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October 6, 2022
Coordinating and Transforming the Year Ahead
This month's CEIE message comes from SU-CEIE Student Affiliate Sofia Sayabalian.
As the Center works to coordinate innovative and transformational events, it continues to commit to the Seattle U. Vision for Reigniting Our Strategic Directions - to be a Center that imagines and shapes its work with excellence, purpose and impact.
In November, we are pleased to welcome SU-STM Alumn Rose Hesselbrock who will deliver our CEIE November message as an advisor to the Center.
The Interfaith News Roundup is an aggregator of important religion and spirituality news in the world, and is a monthly feature in The Interfaith Observer (TIO) since 2011. Today TIO is at home in the Religica Theolab at The Center for Ecumenical and Interreligious Engagement (CEIE) at Seattle University.
This month’s Roundup features stories on religion, governance, and education; how religious communities are working together to take action against climate change; and interfaith events that have recently taken place across the globe.
A New Relationship – The Interfaith Observer
This academic year CEIE begins a new partnership with the premier interreligious and intercultural digital publication of its kind – The Interfaith Observer (TIO).
Founded by Rev. Paul Chaffee, a respected luminary in the field, TIO provides timely perspectives on current interfaith news; it profiles major stakeholders and provides maps and sign-posts for the different sectors of an emerging interfaith culture.
The Center is currently seeking contributors for TIO's November Issue on Religious Literacy. If you're interested in being a contributor, please contact Megan Anderson at v-anderm@seattleu.edu.
Visit and Engage with the Interfaith Observer
CEIE Winter Workshop Series is Open for Registration! The Art of Spiritual Direction: Foundations, Practice, and Applications
CEIE’s Winter Workshop – The Art of Spiritual Direction – Arrives at a time when we seek lives of depth and intentional living. Carla Orlando, M.Ed, is our extraordinary facilitator who invites a team of presenters and panelists to orchestrate this virtual workshop series!
Cost – $30 for Entire Workshop Series [Learn More and Register]
CEIE Webinar Series Presents! A Conversation with the Author: The #BlackLivesMatter Movement: Toward an Intersectional Theology
Join us on Thursday, October 13th for A Conversation with the Author: The #BlackLivesMatter Movement: Toward an Intersectional Theology with Dr. Edward Donalson III
In this virtual and in-person (Seattle U. Student Center 130) event, Dr. Donalson leads our luncheon on the topic, with time for enriching questions and conversation.
Professor, author, thought coach, and multi-media personality, Rt. Rev. Edward Donalson III, DMin is a visionary with a dynamic message of empowerment. Dr. Donalson will be joined by his doctoral student Rev. Terrance Taylor, Senior Pastor of the Breath of Life Seventh-day Adventist church in Inglewood, California. Guest panelists will include Rev. Dr. Vanessa M. Brown, Bishop Elect, and Bishop Joseph William Tolton.
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Tonight – October 5th – Last Opportunity to Join!
Tonight, join LaTosha Brown, Co-Founder of Black Voters Matter as she speaks to Seattle University virtually on October 5th, a month before the U.S. midterm elections.
Ms. Brown is an award-winning organizer, philanthropic consultant, and political strategist with over twenty years of experience working in the non-profit and philanthropy sectors on a wide variety of issues related to political empowerment, social justice, economic development, leadership development, wealth creation and civil rights.
This event is co-sponsored with the United Way of King County, and in commitment to the historic Black and civically minded predominantly white ecumenical communities and allies throughout our region.
