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SUMMARY:Black History Month Kickoff Dinner and Keynote with the Very Rev. Kim Coleman
DESCRIPTION:Weeks Center\n\nIn support of the 2023 Black History Month theme\, “Black Resistance\,” join us for our 2023 BHM Keynote Address\, “Black Resistance: Yet with a Steady Beat\,” featuring the Very Rev. Kim L. Coleman\, National Union of Black Episcopalians president. This dinner will be a reflective look at the more than 200 years of the Union of Black Episcopalian leadership in the Episcopal Church. This will also be a time for us to honor our Southwest alumni/ae and the contributions of other Black leaders in service. Full dinner reception. \nNote: The Very Rev. Coleman will also preach in Christ Chapel at Southwest’s Thursday evening Eucharist on February 2 at 5:30pm. All are welcome. \nClick here to RSVP\nThe keynote address will be livestreamed beginning at 6:45pm at the ssw.edu website and the Southwest Facebook page.
URL:https://ssw.edu/event/black-history-month-kickoff-dinner-and-keynote-with-the-very-rev-kim-coleman/
LOCATION:Weeks Center\, 501 E. 32nd Street\, Austin\, TX\, 78705\, United States
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SUMMARY:Payne Lecture – J. Kameron Carter
DESCRIPTION:  \n2023 Payne Lecture featuring J. Kameron Carter\nvia Livestream\nPlease join Dr. J. Kameron Carter– Professor\, Religious Studies\, and Co-Director\, Center for Religion and the Human at Indiana University Bloomington – as he presents the 2023 Payne Lecture titled Beyond (the Religion of) Whiteness. The lecture will be presented virtually and livestreamed at the ssw.edu website and the Southwest Facebook page. \nHosted by Seminary of the Southwest’s Board of Trustees\, the Payne Lecture is an annual event that focuses on mission and honors the Rt. Rev. Claude E. Payne\, former chair of the seminary’s board and bishop of the Diocese of Texas\, retired. \nClick Here to Register\n\n\n  \nThis talk interrogates whiteness through the lens of the black study of religion. More specifically\, it engages cultural theorist W. E. B. Du Bois’s idea that whiteness is a religion wherein the death drive and the drive for property converge as racial capitalism. This is another way of saying that for Du Bois\, whiteness is earth-extracting\, earth-destroying political theology. This talk’s principal task is to unpack the main contours of this claim\, while\, by the end\, gesturing toward an account of the stakes of Du Bois’s artistic practice as a post-apocalyptic poet and fiction writer. As an artist\, Du Bois critiques what he called “the religion of whiteness” as part of a larger project of opening an understanding of blackness as practices of creative\, artistic living in and through the devastation of the earth or the settler-colonial stealing of land and life. Such creative living is akin to what Zora Neale Hurston called “making a way out of no way” and to what\, increasingly\, I call the arts of black faith. Black faith conjures post-apocalyptic forms of life and belonging. It’s call to action is to live life poetically and poethically\, and thus imagine alternatives to this “narrow now.” \nJ. Kameron Carter works at the intersection of questions of race and the current ecological ravaging of the earth. He is interested in what these intertwined issues have to do with the modern world\, generally\, and with America (or rather the Americas)\, more specifically\, as a unique religious situation or phenomenon. He explores these matters with the resources of black critical theory\, which is simply to say critical theory\, combined with theories of the sacred and languages drawn from the domains of religion\, theology\, and philosophy. He also draws on feminist\, gender\, and queer theory\, philosophy and aesthetics\, and literatures and poetries of the African diaspora as a further repertoire of resources with which to reimagine matter itself\, all with a view to imagining alternative worlds\, other ways of being with the earth and thus with each other. \nHe teaches courses at the undergraduate and/or graduate levels in black studies and/as critical theory; continental philosophy and aesthetics; religion\, modernity\, and the secular; political theology; hip hop and religion; black feminism and religion; theories of religion; theory of the sacred; modern theology; race and mysticism; Afro-futurism and religion; black experimental writing and poetics; black nature or eco-poetry; African American literature and religion. \nCarter’s writings reflect the above-mentioned intellectual concerns and subject matters. For example\, in 2008 he published a book titled Race: A Theological Account in which he examined how discourses of Christian theology worked with Enlightenment philosophical discourses of “reason” to shape our current “racial common sense” or how we have come to understand ourselves as “raced” beings. He explores how this was a profound wrong-turn whose consequences are baked into the very fabric of what we call the modern world and Western democratic societies. Additionally\, in 2013 he edited a special issue of the journal South Atlantic Quarterly called Religion and the Future of Blackness. Profiling a range of established and emerging scholars and thinkers in black (religious) studies\, Religion and the Futures of Blackness offers essays that reimagine religion and the political beyond the dominant racialized conceptions of these terms and towards alternative worlds. \nProfessor Carter has just completed The Anarchy of Black Religion: A Mystic Song (forthcoming\, Duke University Press\, August 2023). Anarchy is the first volume in Carter’s “The Black Study of Religion” trilogy. Carter is completing the trilogy’s second volume\, which is titled The Religion of Whiteness: An Apocalyptic Lyric. Carter’s Payne Lecture draws from The Religion of Whiteness project.
