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Colgate Faith Week Planned

Mon, Mar 14, 2011

When Colgate students return from break, they will come back to Faith Week 2011: Nourishing Body and Soul, which runs from Monda through March 27.

A variety of faith-related activities are planned. They include:

Monday 3/21

4:15  — Writing as a Spiritual Practice with author Merle Feld

COOP conference room  (dinner included)  

A hands-on workshop exploring simple writing exercises, revisiting  past experiences, encouraging curiosity, and enjoying the gift of quiet time to explore our spiritual selves. Pre-registration requested. Email snathan@colgate.edu by Thursday 3/17.


Tuesday 3/22

11:30 —Judaism, Women, Food, Hospitality & Contradictions with Merle Feld

Women’s Studies Center (East Hall)
Someone's in the kitchen banging those pots and pans!  Does she want to be? Or not? Does she know? How do we figure it all out? A cliffhanger - stay tuned!

4:15 — Holy Moments Every Day with Merle Feld,  Persson Auditorium

The life of the soul is actually located in the ordinary, daily moments of our lives. Those are the moments lifted up in Merle Feld's poetry.

6:00  —  Sexuality Gender and Faith – Dinner and Discussion – Chapel Garden Level

An opportunity to discuss faith, gender and sexuality for members of the LGBTQ community, allies, or those who have difficulty reconciling their gender and/or sexual identity.

Wednesday 3/23

 4:30  — Zen Meditation 101, Judd Chapel (downstairs in the Memorial Chapel)

Zen is the experience of being awake, in this very moment. Simple techniques and skills to practice formal seated Zen (Za-Zen) to bring clarity and joy into daily life will be taught.  

7:00  — Repaint Jesus, ALANA Cultural Center

Pastor Eric Samuel Timm uses scriptural texts to unmask the importance of “painting” Jesus correctly to our family, church family, community and the world.

Thursday 3/24

8:30 AM — Advanced Yoga, Clark Lounge  (HOP)

Learn intermediate and advanced posture and breathing techniques to focus and expand your awareness and relax. Aimed for practitioners with some experience, but all are welcome.

12:15  — Heretics Lunch - Stretching the Body and Soul: Yoga as Spiritual Practice, Chapel Garden Level

Explore ancient yoga maps that describe the different layers that make up who we are. Learn about a 5,000 year old science of what it means to be alive and human.

4:30 — Yoga for All, Clark Lounge

Learn Hatha Yoga physical postures (asana), breathing exercises (pranayama), and meditation (dhyana). This class will get you moving, breathing and tuning into the subtle rhythms of your body. All levels of experience welcome.

7:00 — Film Screening:  Babette’s Feast, Lathrop 209

This award-winning 1987 Danish film tells the story of two pious Christian sisters and Babette, the woman who is to prepare for them a “real Parisian dinner.”  The film unfolds in the preparation and serving of an extraordinary banquet of royal dimensions in the unpainted austerity of the sisters' rustic home.

Friday March 25

3:00 — Stepping Across Western-Muslim Divides:  Muslim Culture and Food,  Donovan’s Pub

Professor Emilio Spadola will talk about the use of Muslim food and culture as a way of exploring the divides and the connections between East and West.

 Weekend Worship

Friday 5:00 PM Shabbat Services/6:00 Shabbat Dinner at the Saperstein Jewish Center

Sunday 12:00 noon – University Church (Protestant) Services – Memorial Chapel

Sunday 6:30 & 10:00 PM – Catholic Mass – Memorial Chapel

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