Williams College Chaplains’ Office
FIRST MEETINGS AND SERVICES
OF ON-CAMPUS RELIGIOUS GROUPS
AND SPIRITUAL COMMUNITIES
Welcome to Williams!
JEWISH STUDENT ASSOCIATION
All events will be held at the Jewish Religious Center unless noted.
Friday, August 29:
6:00 p.m. Shabbat Services (student-led)
7:00 p.m. Shabbat Dinner (student-cooked)
Thursday, September 4:
6:00 p.m. New-B-Que Cookout
Monday, September 29:
6:00 p.m. Rosh Hashanah Dinner, Faculty House [RSVP x2483]
7:30 p.m. Erev Rosh Hashanah Services
Tuesday, September 30:
9:30 a.m. Rosh Hashanah Services
Wednesday, October 1:
9:30 a.m. 2nd Day Rosh Hashanah Services
6:00 p.m. Shabbat Service
7:00 p.m. Shabbat Dinner
Wednesday, October 8:
(starting at sundown on the 8th) Yom Kippur
6:00 p.m. Kol Nidrey
Thursday, October 9:
10:00 a.m. Yom Kippur Services
CATHOLIC CAMPUS MINISTRY
All events are held in the Cardinal Newman Catholic Center on the lower level of Thompson Memorial Chapel, entrance facing Stetson Hall.
Thursday, September 4:
5:00 p.m. Week Day Mass on Tuesdays & Thursdays
Friday, September 5:
9:00 p.m. Friday Night Social
Sunday, September 7:
4:30 p.m. Opening Mass
Sunday, September 14: Opening Barbeque following Sunday Mass
October 10, 11, 12: Student Retreat
November 7-9: Weekend Pilgrimage to Washington D.C.
THE MUSLIM STUDENT UNION
Juma'a-every Friday (time TBA), Muslim Prayer Room
Monday, September 1: Ramadan starts (Muslim month of fasting)
Friday, September 5: 5:00 p.m. First MSU meeting-meets every Friday
September 6, 13, 20, and 27: Iftar gathering
Wednesday, October 1st: Eid-Ul-Fitr (end of Ramadan)
THE FEAST - is an inclusive Christian community welcoming students from many denominations and backgrounds, drawn together to explore the Christian story in the context of the interweaving of faith and worship, justice and service. The Feast meets every Sunday for a home-cooked meal, warm fellowship, and reflections that allow poetry, scripture and our lives to speak to each other – in the Upper Room at St. John's Episcopal Church (right across Park Street from the Paresky Center).
The First Feast of the year will be on Sunday, September 7, 5:30-7 p.m.
WILLIAMS CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP
Friday, September 5:
6:00 p.m. Friday Night Fellowship, Griffin 3
Watch for news about monthly service trips and weekly First-Year Bible Study (FYBS).
THE MEDITATION SOCIETY - is a coalition of students interested in exploring a variety of types of meditation including Zen, yoga, sitting and walking meditation and other practices. Sittings and other activities take place in the Zendo and in the O'Connell Room on the lower level of Thompson Chapel. For more information, including contact numbers for current student leaders, call the Chaplains’ Office, ext. 2483.
ST. JOHN’S EPISCOPAL CHURCH YOUNG ADULT CONNECTION
St. John’s, located on Park St. facing the Paresky Center, invites you to share in weekly fellowship, food, and mission. We offer the intimacy of a parish family and the opportunity to make a difference in the world through local and global outreach. All members of the Class of 2012 are invited to a festive picnic on the Park Street Lawn of St. John's on Wednesday, September 3 beginning at 5:30 p.m. Please contact the Rev. Peter Elvin at ptelvin@adelphia.net or telephone
458-8144 for more information.
THE WILLIAMS LABYRINTH - is an ancient, omni-sectarian technique of walking meditation. Our labyrinth, on a huge sheet of portable canvas painted by students in 2005, is based on the medieval design in the nave of Chartres Cathedral. It’s available for walking several times each semester in various locations. See the labyrinth, read more and check the updated schedule for labyrinth walks this semester at www.williams.edu/chaplains/labyrinthmain.
INTER-RELIGIOUS DIALOGUE GROUP –join the conversation about faith and life, beliefs and holidays, different practices and common hopes with students from many of the world's religious traditions over monthly dinners.
Contact Ali Tozier '09 (Allison.Tozier@williams.edu) for information.
SPIRITUALITY CONVERSATION GROUP – Do you consider yourself "a spiritual person" even though you aren't involved in "organized religion?" Come to an organizational meeting of a new weekly conversation group hosted by Chaplain Rick Spalding on Wednesday, September 10 at 9:00 p.m. in the Chaplains' Office, Paresky, 205.
The Rev. Richard E. Spalding, Chaplain to the College
Fr. Gary Caster, Catholic Chaplain
Cantor Robert Scherr, Jewish Chaplain
Parvin Hajizadeh, Advisor to Muslim Students
Telephone: (413) 597-2483
May 2008