URL:https://ssw.edu/event/payne-lecture-j-kameron-carter/
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SUMMARY:"Baptized Rage\, Transformed Grief" Concert & Conversation
DESCRIPTION:Christ Chapel (Please note venue change)\nA Spiritual Journey celebrating human life as we grapple with Loss and emerge in Joy. The Rev. Dr. Cheryl Kirk-Duggan\,  international womanist scholar\, vocal performer\, professor\, poet\, prayer partner\, and preacher returns to Austin\, celebrating her love of God and her commitment to empower others to live their authentic lives as they process and release loss. “Baptized Rage\, Transformed Grief” embraces music and poetic musing\, including works of George Gershwin\, Leonard Bernstein\, Robert Schumann\, Bette Midler and Tammy Wynette. This multi-faceted performer steps into the spotlight to tell her inspiring story of embodied\, eternal love. Light reception to follow. \nPresented by Seminary of the Southwest and Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary. \nClick here to RSVP\n  \nView the livestream below:
URL:https://ssw.edu/event/baptized-rage-transformed-grief-concert-conversation/
LOCATION:Knapp Auditorium\, 501 E. 32nd Street\, Austin\, TX\, 78705\, United States
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SUMMARY:Southwest Alumni Breakfast at the 174th Diocese of Texas Council
DESCRIPTION:Galveston Island Convention Center \nThe Yacht Room\, Level One \n5600 Seawall Blvd. \nGalveston\, TX. 77551 \nPlease join the Very Rev. Cynthia Briggs Kittredge and other members of the Southwest faculty and staff at the annual Alumni Breakfast at the 174th Council for the Diocese of Texas. We look forward to seeing you there! \nPlease direct questions to Kaye Warren at kaye.warren@ssw.edu \n 
URL:https://ssw.edu/event/southwest-alumni-breakfast-at-the-174th-diocese-of-texas-council/
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SUMMARY:Celebrate Black Austin
DESCRIPTION:A Walking Tour of Historic East Austin\n\nJoin us in celebrating Austin’s rich Black history with a walking tour of East Austin. This tour will highlight landmarks of historic significance and amplify the voices and stories of those from the community. Following the tour\, will be an opportunity to shop and eat with local Black-owned businesses and food trucks. Presented by Southwest’s Counselors for Social Justice. \nClick here to RSVP
URL:https://ssw.edu/event/walking-tour-of-historic-east-austin/
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SUMMARY:"Wither The Blacks?: Meditations on End of the African-American Era" Lecture
DESCRIPTION:Knapp Auditorium\nPlease join us for “Wither the Blacks?: Meditations on End of the African-American Era\,” facilitated by the Rev. Dr. Stephen Ray\, Crump Visiting Professor and Black Religious Scholars Group Scholar-in-Residence and MLK scholar. With a dinner reception. RSVP required. \nClick here to RSVP\nThe lecture will begin at 6:45pm and will be livestreamed below\, at the ssw.edu website\, and the Southwest Facebook page.
URL:https://ssw.edu/event/wither-the-blacks-meditations-on-end-of-the-african-american-era-lecture/
LOCATION:Knapp Auditorium\, 501 E. 32nd Street\, Austin\, TX\, 78705\, United States
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SUMMARY:Harvey Lecture: The Rev. Dr. Bradley S. Hauff
DESCRIPTION:This year’s student-led Harvey Lecture will feature the Rev. Dr. Bradley S. Hauff\, the Episcopal Church Missioner for Indigenous Ministries\, a member of the Presiding Bishop’s staff. In his role\, Hauff is responsible for enabling and empowering Indigenous peoples and their respective communities within the Episcopal Church while also guiding the broader Church in intercultural competencies. \nHis talk is titled “It Ain’t Easy Being Native: Indigenous People\, the Doctrine of Discovery and the Episcopal Church.” The situation of Indigenous Americans will be examined\, beginning with the pre-Columbian historical context and the initiation and impact of the Doctrine of Discovery.  The involvement of the Christian Church\, from early missionary and colonization efforts will be discussed\, focusing particularly on those of the Episcopal Church.  The current realities and challenges of Indigenous life will also be presented\, with suggestions on how the Church can most effectively and appropriately respond to the injustices of the past\, many of which continue to the present day. \nThe event will be live at Knapp Auditorium on Seminary of the Southwest campus\, and livestreamed at the ssw.edu website and the Southwest Facebook page. \n\nWatch Native Voices: Speaking to the Church and the World – from TEC Office of Indigenous Ministries \n\n  \nHauff will join in a student-led conversation at 3:00 p.m. in room 210A\, and Community Hour at 4:00 p.m. on the Motte. The lecture will start at 6:30 p.m. in Knapp Auditorium\, and there will be a dessert reception following in Howell Dining Hall. \nThe Reverend Dr. Bradley S. Hauff is the Indigenous Missioner for the Episcopal Church\, a member of the Presiding Bishop’s staff.  He is originally from South Dakota; born in Sioux Falls and raised in Rapid City\, and he is enrolled with the Oglala Sioux Tribe (Lakota) of Pine Ridge\, as were both of his parents.  He received his Master of Divinity degree from Seabury-Western Theological Seminary\, where he also served on the Board of Trustees.  He received his Doctor of Clinical Psychology degree from the Minnesota School of Professional Psychology\, and worked for a time in the mental health profession\, specializing in Native American identity formation and domestic abuse interventions.  He has been an Episcopal priest for 29 years and has served congregations in the dioceses of South Dakota\, Minnesota\, Florida and Pennsylvania.  He has written articles and made numerous presentations around the country on Native American issues.  He also served on the Task Force for Reimagining the Episcopal Church (TREC).  \nThe student-led Harvey Lectures were conceived at Seminary of the Southwest as a way of honoring the late Dean Hudnall Harvey\, who died unexpectedly in 1972\, after serving as the seminary’s dean for just five years. \nDuring Dean Harvey’s tenure\, following some institutional turbulence during the 1960s\, the seminary had begun rebuilding: in terms of enrollment\, financial strength\, and earning back the trust of many dioceses through the church. \nThe seminary community established the Harvey Lectures an annual series that would be overseen by student leaders and that would address the relationship between pastoral leadership and contemporary issues confronting the church. \nOver the years\, these Lectures have become a lasting and vital resource for the seminary\, bringing important and diverse theological voices to our campus.
