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SUMMARY:68th Commencement
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 The Rt. Rev. Carlye Hughes\, 11th Bishop of Newark. \n  \n   \n  \n\nTuesday\, May 21 \nHoly Eucharist on the Occasion of the\n68th 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 \n  \n\nWednesday\, May 22 \nThe 68th Commencement Exercises of\nThe Episcopal Theological Seminary of the Southwest\nA service of morning prayer\n10:00 a.m.\nEpiscopal Church of the Good Shepherd \n3201 Windsor Road\nAustin\, TX 78703 \nReception to follow \nCommencement speaker:\nThe Rt. Rev. Carlye Hughes\n\nHughes is the 11th Bishop of Newark and the first woman and African American to hold the office. \n  \n  \n  \n  \nHonorary degree recipient:\nThe Rev. Dr. Daniel P. Matthews\, Sr.\nMatthews is rector emeritus of Trinity Church Wall Street and a nationally renowned preacher and teacher\, a leader\, visionary and vigorous proclaimer of a relevant gospel to the world. \n  \n  \n 
URL:https://ssw.edu/event/68th-commencement/
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SUMMARY:Continuing Education Week
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URL:https://ssw.edu/ionacenter/continuing-education/
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SUMMARY:The Monday Connection: Evan Smith
DESCRIPTION:The Monday Connection Welcomes\nEvan Smith\nof the Texas Tribune\n\n  \nMonday\, June 3\, 2019  |  11:30 a.m.–1:00 p.m.\nWeeks Campus Center\nSeminary of the Southwest  |  501 E. 32nd St.\, Austin\, TX 78705 \n\n\n\nEvan Smith is the CEO and co-founder of The Texas Tribune\, a pioneering nonprofit\, nonpartisan digital news organization whose deep coverage of Texas politics and public policy can be found at its website\, texastribune.org and in newspapers and on TV and radio stations across the state. Since its launch in 2009\, the Tribune has won international acclaim and numerous honors\, including a Peabody Award\, sixteen national Edward R. Murrow Awards from the Radio Television Digital News Association\, and three general excellence awards from the Online News Association. Evan is also the host of Overheard with Evan Smith\, a weekly half-hour interview program that airs on PBS stations around the country. \nBefore co-founding the Tribune\, Evan spent nearly 18 years at Texas Monthly\, including eight years as editor and a year as president and editor-in-chief. \nSmith\, a New York native\, obtained his bachelor’s degree in public policy at Hamilton College and a master’s degree in journalism from Northwestern University. \n\nReservations are required if attending: Please contact Karla Gillan at 512.439.0333 or karla.gillan@ssw.edu.\nPlease RSVP by May 27\, 2019.\n\n\n\nPlease feel free to bring a guest\, spouse\, or business associate.
URL:https://ssw.edu/event/17268-2/
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SUMMARY:Nuevos Horizontes
DESCRIPTION:Community Development: Strategy for Community Engagement\nJuly 8–10\, 2019 \nSeminary of the Southwest\, Austin\, Texas\n\nSponsored by\n\n\n      \n  \nThe tools for contextual ministry\, church planting\, Asset Based Community Development and community organizing all revolve around the techniques that have evolved under the banner of community development. Nuevos Horizontes will explore how church leaders can use such tools for establishing sustainable community relationships which are at the crux of the missional church becoming stakeholders in any given community. \nNuevos Horizontes is designed for clergy\, lay leaders and seminarians seeking competency in the dynamics and methodology of community development as a tool for missional outreach. \n  \n  \n\nRegistration deadline: July 3\, 2019\nRegistration fee of $225 includes double occupancy lodging for 2 nights\, most conference meals\, and\ntransportation to and from hotel to Seminary of the Southwest.\nPartial scholarships are being made available according to need\, by the Office of Latino/Hispanic Ministries.\n\nFor more information\, contact:\nThe Rev. Al Rodriguez\n\nal.rodriguez@ssw.edu \n512.695.6696\n\n   \n\nAn allied conference associated with Nuevo Amanecer\, Kanuga\, N.C. \n\n\n\nDesarrollo Comunitario: Una Estrategia Para Enlazar con la Comunidad\n\n\n8–10 de Julio\, 2019  \nSeminario del Suroeste\, Austin\, Tx\n\n\n\nSponsored by   \n\n\n    \n\n  \nLas herramientas para el ministerio contextual\, la plantación de iglesias\, el Desarrollo Comunal Basado en Activos (ABCD en inglés) y la organización de líderes de la comunidad reflejan los métodos relacionados con la práctica del desarrollo de la comunidad.  Nuevos Horizontes explorará cómo los líderes de iglesia pueden usar tales herramientas para establecer relaciones sostenibles en cualquier comunidad.  Estas relaciones son claves en la iglesia misionera convirtiéndose en una voz comprometida y en solidaridad con sus alrededores. \nNuevos Horizontes está diseñado para miembros del clero\, líderes laicos y seminaristas que buscan competencias en la dinámica y metodología del desarrollo comunitario como una herramienta para el alcance misional. \n  \n \nUltimo día para inscribirse: 3 de Julio\, 2019\nLa inscripción de $225 incluye 2 noches de hospedaje\, la mayoría de comidas durante la conferencia\, y el\ntransporte desde el hotel al Seminario del Suroeste.\nBecas parciales están disponible según necesidad\, a través de la Oficina de los Ministerios Latinos/Hispanos. \nPara mas información\, contacte:\nThe Rev. Al Rodriguez\nal.rodriguez@ssw.edu \n512.695.6696 \n\n\nPresentado en asociación con la Conferencia Nuevo Amanecer – Kanuga\, N.C. \n\nSchedule\n\nMonday\, July 8\n12:00–4:00 p.m.  |  Arrival at Double Tree Hotel\n6505 North IH-35 Austin\, TX 78752\nPhone: 512-454-3737 \n4:00 p.m.  |  Transport to Seminary of the Southwest (501 E. 32nd Street\, Austin\, TX 78705) \n5:00 p.m.  |  Welcome\, Introductions and Review of Conference Agenda\nThe Rev. Canon Anthony Guillén\, Episcopal Director of Ethnic Ministries\nThe Rev. Al Rodriguez\, Nuevo Horizontes Conference Director \n5:30 p.m.  |  Plenary 1 – Keynote\n“Community Development as a Community Engagement Tool”\nSean McConnell\, Director of Engagement\, Episcopal Relief and Development\nWeeks Center – Knapp Auditorium \n6:30 p.m.  |  Dinner – Weeks Center – Howell Dining Room \n7:30 p.m.  |  Social Hour – Weeks Center – Howell Dining Room \n8:30 p.m.  |  Transport to Double Tree Hotel \n  \n\n\n\n\nTuesday\, July 9\n8:30 a.m.  |  Transport from Double Tree Hotel to Seminary of Southwest \n9:15 a.m.  |  Plenary 2 – “The Beloved Community Story” – A Community Based Project\nThe Rev. Dr. Chantal McKinney\, Beloved Community\, Founder and Mission Developer\nWeeks Center – Knapp Auditorium \n10:15 a.m.  |  Break \n10:30–11:45 a.m.  |  First Set of Workshops 1\, 2 & 3 (Repeated at 2:45 pm — Same Rooms) \nWorkshop 1  Asset Based Community Development – What it is and its Applicability\nSean McConnell\, Director of Engagement\, Episcopal Relief and Development\nWeeks Center – Knapp Auditorium \nWorkshop 2   The “How-to” of Implementing a Beloved Community Outreach\nThe Rev. Dr. Chantal McKinney\nMcDonald Bldg. – B-210 \nWorkshop 3  Church Planting and Community Engagement\nThe Rev. Mike Michie\, Rector\, St. Thomas Episcopal Church\, San Antonio (former Episcopal\nChurch Staff Officer\, Church Planting Infrastructure)\nMcDonald Bldg. – A-210 \n12:00 p.m.  |  Working Lunch sponsored by The Episcopal Church Foundation – Weeks Center – Howell Dining Room\nUpdate on the Episcopal Church Foundation\nDr. Sandra Montes\, ECF Consultant\nCase Study of a Community Engagement Project \n1:30 p.m.   |  Plenary 3 – Community Engagement: A Tool for the Missional Church\nThe Rev. Canon Jesús Reyes\, Canon for Congregational Growth/Development\, Diocese of\nEl Camino Real\nWeeks Center – Knapp Auditorium \n2:30 p.m.  |  Break \n2:45–4:00 p.m.  |  Second Set of Workshops 1\, 2 & 3 (Repetition of first set – same rooms) \n4:00 p.m.  |  Break \n4:15 p.m.  |  Plenary 4 – Group Dialogue: What are your Experiences in Community Engagement\nWeeks Center – Knapp Auditorium\nFacilitator: The Rev. Al Rodriguez\, Curriculum Coordinator\, Hispanic/Latino Ministries \n5:15 p.m.  |  Transport to Double Tree Hotel \n7:00 p.m.  |  Optional: Transport to Sixth Street Entertainment District (dinner is personal cost) \n8:30 p.m.  |  Van pick up – St. David’s Episcopal Church (301 E. 8th St.) or personal Uber/Lyft (personal cost) \n  \nWednesday\, July 10\n8:30 a.m.  |  Transport from Double Tree Hotel to Seminary of Southwest\n9:15 a.m.  |  Plenary 5 – Community Engagement and TransCultural Latino Evangelism\nThe Rev. Al Rodriguez\, Curriculum Coordinator\, Hispanic/Latino Ministries\nWeeks Center – Knapp Auditorium \n10:30 a.m.  |  Break \n10:45 a.m.  |  Plenary 6 – Panel Discussion: What We Can Take Away Q&A\nFacilitator: The Rev. Canon Anthony Guillén\nWeeks Center – Knapp Auditorium \n11:30 a.m.  |  Evaluation – Weeks Center – Knapp Auditorium \n12:00 p.m.  |  Adjourn / box lunches (dining room or transport)\nRide Austin/Super Shuttle or private van pickup to Airport \n\nPresenters\nSean McConnell\, director of engagement for Episcopal Relief and Development for the last six years\, is based in the San Francisco Bay area and specializes in communicating the needs of people around the world to The Episcopal Church at large. Sean is a skilled communications and marketing leader with 12-plus years of broad-based experience in all facets of event management\, including six-plus years as director of communications with the Episcopal Diocese of California. He is a former managing editor for a small\, startup magazine\, and produced a series of live-streamed programs at Grace Cathedral in San Francisco. Sean holds a Master of Divinity from Church Divinity School of the Pacific and a B.A. from Hendrix College. \nThe Rev. Dr. Chantal McKinney is a native North Carolinian with Mexican-American roots. A graduate of Appalachian State University\, she received her Doctor of Ministry from Chicago Theological Seminary. As a priest\, she has served churches in North Carolina since her ordination and began a street ministry\, the Beloved Community ministries\, with the support of the convocation. Their engagement with the neighborhoods and deeply listening to the community led to a partnership with the NC Synod (ELCA) and a new church between both denominations. As a teacher\, speaker and consultant\, Chantal has developed\, led\, and spoken at workshops\, trainings\, and conferences on the topics of mutual mission\, street ministries\, and mission with and among the very people that Jesus calls blessed. \nThe Rev. Canon Jesús Reyes is canon for congregational growth and development in the Episcopal Diocese of El Camino Real (EDECR). With the Diocese of Virginia\, he planted Santa Maria Episcopal Church\, Falls Church\, Virginia. As a Roman Catholic priest\, Jesús ministered among the Zapoteco Indians in the mountains of Oaxaca\, Mexico\, and\, later\, he worked as missionary priest in Brazil. He has also served in the Church Planting Advisory Group of the Episcopal Church. He presently serves as a member of the Bishop’s Strategic Cabinet on the Jesus Movement and Evangelism and the Latino/Hispanic Council of Advice. He is also a member of the Kaleidoscope Institute Board of Directors. He was born in Mexico\, and completed degrees in philosophy and theology in Mexico. He holds a Diploma in Anglican Studies from Virginia Theological Seminary. \nThe Rev. Michael Michie is the former staff officer for church planting infrastructure of the Presiding Bishop’s staff. He oversaw a churchwide network for planting congregations\, the recruiting and training of church planters\, and establishing new ministries throughout The Episcopal Church. He has served as rector of St. Andrew’s in McKinney\, Texas\, a congregation he planted which grew to become a 650-member church with a series of community-based ministries. He is now the rector of St. Thomas Episcopal Church in San Antonio. Mike is a graduate of the Seminary of the Southwest and holds a Master of Arts in practical theology\, a Master in Public Administration\, and a B.A. in government. He served in the Diocese of Dallas’ Standing Committee and has been a long-time deputy to the General Convention. \nThe Rev. Canon Anthony Guillén is director of ethnic ministries with the Office of the Presiding Bishop\, which oversees the Latino/Hispanic Ministries for The Episcopal Church. Missioner Guillén helped to develop the Episcopal Church’s Strategic Vision for Reaching Latinos/Hispanics\, which was adopted at General Convention 2009. Guillén has overseen the development of two programs\, New Camino\, aimed at diocesan staff\, and a church-wide course entitled Episcopal Latino Ministry Competency. ELMC assists the church in exploring the cultural and socio-demographics of Latinos in the U.S. and addressing the acculturation and Americanization of the multi-generation Latino. Guillén’s vision is for The Episcopal Church to embody the multi-ethnic\, multilingual\, and multicultural context we live in today. The vision is also to make The Episcopal Church known to Latino/Hispanic communities so that they may experience our church as their spiritual home. Prior to being appointed as missioner in 2005\, Guillén was head of several congregations in the Diocese of Los Angeles and Guadalajara\, Mexico. His Master of Divinity is from the Seminary of the Southwest. \nThe Rev. Al Rodriguez has been involved in Hispanic/Latino ministry for the past 30 years on a local\, diocesan\, and national level. Most recently\, he served as the interim director of the Latino/Hispanic Studies program at the Seminary of the Southwest in Austin. Rodriguez is also the curriculum coordinator for the Episcopal Latino Ministry Competency course\, sponsored by the Office of Latino/Hispanic Ministries\, as well as for the seminar New Camino\, aimed at training diocesan staff on Latino ministry. He is a former grantee of the Episcopal Church Foundation’s Fellowship Partners Program and of the Episcopal Evangelism Society. Al specializes in teaching the dynamics of Latino ministry within the context of the trans-cultural and multi-generational reality of the U.S. Latino. Al’s background includes a 15-year rectorship of a dual-language parish\, a former career in community economic development\, and a role as a Peace Corps volunteer in Venezuela. His M.Div. is from Seminary of the Southwest.
