Past News and Information Items

May 2008
2008 Commencement Weekend Religious Services Schedule, Friday, May 23, to Sunday, May 25

April 2008
The Fourth Annual Interlandi Weekend on Contemplative Studes, Friday, April 25, to Monday, April 28
(click here for a full schedule and registration information)
2008 Interfaith Student Leadership Award Nominations Deadline Extended to Monday, April 14

March 2008
Holy Week Services at Brown University: March 16 through March 21
Experiencing Breakthroughs, Not Breakdowns, March 10
A Talk with Chet Manchester, Monday, March 10, 7:00 p.m., Petteruti Lounge, Faunce House. Sponsored by the Christian Science Society
God Pursues Us Every Day, March 6
A Talk with Despina Prassas, Thursday, March 6, 4:00 p.m., Petteruti Lounge, Faunce House. Sponsored by the Orthodox Christian Fellowship

February 2008
Unity Worship Service, Sunday, February 24: Allen D. Callahan of Seminário Teológico Batista de Nordeste in Brazil to Preach
Members from the Axis of Evil Comedy Tour Come to Brown University, Friday, February 22: Tour's Leader Maz Jobrani to Give the 2008 K. Brooke Anderson Memorial Lecture @12:00 p.m.; Tour Members Jobrani, Kader, and Obeidallah to Perform for Brown Campus @9:30 p.m.
Photo to right: Maz Jobrani
Ash Wednesday, February 6: Lent Begins @ Brown University with Ash Wednesday Service @ 12:00 p.m., Manning Chapel
Acclaimed Organist James David Christie to Give the 2008 Lownes
Memorial Organ Concert Sunday, February 3 @ 4:00 p.m., Sayles Hall

January 2008
Religion and the Environment: An Interfaith Discussion @ 4:30 p.m.,
List Hall 110, 64 College Street
Internationally Renowned Choreographer Liz Lerman Will Present a
Speak @ 5:00 p.m., List Art Center, 65 College Street

December 2007
Sunday, December 2, Brown University's 91st Service of Lessons and Carols
4:00 p.m., Sayles Hall, The College Green

October 2007
Providence College President, Brian J. Shanley, O.P., to Present Annual Becket Lecture, Friday, October 19, 4:00 p.m., Petteruti Lounge, Faunce House
Peter Beinart of The New Republic and Rabbi Alan Lew Are Featured Speakers at Brown Hillel, Thursday, October 18 through Saturday, October 20, 80 Brown Street

September 2007
Religious Service Schedule during Orientation Week, Sunday, September 2 through Sunday, September 9
First Service: Roman Catholic Mass, Sunday, September 2, 10:30 a.m., Manning Chapel, Second Floor

May 2007
OCRL 2007 Religious Life Awards
2007 Commencement Weekend Religious Services, Friday, May 25, to Sunday, May 27
Associate Chaplain Allen D. Callahan Latest Work The Talking Book: African Americans and the Bible Now Available

April 2007
Special Announcement, April 16, A Vigil for Virginia Tech
The Office of the Chaplains and Religious Life will sponsor a vigil tonight, Monday, April 16, 9:30 p.m., at Manning Chapel for the students and faculty of Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University.
Thursday Night Supper Will Conclude for the Spring Semester with a 40th-Anniversary Celebration on April 26
Student Interfaith Leadership Award Nomination Deadline Extended to Monday, April 23, 5:00 p.m.
Thursday Night Supper for April 19 Features Rhode Island Corrections Director A. T. Wall
Thursday Night Supper for April 12 Features Noted Scientist and Theologian Sjoerd Bonting
Holy Week Services in Manning Chapel, April 1 to April 10, 2007
Visit Brown Hillel's "Passover Central" Website: Learn about Pesach, a Community Seder with Honored Guest President Ruth Simmons, and Passover Meals
Episcopals@Brown Sponsor Taizé Worship during Lent 2007, Fridays, 5:30 p.m., Manning Chapel

