Program |
Sustainable FaithSubmitted by tandreas on Tue, 2007-02-13 23:53.
Religion and faith have played a crucial role in mankind’s understanding of his place on this planet. As a part of HOPES “Drawing on Difference” sustainable faith will be offered to give a glimpse into the relationship between the earth as a living planet and faith as a living power. Open to community members and the student body, sustainable faith will have several keynote speakers from different bodies of faith to offer an understanding of religions relationship with the environment. A dialogue will be opened up with audience members asking questions and the panel members will have a chance to reply. The purpose of this panel is to create an open and comfortable conversation that would benefit students and community, as well as spiritual leaders.
Fr. Joseph Sergott, OP is the pastor of St. Thomas More Newman Center in Eugene. As a Catholic campus ministry, the Newman Center serves the University of Oregon. Fr. Joseph is a catholic priest in the Dominican Order. He was born and raised in Livonia, Michigan, a suburb of Detroit. At age 19, he began working for Hughes Aircraft in Los Angeles as a microwave technician. Fr. Joseph is excited to be working in campus ministry with students and faculty of the U of O. What he enjoys most is being able to share his faith with others while accompanying them in their own walk of faith.
In an abstract sense, Krishna Singh Khalsa looks back (and forward) on his creative life as a career in designing architectures for intelligent systems. Ranging from managerial accounting systems to systems of yoga, the thread of practice is essentially the same – the core of all human experience is so simple that we generally miss the greatest and most beautiful opportunities. Humanity longs to live within life systems. In the future this will become more widely understood as one of the most important cultural bases for happiness among humanity at large.
Rev. Oswin Hollenbeck is the prior (resident teacher) at the Eugene Buddhist Priory, a temple dedicated to the practice of Serene Reflection Meditation within the Soto Zen Buddhist tradition. He is a monastic disciple and Dharma heir of the late Rev. Master Jiyu-Kennett, founder of Shasta Abbey and the Order of Buddhist Contemplatives.
Rabbi Jonathan Seidel was ordained in 2004 by ALEPH, the Alliance for Jewish Renewal, after many years of serving the Jewish community in the West. He has taught Judaic Studies and Religion at Stanford, Berkeley, the U. of Oregon and many others. He is currently writing a history of Jewish healing and is publishing largely in this field. Rabbi Seidel is also serving as the Rabbi to Or haGan, Light of the Garden Jewish Community in Eugene, Oregon.
|
