Wednesday February 06, 2008

(Ash Wednesday) — Day of Alms

As we celebrate Mission Week at Marquette, Christians enter into the holy season of Lent, the forty days of preparation leading to the celebration of Easter. Lent begins today, Ash Wednesday, and its observance traditionally includes the practices of prayer, fasting and almsgiving. Non-Christian faith traditions, though not observing Lent, include almsgiving as an integral part of their beliefs as well. These alms are all given in the spirit of justice to our neighbor and it is therefore in this spirit that we invite all members of the Marquette community to a common “Day of Alms.” Monetary donations will be collected in residence halls, campus departments and dining facilities on this day, and all donations will be given to La Sagrada Familia, the Milwaukee Archdiocese’s sister parish in the Dominican Republic. The people of this region suffered more than $1 million in damages during Tropical Storm Noel.

Please see University Ministry’s Web site (marquette.edu/um) and click on the La Sagrada Familia link for more information. Sponsored by University Ministry and the Office of Residence Life.

Masses and an ecumenical service of ashes will be held throughout
the day (see marquette.edu/um for times and locations). The alluniversity Ash Wednesday liturgy will be at 8 p.m. at Gesu Church.

 

Roundtable Reflections:
“Voices of Faith and Justice”

6 p.m.
AMU, Henke Lounge

Engage in a discussion with participants in the November vigil and protestof WHINSEC (formerly School of the Americas) at Fort Benning, Ga. Sponsored by the Manresa Project and Danihy Club (alumni of Alpha Sigma Nu).

 

Burleigh Media Ethics Lecture:Douglas McGill on “Journalism and the Ethics of Global Citizenship”

7 p.m.
Cudahy OO1

Douglas McGill is the creator of the blog “The McGill Report: Media for Global Citizens” (mcgillreport.org). He has worked for the New
York Times and Bloomberg News in New York, London, Tokyo and Hong Kong. McGill is the author of Here: A Global Citizen’s Journey.
After a lifetime of acclaimed professional and personal achievements, McGill now empowers others by teaching basic journalism skills to
citizens in community education classes in Minneapolis. Sponsored by the Diederich College of Communication.

 

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