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CATHEDRAL COLLEGE LECTURES AND PROGRAMS One Sky: Solving Climate Change Together Come hear Majora Carter, Sustainable South Bronx founder and MacArthur genius grant recipient’s powerful vision of “green for all” along with the visionary voices and pragmatic activism of K.C. Golden, a Seattle-based climate policy expert, and Betsy Taylor, chair of the 1 Sky Campaign, hosted by the Cathedral’s canon pastor the Rev. Eugene Sutton. Proceeds will benefit Greater Washington Interfaith Power and Light and the Green Cathedral initiatives. Working with Our Enemies: Finding Freedom from Hostility and Fear Two of America’s most prominent Buddhist teachers, scholar Bob Thurman and acclaimed lovingkindness meditation teacher Sharon Salzberg will tackle the mighty spiritual challenge of enemies in this combination lecture and workshop offering. An interfaith offering of the Cathedral College, this program is co-sponsored with the Insight Meditation Community of Washington. For more information about IMCW, go to www.imcw.org SHORT COURSES AND RETREATS Experiencing the Holy: Cathedral Architecture and Worship as Art Join Cathedral conservator John Runkle in examining the relationship between faith, liturgy, symbolism, and the design of worship space in this three-week series, back by popular demand.
SEMESTER COURSES 15-week course beginning Tuesday, January 8, Registration for this course is separate from that for Fall Programs: 17-week course beginning Wednesday, January 30 Registration for this course is separate from that for Spring Programs: 11-week course beginning Wednesday, January 30 Sojourners’ Jack Pannell and the Cathedral’s Canon Missioner, William Barnwell lead a study of race, racism, and reconciliation through the exploration of short stories, memoirs, essays, and sermons. RECENT OFFERINGS The Echo in the Well: The Secret Voices of Everyday Life In corporate settings and wilderness retreats alike, Whyte invites us to drop into our inner depths to receive the nourishment of the universal, and listen for the directions of the heart we find there in response; the soul’s wisdom dares us to find the true ways forward at work, home and in the global challenges we face. Song as Spiritual Practice In an evening of communion through music, people gathered to sing hymns and experience the possibility for renewal and reinvigoration of worship through song, with John Bell, innovative composer and musician from the Iona Community in Scotland. Event was free and open to the public Traces of the Trade: A Story from the Deep North In the feature documentary Traces of the Trade: A Story from the Deep North, producer/director Katrina Brown tells the story of her New England ancestors, the largest slave-trading family in U.S. history. This event was co-sponsored by the Committee on Racial Reconciliation of the Diocese of Washington. Screening was free and open to the public. MLK’s Nonviolence: Asleep After 40 Years? Taylor Branch, author of the trilogy America in the King Years, gave a public lecture on Martin Luther King, Jr. Lecture was free and open to the public. Watch the lecture on-demand (Windows Media Player). James Carroll’s Constantine’s Sword James Carroll, award winning author and columnist hosted a screening and discussion of the film James Carroll’s Constantine’s Sword, a new documentary film by Oren Jacoby, which explores the roots of religiously inspired contempt and violence. This event was a Special Advance Screening in partnership with First Run Features before the national theatrical release of the film in April 2008. Lifting the Veil on Addiction From his personal experience, first made public in father Bill Moyer’s PBS series “Close to Home,” William Moyers carries the message of his spiritual recovery from drug addiction. Come into community this night to hear a true story openly told of the power of addiction, and the promise and possibility for recovery that can transform individuals and our society. Watch the lecture on-demand (Windows Media Player). Fire And Water: Meeting the Spirit, Renewing Baptism The baptismal covenant is gradually returning to the center of the Church's life, but the deeper work of restoring baptismal spirituality has only just begun. Trace paths of imagination, poetry, prayer, and theology to renew the sacramental life and prayer of our churches. Finding God Through Beauty Esther de Waal, Anglican scholar, illustrates the power beauty has to transform the material world into divine expression throughout history. Religion & Violence: Untangling the Roots of Conflict James Carroll, James H. Cone, Susannah Heschel, and Tariq Ramadan were available via live webcast from Trinity Wall Street, New York, as they addressed the paradox of the faithful raising prayers for peace while stories of religiously fueled violence fill the news. Rome & Canterbury: The Elusive Search For Unity Mary Reath, governor of the Anglican Centre in Rome and editor of Public Lives, Private Prayers, told of the work being done to end the nearly five hundred year old divisions between the Roman Catholic and the Anglican/Episcopal Churches. Free and open to the public. DVDs of PAST PROGRAMS Some of our past lectures are available for purchase on DVD. Titles are added to the order page as available. Please understand that not all events will be available on DVD.
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