Brown University’s Office of the Chaplains and Religious Life and the Multifaith Council announces a series of events from Wednesday, March 4, through Sunday, March 8, celebrating the fifth anniversary of Interfaith House and its receipt of the Alexander George Teitz Memorial Award from the Touro Synagogue Foundation of Newport, Rhode Island.
All events are on the Brown University camps and are free and open to the public.
Wednesday, March 4, 7:30–9:00 p.m., List Art Building 120, 64 College Street
“What Does It Mean to Be American?: An Afghani-American Woman’s Journey"
A lecture by Nobel Peace Prize Nominee Maryam Qudrat Aseel, an activist and spokesperson in the Afghan-American and Muslim communities.
Thursday, March 5, Thursday Night Interfaith Supper, 5:00–6:30 p.m.,
58 Keene Street, Providence, the home of the Janet Cooper Nelson, Chaplain of the University
Celebrate Interfaith House’s Fifth Anniversary
Thursday March 5, 7:00 p.m., List Art Building 120, 64 College Street
Panel Discussion with Brown Alumni Working in the Field of Religion,
Panelists: Laura Geller ‘71, Jewelnel Davis ’79, Greg McGonigle ‘00, David Coolidge ’01,
and Nathan Schneider ‘06
Moderator: Missy Daniel, Editor of PBS's Religion and Ethics and NewsWeekly
The panelists will discuss issues of religion in the academy, and the larger challenges of religious literacy and
co-existence in society. The Alexander George Teitz Memorial Award for Religious Freedom and Tolerance from the Touro Synagogue Foundation of Newport, Rhode Island, will be presented to Interfaith House members.
Friday, March 6, 11:30 a.m.–1:00 p.m., Faculty Club
Faculty-Student Lunch and Discussion about Faith in the Classroom
RSVP required, 401.863.2344 or email chelsea_waite@brown.edu.
Saturday, March 7, 4:00–6:00 p.m., Diman House, Wriston Quad
Interfaith House Birthday Party
Saturday, March 7, 7:00 p.m.–8:30 p.m., Manning Chapel
"The Sound of Icons," a concert of Orthodox Sacred Chant in English
Boston Byzantine Choir
Sponsored by the Orthodox Christian Student Association
Religious Services from March 4 to March 8:
Friday, March 6, 12:00 p.m., Roman Catholic Mass, Manning Chapel
Friday, March 6, 1:15 p.m., Jummah Khutbah Prayers, Brown Muslim Student Center
Friday, March 6, 6:00 p.m. and 7:30 p.m., Shabbat Services (6:00 p.m.) and Shabbat Dinner (7:30 p.m.),
Brown Hillel, 60 Brown Street
Friday, March 6, 7:00 p.m., College Hill for Christ Meeting, 168 Lloyd Street
Sunday March 8, 10:30. a.m. and 8:30 p.m., Roman Catholic Masses, Manning Chapel
Sunday, March 8, 11:00 a.m., Christian Science Society of Providence Meeting, 411 J. Walter Wilson Building, OCRL
Sunday, March 8, 12:30 p.m., A Call to Worship (a progressive ecumenical Protestant worship service),
Manning Chapel
Interfaith House Ponder, 6:00–7:00 p.m., Diman Lounge, Wriston Quad
Brown University Unitarian Universalist Group Meeting, 6:00–7:00 p.m., First Unitarian Church, next to Keeney and Benevolent Streets
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