URL:https://ssw.edu/event/nuevos-horizontes/
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SUMMARY:2019 Matriculation Evensong and Reception
DESCRIPTION:2019 Matriculation Evensong and Reception\n \nPlease join us on Sunday\, August 25\, 2019 for Southwest’s Matriculation Evensong service where new students are welcomed and begin their important journey of leadership formation. \nIn addition\, the seminary will celebrate the installation of four new faculty members. \nPlease join us in Christ Chapel at 5:00 p.m. for the service of Evensong and at 6:30 p.m. in the Weeks Center for a celebratory reception. \nPlease respond by Wednesday\, August 21\, 2019 with the link below. \n \nWe look forward to greeting you at Christ Chapel!
URL:https://ssw.edu/event/2019-matriculation-evensong-and-reception/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20190919T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20190919T200000
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SUMMARY:The Rev. Dr. Edwin Aponte: Hispanic Heritage Month Celebration Speaker and Guest
DESCRIPTION:Hispanic Heritage Celebration at Southwest presents Edwin Aponte\nSeminary of the Southwest’s Latinx Studies Program invites you to celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month with a dinner and conversation from the Rev. Dr. Edwin Aponte\, Executive Director of the Louisville Institute. \n \n  \nSeptember 19\, 2019 \n5:30pm – Holy Eucharist\n6:30pm – Dinner and Talk\n\nWeeks Center on the Campus of Seminary of the Southwest \nJoin our community for an evening of conversation\, reflection and fellowship as Rev. Dr. Aponte leads us through an exploration of the topic of Latinxs in Theological Education.\n \nFree and open to the public. \n  \n \n  \nThe Rev. Dr. Edwin Aponte graduated from Gordon College (B.A.)\, Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary (M.A.T.S.)\, and Temple University (M.A.\, Ph.D.). As a cultural historian Aponte explores faith\, spirituality and culture\, especially within Latino/a religions\, African American religions\, and race\, ethnicity and religion. He is the author of ¡Santo! Varieties of Latino/a Spirituality (Orbis Books\, 2012). He taught history of Christianity and congregational studies at Perkins School of Theology of Southern Methodist University. Previously he was Dean and Chief Executive Administrator of Palmer Theological Seminary of Eastern University\, Vice President for Academic Affairs and Dean at Christian Theological Seminary\, and Vice President of Academic Affairs and Dean at Lancaster Theological Seminary. Ed and his wife Laura Jakubowski Aponte reside in Louisville. \nThe public is also invited to attend Eucharist at 5:30 on September 19\, 2019\, in Christ Chapel at Seminary of the Southwest\, where Aponte will preach and preside; the Very Rev. Cynthia Briggs Kittredge will co-preside. \n  \n  \n 
URL:https://ssw.edu/event/edwin-aponte-hispanic-heritage-month-speaker-and-guest/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20191008T064500
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20191008T090000
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SUMMARY:John Hines Day
DESCRIPTION:Celebrate the Ministry of Southwest’s Founder\nThe community of Seminary of the Southwest invites you to John Hines Day\, a celebration of the ministry of the founder of Seminary of the Southwest. \nThe legacy of Bishop John E. Hines is invaluable not simply to Southwest but to the Episcopal Church as a whole. In honoring this legacy we seek to embrace the remarkable courage with which he spread the gospel and led the church. The call for social justice in our modern world is no less important than at the time of Bishop Hines\, and it is the great privilege of the seminary\, in partnership with our John Hines Legacy Society members\, to help form the future leaders of the Church. \nTuesday\, October 8\, 2019\n11:45am\nChrist Chapel at Seminary of the Southwest\n501 East 32nd Street Austin\, TX 78705 \nLunch immediately following in the Weeks Center \n\nThe Very Rev. J. Pittman McGehee will preach. The Southwest Board of Trustees will be present and our newest trustees will be installed. A luncheon honoring our John Hines Legacy Society members will follow. \nJohn Hines Day Schedule\n11:45am\nChrist Chapel Festal Eucharist celebrating Bishop John Elbridge Hines\nInstallation of new trustees \n12:45pm\nWeeks Center Celebratory luncheon honoring John Hines Legacy Society members\nIntroductions & Welcome by the Very Rev. Cynthia Briggs Kittredge\, Dean and President\, Seminary of the Southwest. \n\nPlease contact Karla Gillan at karla.gillan@ssw.edu or 512.439.0333 with questions.\n \n  \nTo learn more about the John Hines Legacy Society\, please click here.
