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Sacred Spaces, Religious Texts and Social Change: Delmas Foundation Grant Supports Religion Department Collaboration With German Scholars
Syracuse University’s Department of Religion has received a $4,000 grant from the Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation to support a collaboration with the Center for Religious Studies (CERES) at Ruhr University Bochum in Germany. SU will host a symposium with German…
Hendricks Chapel Student Leaders, Chaplains, Staff to Attend Parliament of the World’s Religions
Over the course of the next week, a cohort of student leaders, chaplains and staff from Hendricks Chapel will attend the largest interfaith conference in the world, the Parliament of the World’s Religions. The parliament includes representation from dozens of…
All Saints Day Masses for 2018
The Syracuse University Catholic Community will celebrate two Masses for the Solemnity of All Saints Day this year. The first will be held Thursday, Nov. 1 at 12:10 p.m. in Hendricks Chapel. That evening, Mass will take place at 7 p.m….
Understanding Islam Series Presents a Comprehensive Look at Islam
Understanding Islam, a seven-week series that presents a comprehensive look at Islam through lectures and discussions, begins on Tuesday, Oct. 2, with an opening welcome by Brian Konkol, dean of Hendricks Chapel. These gatherings are intended for all members of the…
SCOTUS Cake Case Straddled Two First Amendment Clauses – Decision Focused on One
In a 7-2 decision today, the Supreme Court ruled in favor of a Colorado baker who refused to bake a cake for a same-sex couple on grounds that it went against his religion. Associate professor Roy Gutterman is director of…
Honorary Degree Recipient Bishop Borys Gudziak, President of Ukrainian Catholic Church, to Give May 8 Lecture
Borys Gudziak ’80—bishop of the Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Saint Vladimir the Great of Paris, director of external relations for the Greek Catholic Church and president of the Ukrainian Catholic University in L’viv, Ukraine—will speak on Tuesday, May 8, from…
Thompson Details an Outsiders Visit to Motherhouse
Margaret Susan Thompson, a Maxwell professor of history and political science, recently wrote an article for the Global Sisters Report that detailed her outsider experience of spending time with different motherhouses. Her story also dives into the idea of an…
How Billy Graham Contributed to Social Change, and Reached Across Lines of Demarcation
Rev. Billy Graham has died at the age of 99. He was one of the most well-known Christian evangelists in the United States and in the world. Margaret Thompson is an associate professor of history and political science in the Maxwell…
Ash Wednesday Schedule Announced
Ash Wednesday is Feb. 14. Ashes will be distributed at times from 8 a.m. through 8 p.m. at both Hendricks Chapel (main chapel) and at the Catholic Center, 110 Walnut Place. Times and locations are as follows: From 8-8:25 a.m.,…
Six-Week Series on Understanding Islam Begins Jan. 31
Understanding Islam, a six-week series that will present a comprehensive look at Islam through lectures and discussions, will begin on Wednesday, Jan. 31. The program is facilitated by Muslim Chaplain Amir Duric, and will be held on Wednesdays from 6-7:30…