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2019-2020 Programs

Upcoming Events

September 24, 2019

Caring for Our Common Home: Ecology Walk for the Campus

Join us in Shalom, Peace, Salaam, Shanti!

Local faith leaders will speak at each stop, with reflections on caring for our campus, each other, and the Earth as we enter a new year together.
- Location
- McQuade Library, followed by an Eco Walk through campus
- Time
- 5:00pm to 7:00pm
- RSVP
- Calendar

October 29, 2019

“Of Gods and Men” film screening

“Des Hommes et des Dieux” is based on the true story of eight French Christian monks who live in harmony with their Muslim neighbors in Tibhirine, Algeria, from 1993 until their kidnapping in 1996.
- Location
- Crowe Hall 126
- Time
- 7:00pm to 9:00pm
- RSVP
- Calendar

November 13, 2019

“Shattered Glass, Shattered Lives”

Annual commemoration of Kristallnacht (November 9-10, 1938) and the Holocaust, with prayer and remembrance for victims and survivors of Genocides around the world.
- Location
- Temple Emanu-El, 514 Main Street, Haverhill, MA 01830
- Time
- 7:00pm to 8:00pm
- RSVP
- Calendar

News

Austin Scholars Join Celebration of New University in Bogotá
May 15, 2019

Three students from Merrimack College’s Austin Scholars living-learning community recently traveled to Bogotá, Colombia with the program’s director, Sr. Jeanne Gribaudo, C.S.J., and professor Joseph Kelley to attend a conference with Augustinian scholars from the Americas, Europe and the Philippines as part of a celebration marking the opening of the Order of St. Augustine’s newest university.

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Science and Faith Come Together in Search of Solutions to Climate Change
April 15, 2019

For organizers of the April 10 conference “Religion, Science and Ecology: Shared Responsibility for the Future,” it is time for science and religion to work together in saving our planet from climate change.

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Former EPA Chief to Speak at Merrimack Conference
April 8, 2019

Former EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy will be the keynote speaker Wednesday at Merrimack’s Religion, Science and Ecology conference.

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Past Events

May 2, 2019

Goldziher Prize 2019 Award Ceremony

At the National Press Club in Washington, DC
- Location
- National Press Club, 529 14th Street N.W. Washington, D.C., 20045
- Time
- 6:00pm to 8:00pm
- RSVP
- Calendar

April 10, 2019

Religion, Science and Ecology: Shared Responsibility for the Future

A Conference in Support of the Coalition of Massachusetts Religious Leaders and Scientists
- Location
- Cascia Hall and Rogers Center for the Arts
- Time
- 11:30am to 8:00pm
- Calendar

February 26, 2019

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?
- Location
- Cascia Hall
- Time
- 7:00pm to 8:00pm
- Calendar

February 6, 2019

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.
- Location
- Sakowich Campus Center, MPR (multi-purpose room)
- Time
- 10:00am to 4:00pm
- Calendar

November 8, 2018

“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.
- Location
- Temple Emanuel, 7 Haggetts Pond Road, Andover
- Time
- 7:00pm
- Calendar

November 2, 2018

The Courage to Remember: The Holocaust 1933-1945

Commemorating Kristallnacht: November 9-10, 1938 - an exhibit at the McQuade Library
- Location
- McQuade Library
- Time
- 7:30am to 5:00pm
- Calendar
The Courage to Remember: The Holocaust 1933-1945

Commemorating Kristallnacht: November 9-10, 1938 - an exhibit at the McQuade Library
- Location
- McQuade Library
- Time
- All Day
- Calendar

October 16, 2018

“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.
- Location
- Crowe Hall
- Time
- 8:30am to 5:00pm
- Calendar

September 27, 2018

“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.
- Location
- Cascia Hall
- Time
- 7:00pm to 8:00pm
- Calendar

April 23, 2018

Feast of Faiths

Celebrate religious and cultural diversity at this student dialogue and award dinner. RSVP required.
- Location
- Merrimack Club, Sakowich Campus Center
- Time
- 5:00pm to 7:00pm
- Calendar

March 20, 2018

21st Annual Model Passover Seder

Rabbi Robert Goldstein presiding
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- Location
- Murray Lounge in the Sakowich Center
- Time
- 2:00pm to 3:30pm
- Calendar

March 6, 2018

“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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- Location
- Cascia Hall
- Time
- 7:00pm to 8:00pm
- Calendar

February 7, 2018

“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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- Location
- MPR in the Sakowich Campus Center
- Time
- 10:00am to 4:00pm
- Calendar

January 30, 2018

Spirituality Series: Jewish Spirituality

With Rabbi Howard Mandell
- Location
- Stevens Auditorium, Cushing Hall
- Time
- 7:00pm
- Calendar

December 5, 2017

Spirituality Series: Islamic Spirituality

With Chaplain Shareda Hosein
- Location
- Stevens Auditorium, Cushing Hall
- Time
- 7:00pm
- Calendar

December 1, 2017

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.
- Location
- Thagaste Gallery, Rogers Center for the Arts
- Time
- 7:00pm to 8:30pm
- Calendar

November 14, 2017

“How Photography Can Be Used to Understand the Universe”

Spirituality and Art - Kevin Salemme’s Last Lecture
- Location
- Cascia Hall
- Time
- 7:30pm
- Calendar

November 8, 2017

“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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- Location
- Temple Emanuel Andover*
- Time
- 7:00pm to 8:00pm
- Calendar

November 6, 2017

“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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- Location
- McQuade Library
- Time
- All Day
- Calendar
“The Courage to Remember: The Holocaust 1933-1945”

Wiesenthal Center’s educational poster exhibit
McQuade Library, Nov. 6th-17th (See website for hours)
.
- Location
- McQuade Library
- Time
- All Day
- Calendar

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