URL:https://ssw.edu/event/harvey-lecture-the-rev-dr-bradley-s-hauff/
LOCATION:Knapp Auditorium\, 501 E. 32nd Street\, Austin\, TX\, 78705\, United States
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SUMMARY:Holy Week and Triduum 2023
DESCRIPTION:Note: All livestreamed events (marked with *) are also viewable on the Seminary of the Southwest Facebook page. \nHoly Tuesday (4-4-23)\n\nTenebrae\, 7:00 p.m.\, Christ Chapel\n\nThis Tenebrae will be an abbreviated office structured around chanted psalms\, readings\, and responsories. The distinctive ceremonial of the service includes fifteen candles\, ultimately symbolizing the triumph of Christ over evil and death.\n\n\n\nHoly Wednesday (4-5-23)\n\nLatinx concentration building alfombras\, 2:00 p.m.\, in front of Diocesan Center\n\nMaundy Thursday (4-6-23)\n\nNoonday Prayer\, 11:45 a.m.\, Christ Chapel\, with the Exhortation\n\n\n*Maundy Thursday Holy Eucharist\, 5:30 p.m.\, Christ Chapel\n\nPreacher: Dr. Scott Bader-Saye\nIf you are serving as a minister for the service\, please arrive at 4:50.\n\n\n\n\nMaundy Thursday Agape Meal\, following Maundy Thursday service\, Dining Hall\n \n\nJoin us for an Agape Meal after the Maundy Thursday service. We’ll enjoy a delicious meal with our families and friends.\nRSVP here.\n\n\n\n\nMaundy Thursday Watch 8pm – 7am\, Christ Chapel\n\nFollowing the Maundy Thursday service and Agape meal\, an all-night vigil will be held in the chapel. You and members of your household are invited to symbolically keep watch with Jesus in the Garden of Gethsemane through the night in one-hour increments. Check upcoming emails for sign up information. Please consider signing up for one of the open slots on the Maundy Thursday vigil. Even if two people have already signed up for a time slot\, anyone is still welcome!\nSign up for a slot at this link.\n\n\n\nGood Friday (4-7-23)\n\nNo Office services today.\n\n\n*The Solemn Liturgy of Good Friday\, 11:45 a.m.\, Christ Chapel\n\nPreacher: Dr. Steven Tomlinson\nIf serving as a minister\, please arrive at 10:50 a.m.\n\n\n\n\nVía Crucis\, 1:30 p.m.\, the Motte\n\nPray the fourteen Stations of the Cross with a solemn bilingual service with movement and music. All community members are welcome — no knowledge of Spanish required.\n\n\n\nHoly Saturday (4-8-23)\n\n*Holy Saturday Liturgy\, 11:45 a.m.\, Christ Chapel\n\nIf serving as a minister\, please arrive at 11:15 a.m.\n\n\n\n\nThe Great Vigil of Easter\, 8:00 p.m.\, Christ Chapel\n\nPreacher: The Very Rev. Cynthia Briggs Kittredge\nIf serving as a minister\, please come to the rehearsal at 2:00 p.m. All of those vesting\, arrive at the Chapel at 7:00 p.m.\, other ministers who are not vesting arrive at 7:30 p.m.\nClergy from the Southwest community and others who would like to join should arrive at 7:15 p.m. in order to vest and line up for the procession. Clergy should bring a cassock\, surplice\, and while stole.\nBring your bells\, whistles\, horns\, and other noisemakers for this service!\nIt is a tradition at Southwest to offer lilies at the Easter Vigil as a way of remembering a departed loved one or a thanksgiving for an event or person in your life. For more information and a link to order lilies\, click here.\n\n\n\n\nEaster Gala Celebration\, immediately following the Great Vigil of Easter\, Weeks Center/the Motte\n \n\nChrist is risen! Let’s feast!\n\n\n\nEaster Sunday (4-9-23)\n\nCrawfish Boil\, 3:00 p.m.\, the Motte\n\nEaster Monday (4-10-23)\n\nNo classes\n\nYou are invited to rest on Monday and celebrate Easter in its joyfulness the rest of the week.\n\n\n\nTuesday of Easter Week (4-11-23)\n\nCommunity Eucharist\, 11:45 a.m.\, Christ Chapel\n\nAs we are off on Monday\, this will be our festal Easter celebration followed by Assembly.
URL:https://ssw.edu/event/holy-week-and-triduum-2023/
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SUMMARY:BRSG Q&A and Celebration
DESCRIPTION:  \nApril 24\, 2023 at 5:30pm in the Weeks Center \nJoin us for a celebration and conversation around the BRSG/Crump Visiting Professor program\, the five-year partnership between the Black Religious Scholars Group and Seminary of the Southwest. Moderated by Dr. Scott Bader-Saye\, Academic Dean\, the discussion will feature reflections and lessons from participants and faculty at the conclusion of this innovative program at Southwest. All five BRSG Scholars who participated in the program will be attendance\, as well as BRSG Executive Director\, Dr. Stacey Floyd-Thomas. \nAll are welcome to this thought-provoking reception (appetizers and beverages will be served). \nRSVP here\nFeatured guests: \nDr. Stacey Floyd-Thomas\, Executive Director\, BRSG \nThe Rev. Melanie Jones\, Ph.D. \nThe Rev. Cheryl Kirk-Duggan\, Ph.D. \nThe Rev. Yolanda Norton \nThe Rev. Brandon Crowley\, Ph.D. \nThe Rev. Stephen Ray\, Ph.D. \nNote: All are welcome to a special Chapel service commemorating the BRSG partnership at 11:45am on April 24th in Christ Chapel\, where Dr. Floyd-Thomas will preach. \n\n 
URL:https://ssw.edu/event/brsg-qa-and-celebration/
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SUMMARY:The 72nd Commencement Exercises of Seminary of the Southwest
DESCRIPTION:Seminary of the Southwest will hold two ceremonies this year – an evening service of Holy Eucharist and a formal morning Commencement – to recognize and celebrate graduating students and award degrees in divinity\, religion\, counseling\, chaplaincy and pastoral care\, and spiritual formation and diplomas in Anglican studies and in theological studies. \nThis year’s Commencement speaker will be poet Roger Reeves. Honorary Doctorates will be bestowed upon Dr. Catherine Meeks and Mrs. Florence McGee. \nRead more about graduation events here: \nCommencement Speaker\, Honorary Doctorates Announced \n \n  \nTuesday\, May 23\nHoly Eucharist on the Occasion of the\n72nd Commencement of Seminary of the Southwest\nwith the Presentation of the Seminary Crosses\n5:30 p.m.\nChrist Chapel\nSeminary of the Southwest\n501 E. 32nd St.\nAustin\, TX 78705 \nReception to follow. \nRSVP here.\n  \nWednesday\, May 24\nThe 72nd Commencement Exercises of\nThe Episcopal Theological Seminary of the Southwest\nA service of mid-morning prayer\n10:00 a.m.\nEpiscopal Church of the Good Shepherd\n3201 Windsor Road\nAustin\, TX 78703 \nReception to follow. \n  \nWatch event livestreams here.\n  \nCommencement speaker: \nRoger Reeves \nRoger Reeves is the author of King Me and the recipient of a National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship\, a Ruth Lilly and Dorothy Sargent Rosenberg Fellowship from the Poetry Foundation\, and a 2015 Whiting Award\, among other honors. His work has appeared in Poetry\, The New Yorker\, The Paris Review\, and elsewhere. He lives in Austin\, Texas. \n  \nHonorary Degree Recipients: \nDr. Catherine Meeks \nMrs. Florence McGee
URL:https://ssw.edu/event/the-72nd-commencement-exercises-of-seminary-of-the-southwest/
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SUMMARY:2023 Matriculation Evensong and Reception
DESCRIPTION:Matriculation Evensong and Reception\n \nPlease join us in Christ Chapel on Sunday\, August 27\, 2023 at 5pm for Southwest’s annual Matriculation Evensong service where new students are welcomed and begin their important journey of leadership formation. At the service incoming students will add their names to the same Matriculation Book so many alumni have signed\, and become a part of the tradition at Southwest that stretches back for decades. Dr. Scott Bader-Saye\, Academic Dean\, will preach. \nAlso\, at the service\, Southwest will award the Charles Cook Servant Leadership Award given to Patricia Shield Ayres for her faithful leadership and inspiring example as a person of faith\, an advocate for justice\, and a steward of the environment. The Cook Award was created in 2009 by the faculty to honor their colleague and Seminary of the Southwest alum Charlie Cook on the occasion of his retirement from the Seminary. Each Fall\, another Academic Year begins\, the community pauses to remember this common calling we have and to honor one who especially embodies the Christian commitment to selfless service on behalf of others. Pat Ayres\, with her late husband\, Bob\, have been wonderful friends of Seminary of the Southwest for many years\,” said the Very Rev. Cynthia Briggs Kittredge\, Dean and President. “She is an extraordinary and humble servant leader. It will be a blessing to honor her at Matriculation\, particularly her work with her family to conserve and share the wildlands of Shield Ranch here in Austin. \nThe service will be livestreamed at the seminary website and facebook page. Please feel free to forward these links to family or friends who may be interested but cannot attend. \nFollowing the service\, please join us for a celebratory reception in Howell Dining Hall. \nWe look forward to celebrating with you.