URL:https://ssw.edu/event/john-hines-day2019/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20191014T113000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20191014T130000
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SUMMARY:The Monday Connection: Ed Clements
DESCRIPTION:The Monday Connection Welcomes\nEd Clements\nof KLBJ Radio\n\n\n  \n\nMonday\, October 14\, 2019  |  11:30 a.m.–1:00 p.m.\nWeeks Campus Center\nSeminary of the Southwest  |  501 E. 32nd St.\, Austin\, TX 78705 \n\n\n\nEd Clements\, veteran news talk show host and sportscaster\, will share his wealth of experience of over 30 years in radio. \nRaised in Brownwood\, Texas\, Ed moved to Austin in 1989 and began working for KLBJ Radio and has remained with KLBJ ever since. He is a co-host on KLBJ’s Jeff and Ed Show\, Sports Saturday with The Fifteenth Club and The End Zone. He also hosts Crenshaw on Golf on Sirius XM PGA Tour Radio with Ben Crenshaw. \nEd has contributed greatly to numerous organizations in Austin\, such as the American Heart Association\, and as a current board member for Alzheimer’s Texas Association\, and Arc of the Capital Area. Clements also works closely with the Austin golf community\, working with two-time Masters champion Ben Crenshaw\, volunteering for the First Tee of Austin\, and supporting Swinging Fore the Arc annual golf event. \nClements is married to Betsy Kellogg Clements and is the father of two sons\, Ben and Ferris Clements. He is a member of Good Shepherd Episcopal Church.  \n\nQuestions? Please contact Karla Gillan at 512.439.0333 or karla.gillan@ssw.edu\n 
URL:https://ssw.edu/event/clements/
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20191015
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20191016
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SUMMARY:Fall Open House: Clinical Mental Health Counseling and Spiritual Formation
DESCRIPTION:Seminary of the Southwest will host a vocational degrees Open House this fall for the Master of Arts in Clinical Mental Health Counseling and the Master of Arts in Spiritual Formation. These events will include an opportunity for you to learn about each program directly from the faculty. There will also be time to ask admissions/financial aid questions\, and campus tour. \nClick to register to register for Tuesday\, Oct. 15th @6pm \nClick to register for Tuesday\, Nov. 12th @6pm \nMore information about our Center degree programs:\nMaster of Arts in Clinical Mental Health Counseling\nMaster of Arts in Spiritual Formation \n  \nQuestions?\n \nContact: \nBritt James\, Center Enrollment Manager\n512-439-0374\nbrittany.james@ssw.edu \nFAST LINKS\nEncounter\nVideos – “The Center”\nAdmissions\nFinancial Aid\nApply Now! \nLooking forward to having you on campus soon.
URL:https://ssw.edu/event/fall-open-house-clinical-mental-health-counseling-and-spiritual-formation/
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20191107
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20191110
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SUMMARY:2019 Blandy Lectures and Alumni Convocation
DESCRIPTION:We invite you to the 2019 Blandy Lectures and Alumni Convocation!\nhttp://ssw.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/curry_blandy.mp4\nJoin us for the convocation on November 7–9\, 2019.\nAlongside thoughtful programming\, Blandy offers alumni\, students\, faculty\, and friends of the seminary an opportunity to reconnect through worship\, fun\, and fellowship. In addition to the thought-provoking speaker and programming\, attendees are invited to worship in Christ Chapel\, a fun Friday night dinner\, and to cheer on the ThuriBulls at the annual Polity Bowl. \nIn a world where our awareness and understanding of mental-health issues is growing\, Blandy lecturer Dr. Warren Kinghorn will speak to the convocation about the intersection of Christian communities and mental-health care\, especially around the issue of moral injury. \n  \nRegister today: \n\n \nLearn more about the entire 3 day event below: \nKeynote Lectures by Dr. Warren Kinghorn\nThursday\, November 7: Walking with Veterans After War: Combat Trauma\, Moral Injury\, and the Journey Home\n\n\n\nAround 1 in 5 veterans of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan\, as well as many veterans of other conflicts\, meet criteria for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)\, and many veterans live with difficult memories of actions witnessed or done in war\, which is often described as “moral injury.”  The experiences now known as moral injury were deeply connected to the rise of the diagnosis of PTSD\, were systematically forgotten\, and are now being recognized and remembered.   But moral injury cannot be reduced to a clinical category; rather\, in pointing beyond individual veterans to the social and moral context of war and military life\, moral injury demands that veterans be recognized not as bearers of unwanted psychiatric symptoms but as moral and spiritual agents who are seeking to survive in a morally fragmented world.   Veterans with moral injury\, in other words\, are not machines that need fixing but wayfarers who need connection and accompaniment.  Engaging clinical\, ethical\, political\, and theological dimensions of moral injury\, we will explore steps for walking faithfully and helpfully with returning combat veterans in ways that honor agency\, promote connection\, and encourage vocation.\n  \nDr. Kinghorn’s lecture on Thursday\, November 7 at 7:30 p.m. is free and open to the public. \n  \nFriday\, November 8: From Control to Wonder: Action\, Contemplation\, and Modern Mental Health Care\nMental health care\, especially the practice of psychiatry\, is often focused on establishing and maintaining control over distressing or disvalued emotion\, experience\, and behavior.   Control over one’s body and one’s life is an important human good\, especially for survivors of trauma.   But control is not the highest good\, and programs of mental health care that focus on control may promote unhealthy practices of self-surveillance and subjection to technologies of control.   By contrast\, Christian reflection on action and contemplation has often emphasized that control is a proximate good that enables and points toward the higher goods of love\, wonder\, and contemplation.   What would it look like for mental health care practices to be oriented not toward control but toward wonder?   Focusing on St. Thomas Aquinas’ treatment of the active life and contemplative life (Summa theologiae IIaIIae qq. 179-182)\, we will explore the role of prudence and the moral virtues in framing healthy strategies of control that yet point beyond themselves toward the capacity for love and wonder for God and for all that God has made-and how mental health care would look different as a result. \n\n\nContinuing Education\nSeveral continuing education sessions will be offered\, including: \n\nUndoing Anti-Judaism in the Liturgy presented by The Rev. Dan Joslyn-Siemiatkoski and Rabbi Neil Blumofe.