experts from all over the Boston area, including, Brandeis, Brown, Boston University, Harvard, and Tufts, exchange knowledge and complicate current issues surrounding Title IX. All are welcome. Remember to bring a bagged lunch!
Sessions will include:
- Title IX Dialogue
- Title IX and Campus Sexual Violence 101 Workshop
- Beyond Title IX Panel
- Trans* Student Rights and Title IX Panel
- Title IX Roundtable Discussions
For more information contact the Student Organizing Team at emily_k.bartlett@tufts.edu.
Counseling and Mental Health Services - Free and Confidential Groups
- Relationships Group: Fridays, 1:15-2:15 pm, 10/3/14-12/5/14
- Survivors Support Group: Education, Connection, Healing - Wednesdays, 12-1:15 pm, 10/15/14-12/3/14
- Healthy Body Image Group: Tuesdays, 3-4:30 pm, 9/30/14-11/18/14
- Returning Students Group: Wednesdays, 12-1:15 pm, 9/3/14-10/8/14
- Coping with Loss: Mondays, 12-1:15 pm, 10/8/14-12/3/14
- Lunchtime Connection: Coping with Loss Group - Monday, 12 pm, 9/29/14
- Connections: International Student Discussion Group: Fridays, 3:30-4:30 pm, 10/3, 11/7 &12/5
- Anxiety and Stress Reduction Group: Session 1 - Fridays 10/3/14-10/31/14, 10:30-11:45 am, Session 2 - Wednesdays, 11/5/14-12/10/14, 10:30-11:45 am
For more information on each group, click here.
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| Association for College and University Religious Affairs
Association for College and University Religious Affairs Annual Meeting
Sunday, October 26 - Tuesday, October 28, 2014
The Tufts University Chaplaincy is honored to be hosting the Annual Meeting of the Association for College and University Religious Affairs (ACURA) from Sunday, October 26 through Tuesday, October 28, 2014. ACURA is a national collegium of higher education chaplains and deans and directors of religious and spiritual life. It is an interfaith association that includes representatives of some 30 institutions and is open to all who are employed or appointed by universities and colleges to serve in these roles.
The meeting will start with dinner on October 26 and conclude after dinner on October 28. The theme of the meeting is "Borders, Frontiers, and Intersections in Higher Education Spiritual Life." We will focus on emerging areas of our work including: the spiritual but not religious, active citizenship and internationalism in a changing world, Humanism, and theological education for diverse chaplaincies. We will also have an opportunity to explore some of the history and culture of the Boston area, such as the Freedom Trail, the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum, and Concord sites such as the North Bridge, the Old Manse, and Walden Pond. It should be foliage season, which makes New England especially beautiful.
Click here for more information, including the meeting schedule.
For more information, please contact Zachary Cole at zachary.cole@tufts.edu.
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| About the University Chaplaincy Enews
The University Chaplaincy Enews is published weekly by the Tufts University Chaplaincy to promote programs and opportunities related to spirituality, ethics, culture, and social justice. To propose announcements for inclusion please contact chaplaincy@tufts.edu.
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The Tufts University Chaplaincy is a dynamic hub supporting religious, spiritual, ethical, and cultural life for all members of the Tufts community. We provide pastoral care, support religious and philosophical communities, educate about spiritual and ethical issues in society and the world, and promote multifaith engagement.
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