URL:https://ssw.edu/event/2023-matriculation-evensong-and-reception/
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SUMMARY:Grand Opening for the Harrison Library and New Learning Complex
DESCRIPTION:Seminary of the Southwest has announced the the Grand Opening and Ribbon Cutting event for the Bishop Dena A. Harrison Library and new learning complex will occur on September 13\, 2023. In attendance will be many of the Forming Leaders at The Frontier: Campaign for Southwest supporters and leadership. The Very Rev. Cynthia Briggs Kittredge will preach at a service in Christ Chapel immediately following the ribbon cutting events. \n \nAttendees at the Ribbon Cutting will include the Rt. Rev. C. Andrew Doyle\, the Rt. Rev. Kathryn Ryan\, and the Rt. Rev. Dena Harrison for whom the library is named following a leadership gift to the building campaign from the Episcopal Foundation of Texas. \nIn addition to the ribbon cutting and service\, a portrait of Bishop Harrison that will hang in the foyer of the new library will be unveiled\, as well as self-guided tours of the building. \nFor parking information\, please click here.\nThe service will be livestreamed at the seminary website and facebook page. Please feel free to forward these links to family or friends who may be interested but cannot attend. \nFor more information\, please contact Kaye Warren at kaye.warren@ssw.edu or 512.472.4133. \n 
URL:https://ssw.edu/event/grand-opening-for-the-harrison-library-and-new-learning-complex/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20231005T173000
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SUMMARY:The 5 Evils of Society: The Traumatic Impact of Systemic Harm
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Southwest’s Counselors for Social Justice Chapter\nThe concept of the 5 Evils of Society–white supremacy\, capitalism\, colonialism\, patriarchy\, puritanism–theorizes that\, at this stage in United States society\, all trauma and harm can be traced back to one of\, or intersections of\, these evils. Societal and systemic harm have their roots in these five things. All people who exist within this society and function in these systems are harmed by these five things\, regardless of their personal\, intersectional identities and proximity to power. \nPebble McCleary\, LCPC (they/them/theirs) is a queer mental health therapist with both lived and professional experience with queerness. They are licensed in the state of Maryland and are a clinician\, presenter\, and trainer with the CoTenacious Collective. They specialize in working with LGBTQ identities\, kink/BDSM\, nonmonogamy\, and systemic trauma. Pebble is firmly anti-oppression\, utilizing liberation-oriented\, transformative justice-oriented\, and relational-cultural approaches to decolonize clinical work and uplift marginalized voices. They graduated from Johns Hopkins University with a Masters in Counseling in 2018. They graduated from Temple University with a Bachelor’s degree in Psychology; additionally\, they minored in LGBT Studies. They have taught and presented on LGBTQ topics and systemic trauma frameworks at the university\, state\, and national levels. Pebble prioritizes safety\, transparency\, and collaboration in their clinical\, training\, and consultation services\, fostering an environment wherein it is okay to ask questions\, “get it wrong\,” and grow. \nThis event counts as 1.5 CEU. \n\n\n\n\nAll proceeds go towards supporting the Counselors for Social Justice (CSJ) at Seminary of the Southwest. CSJ at SSW is a national award winning organization. We are committed to promoting human flourishing as a spiritual and sacred right. We believe social transformation starts by healing our own bias\, challenging our comfort zones\, and connecting with the experiences of those who are different than we are. CSJ aspires to serve the people of Austin by providing a brave\, inclusive community and expert resources for reflection\, education and informed social justice action. \n\n\nDate: October 5\, 2023 \nTime: 5:30-7pm CDT \nLocation: Seminary of the Southwest \nRegistration Details \n\nFee: Free for Students; $25 for General Admission\nCEUs provided: 1.5\n\nClick here to register
URL:https://ssw.edu/event/the-5-evils-of-society-the-traumatic-impact-of-systemic-harm/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20231006T083000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20231006T170000
DTSTAMP:20260403T140427
CREATED:20230922T143733Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230928T211750Z
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SUMMARY:Racial Healing Initiative Fall Learning Experience
DESCRIPTION:We invite you to join us for our Fall Learning Experience which will provide a snapshot of wellness and racial healing to a larger community of clergy and mental health professionals within the Central Texas region. This learning experience is designed to reflect and build on the work of the Racial Healing Initiative (RHI) at Seminary of the Southwest. Click here to learn more about the RHI. \nDate: October 6. 2023 \nTime: 8:30am – 5pm \nLocation: Seminary of the Southwest \nRegistration Details \n\nFee: $10 for Students; $25 for Clergy and Mental Health Professionals\nSpace is Limited\nBreakfast and Lunch Provided\nCEUs provided: Up to 4.5 Units\n\nClick here to register
URL:https://ssw.edu/event/racial-healing-initiative-fall-learning-experience/
LOCATION:Seminary of the Southwest\, 501 East 32nd Street\, Austin\, TX\, 78705\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20231010T113000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20231010T133000
DTSTAMP:20260403T140427
CREATED:20230720T165120Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230928T224031Z
UID:24526-1696937400-1696944600@ssw.edu
SUMMARY:John Hines Day 2023
DESCRIPTION:Please join us on Tuesday\, October 10\, 2023\, at 11:45 a.m. for Seminary of the Southwest’s annual celebration of our founder\, the Rt. Rev. John E. Hines. The event will take place in Christ Chapel on Seminary of the Southwest campus\, with a lunch following in the Howell Dining Hall. \nThe Rt. Rev. Carlye J. Hughes\, Bishop of the Diocese of Newark\, preaching\, and the Rt. Rev. Kathryn M. Ryan\, Bishop Suffragan\, Diocese of Texas\, presiding. \nPlease RSVP below. \nThe service will also be livestreamed at the seminary website or facebook page. \nWant to learn more about the John Hines Legacy Society and how to make a legacy gift? Contact Wally Moore\, Director of Major Gifts and Planned Giving at 512.439.0326 or wally.moore@ssw.edu
URL:https://ssw.edu/event/john-hines-day-2023/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20231016T113000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20231016T130000
DTSTAMP:20260403T140427
CREATED:20230919T153844Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230919T153844Z
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SUMMARY:The Monday Connection with Gary S. Farmer
