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Yale University
Chaplain's Office
Week of Feb 6, 2012
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Wow, what a great weekend! The 2nd Annual Interfaith Engagement Weekend brought people together from across Yale for series of bursting-at-the-seams events. Thanks to all of the students who made the weekend such a success!
There are a lot of great events in this week's newsletter. Highlights? Two new programs from the Chaplain's Office, Islamic Awareness Week, a healthy dose of sex, an anti-trafficking concert, theological approaches to environmentalism, and more.
A word about sex: We've heard it all before. Of the 30 or so religious professionals working on campus, there are 30 different viewpoints on the matter. If talking to a chaplain about relationships, intimate or otherwise, seems terrifying, it's not. Ask one this week about how to build a healthy relationship (intimate or otherwise). See, that wasn't so difficult. Isn't talking to adults fun?!
If you're looking for a religious or spiritual group on campus, take a look at this list or come talk to one of the staff in the Chaplain's Office. Have a great week everyone ! |
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Hot Off the Press! Two New Programs from the Chaplain's Office
Knitting Circle
Mondays 4-5pm
Breathing Space, Welch C
Join us for an hour of knitting, conversation, and snacks. Hosted by Ivy!
Art for the Soul
Tuesdays 4-5pm
Breathing Space, Welch C
Feeling overwhelmed?
Need to take a breather?
Want to step away from the books and create something beautiful for a change?
Longing to spend some quality time with your right brain?
Like tea, quiet, creativity, conversation?
Come to Art for the Soul, led by Kate Stratton, sponsored by the Yale Chaplain's Office!
What: Art for the Soul is an hour of meditative and creative spiritual engagement. Come and create a mandala or do a body drawing, make a God's eye or pray in color, write poetry with or without words... Each week will feature a different prayerful project, but all are welcome to follow their own creative impulses. Tea and hot chocolate provided. Conversation optional.
Questions? E-mail kate.stratton@gmail.com for more information.
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This Week with the Chaplain's Office
Multifaith Council
Mondays
Dinner served at 5:45pm
Conversation starts at 6pm
Chaplain's Office, Bingham D
Join us for dinner and conversations about faith, spirituality, meaning, ethics, and the big questions in life. Everyone from all traditions, perspectives, beliefs, doubts, etc are all very welcome. Hosted by the Chaplain's Office; contact nathaniel.deluca@yale.edu for more info.
Cookies and Coloring with the Chaplain
Breathing Space, Welch C
Enjoy a relaxing hour eating homemade cookies, coloring mandalas, and chatting with Sharon Kugler, the University Chaplain. Stop by for five minutes or the whole hour.
Integral Yoga Hatha
Fridays
12-1pm
Battell Chapel
Integral Yoga Hatha includes mantras (chanting), asanas (postures), pranayama (yogic breathing), yoga nidra (deep relaxation), and dhyana (meditation). Lead in an open, conversational style, this class is perfect for first time yogis and sannyasis alike. Yoga mats and blankets are provided. Please wear loose fitting, modest clothing. (P.S. If you want to do some karma yoga, sign up for this week's Do A 180). Taught by Nat 'Nataraja' DeLuca, Program Coordinator, Chaplain's Office. Nat is a certified Integral Yoga teacher.
Find Nataraja on Facebook
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Events this month from the Muslim Students Association
Islam Awareness Week
Monday Feb 6 - Friday Feb 10
MSA Meet and Greet On Monday, February 6th, at 6:30 p.m in the Ezra Stiles Common Room, the MSA will be hosting a Meet and Greet.This is a great opportunity for students from different backgrounds and faiths to come and get to know the Yale Muslim Students Association while enjoying delicious, free halal Turkish food. This event will kick-off Islamic Awareness Week, and we hope to use this opportunity to let everyone know about the week's events. All Muslims will be required to bring a non-Muslim to attend. Bring a friend, suitemate, classmate, or coworker! | |
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Events this month at Saint Thomas More Catholic Chapel & Center at Yale University
268 Park Street
stm.yale.edu
Concert: Not For Sale
FEBRUARY 15TH AT 7:00 PM
WITH ABOLITIONIST BAND "THE WRECKING" AND ETHAN BASTORE
Stand with those who are enslaved, work together to free them, and empower them in their freedom to break the cycle of vulnerability. The Not For Sale Campaign bridges knowledge to action. With our help, NFS is working to raise awareness and collective understanding about human slavery. But we live in a time and place where people are restless "to do something". In recognition of this desire to act NFS will be completing and distributing handbooks for action. What can you do? Information about "Not For Sale" and how you can get involved will be available that evening. For more information: katie.byrnes@yale.edu. Around the world people have taken notice: the breath of freedom is uniting people.
Songs for Soup Benefit Concert
SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 12TH AT 6:00 PM - ALL ARE WELCOME!
This year marks the 18th birthday of this extraordinary event which raises money
to keep our Soup Kitchen (in it's 28th year) and other social justice programs running!
*We are in need of auction items!
If you have an item or an experience you would like to donate or for more information
email: katie.byrnes@yale.edu.
Sexuality Workshop
Monday, February 13th at 6:00 pm
With Kerry Cronin Boston College's Philosophy Professor and Director of the Lonergan Center "The Imperfect Art of Dating: Hook Up Culture and the Lost Art of Dating"Kerry Cronin earned her BA and MA in Philosophy from Boston College and is presently working on her
doctorate in Higher Education Administration. Her research examines moral reasoning among traditional
aged college students, with a focus on students at Catholic universities. Professor Cronin has become known at Boston College as the "dating doctor," because of a talk she's developed on dating and relationships. She offers students a specific script for dating. Trained as a philosopher, Kerry is writing a doctoral dissertation on moral reasoning in higher education. Additionally, she works extensively with undergraduates in retreat programs at
BC and is a regular speaker on campus, addressing topics of student formation and culture. ALL STUDENTS are invited to attend this workshop with Professor Cronin in the dining hall about sex, dating and the hook-up culture. Dinner will be served.
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Events this Month at the Joseph Slifka Center for Jewish Life at Yale
Judaism and Environmental Ethics
Curious about what the Jewish tradition h
as to say about ecology? Join us for a three part series on the emerging relationship between Judaism and modern environmental issues
Dates: Thursday evenings February 9th, 16th, 23rd
Time: 7:15-8:30
Place: The Slifka Center
Library, 3rd Floor. (80 Wall St. )
Co-taught by Dr. Willis Jenkins, Assistant Professor at Yale Divinity and Forestry Schools and Rabbi Noah Cheses, Associate Rabbi at the Slifka Center
Contact: Noah.Cheses@yale.edu
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Events this Month with the Lutheran Campus Ministry and the Episcopal Church at Yale
Theological Coffee House
Thursday February 9
6:30 PM
Luther House, 27 High Street
Conversation with Dr. Dale Martin on the topic, "Sexuality and Religion".
Dr. Martin is Professor of Religious Studies at Yale and author of the
book "Sex and the Single Savior"
Snacks and beverages will be
served.
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Weekly Wisdom The curious paradox is that when I accept myself for who I am, then I can change. -Carl Rogers |
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Nathaniel DeLuca
Program Coordinator
Chaplain's Office Yale University
203-432-1128
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