\nNew Telemental Health Practices: Ethics\, Rules and Clinical Considerations presented by the Southwest Counseling Faculty\n\n\nWorship in Christ Chapel\nThursday\, November 7\n5:30pm Alumni Eucharist\nThe Rev. Eric Hungerford ’10\, Preaching\nThe Rev. Kathy Pfister ’10\, Presiding\nFriday\, November 8\n9:30am Morning Prayer\n11:45am Jazz Noonday Eucharist\nThe Very Rev. Cynthia Briggs Kittredge\, ThD\, Preaching\nThe Rev. Justin Lindstrom ’99 Presiding\n5:00pm Evening Prayer\nOrganized by The Loise Henderson Wessendorf Center for Christian Ministry and Vocation\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDinner\, Live Music and more!\n \n“Wendy Colonna is not just a singer-songwriter\, she’s a force of nature.” – Austin American-Statesman \nBlandy revs up as it winds down with dinner\, live music\, and a pep rally for our ThuriBulls in the next day’s Polity Bowl. Austin singer-songwriter Wendy Colonna will entertain with her soulful style that has been described as a soul singer\, who\, “delivers hard-hitting truths about loss\, anguish\, and love.” \n\nLearn more at wendycolonna.com \n\n\nFind the full Blandy schedule below.\nFor more information\, please contact Katherine Bailey Brown\, director of annual giving and alumni relations\, at katherine.brown@ssw.edu or 512.472.4133 ext. 333. \n  \nFull Blandy schedule:\nThursday\, November 7\n1:30                 Registration\, light bites\, and drinks \n1:45                 Welcome and Overview \n2:00                 Continuing Ed Session 1: Undoing Anti-Judaism in the Liturgy\, The Rev. Dan Joslyn-Siemiatkoski\, PhD & Rabbi Neil Blumofe \n3:00                 Break \n3:15                 Continuing Ed Session 2: Undoing Anti-Judaism in the Liturgy\, The Rev. Dan Joslyn-Siemiatkoski\, PhD & Rabbi Neil Blumofe \n4:15                 Break \n5:30                 Alumni Eucharist \n6:30                 Dinner & Presentation of Hal Brook Perry Award \n7:30                 Warren Kinghorn Lecture: Walking with Veterans After War: Combat Trauma\, Moral Injury\, and the Journey Home \n8:45                 Dessert Reception \n  \nFriday\, November 8\n8:30                 Breakfast with the Dean \n9:30                 Morning Prayer \n10:15               Warren Kinghorn Lecture: From Control to Wonder: Action\, Contemplation\, and Modern Mental Health Care \n11:15               Break \n11:30-1:30       Center Continuing Ed Lunch & Learn: Telemental Health- Ethics and Practice Considerations\, Southwest Faculty\n \n11:45               Holy Eucharist \n12:30               Lunch Panel Discussion \n1:45                 Share Shop Session 1 \n3:00                 Break \n3:15                 Share Shop 2 \n4:30                 Break \n5:00                 Evening Prayer \n5:30                 Polity Bowl Pep Rally \n6:00                 Celebration Dinner \n6:30                 Live Music \n  \nSaturday\, November 9\n10:00               Polity Bowl \n 
URL:https://ssw.edu/event/2019-blandy-lectures-and-alumni-convocation-2/
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SUMMARY:Fall Open House 2: Clinical Mental Health Counseling and Spiritual Formation
DESCRIPTION:November 12 at 6pm\nSeminary of the Southwest will host a vocational degrees Open House this fall for the Master of Arts in Clinical Mental Health Counseling and the Master of Arts in Spiritual Formation. These events will include an opportunity for you to learn about each program directly from the faculty. There will also be time to ask admissions/financial aid questions\, and campus tour. \nClick to register for Tuesday\, Nov. 12th @6pm \nMore information about our Center degree programs:\nMaster of Arts in Clinical Mental Health Counseling\nMaster of Arts in Spiritual Formation \n  \nQuestions?\n \nContact: \nBritt James\, Center Enrollment Manager\n512-439-0374\nbrittany.james@ssw.edu \n  \nFAST LINKS\nEncounter\nVideos – “The Center”\nAdmissions\nFinancial Aid\nApply Now! \nLooking forward to having you on campus soon.
URL:https://ssw.edu/event/fall-open-house-clinical-mental-health-counseling-and-spiritual-formation-2/
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20191201
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SUMMARY:2019 Advent Meditations and Prayers are here
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URL:https://ssw.edu/advent2019/
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20191213
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SUMMARY:Winter Break
DESCRIPTION:Seminary of the Southwest administrative offices will be closed from Dec. 13\, 2019\, to January 3\, 2020.
URL:https://ssw.edu/event/winter-break/
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SUMMARY:The Monday Connection: Steven Tomlinson
DESCRIPTION:The Monday Connection Welcomes\nDr. Steven Tomlinson\nAssociate Professor of Leadership and Administration at Seminary of the Southwest\n\n\nMonday\, January 13\, 2020|  11:30 a.m.–1:00 p.m.\nWeeks Campus Center\nSeminary of the Southwest  |  501 E. 32nd St.\, Austin\, TX 78705 \n\n\n\nSteven Tomlinson\, Ph.D.\, is Associate Professor of Leadership and Administration at Seminary of the Southwest and a Founding Master Teacher at the Acton School of Business for Entrepreneurship. He has taught economics and finance at The University of Texas at Austin where he designed and directed the MBA professional development program. He coaches Wall Street\, Fortune 500 and high-tech startup executives and managers on communication strategy. \nFor 27 years\, Steven has been a member of St. James’ Episcopal Church. In this past year he has preached at St. James’ and at Palmer Memorial in Houston; spoken to clergy conferences in the Dioceses of Northwest Texas\, Oklahoma\, Wyoming and Arkansas; and given keynote addresses for the National Association of Corporate Directors\, the Culturati Summit\, and the Canadian Institute for the Administration of Justice. He serves on the General Convention’s Task Force on Theology of Money and is the lead consultant on an Episcopal Church Foundation grant to design curriculum to teach seminarians about money\, finance and the economy. \nSteven is a playwright and actor and has performed his award-winning solo shows in Austin and off-Broadway. \n\nRegistration for this event is closed. \nQuestions? Please contact Karla Gillan at 512.439.0333 or karla.gillan@ssw.edu\n 
URL:https://ssw.edu/event/steven_tomlinson2/
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SUMMARY:Payne Lecture - The Rt. Rev. David E. Bailey
DESCRIPTION:Tuesday\, February 4\, 2020 | 7:00 – 9:00 p.m. | Knapp Auditorium \nThe Board of Trustees of Seminary of the Southwest is proud to announce that the 2020 Payne Lecture will feature The Rt. Rev. David E. Bailey. \nThe Rt. Rev. David E. Bailey has served as bishop of Navajoland since Aug. 7\, 2010. He served on the Executive Council of the Episcopal Church. His episcopate in Navajoland has centered on melding Navajo tradition with Episcopal Church customs; raising up indigenous ordained leadership; developing programs to combat substance abuse and domestic violence and to support veterans; and developing new sources of income. When he was elected bishop\, he was serving as canon to the ordinary in the Diocese of Utah. \nRead David’s full Bio \nHosted by the seminary’s board of trustees\, this annual event honors the Rt. Rev. Claude E. Payne\, former chair of the seminary’s board of trustees and bishop of the Diocese of Texas retired. \nThe lecture is open to the public and will be followed by a reception in the Weeks Center.