Honoring Indigenous Peoples Day -
CEIE Sponsored Event with Faith Action Network and JUUstice Washington - Location: Seattle Mennonite Church | 3120 NE 125th St. Seattle, WA 98125
Buddhist Dharma Talk with Rev. Taijo Imanaka -
Seattle Koyasan Temple
Join us for this virtual and in-person (Seattle U. campus) lunch series on Friday, October 21, 2022 as Buddhist Priest Rev. Taijo Imanaka speaks on “A Shingon Temple Responds to Present Day Challenges: War and the Precept of Not-Killing” [Learn More at Religica.org]
CEIE Webinar Series Presents! A Spiritual Hippocratic Oath to the LGBTQIA+ Community
Bruce Knotts, Director of the Unitarian Universalist Office at the United Nations, will lead our virtual lunch on the safety and well-being of the LGBTQIA+ Community around the world today. This session includes time for questions and conversation.
Rev. Dr. Molly T. Marshall – Theological Imagination, Seminaries Today, and Clergy Burnout
Rev. Dr. Marshall, seminary president, speaks about leadership and a culture of holy hospitality in a complex time for graduate theological education.
Dr. Colette Taylor – Reimagining Leadership in Society – Courage, Agility, and Getting Over Yourself
Recently Dr. Colette Taylor, Program Director for Educational and Organizational Learning and Leadership at Seattle University's Center for Social Transformation and Leadership spoke with CEIE Director Dr. Michael Reid Trice about being courageous, agile, and transforming ourselves for the good of the community.
Lutheran Summit at Seattle University
October 21st – In honoring the legacy of the School of Theology and Ministry, the Center for Ecumenical and Interreligious Engagement will host a Lutheran Summit with executives from universities and seminaries across the region, which takes place at Seattle University on October 21st, from 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM.
We look forward to spending time in fellowship among organizational and institutional partners who serve the church in Washington, the Pacific Northwest, and throughout the region.
Lutheran executives meet with Provost Dr. Shane Martin, Vice President Dr. Catherine Punsalan-Manlimos, Assistant to the Provost Dr. Joe Orlando, and CEIE Director and Spehar-Halligan Professor, Dr. Michael Trice
For more information click on the links below:
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Tokyo Peace Roundtable [Visit Here] Location: Religions for Peace in Tokyo, Japan
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CUG 2022: The Challenge of Change with Dr. Michael Reid Trice CEIE Director and Professor - Dr. Michael Reid Trice will be on a panel of keynote presenters at the National Council of Churches Christian Unity Gathering on the theme of The Public Theologian Challenge: Can You Hear Me Now? [Visit Here] Location: Virtual
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Honoring Indigenous Peoples Day - CEIE Sponsored Event with the Faith Action Network. Location: Seattle Mennonite Church | 3120 NE 125th St. Seattle, WA 98125 [Visit Here]
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Dharma Talks – First of the series with Rev. Taijo Imanaka will speak on: "A Shingon Temple Responds to Present Day Challenges: War and the Precept of Not-Killing" [Visit Here] Location: Virtual and in-person (Seattle U. Campus)
We have highlighted some interesting links for a few of the events this month:
- 10 October 2022 - National Indigenous Peoples' Day (USA) - This year marks the first time a U.S. president has officially recognized Indigenous Peoples' Day. Check out this article by NPR: Goodbye, Columbus? Here's what Indigenous Peoples' Day means to Native Americans Click to learn more
- 24 October 2022 - Diwali (Deepavali) - Deepavali is more than just a one-day celebration in Singapore. And you might wonder, "Is this the Tamil New Year?" and “What’s done on Deepavali?” Here’s what it actually signifies: Click to learn more
- 31 October 2022 - Samhain - Samhain 2022 Rituals, Meaning, and Traditions You Need To Know Click to learn more
Mia Baumgartner – Studying Trauma of First Responders
CEIE Advisor and 2022-23 Fellow, Mia Baumgartner works as a professional alongside other caregivers and staff, doing so through the worst of the pandemic in a major hospital system.
In collaboration with CEIE, and as a Certified Cultivating Compassion Trainer, Mia will be developing and refining a workshop concept for spiritual care learned by first responders for addressing grief, lament, and practices that response to illness, trauma, end-of-life, and spiritual distress.
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