DESCRIPTION:Weeks Campus Center at Seminary of the Southwest \nGary S. Farmer is President of Heritage Title Company of Austin\, Inc.\, a commercially oriented title insurance agency operating throughout the major markets of Texas. He has been in the title insurance business since 1985. During Gary’s tenure\, Heritage has been recognized for its excellence in the commercial title insurance arena as it has grown to be among the largest independently owned title agencies in Texas. \nGary is involved in a variety of civic and charitable endeavors. Currently\, Gary serves as Chairman of the Greater Austin Economic Development Corporation\, Opportunity Austin 4.0 Campaign and Co-Chair of the Waller Creek Conservancy Capital Campaign. \nGary and his wife\, Susan\, are graduates of The University of Texas\, the proud parents of three daughters and members of Tarrytown United Methodist Church. \nLearn more about The Monday Connection. \n 
URL:https://ssw.edu/event/the-monday-connection-with-gary-s-farmer/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20231024T081000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20231024T090000
DTSTAMP:20260403T140427
CREATED:20231019T211059Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231019T211202Z
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SUMMARY:Alumni Breakfast at Diocese of Texas Clergy Conference
DESCRIPTION:Alumni at the Diocese of Texas Clergy Conference are invited to visit with Dean Kittredge and other key leadership from Southwest for breakfast and fellowship. \nPlease join! \nWhen: Tuesday\, October 24 at 8:10am \nWhere: In the Tellepson Room of the Dining Hall at the Conference Center
URL:https://ssw.edu/event/alumni-breakfast-at-diocese-of-texas-clergy-conference/
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20231114
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20231116
DTSTAMP:20260403T140427
CREATED:20230911T161149Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231113T205732Z
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SUMMARY:55th Blandy Lecture and Alumni Convocation
DESCRIPTION:Naomi Shihab Nye\nBlandy Lecture presented at 7pm on Wednesday\, November 15 concludes day+ of impactful events designed for Southwest alumni/ae\nPlease join the community of Seminary of the Southwest for the 55th Annual Blandy Lecture and Alumni Convocation on November 14-15\, 2023. Created to honor the Very Rev. Gray M. Blandy for his ministry and work as the first dean of the Seminary of the Southwest\, this gathering and lecture brings together former and current students each year to reconnect\, learn\, and grow. This year\, Blandy is presented by the Southwest Alumni Association\, in partnership with the Iona Collaborative at Seminary of the Southwest who is a co-presenter for this event. \nThis year’s Blandy lecturer is Naomi Shihab Nye\, the Award-winning Palestinian-American Poet\, Essayist and Educator. Her presentation will focus on what it means to be Beloved Community\, a common theme in her extensive work. Read more about Ms. Nye and the event here. \nAt the midday Eucharist on Wednesday\, November 15th\, the Rev. Maureen (Mo) Doherty\, Class of 2001\, will be presented with the Hal Brook Perry Outstanding Alumni Award.  Named for the the late assistant dean\, registrar and instructor in church history\, the Hal Brook Perry Award is conferred upon a graduate of Seminary of the Southwest who exemplifies exceptional ministry to parishes\, dioceses\, and/or specific communities or ministries – locally\, regional\, or worldwide. The Rev. Carissa Baldwin-McGinnis will preside at the Eucharist\, and Ms. Jennifer Cumberbatch will preach. \nThe day will also include opportunities to observe current classes by Dr. Scott Bader-Saye\, Dr. Steve Bishop\, or the Rev. Steven Tomlinson\, Ph.D.\, to tour of the new Harrison Library and learning complex\, and attend a book discussion with Dr. Gena St. David‘s new book\, “The Brain and the Spirit: Unlocking the Transformative Potential of the Story of Christ.” \nThe event is presented free of charge this year. See below for a link to the detailed schedule and a registration form. \nClick here for the Blandy Schedule\nClick here to watch all Blandy events live-streamed 
URL:https://ssw.edu/event/55th-blandy-lecture-and-alumni-convocation/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240122T113000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240122T130000
DTSTAMP:20260403T140427
CREATED:20231108T192749Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231108T192749Z
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SUMMARY:The Monday Connection with Mary T. Emeny
DESCRIPTION:Weeks Campus Center at Seminary of the Southwest \nMary Emeny grew up in Cleveland\, Ohio\, but with strong roots and many visits to the Amarillo area where her grandfather first arrived in 1880. The Frying Pan Ranch\, which he bought on behalf of his father-in-law\, is still in the family with Mary overseeing her family’s half of the original ranch. \nShe received a BA from Connecticut College and a Master’s in Public and International Affairs from the University of Pittsburgh\, spent two years doing community development in Tanzania under the auspices of the American Friends Service Committee and close to a year in Viet Nam\, much of the time living in a Buddhist orphanage in DaNang\, getting food to refugee camps and setting up milk programs in day care centers and orphanages. For 9 months in she worked with the fledgling organization started by Ven. Thich Nhat Hanh in France. \nIn 1978 she and her husband Dr. Hunter Ingalls moved to Amarillo\, and over the next several years had three children\, started an affiliate of Habitat for Humanity in Amarillo and became involved in experiments in living sustainably on the Texas high plains\, including building what was believed to be the first free standing adobe dome in the US\, and retrofitting an open shed barn into a straw bale residence. \nIn 1992 she turned a section of the Frying Pan Ranch near Amarillo into Wildcat Bluff Nature Center. Over the years she has served on the board of many organizations and helped organize or re-organize several of them – including Amarillo Habitat for Humanity\, The Don Harrington Discovery Center\, the Globe News Center for the Performing Arts and its education program Window on a Wider World\, and Panhandle Promise Project\, which works with children whose parents are incarcerated. She has received several awards\, the highest being named Woman of the Year by the Amarillo Globe News in 2001. \nLearn more about The Monday Connection.
URL:https://ssw.edu/event/the-monday-connection-with-mary-t-emeny/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240127T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240127T150000
DTSTAMP:20260403T140427
CREATED:20240117T181740Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240127T202415Z
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SUMMARY:Ordination of the Rev. Steven Tomlinson\, Ph.D.