URL:https://ssw.edu/event/payne-lecture-david-e-bailey/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20200222T083000
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SUMMARY:Central Texas Colloquium on Religion
DESCRIPTION:On February 22 the Seminary will be hosting our 10th annual Central Texas Colloquium on Religion\, a graduate student conference for religious studies students.\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSessions run from 9-10:30 and from 10:45-12:15 in room 261. Schedule of events is below.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n8:30 – Welcome and Introductions (In Maddux Lounge) \n9:00 – St. Therese of Lisieux’s Spirituality Recontextualized Today \nJessica Guerriero\, St. Edward’s University \n9:20 – Without Shaking the Dust Off: The Ending of Acts and the Questions of Anti-Judaism and Jewish Mission \nSung Soo Hong\, The University of Texas at Austin \n9:45 – Soteriology\, Sacraments\, and Sanctification: The Necessity of a Free Human Will in the Logos \nMary Freiberger\, Seminary of the Southwest \n10:10 – BREAK \n10:30 – The Forgotten Marys and the Venerated Sara La Kali in Romani Culture \nDestiny Nicoll\, St. Edward’s University \n10:50 – Therapy Before Theology: A Hermeneutic Phenomenology Approach to the Debate on Sexuality \nElise Bjork\, Seminary of the Southwest \n11:15 – The Controversial and Orthodox Teresa of Avila \nEva McNabb\, St. Edward’s University \n11:35 – Philatutia or Philadelphia? How Loving Our Neighbor Should Shape Christian Political Engagement \nKathryn Freeman\, Baylor University\, Truett Seminary \n12:00 – Woman Wisdom: The Feminine Features of God Illuminated in the St. John’s Bible \nAnisa Zepeda\, St. Edward’s University
URL:https://ssw.edu/event/central-texas-colloquium-on-religion/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20200227T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20200227T193000
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SUMMARY:Black History Month 2020 Celebration Service
DESCRIPTION:  \nA February tradition at Seminary of the Southwest\, this year’s Black History Month events focus on the theme “Tracing Our Roots.” You are invited to join us as we honor the legacy of African Americans in the U.S. and confront the future of race in the country and the church.\n  \n  \n  \nThursday\, February 27\n\nBlack History Month Celebration of the Holy Eucharist\n\nGuest preacher: The Rev. Randy Callender\nRector\, St. Philip’s Episcopal Church\, Annapolis\, MD \nMusical guest: Ian Spencer \n5:30 p.m.  |  Christ Chapel \nDinner reception to follow  |  Howell Dining Hall \n  \nThis event is free and open to the public. \n  \n \n  \n  \n 
URL:https://ssw.edu/event/black-history-month-2020-celebration-service/
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SUMMARY:Triduum 2020
DESCRIPTION:‘In response to the COVID-19 pandemic\, Triduum at Seminary of the Southwest will not be held in its traditional format. Please visit the link below for details of how the community of Southwest will observe Holy Week’ \n\nHoly Week at Southwest
URL:https://ssw.edu/event/triduum-2020/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20200508T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20200519T110000
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SUMMARY:Soul by Southwest 2020 Release Party
DESCRIPTION:  \nThe latest edition of Soul by Southwest is out now! Find it and video commentaries from the artists here.
URL:https://ssw.edu/event/soul-by-southwest-2020-release-party/
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SUMMARY:69th Commencement for Seminary of the Southwest
DESCRIPTION:Seminary of the Southwest will hold two virtual ceremonies this year – a Service of Evening Prayer and a Service of Midmorning Prayer and Awarding of Degrees– 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. \n\nBoth services will be premiered on Southwest’s Youtube Channel at their regularly scheduled times (see below).\n\nThis year’s Commencement speaker will be the Very Rev. Miguelina Howell\, 10th Dean of Christ Church Cathedral\, Hartford\, CT. \nA message of congratulations and hope will be delivered to the senior class by the Most Rev. Michael Curry\, Presiding Bishop. \nIn addition to conferring degrees on graduating members of the Class of 2020\, Southwest will award a Doctor of Divinity honoris causa to Southwest alumna the Right Reverend Kathryn M. Ryan. \n  \n  \n\nTuesday\, May 19 at 5:00 p.m.\nEvening Prayer on the Occasion of the\n69th Commencement of Seminary of the Southwest\nwith the Presentation of the Seminary Crosses and Remembrances\n\n\n \n–>>Click here to view service bulletin for Order of Worship for the Evening on the Occasion of the 69th Commencement \n\nWednesday\, May 20 at 10:00 a.m.\nThe 69th Commencement Exercises of\nThe Episcopal Theological Seminary of the Southwest\nA Service of Midmorning prayer and Awarding of Degrees\n\n \n–>> Click here to view service bulletin for Midmorning Office with the 69th Commencement Exercises \nCommencement speaker:\nThe Very Rev. Miguelina Howell\n\nPrior to her appointment as the Tenth Dean\, Miguelina served as Vicar of the Cathedral.    Miguelina is originally from the Dominican Republic where she holds a license in clinical psychology.   She was ordained in 2002 in the Episcopal Diocese of the Dominican Republic. She is a member of the Episcopal Church Latino/Hispanic Ministries Council of Advice\, member of the Board of the Society for the Increase of Ministry and was appointed to serve on the General Convention 2015  Task Force on Sustentability and Development of Latino/Hispanic Ministries. Miguelina serves as a faculty member of CREDO\, a wellness program of the Church Pension Group. She was the seventh Rector of the Church of the Epiphany\, Diocese of Newark\, and served as a member of the Task Force for Re-imagining the Episcopal Church.  In the Episcopal Diocese of the Dominican Republic she was Priest-in-Charge of three congregations\, executive director and administrator of the Diocesan Camp & Conference Center\, and coordinator of Young Adult Ministries. Miguelina has also served as a member of the Presiding Bishop’s Staff at the Episcopal Church Center\, as a member of the Council of Advice of the President of the House of Deputies\, and as a member of Executive Council of the Episcopal Church. \n  \n  \n  \n 
URL:https://ssw.edu/event/69th-commencement/
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SUMMARY:2020 Matriculation
DESCRIPTION:2020 Matriculation – Welcoming the Incoming Class\n \n  \nPlease join us on Sunday\, August 30\, 2020 at 5pm for Southwest’s Matriculation service where new students are welcomed and begin their important journey of leadership formation. \nThis year’s event will be virtual and available for viewing by the greater public\, premiering on Seminary of the Southwest’s Youtube Channel. \n  \n>>>Watch 2020 Matriculation Service Here\n>>>For the Order of Service\, click here  \n\nDr. Scott Bader-Saye\, Academic Dean\, will preach and the Very Rev. Cynthia Briggs Kittredge will preside. \nSouthwest will also be presenting the 2020 Charles Cook Servant Leadership Award to The Cumberbatch Family for their ongoing work within and commitment to our community. \nThe Charles Cook Servant Leadership 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. Charlie’s entire ministry–from his parish work\, to his time as the professor of pastoral theology\, to his continued devotion to the mission of the church–has been one continuous example of servant leadership. 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. \n 
URL:https://ssw.edu/event/2020-matriculation/
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DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20201006T090000
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SUMMARY:John Hines Day
DESCRIPTION:Celebrate the Ministry of Southwest’s Founder\nThe community of Seminary of the Southwest invites you to John Hines Day\, a celebration of the ministry of the founder of Seminary of the Southwest. \nThe legacy of Bishop John E. Hines is invaluable not simply to Southwest but to the Episcopal Church as a whole. In honoring this legacy we seek to embrace the remarkable courage with which he spread the gospel and led the church. The call for social justice in our modern world is no less important than at the time of Bishop Hines\, and it is the great privilege of the seminary\, in partnership with our John Hines Legacy Society members\, to help form the future leaders of the Church. \nTuesday\, October 6\, 2020\n\nMore details to follow.