March 2007
Thursday Night Supper, 3/15: Join Us for a Discussion with Martin Bell, a Member of Brown's Class of 2010 and a U.S. Veteran
A Feast for Winter-Weary Souls: Programs for Contemplation and Inspiration in March: See Schedule
M. Shawn Copeland of Boston College to Present the 2007 Becket Lecture, March 16 (see photo to right)
Third Annual Mary Interlandi '05 Memorial Lecture and Retreat, March 18 and 19: Sharon Salzberg on "Lovingkindness"
Thursday Night Supper, 3/8: Join Us for a Discussion with Ivy Booth of Whitmarsh Corporation, which works with at-risk male youths in Rhode Island
Thursday Night Supper, 3/1: Join us for a Discussion with OCRL's Henry Bodah on Traditional Just War Theory and the War in Iraq

February 2007
Thursday Night Supper, 2/22: Join us for a Discussion with Brown Undergrad and Cancer Survivor Peter Rastelli
Thursday Night Supper, 2/15: Join us for a Discussion with Elizabeth Spring on "Astrology; Myth, Magic, and Mystery”
Thursday Night Supper, 2/8: Join us for a Discussion with Brown Professor James T. Campbell on "Facing History: Reflections on the Work of Brown's Steering Committee on Slavery and Justice"
OCRL Joins AIDS Care Ocean State for Winter Clothes Drive, 1/29 to 2/2
Thursday Night Suppers Get Underway for Spring Semester with "Cooking for the Soul," February 1
Matteo Imbruno to Give the Edgar John Lownes Memorial Organ
Concert, Sunday, February 4, 4:00 p.m., Sayles Hall

December 2006
December 3: Brown University's Annual Service of Lessons and Carols, 4:00 p.m., Sayles Hall, The College Green
November 30 to December 3: Multi-Faith Council Sponsors Religious Service Exchange

November 2006
November 11 to 13: International Conference on The Jerusalem Perspective: 150 Years of Archaeological Research
November 14 to 18: Chenrezig Mandala to be Created/Dismantled in Lower Manning
November 16: Thursday Night Supper at 40: Final Fall 2006 Supper Features Annie Doran of Fairloom (Spring 2007 schedule forthcoming)

October 2006
Brown's Multiracial Heritage Week Continues through Thursday, October 26
Brown Muslim Student Association to Sponsor FAST-A-THON, Saturday, October 14

September 2006
Brown Remembers 9/11: A Service on Monday, September 11, 2006, Manning Chapel, 12:30 p.m.
Religious Services at Brown Commence on September 1

August 2006
Rumee Ahmed Appointed as Brown's First Muslim Chaplain
Summer Religous Services of Neighboring Religious Communities

April 2006
Brown Hindu Group: Discussion Group on The Bhagavad Gita begins
First Islam in Practice Lecture: "Reproducing Muslims," April 24
Me and the Mosque: A Film Screening and Lecture: April 28
Interfaith House and Brown Amnesty International sponsor Games Night for Religious Freedom, 4/8, 10pm-1am, Diman Lounge
Senior OCRL Awards 2006 Nomination Form Available, Due 4/ 10, 5pm (deadline extended--Interfaith Leadership Award, Manning Medal, and Levi C. Adams Citation)

March 2006
OCRL Events 3/10-3/13: A Feast for the Winter-Weary Soul
Abbot Thomas Keating, OCSO, to Present Second Annual Interlandi Lecture (3/13) and Retreat (3/12)
Becket Lecture: Felipe Fernández-Armesto, “How to Be Human...," 3/10

February 2006
StillSpeaking Director Ron Buford to Speak on 2/27
Photos from President Ruth Simmons' Talk at Thursday Supper

January 2006
Memorial Service for Luis Pagan

December 2006
Annual Service of Lessons and Carols

November 2005
Claudio Astronio Organ Recital
The Performance of SPIRITUALS, GOSPEL & HIP HOP

October 2005
Parents' Weekend Programs and Services
A Series of Presentations by the Rev. William Wipfler, the former Director of the Latin American Department, National Council of Churches
The Annual October 31 Midnight Organ Recital

September 2005
Brown Katrina Disaster Response Site | List of relief organizations

August 2005
University Organist Mark Steinbach to perform two recitals; will perform at International Organ Festival of the Netherlands