DESCRIPTION:Seminary of the Southwest is excited to share the ordination announcement for Associate Professor of Leadership and Administration\, the Rev. Steven Tomlinson\, Ph.D. \nThe Rev. Steven Tomlinson\, PhD\n“To celebrate the ordination of one of our faculty members is a rare and special opportunity\,” said the Very Rev. Cynthia Briggs Kittredge. “We rejoice with Steven and the whole church that he offers his gifts to the ministry of word and sacrament. His many\, many friends throughout the community will be overjoyed to share this significant moment in his vocation.” Dean Kittredge will preach. \n \nThe service will be live-streamed on the Southwest facebook page\, ssw.edu\, and stjamesaustin.org. \n \n\n  \n 
URL:https://ssw.edu/event/ordination-of-the-rev-steven-tomlinson-ph-d/
LOCATION:St. James’ Episcopal Church\, 1941 Webberville Rd.\, Austin\, TX\, 78721\, United States
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20240201
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20240302
DTSTAMP:20260403T140427
CREATED:20231108T195910Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240111T155648Z
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SUMMARY:Black History Month
DESCRIPTION:  \nFind all the events details and RSVP links HERE.
URL:https://ssw.edu/event/black-history-month-2023/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240202T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240202T193000
DTSTAMP:20260403T140427
CREATED:20240118T152157Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240131T195422Z
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SUMMARY:Black History Month Jubilee Celebration
DESCRIPTION:5pm: Worship in Christ Chapel\, featuring Rev. Dr. James Wesley Dennis\, III\, preaching\, and a guest gospel choir\, Praise Team from Grant AME Worship Center \n6:30pm: Reception in the Weeks Center \n\nThe Rev. Dr. James Wesley Dennis III serves as an Associate Program Director at Leadership Education at Duke Divinity School\, where he works with Foundations of Christian Leadership and Reflective Leadership Grants and directs the Innovation Grants program. An ordained Itinerant Elder in the African Methodist Episcopal Church\, James has served congregations in South Carolina and Tennessee\, as well as the connectional church. He graduated from Morehouse College\, Vanderbilt Divinity School and Candler School of Theology (Emory University). He enjoys good food\, fine cigars and dating his wife\, Mrs. Joslyn White Dennis. Find out more here. \nView the live-stream for the event here.\n\nPersons of African ancestry are invited to wear kente and others are welcome to wear any combination of red\, yellow\, and green in solidarity with the Black community. \nPlease RSVP below:
URL:https://ssw.edu/event/black-history-month-jubilee-celebration/
LOCATION:Seminary of the Southwest\, 501 East 32nd Street\, Austin\, TX\, 78705\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240206T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240206T190000
DTSTAMP:20260403T140427
CREATED:20231207T212044Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240131T195456Z
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SUMMARY:Payne Lecture with Dr. Donyelle McCray
DESCRIPTION:2024 Payne Lecture featuring Dr. Donyelle McCray\nThis year’s Payne lecturer is Dr. Donyelle McCray\, Associate Professor of Homiletics at Yale Divinity School. Her scholarship focuses on African American preaching\, sermon genre\, and medieval women’s spirituality. She is the author of The Censored Pulpit: Julian of Norwich as Preacher. The lecture will be presented in person at Seminary of the Southwest and live-streamed at the ssw.edu website and the Southwest Facebook page. \nView the live-stream for the event here.\nHosted by Seminary of the Southwest’s Board of Trustees\, the Payne Lecture is an annual event that focuses on mission and honors the Rt. Rev. Claude E. Payne\, former chair of the seminary’s board and bishop of the Diocese of Texas\, retired. \nDonyelle McCray studies homiletics and Christian spirituality\, focusing on African American preaching\, sermon genre\, and modes of authority. In her work\, the sermon occupies the shoreline between sacred and profane speech and holds emancipatory potential within Christian liturgies and beyond them.  She writes about the ways African American women and lay people use the sermon to play\, remember\, invent\, and disrupt. Her recent book\, The Censored Pulpit: Julian of Norwich as Preacher\, offers a homiletical reading of Julian’s life and ministry and attends to the relationship between preaching\, embodiment\, and authority. Her current research examines the preaching and spirituality of the Rev. Dr. Pauli Murray. She is also working on a documentary film as part of the Louisville Institute’s Clergy-Scholar Research team on Race\, Church\, and Theological Practices.
URL:https://ssw.edu/event/payne-lecture-with-donyelle-mccray/
LOCATION:Knapp Auditorium\, 501 E. 32nd Street\, Austin\, TX\, 78705\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240210T070000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240210T080000
DTSTAMP:20260403T140427
CREATED:20240126T202650Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240126T202650Z
UID:26072-1707548400-1707552000@ssw.edu
SUMMARY:Alumni Breakfast at the 175th Diocese of Texas Council
DESCRIPTION:  \nSeminary of the Southwest invites you to join the Very Rev. Cynthia Briggs Kittredge for the annual Alumni Breakfast at the 175th Diocese of Texas Council.