URL:https://ssw.edu/event/john-hines-day-2020/
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20201019
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SUMMARY:Reading Week
DESCRIPTION:Seminary of the Southwest Reading Week.
URL:https://ssw.edu/event/reading-week/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20201124T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20201127T170000
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SUMMARY:Thanksgiving Holiday
DESCRIPTION:No classes and offices will be closed for Thanksgiving.
URL:https://ssw.edu/event/thanksgiving-holiday/
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20201129
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SUMMARY:First Day of Advent
DESCRIPTION:The first day of the Advent meditations for 2020.
URL:https://ssw.edu/event/first-day-of-advent/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20201221T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20210101T170000
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SUMMARY:Christmas Holiday
DESCRIPTION:No classes and offices will be closed for Christmas.
URL:https://ssw.edu/event/christmas-holiday/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20210114T190000
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SUMMARY:52nd Annual Blandy Lecture and Symposium
DESCRIPTION:Seminary of the Southwest presents the 52nd Annual Blandy Lecture and Symposium\, featuring the Very Rev. Dr. Kelly Brown Douglas\, Dean of the Episcopal Divinity School at Union Theological Seminary and the Bill and Judith Moyers Chair in Theology at Union. \nDean Douglas will present a talk on ‘Being Church in the Time of Black Lives Matter.’ \nThis year’s Blandy Lecture – rescheduled from November – will be presented in an online format. Given the change in format required by the pandemic\, Southwest will offer the lecture and follow-up symposium without charge this year. \nWe invite registrants to generously honor our speaker and event organizers with a voluntary gift to the Southwest Annual Fund in support of our students. \n  \n52nd Annual Blandy Lecture and Symposium\nWith the Very Rev. Dr. Kelly Brown Douglas\nThursday\, January 14\, 2021 at 7PM CST\n \n  \n“A significant and powerful theological voice\, Kelly Brown Douglas is a person that our alums\, current students\, and faculty are eager to be ‘with’ for this year’s Blandy Lecture. While we will miss our normal ‘in-person’ fellowship\, these unique circumstances allow for us to share a vital perspective within The Episcopal Church\,” said the Very Rev. Cynthia Briggs Kittredge\, dean and president. \nIn keeping with early church practice of moral conversation\, participants preparing for the Blandy conversation\, will receive a biblical reflection to guide their preparations and encounter with the lecture. The seminary’s Iona Collaborative staff will facilitate a “symposium” conversation for registrants immediately following the lecture. Participants will be invited to reflect on Dr. Douglas’ presentation and then speak about how her words might influence and even transform particular practices in their own local church communities. \n\n	Biblical-Reflections-for-Blandy-Lecture-and-Symposium\n\n  \n“In many early Christian churches\, there was a structured time for moral conversation immediately following the celebration of the Lord’s Supper. It was the Church’s adaptation of the second part of a formal dinner party called the Symposium – a time for drinking\, music\, dancing\, and other entertainment. This was a revelatory and transformative practice where church members reflected on their lives and spoke prophetically about where and how God was working among them. This conversation built up the church community and encouraged and consoled individual congregants in the challenging work of daily faithfulness\,” said the Rev. John Lewis\, director of the Iona Collaborative. \nParticipants will receive a certificate acknowledging one hour of contact time for continuing education credit. \nAbout The Very Reverend Dr. Kelly Brown Douglas \nThe Very Reverend Dr. Kelly Brown Douglas was named Dean of the Episcopal Divinity School at Union Theological Seminary and Professor of Theology at Union in September 2017.  She was named the Bill and Judith Moyers Chair in Theology in November 2019.  She also serves as the Canon Theologian at the Washington National Cathedral and Theologian in Residence at Trinity Church Wall Street. \nPrior to Union\, Dean Douglas served as Professor of Religion at Goucher College where she held the Susan D. Morgan Professorship of Religion and is now Professor Emeritus.  Before Goucher\, she was Associate Professor of Theology at Howard University School of Divinity (1987-2001) and Assistant Professor of Religion at Edward Waters College (1986-1987). \nDean Douglas is widely published in national and international journals and other publications.  Her groundbreaking and widely taught book Sexuality and the Black Church: A Womanist Perspective (1999) was the first to address the issue of homophobia within the black church community.  Her latest book\, Stand Your Ground: Black Bodies and the Justice of God (2015)\, examines the challenges of a “Stand Your Ground” culture for the black church. \nDouglas’ other books include The Black Christ (1994\, 25th Anniversary edition 2019)\, What’s Faith Got to Do with It?: Black Bodies/Christian Souls (2005) and Black Bodies and the Black Church: A Blues Slant (2012)\, which seeks to move the black church beyond its oppressive views toward LGBTQ bodies and sexuality in general. \nIn addition\, Dean Douglas is the co-editor of Sexuality and the Sacred: Sources for Theological Reflection (2010).  She has been a pioneering and highly sought-after voice in regard to addressing sexual issues in relation to the black religious community.  She has been very active in advocating equal rights for LGBTQ persons. \n 
URL:https://ssw.edu/event/52nd-annual-blandy-lecture-and-symposium/
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SUMMARY:Payne Lecture - Ruby Sales
