Spring Programs
Upcoming Events
February 26, 2019
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Where We Dwell Together: 16th Annual Interfaith Prayer
One of the most powerful commandments in our faiths is “love the stranger.” Welcoming difference in others is intimately connected to loving ourselves, in all our messiness and imperfection and humanity. How do we do the work of loving our neighbor as ourselves?
April 10, 2019
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Religion, Science and Ecology: Shared Responsibility for the Future
A Conference in Support of the Coalition of Massachusetts Religious Leaders and Scientists
April 25, 2019
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Feast of Faiths and Family
Annual student dialogue dinner and IFA awards
News
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Feed Your Neighbor 2019 packs 24,000 meals
Since we inaugurated this program in 2015 we have doubled our meal count.
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Temple Emanuel, Merrimack College students remember Crystal Night, precursor to the Holocaust
Exactly 80 years ago, Nazi thugs and paramilitary gangs attacked Jews throughout Germany, burning their synagogues, vandalizing their businesses and killing at least 91 of them.
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Merrimack’s J-C-M Center Hosted Conference on Thomas Merton
To mark the 50th anniversary of Trappist monk Thomas Merton’s death Dec. 10, 1968, the Center for the Study of Jewish-Christian-Muslim Relations held an all-day conference Oct. 16 on his life and work, focusing on his interfaith writings and relations.
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Past Events
February 6, 2019
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5th Annual “Feed Your Neighbor”
Join us again this year to pack 15,000 nutritious meals for the Merrimack Valley Food Bank at a time of year when supplies are low.
November 8, 2018
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“Shattered Glass, Shattered Lives: Annual Kristallnacht Commemoration”
Annual commemoration of Kristallnacht (November 9-10, 1938) and the Holocaust, with prayer and remembrance for victims and survivors of Genocides around the world.
November 2, 2018
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The Courage to Remember: The Holocaust 1933-1945
Commemorating Kristallnacht: November 9-10, 1938 - an exhibit at the McQuade Library
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The Courage to Remember: The Holocaust 1933-1945
Commemorating Kristallnacht: November 9-10, 1938 - an exhibit at the McQuade Library
October 16, 2018
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“Thomas Merton and the Religions: An Interfaith Conference on the 50th Anniversary of His Death”
Celebrate the life and legacy of Father Louis with preeminent scholars.
September 27, 2018
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“Just War and Just Warriors: An Abdelkader Lecture”
Major Matthew H. Peterson, Operations Officer, Marine Barracks Washington, D.C., will draw from various works to include the Bible and the Qu’ran, as well as moral arguments from various other sources, to address the topic of just and unjust wars.
April 23, 2018
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Feast of Faiths
Celebrate religious and cultural diversity at this student dialogue and award dinner. RSVP required.
March 20, 2018
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21st Annual Model Passover Seder
Rabbi Robert Goldstein presiding
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March 6, 2018
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“Where We Dwell Together”
15th Annual Interfaith Prayer
Join us in Shalom, Peace, Salaam, Shanti!
Rev. Ray Dlugos, OSA, presiding
Guest sermon by Rev. Mariama White-Hammond
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February 7, 2018
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“Think Globally/Act Locally: Feed Your Neighbor”
Join us again this year to pack 15,000 nutritious meals for the Merrimack Valley Food Bank at a time of year when supplies are low. One-hour shifts from 10am-4pm working side-by-side with our interfaith coalition of congregations and community organizations from around the Merrimack Valley.
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January 30, 2018
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Spirituality Series: Jewish Spirituality
With Rabbi Howard Mandell
December 5, 2017
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Spirituality Series: Islamic Spirituality
With Chaplain Shareda Hosein
December 1, 2017
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Celebrate Shabbat with Havurat Shalom
Join the oldest Jewish congregation in Andover as they welcome the Sabbath in the Thagaste Gallery of the Rogers Center for the Arts.
November 14, 2017
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“How Photography Can Be Used to Understand the Universe”
Spirituality and Art - Kevin Salemme’s Last Lecture
November 8, 2017
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“Shattered Glass, Shattered Lives: The Holocaust, the Hebrew Prophets and the Civil Rights Movement”
Prayer and remembrance for victims and survivors of Genocides, with Prof. Susannah Heschel. RSVP for a seat on the bus below.
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November 6, 2017
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“The Courage to Remember: The Holocaust 1933-1945”
Wiesenthal Center’s educational poster exhibit
Nov. 6th through Nov. 17th (See McQuade website for hours)
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“The Courage to Remember: The Holocaust 1933-1945”
Wiesenthal Center’s educational poster exhibit
McQuade Library, Nov. 6th-17th (See website for hours)
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October 30, 2017
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CANCELLED DUE TO POWER OUTAGE “Conflict and Communion: Toward 22nd Century Christianity”
500th Anniversary of the Protestant Reformation
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October 17, 2017
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Spirituality Series: Spirituality and Music
With Prof. Laura Pruett
October 7, 2017
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“Constructive Engagement in a Turbulent Environment”
Islamic Council of New England, 32nd Annual Conference
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