URL:https://ssw.edu/event/alumni-breakfast-at-the-175th-diocese-of-texas-council/
LOCATION:Waco Convention Center\, 100 Washington Avenue\, Waco\, TX\, 76701\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240224T073000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240224T203000
DTSTAMP:20260403T140427
CREATED:20240207T204021Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240207T204217Z
UID:26070-1708759800-1708806600@ssw.edu
SUMMARY:Alumni Breakfast at the 120th Diocese of West Texas Council
DESCRIPTION:Seminary of the Southwest invites you to join us at the Seminary of the Southwest Alumni Breakfast at the 120th Diocese of West Texas Council \nSan Marcos Conference Center \nThe Chaut Room \n1001 E. McCarty Lane \nSan Marcos\, TX. 78666 \nPlease direct questions to Kaye Warren at kaye.warren@ssw.edu \n 
URL:https://ssw.edu/event/alumni-breakfast-at-the-120th-diocese-of-west-texas-council/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240224T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240224T120000
DTSTAMP:20260403T140427
CREATED:20240117T223628Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240212T170307Z
UID:26017-1708768800-1708776000@ssw.edu
SUMMARY:Celebrate Black Austin - East Austin Walking Tour presented by Counselors for Social Justice
DESCRIPTION:Join us in celebrating Austin’s rich Black History. The event will kickoff with a walking tour of East Austin. This tour will highlight landmarks of historic significance and amplify the voices and stories of those from the community. Following the tour will be opportunities to shop with local Black-owned businesses. \nThere are two tour times: 10am (spaces still available) and 12pm (full). \n \nRegister here\n 
URL:https://ssw.edu/event/celebrate-black-austin-east-austin-walking-tour-presented-by-counselors-for-social-justice/
LOCATION:Kenny Dorham’s Backyard – Diverse Arts\, 1106 East 11th Street\, Austin\, TX\, 78702\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240226T184500
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240226T200000
DTSTAMP:20260403T140427
CREATED:20240111T155832Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240131T195542Z
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SUMMARY:Keynote Address with Dr. Renita Weems
DESCRIPTION:2024 Black History Month Keynote Address by Dr. Renita Weems\nKnapp Auditorium\nPlease join us for the BHM Keynote Address facilitated by Dr. Renita Weems. \nThe lecture will begin at 6:45pm and will be live-streamed at the ssw.edu website\, and the Southwest Facebook page. \n \nIn addition to being a former professor at Vanderbilt Divinity School (1987-2004)\, Dr. Renita Weems has taught at Spelman College\, Howard University Divinity School and Memphis Theological Seminary. She grew up in Atlanta\, GA where she attended Atlanta public schools. \nDr. Weems earned a Ph.D. degree at Princeton Theological Seminary in 1989 making her the first African American woman to earn a doctorate in Old Testament Studies. Her dissertation was a trailblazing effort. Writing in an era when women doctoral students hesitated to take on “women’s issue” topics\, and when most male faculty still felt uncertain\, if not uncomfortable\, advising such topics\, Dr. Weems chose to study marriage imagery in the Hebrew prophets. Her work offered careful\, challenging\, and often painful insights into use of this metaphor; moving beyond traditional scholarship\, which had all too easily looked only at the “love” side of the marriage metaphor. Weems was among the first to point to the violence associated with this biblical imagery\, violence acceptable within the prophets’ cultural assumptions about marriage and all too often considered acceptable even in twentieth-century America. Dr. Weems’ 1995 volume Battered Love: Marriage\, Sex\, and Violence in the Hebrew Prophets brought this important work to a wide audience\, with powerful hermeneutical reflection on implications for contemporary understandings of God and of marriage. Just A Sister Away: A Womanist Vision of Women’s Relationships in the Bible\, published in 1989 along with a host of other articles and books highlighting the questions and experiences that black women bring when reading the Bible has sealed her legacy as a trailblazer in the field of womanist biblical scholarship. Her seminal essay “Reading Her Way: African American Women and the Bible” appeared in the landmark book Stony the Road We Trod: African American Biblical Interpretation (1991). Her commentary on the book of “Song of Songs” in the New Interpreter’s Bible (1997) remains an important resource for understanding biblical notions of love\, sex and human sexuality. \nFinally\, Dr. Weems is a biblical scholar\, a minister\, and an author whose scholarly insights into modern faith\, biblical texts\, and the role of spirituality in everyday lives has made her a highly sought-after writer and speaker for more than four decades. She has numerous books\, commentaries and articles on the Bible and prophetic religion to her credit. She has written multiple articles and essays for academics\, preachers and lay audiences on topics of faith\, prophetic religion\, Christian ethics\, biblical notions of justice\, women’s spirituality\, and the Bible and human sexuality. She is the first Black woman to deliver the Yale University Lyman Beecher Lecture (2008). Dr. Weems is featured in “Black Stars: African American Religious Leaders” (2008)\, a collection of biographies of some of the most important Black Religious Leaders over the last 200 hundred years\, including such impressive figures as Adam Clayton Powell\, Elijah Muhammad\, Sojourner Truth\, Howard Thurman\, and Dr. Martin Luther King\, Jr.
URL:https://ssw.edu/event/keynote-address-with-the-rev-dr-renita-weems/
LOCATION:Knapp Auditorium\, 501 E. 32nd Street\, Austin\, TX\, 78705\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240304T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240304T194500
DTSTAMP:20260403T140427
CREATED:20240111T155927Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240228T151459Z
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SUMMARY:Harvey Lecture: The Rev. Daniel Robayo
DESCRIPTION:2024 Harvey Lecture with the Rev. Daniel Robayo\nKnapp Auditorium\nPlease join us for the Harvey Lecture facilitated by the Rev. Daniel Robayo\, with a reception to follow. \nThe lecture will begin at 6:30pm and will be live-streamed below\, at the ssw.edu website\, and the Southwest Facebook page. \n“The Harvey Lecture committee is very excited to welcome the Rev. Daniel Robayo to be our Harvey Lecture speaker for 2024\,” the Rev. Teri Calinao\, senior student committee member shares. “One of the topics that our Harvey Lecture survey revealed was that there is great interest in the topic of multicultural ministries. Father Robayo was formerly the Missioner for Latino/Hispanic in the Diocese of North Carolina and now serves as the Vicar of St. Mary Magdalene/Sta. Maria Magdalena\, a bilingual\, multicultural parish in Manor\, Texas. He has a passion for community organizing and we feel that he will bring an important lens of the work being done in multicultural ministries in further the mission of Christ.” \nThe Rev. Daniel Darío Robayo Hidalgo and his wife Nancy Urrecheaga Robayo live in Manor\, Texas\, where he has been serving as Vicar of St. Mary Magdalene Episcopal Church since October of 2022. \nDaniel earned undergraduate degrees in Philosophy and Social Sciences at Trinity College in Deerfield\, Illinois\, a small liberal arts college founded by the Evangelical Free Church\, which is the church family in which he grew up in Venezuela before coming to the United States at age 16. His walk in the Christian faith—his camino de fe— led him into the Episcopal Church in his twenties. Following graduation from Virginia Theological Seminary in 1987\, he was ordained deacon and subsequently priest in the Diocese of Virginia. He was assigned his diaconal year to serve in what was then the Hispanic Ministry of the Diocese of Virginia\, assisting in the care and development of a couple of congregations that later were admitted to Diocesan Council as missions. As a priest\, he was the first Hispanic to serve as Rector in English-speaking parishes in Virginia. From that platform\, he supported the work of Hispanic congregations as well as participating locally in the life of Hispanics/Latinos around his churches. As Rector of Emmanuel Church in Harrisonburg\,  Virginia\, he was also a community organizer involved in immigrant rights\, poultry workers’ rights\, local politics. He was also a volunteer police chaplain. \nBefore coming to Texas\, Daniel served four years on the staff of the Diocese of North Carolina as Missioner for Hispanic/Latino Ministries. He supported the work of  both Hispanic and Anglo congregations\, helping to build bridges in their communities. He also served on the board of Episcopal Farmworker Ministry\, a joint ministry of the dioceses of North and East Carolina. \nSt. Mary Magdalene Episcopal Church is a recent plant of the Diocese of Texas\, intentionally established as a bilingual\, multiethnic and multigenerational church. His dream is to see St. Mary Magdalene flourish as a church that not only represents the wide variety of people who live in Manor but one that rejoices in the particular cultures that form it\, highlighting their diversity to enrich their unity as a community of faith that shares Christ’s transforming love with the larger communities of Manor. \nHe is amazed and grateful that he gets paid to do what he loves\, and he delights in the life he shares with Nancy\, who once upon a time was his high school sweetheart. Between them\, they have 5 children and 6 grandchildren (some living in the Austin area).  In his spare time\, Daniel’s passion is to ride his motorcycle and to learn Italian. \nThe student-led Harvey Lectures were conceived at Seminary of the Southwest as a way of honoring the late Dean Hudnall Harvey\, who died unexpectedly in 1972\, after serving as the seminary’s dean for just five years. \nDuring Dean Harvey’s tenure\, following some institutional turbulence during the 1960s\, the seminary had begun rebuilding: in terms of enrollment\, financial strength\, and earning back the trust of many dioceses through the church. \nThe seminary community established the Harvey Lectures an annual series that would be overseen by student leaders and that would address the relationship between pastoral leadership and contemporary issues confronting the church. \nOver the years\, these Lectures have become a lasting and vital resource for the seminary\, bringing important and diverse theological voices to our campus.
