ULLI and PHCC Present “Love at the Heart of the Cosmos: Living in Relational Wholeness”
A Webinar of the Omega Center Conference, Dec 6-8 (Friday – Sunday)
Adshead Hall
The Omega Center is committed to Teilhard de Chardin’s vision for
“a new religion of the Earth for a new planet of life”
The Omega Center is committed to Teilhard de Chardin’s vision for
“a new religion of the Earth for a new planet of life”
Because of the different nature of this program, there will not be a potluck dinner on
Friday night, but coffee and a light breakfast will be provided for the morning sessions.
We anticipate that people will come and go through the Conference.
The Webinar is free and open to the public; donations are appreciated.
The Webinar is free and open to the public; donations are appreciated.
A full schedule and more information on the speakers and the Omega Center is available at: https://omegacenter.info/conference2019/
Friday Night, December 6th
5:30pm – 5:45pm Introduction and Opening Remarks: Ilia Delio5:45pm – 6:00pm Welcome to Chestnut Hill and Institute for Religion and Science; Speaker Introduction: Kathy Duffy
6:00pm – 7:30pm Evening Lecture: Matthew Fox,
internationally acclaimed spiritual theologian, Episcopal priest, and activist who has awakened millions to the much neglected earth-based mystical tradition of the West, revivifying awareness of Hildegard of Bingen, Meister Eckhart, Thomas Aquinas, and Thomas Merton
7:30pm – 8:15 ULLI Group Discussions led by Ed Olson and Mark Canfield
Saturday, December 7th
7:45am-8:00am Morning Welcome and About Omega Center; Speaker Introduction: Gregory Hansell
8:00am – 9:30am Morning Lecture: Kathy Duffy, SSJ directs the Institute for Religion and Science at Chestnut Hill College, where she is Professor Emeritus of Physics. She is editor of Teilhard Studies and serves on the Advisory Boards of the American Teilhard Association
9:30am – 9:45am Break
9:45am – 11:15pm Teilhard & Centering Prayer: Cynthia Bourgeault, a modern-day mystic, Episcopal priest, writer, and internationally known retreat leader
11:15am – 12:00pm ULLI Group Discussions led by Ed Olson and Mark Canfield
12:00pm – 4:30pm Break
4:30pm – 6:00pm Evening Lecture: John Haught, a theologian of science and religion, providing an analysis of what faith might mean in an age of science
6:00pm -6:45 ULLI Group Discussions led by Ed Olson and Mark Canfield
Sunday, December 8th
7:45am Morning Welcome & Speaker Introduction: Gregory Hansell
8:00am – 9:30am Morning Lecture: Ilia Delio, a Franciscan sister, American theologian, and former scientist who continues the tradition of Teilhard de Chardin through an inspiring and groundbreaking theology at the intersection of religion and science
Carl McColman presents:
In the Footsteps of Saint Francis:
Exploring the Link Between Mysticism and Social Action
Friday, October 18: 5:30 pm potluck dinner; 6:30-8:00 pm presentation
Saturday, October 19: 8:30 am complimentary continental breakfast; 9:00 - 10:30 am, presentation and Q&A
Note: If you plan to attend the potluck supper before the presentation, don’t forget to bring your own table setting: plates, cups and cutlery! Those who don’t choose to attend the supper are more than welcome to come just for the program that begins at 6:30.
In Adshead Hall (lower level of Fletcher House on the Uplands Village Campus)
86A Church Dr, Pleasant Hill, 38578, (just off Main St. across from Pleasant Hill Elementary School)
The German theologian Karl Rahner famously said "The Christian of the future will be a mystic or will not exist." But in the minds of many, mysticism sounds like escapism: a spiritual "bypass" that hides away in meditation and avoids the challenges of today's world. Yet if we look at the great mystics of the past — from St. Francis in the 12th century to Thomas Merton in the 20th — we can see that the greatest mystics were often profoundly engaged with the social, political, and moral crises of their time.
In our program, led by Carl McColman, author of The Big Book of Christian Mysticism, we'll reflect on how mysticism and social action belong together just as surely as do breathing in and breathing out. We'll pay special attention to the beloved Italian friar, Francis of Assisi, but our exploration will likely cover a wide terrain as we seek to find the connection between meditation and activism — and how to embrace that connection in our own lives.
