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ePISTLE |
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A Weekly e-Newsletter for the WTU Community |
November 22, 2009 |
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President's Thanksgiving Message Thanksgiving Day is itself a gift to be thankful for. In this Issue...
You Are Invited
Washington Theological Union Friday, the fourth of December The Shrine of the Most Blessed Sacrament Reception immediately following If you did not receive an invitation to this event, please email Joan Knetemann, Director of Institutional Advancement: jknetemann@wtu.edu. An Opportunity for Deeper ParticipationWould you like to participate in the Advent Lessons and Carols evening? We are looking for students and alumni to sing in the choir, usher, and to help with the installation itself! Email Joan Knetemann at jknetemann@wtu.edu for more information and the choir rehearsal schedule. Alumni-Student OpportunitiesAlumni-Student Mentoring Program Strategic Planning Committee Forming Jerry Hall Scholarship Fund Still Growing!
Alumni Class NotesDo you know any alumns that aren't recieving the ePistle? Please send us their contact information so that they can be added for future mailings! See the most recent updates... |
This Week at WTU
Looking Ahead: Please Remember in your Prayers...Very Rev. Leo McCarthy, O.Carm., who passed away on Wednesday, November 18th. He and his family have been generous supporters of WTU. As Provincial of the Carmelites he served on the Board of Trustees from 1997-2002. From 2000-2002 he was Chairman of the Board of Trustees. It has been through the
generosity of the McCarthy Family that the McCarthy Endowment was established and is
used to support a Lecture Series and Theology and the Arts.
May 2010 WTU Tour to Turkey and Greece
 Once again professors Theresa Koernke, IHM, and Joseph Wimmer, OSA, are organizing a study tour in the footsteps of John and Paul, May 14-27, 2010, but this time with a greater emphasis on the growth of the early church. Tour members will follow Paul through the ancient Greek and Roman ruins of Athens, Corinth, Thessalonica, Philippi and Ephesus, and read his letters on location. They will experience the spirit of St. John in the city of Smyrna and while walking through the magnificent ruins of Pergamum and Ephesus (Rev 2:1-17). Theology EnrichmentWashington Theological Union has a wonderful, but little known benefit for alumni, diocesan clergy and local ministers. As a continuing education ministry WTU graciously allows these groups to audit one course per semester for the low, low rate of $340/course! Registration ends next Friday, November 20th, so see the Spring Course offerings and registration form now! Note from the RegistrarNEW LOOK WEBSITE. Some important appearance and structural changes have been made to our website that have been activated this week. There are some bugs still being resolved and some further changes to be made. Most importantly for current STUDENTS, please note that all descriptive information, forms, instructions, policy, etc. concerning academics are now located exclusively under the "Academic" section of website. We hope that these improvements will foster better communication, ease of use, and stimulate greater public and prospective student interest. Links
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Join us in celebration of the installation of Fr. Fred Tillotson, O.Carm. as the seventh president of the Washington Theological Union at a special service of Advent Lessons and Carols, December 4, 2009 at 7:00 p.m. in the Shrine of the Most Blessed Sacrament.
In March of this year, the Union very unexpectedly lost one of its full-time faculty, Assistant Professor of Word and Worship Jerry Hall, S.J., who passed away following a brief illness. In a desire to celebrate Jerry’s life and to honor our community’s memory of him, the Rev. Jerome Hall, S.J. Memorial Scholarship fund was established. 
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