Archive: Interfaith
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Our Interfaith Response to Islamophobia
Last month, after the tragic events in Paris, Beirut, Egypt, and Iraq, I wrote to the Muslim community, expressing our solidarity with them. In that letter, I wrote on behalf of…
December 7, 2015
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Thanksliving – It’s the New Thanksgiving
Gratitude was a big theme at Campus Ministry’s annual Interfaith Thanksgiving Dinner—an event I’d been looking forward to ever since the first pumpkins started cropping up on…
December 7, 2015
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O’Brien Expresses Solidarity With Muslim Community
Vice President for Mission and Ministry Fr. Kevin O’Brien, S.J. penned a letter in support of Georgetown’s Muslim community Thursday, emphasizing the university’s commitment to…
November 30, 2015
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At Campus Vigils, Community Reflects
Around 250 students and community members gathered in remembrance of the victims of last week’s terror attacks in Paris, Beirut and Baghdad at an interfaith prayer vigil held…
November 17, 2015
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A Pastoral Letter to the Georgetown Community
To the Georgetown Faith Communities: Racial intolerance and discrimination are significant realities in many students’ experience at universities across the country. The protests…
November 13, 2015
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A Glimpse into the Chaplains’ Teas from Behind the Lens
Despite having worked at Campus Ministry for at least half a semester, this fall was the first time I had the opportunity to attend Campus Ministry’s famous Chaplains’ Tea. But,…
October 23, 2015
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An Opportunity for Peace (Eid/Yom Kippur Break Fast)
Eid al-Adha and Yom Kippur overlap once every 33 years, and I was lucky enough to be in Georgetown when both holidays coincided this year. Days before the two holidays, I…
October 23, 2015
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An ESCAPE from the Georgetown Bubble
I didn’t realize how much I missed a clear view of the night sky. The first month of my freshman year at Georgetown was so full of friends to make, classes and clubs to start and…
October 22, 2015
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The Georgetown Village Well
The concept of a “well talk” intrigued me. I imagined an old well in the middle of a town square, one used constantly by all the villagers. Used for all daily life activities,…
October 8, 2015
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What Does It Mean to Say “I’m Sorry”? (An Interfaith Voices Interview with Rabbi Rachel Gartner)
Check out this wonderful podcast from Interfaith Voices with special guest, Rabbi Rachel Gartner , Director of Jewish Life. This year, as Yom Kippur gets closer, a lot of people…
September 18, 2015