John Siewert presents
Public Art:
Meaning, Monuments, and Social Change
Friday, July 19: Unstable Objects: Public Art and Social Change
5:30 pm potluck dinner; 6:30 - 8:00 pm presentation
Saturday, July 20: Monuments of Reconciliation in the Contemporary South
8:30 am complimentary continental breakfast;
9:00 - 10:30 am, presentation and Q&A
Note: If you plan to attend the potluck supper before the presentation, don't forget to bring your own table setting: plates, cups and cutlery! Those who don't choose to attend the supper are more than welcome to come just for the program that begins at 6:30.
In Adshead Hall (lower level of Fletcher House on the Uplands Village Campus)
86A Church Dr, Pleasant Hill, 38578, (just off Main St. across from Pleasant Hill Elementary School)
John Siewert is professor of modern and contemporary art and architectural history at The College of Wooster (Ohio). He received his BA in history of art from the University of Minnesota and his PhD om he University of Michigan. A former Fulbright, Henry Luce, and Terra Foundation Fellow, he was the Smithsonian Senior Fellow in Art History for 2012-13 at the Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery in Washington, DC, and he holds an appointment as honorary research fellow at the University of Glasgow, Scotland. He publishes and lectures widely on varied topics the University of Michigan. A former Fulbright, Henry Luce, and Terra Foundation Fellow, he was the Smithsonian Senior Fellow in Art History for 2012-13 at the Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery in Washington, DC, and he holds an appointment as honorary research fellow at the University of Glasgow, Scotland. He publishes and lectures widely on varied topics in modern American and British art,issues in the recent history of public monuments and memorials. in modern American and British art, including issues in the recent history of public monuments and memorials.
Uplands Lifelong Learning Institute
Dara Gell
Investigations Attorney for the Innocence Project
Fri May 10 - Wrongful Convictions: Proving Innocence?
5:30 pm potluck dinner; 6:30 - 8:00 pm presentation
Sat May 11 - Wrongful Convictions: Proving Innocence? Continued
8:30 am complimentary continental breakfast
9:00 - 10:30 am, presentation and Q&A
Note: If you plan to attend the potluck supper before the presentation, please bring your own table setting:plates, cups and cutlery! Those who don’t choose to attend the supper are more than welcome to come just for the program beginning at 6:30.
In Adshead Hall (lower level of Fletcher House on the Uplands Village Campus)
86A Church Dr, Pleasant Hill, 38578, (just off Main St. across from Pleasant Hill Elementary School)
Dara Gell has been the Innocence Project's Investigations Attorney since October, 2017. She previously worked with the organization as student intern during law school. Before joining the Innocence Project staff she was a practicing immigration defense attorney in New York City, defending individuals and families from deportation in federal immigration court. She holds a BA from State University of New York at Geneseo, and a JD from Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law.
The Innocence Project, founded in 1992 by Peter Neufeld and Barry Scheck at Cardozo School of Law, exonerates the wrongly convicted through DNA testing and reforms the criminal justice system to prevent future injustice.
(Formerly the Shalom Center for Continuing Education)
Troy Smith
Presents
Native Americans
in East Tennessee
Friday, March 15:Native Tennessee-Indians in the pre-contact and colonial period
5:30 pm potluck dinner; 6:30 - 8:00 pm presentation
Saturday, March 16: Birth of a (Cherokee) Nation:
The Trail to the Trail of Tears
8:30 am complimentary continental breakfast;
9:00 - 10:30 am, presentation and Q&A
Note: If you plan to attend the potluck supper before the presentation, don’t forget to bring your own table setting:plates, cups and cutlery! Those who don’t choose to attend the supper are
more than welcome to come j
ust for the program that begins at 6:30.
In Adshead Hall(lower level of Fletcher House on the
Uplands Village Campus)
86A Church Dr, Pleasant Hill, 38578,(just off Main St. across from
Pleasant Hill Elementary School)
Troy D. Smith is an associate professor of history at Tennessee Tech, where he received his BA(with MA and Ph.D at the University of Illinois). He teaches American Indian Studies, the American West, and Environmental History. He is also a novelist and two-time winner of Western Writers of America's Spur Award (other past winners include Louis L'Amour, Larry McMurtry, and Quintin Tarantino). His most recent fiction is a short story about Tonto in The Lone Ranger and Tonto: Frontier Justice, by Moonstone Press (for which he also wrote the introduction, about the history of the character.
Uplands Lifelong Learning Institute (ULLI)
www.ullipleasanthill.org
