2019-2020 Programs
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“Caring for Our Common Home” has been cancelled.
Merrimack College has cancelled campus-wide events with 50+ people through April 6th, which includes our March 19th conference on “Caring for Our Common Home: Ethical and Scientific Approaches.” We are in conversation about presenting this important program at a later time and will update this page as we have more information.
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Feed Your Neighbor packed 32K meals!
Building community through service, our interfaith coalition of volunteers broke last year’s record of 24K meals.
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Call for Papers: “Jerusalem in Memory and Eschatology”
For a conference which will convene in Jerusalem from May 25-28, 2020
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Past Events
March 19, 2020
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CANCELED: Caring for Our Common Home: Ethical and Scientific Approaches
***EVENT IS CANCELED***A Conference in Support of the Coalition of Massachusetts Religious Leaders and Scientists
March 2, 2020
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Where We Dwell Together: 17th Annual Interfaith Prayer
We welcome you to our annual prayer service in which we celebrate the Golden Rule in the world’s many faith traditions and honor the Divine Spark in one another.
February 4, 2020
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Feed Your Neighbor
Join us for our 6th annual interfaith meal-packing program. We need volunteers and funds to pack 24,000 healthy meals for the Merrimack Valley Food Bank.
November 13, 2019
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“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.
November 8, 2019
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The Courage to Remember: The Holocaust 1933-1945
This educational poster series created by the Wiesenthal Center offers compelling, new insights into the Holocaust.
October 29, 2019
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“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.
October 2, 2019
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Environmental Movie Night: Fire & Flood
Queer Resilience in the Era of Climate Change
September 26, 2019
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Environmental Movie Night: Empowered - Power from the People
Part of the Environmental Movie Series. Documentary telling the story of Tompkins County, NY residents who are meeting their own energy needs through renewable resources. Screenings are held at 7 p.m. in McQuade Auditorium, Lower Level. Snacks provided!
September 24, 2019
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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.
May 2, 2019
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Goldziher Prize 2019 Award Ceremony
At the National Press Club in Washington, DC
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
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?
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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