Spring 2019 Religion Matters Events!

Religion Matters – Spring 2019

Visit a Mosque With The MSA!

Sat, March 9 @ 10:30 a.m.

Off Campus Excursion

Presented by the Muslim Student Association: Do you need a site visit for your religion class? Or do you just want to learn more about Islamic culture? This is a great opportunity to go with a group! METROCARDS will be provided for advance sign ups. Contact the MSA asap!

WAGS Brown Bag Talk: Dr. Natalia Imperatori-Lee

Wed, March 13 @ 12 p.m.

Cornerstone (Miguel Hall 2nd Floor)

We Remember with Reverence and Love: American Jews and the Myth of Silence after the Holocaust, 1945–1962

Tues, March 26 @ 7 p.m.

Kelly Commons 5C

Presented by Hasia Diner, Ph.D., the Paul and Sylvia Steinberg Professor of American Jewish History and Professor of Hebrew at New York University.

Annual Aquinas Lecture

Thurs, April 4 @ 4 p.m.

Hayden 100

Presented by Dr. Richard Emmerson, Dean Emeritus of MC’s School of Liberal Arts. Based on his book Apocalypse Illuminated: The Visual Exegesis of Revelation in Medieval Illuminated Manuscripts.

Islamic Awareness Week

April 8- April 12

(multiple events)

Faked Out: Pope Francis and the Ethics of Public Discourse

Fri, April 15 @ 12 p.m.

Hayden 100

A presentation by Dr. Stephen Okey, Assistant Professor of Philosophy, Theology, and Religion at Saint Leo University. How do we ethically navigate the media and communication landscape in an era of fake news?

2019 Induction Ceremony: Theta Alpha Kappa Religious Studies Honor Society

Tues, April 30 @ 4 PM

Alumni Room (O’Malley Library)

Commemorating Yom Hashoah, Holocaust Remembrance Day

Tues, April 30 @ 7 p.m.

Kelly Commons 5A

With Marty Brounstein, the author of Two Among the Righteous Few: A Story of Courage in the Holocaust