URL:https://ssw.edu/event/harvey-lecture-with-the-rev-daniel-robayo/
LOCATION:Knapp Auditorium\, 501 E. 32nd Street\, Austin\, TX\, 78705\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240307T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240307T210000
DTSTAMP:20260403T140427
CREATED:20240213T152549Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240213T152549Z
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SUMMARY:Episcopal Parish Network - Southwest Alumni Gathering
DESCRIPTION:If you are planning to attend the Episcopal Parish Network Conference in Houston this March\, please plan on joining the Seminary of the Southwest Alumni reception. This gathering of alums and friends is open to all Southwest alumni and students\, all Iona Collaborative alumni and students\, and any friends and supporters of Southwest. \nJoin us as we’ll highlight activity at the seminary and toast to our Dean and President\, the Very Rev. Cynthia Briggs Kittredge. \nIf you haven’t registered yet\, EPN is offering a $100 discount off Pre-Conference and Annual Conference registration (use code SouthwestEPN100) and a$50 discount off Annual Conference only (use code SouthwestEPN50).
URL:https://ssw.edu/event/episcopal-parish-network-southwest-alumni-gathering/
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20240325
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20240401
DTSTAMP:20260403T140427
CREATED:20240307T174519Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240328T202725Z
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SUMMARY:Holy Week and Triduum 2024
DESCRIPTION:Note: All live-streamed events are also viewable on the Seminary of the Southwest Facebook page. \nHoly Tuesday (March 26\, 2024)\nTenebrae\, 7:00 p.m.\, Christ Chapel\nThis Tenebrae will be an abbreviated office structured around chanted psalms\, readings\, and responsories. The distinctive ceremonial of the service includes fifteen candles\, ultimately symbolizing the triumph of Christ over evil and death. \nHoly Wednesday (March 27\, 2024)\nLatinx concentration building alfombras\, 2:00 p.m.\, in Christ Chapel\nMaundy Thursday (March 28\, 2024)\nNoonday Prayer\, 11:45 a.m.\, Christ Chapel\, with the Exhortation\nMaundy Thursday Holy Eucharist\, 5:30 p.m.\, Christ Chapel\nPreacher: Nancy Frausto \nIf you are serving as a minister for the service\, please arrive at 4:45. \nClick here to watch Maundy Thursday Livestream \nMaundy Thursday Agape Meal\, following Maundy Thursday service\, Dining Hall\n\nJoin us for an Agape Meal after the Maundy Thursday service. We’ll enjoy a delicious meal with our families and friends. RSVP here for dinner \nMaundy Thursday Watch 8pm – 8am\, Christ Chapel\nFollowing the Maundy Thursday service and Agape meal\, an all-night vigil will be held in the chapel. You and members of your household are invited to symbolically keep watch with Jesus in the Garden of Gethsemane through the night in one-hour increments. Check upcoming emails for sign up information. Please consider signing up here for one of the open slots on the Maundy Thursday vigil. Even if two people have already signed up for a time slot\, anyone is still welcome! \nGood Friday (March 29\, 2024)\nNo Office services today. \nThe Solemn Liturgy of Good Friday\, 11:45 a.m.\, Christ Chapel\n\nPreacher: Claire Colombo \nIf serving as a minister\, please arrive at 10:45 a.m. \nVía Crucis\, 1:30 p.m.\, at the Duval Landing\nPray the fourteen Stations of the Cross with a solemn bilingual service with movement and music. All community members are welcome — no knowledge of Spanish required. \nHoly Saturday (March 30\, 2024)\nHoly Saturday Liturgy\, 11:45 a.m.\, Christ Chapel\nIf serving as a minister\, please arrive at 11:15 a.m. \nThe Great Vigil of Easter\, 8:00 p.m.\, Christ Chapel\nPreacher: The Very Rev. Cynthia Briggs Kittredge \nIf serving as a minister\, please come to the rehearsal at 2:00 p.m. \nClergy from the Southwest community and others who would like to join should arrive at 7:15 p.m. in order to vest and line up for the procession. Clergy should bring a cassock\, surplice\, and while stole. \nBring your bells\, whistles\, horns\, and other noisemakers for this service! \nEaster Gala Celebration\, immediately following the Great Vigil of Easter\, Weeks Center/the Motte\n\nChrist is risen! Let’s feast! \nEaster (March 31\, 2024)\nEaster Monday (April 1\, 2024)\nNo classes\nCommunity Crawfish Boil and Potluck\, 3:00pm\, on the Motte\n\nAll are invited to the SSW Easter Monday Crawfish Boil and Potluck with the wonderful help of infamous gulf coast cooks\, Ellen and George Huckabay and Ari Gandy\, to enjoy fellowship\, celebrate Easter\, and eat some delicious Crawfish!\n\nOnly the boil materials are provided\, so we are looking for some volunteers who are willing to sign up to bring their own dishes (vegetarian options\, gluten free\, side dishes\, desserts\, non-alcoholic drinks etc.) as well as help with set up and clean up. Please sign up here!\n\nTuesday of Easter Week (April 2\, 2024)\nCommunity Eucharist\, 11:45 a.m.\, Christ Chapel\nAs we are off on Monday\, this will be our festal Easter celebration followed by Assembly.
URL:https://ssw.edu/event/holy-week-and-triduum-2024/
LOCATION:Seminary of the Southwest\, 501 East 32nd Street\, Austin\, TX\, 78705\, United States
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