Evelyn Chapel Calendar of Events
Spring 2012
Compassion Matters: a 1st and 3rd Sunday multi-faith conversation at the Thorpe Center
9:00-10:00 p.m.
Join Chaplain Elyse Nelson Winger, IWU Peace Fellows Megan Thompson and Alex Monzon and other IWU campus members for a continuing conversation about Karen Armstrong’s book Twelve Steps to a Compassionate Life.
January 15: Empathy
February 5: Mindfulness
February 19: Action
March 4: How Little We Know
April 1: How Should We Speak to One Another?
April 15: Concern for Everybody
Loving the Questions
A 2nd and 4th Sundays gathering at Evelyn
4:00-5:30 p.m.
Beginning January 22, 2012
…be patient toward all that is unsolved in your heart and…try to love the questions themselves…
--Rainer Maria Rilke
Come for conversation and community in Evelyn’s Sunrise Room (second floor) at 4:00 p.m., where your questions about faith and spirituality, sacred scripture and tradition, meaning and purpose will shape our dialogues. Each gathering concludes with a thirty minute Service of Evening Prayer, beginning at 5:00 p.m. in Evelyn Chapel. The Evelyn Ensemble will lead beautiful music drawn from Taizé, an ecumenical community devoted to living out peace and reconciliation in the world.
Gathering dates: January 22, February 12, February 26, March 25, April 8, April 22
Questions? Email Chaplain Elyse Nelson Winger at chaplain@iwu.edu.
February 1: 11:00 a.m.
"First Wednesday Chapel: Voices of Nonviolence from King to Prejean"
All are welcome for a gathering of song and reflection lifting up the spiritual discipline of nonviolence. Excerpts from the writings of Martin Luther King, Jr. and Sister Helen Prejean will be offered, in addition to film clips from Just Vision, an Israeli-Palestinian organization dedicated to nonviolence. Special music includes spirituals performed by the new Evelyn Ensemble and Professor Carren Moham.
“Dead Man Walking:” Film Screening and Discussion
Tuesday, February 7, 7:00 p.m. at the Hansen Student Center
Following this award-winning film about Sister Helen Prejean, starring Susan Sarandon and Sean Penn, University Chaplain Elyse Nelson Winger and Professor of Political Science Greg Shaw will moderate a discussion about the power and risks of compassion and nonviolence, as well as U.S policy and debate around the death penalty.
Love Hate Love:
A 2011 Tribeca Film Festival Official Selection
A Film by Dana Nachman and Don Hardy
Executive Produced by Sean Penn
Sponsored by the Office of University Chaplain and IWU Peace Fellows, with a moderated discussion following
A Central Illinois Premiere!
Thursday, February 16 at 8:00 p.m. in the Hansen Student Center
From the website of the film:
“It’s been ten years since Liz Alderman’s son Peter was murdered on 9/11, and five since Esther Hyman’s sister was killed by terrorists on 7/7 in London. Ben Tullipan lives now minus his two legs and most of his hearing because of the one ton car bomb that went off meters from where he was standing outside Bali’s Sari night club.
Every day they are faced with a choice; succumb to despair, or find a way to survive. “Love Hate Love” follows these families on their journey which takes audiences to five continents as they strive to build world changing legacies from wounds that can never fully heal.”
March 7: 11:00 a.m.
“First Wednesday Chapel: Wonder, Spirituality, and Social Justice: Exploring the Writings of Abraham Joshua Heschel"
All are welcome for a gathering of song and reflection exploring the legacy of one of the greatest theologians of the 20th century. Assistant Professor of Religion Dr. Robert Erlewine will speak about Heschel’s contributions and challenges for today, and the Evelyn Ensemble will offer special music by Jewish composers.