DESCRIPTION:Tuesday\, February 9\, 2021 | 6:00 p.m. CST | Virtual \nCo-Presented by St. James’ Episcopal Church\nThe Board of Trustees of Seminary of the Southwest is proud to announce that the 2021 Payne Lecture will feature Ruby Sales. \nHosted by Seminary of the Southwest’s Board of Trustees\, this annual event honors the Rt. Rev. Claude E. Payne\, former chair of the seminary’s board and bishop of the Diocese of Texas\, retired. \nThis year’s Payne Lecture is co-presented by St. James’ Episcopal Church\, and is included as part of Southwest’s Black History Month. \nThe lecture is free and open to the public. Registration is required. \n‘Where Do We Go From Here: Community or Chaos’  – Ruby Sales\n(Title is taken from Martin Luther King’s book\, Where Do We Go From Here: Community or Chaos.) \n \n  \n“This question requires us to interrogate\, from all of our multiple identities\, the meanings of community without erasing our particularities or our universality. As spiritual guides\, what is our understanding of chaos and what is our understanding of community? Within this context\, how do we read Moses’ ascension to the mountaintop and being the beneficiary and carrier of what we call the Ten Commandments or the law. Finally\, how do Christians build a social gospel for the 21st century that speaks to the question of community or chaos in a capitalist White male elitist technocracy where very few lives matter and Black\, Brown and indigenous lives matter least of all.” \nTuesday\, February 9\, 2021 \n6pm CST \nRUBY NELL SALES \nPublic Theologian\, Historian\, Activist\, Social Critic\, and Educator \nRuby Nell Sales looks at her work as a calling rather than a career. She answered the call to social justice as a teenager at Tuskegee Institute where she joined the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) and worked on voter registration in Lowndes County\, Alabama. \nSales received a B.A. degree from Manhattanville College and attended graduate school at Princeton University.  Sales received a Masters of Divinity degree from the Episcopal Divinity School where she was an Absalom Jones Scholar. While there\, she developed a reputation as a preacher and has preached at churches and cathedrals around the nation.  After divinity school\, she founded and still directs a national nonprofit organization\, the SpiritHouse Project. \nAs a social justice activist\, Sales’ work is cited in several books\, journal articles and films such as Taylor Branch’s At Canaan’s Edge: America in the King Years 1965-68; Broken Ground: A Film on Race Relations in the South; Dan Rather’s American Dream Segment; and Blood Brother: Jonathan Daniels and His Sacrifice for Civil Rights by Rich and Sandra Neil Wallace.   Sales was one of the founders of SAGE Magazine: A Scholarly Journal on Black Women.  As a social critic\, Sales has published works in several journals\, newspapers and magazines and is a frequent guest on Sirius XM Radio Inside the Issues with Dr. Wilmer Leon.  Sales was keynote speaker at a gathering of nationally renown theologians to discuss “Public Theology Reimagined” hosted by and later broadcast on the NPR program\, On Being with Krista Tippett. \nSales has received numerous awards and honors.  She was selected and honored as a Veteran of Hope by Vincent G. Harding in 2004 and taught a class with him at Morehouse College on “After the March on Washington” in 2012.  She continues to write and observe on Movement History.  Sales became a national HistoryMaker (www.HistoryMaker.com) in 2009. In August 2013\, Sales was awarded the Samuel DeWitt Proctor Conference Living Legacies Civil Rights Recognition Award.  In 2014\, she was inducted into the Morehouse College Martin Luther King Jr. Board of Preachers and became a recipient of the Beautiful Are Their Feet Award from the Samuel DeWitt Proctor Conference. In May 2015\, Sales received an Honorary Doctorate Degree from West Chester University in Pennsylvania.  Sales was honored with the national Martin Luther King\, Jr. Peace Award from the Fellowship of Reconciliation (FOR) at their centennial celebration in November 2015. An oral history of Sales is housed at the Library of Congress\, and she was selected as one of fifty African Americans from the Civil Rights Movement to be spotlighted in the new Smithsonian Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington\, DC which opened September 2016.  Sales was also one of the honorees of the Equal Justice Initiative (EJI) spotlighted at the opening of the new National Memorial for Peace and Justice and the Legacy Museum: From Enslavement to Mass Incarceration in April 2018 in Montgomery\, Alabama.  In February 2019\, TED.com released Sales’ TED Talk entitled\, “How we can start to heal the pain of racial division.” \nSales has made the struggle for racial justice one of the centerpieces of her work through the SpiritHouse Project.  Since 2007\, she has worked to expose the state sanctioned deaths of African Americans by White police\, security guards and vigilantes by compiling a national database on these events; offering spiritual\, financial and organizational support to families; and by exposing these activities through church and community meetings\, forums\, and press conferences around the nation.  In fall 2014\, she co-sponsored a Teach In / Preach In with the Samuel DeWitt Proctor Conference\, Eden Seminary and Christ the King Church in St. Louis\, Missouri in response to the police shooting of Michael Brown in Ferguson\, Missouri.  During the spring of 2015\, she organized a Teach-In in Philadelphia which exposed the Means and Tools of Oppression that plague most communities of color. In March 2016\, Sales and SpiritHouse Project organized a national Day of Action in Washington\, DC entitled\, Stop the War on Our Children\, during which women from around the nation gathered to acknowledge young victims of state sanctioned violence with a silent procession from the White House to the US Capitol\, a public hearing hosted by Dr. Wilmer Leon\, and the delivery of caskets containing the names of victims to key Senate\, House and Supreme Court leadership. \nRecognizing a need to nurture the hope that still resides in young people as well as to revive an intergenerational community and human compassion\, in 2016 the SpiritHouse Project introduced Hope Zones.™  They are alternative learning spaces designed to strengthen the hope\, courage\, reason and will of young people to individually and collectively stand up for themselves with dignity\, clarity and nonviolent persistence. Hope Zones™ are sanctuary sites of learning\, intergenerational connection and community formation which offer diverse communities an opportunity to work toward the common goal of advancing democracy and non-violence. \nSales continues to teach and preach at colleges\, universities\, churches and cathedrals around the United States.  Funded by the Duke Endowment\, she is currently creating Racial Justice Cafes in North and South Carolina. \n  \n 
URL:https://ssw.edu/event/payne-lecture-ruby-sales/
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SUMMARY:Black History Month 2021 Celebration Service
DESCRIPTION:A February tradition at Seminary of the Southwest\, this year’s Black History Month events focus on the theme “Our Legacy of Hope.” You are invited to join us as we honor the legacy of African Americans in the U.S. and confront the future of race in the country and the church.\n  \nThursday\, February 25\n\nBlack History Month Service of Evening Prayer\n\nGuest preacher: The Rev. Yolanda Norton\nThe Crump Visiting Professor and Black Religious Scholars Group Scholar-in-Residence \n5:30 p.m.  |  Virtual \n  \nThis event is free and open to the public. It will be available live on our Facebook Live page. \n  \n  \n  \n  \n 
URL:https://ssw.edu/event/black-history-month-2021-celebration-service-2/
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SUMMARY:Our Lenten Window - Icon Exhibit
DESCRIPTION:Our Lenten Window \nIconography Exhibition \nStop by the Booher Library and/or check out the virtual gallery here.
URL:https://ssw.edu/event/our-lenten-window-icon-exhibit/
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