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ePISTLE |
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A Weekly e-Newsletter for the WTU Community |
December 13, 2009 |
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Advent Reflection
In this Issue...
Advent Lessons & Carols and the Installation of the Very Rev. Frederick J. Tillotson as President of WTUOn December 4th, Washington Theological Union celebrated its Job OpportunityOn our website you will find a new job opportunity in the Arlington Diocese. Click here to read about Youth and Young Adult Ministry – Our Lady of Peace Church, Arlington, VA Alumni-Student OpportunitiesAlumni-Student Mentoring Program Strategic Planning Committee Forming Jerry Hall Scholarship Fund Still Growing!
Alumni Class NotesIf you have experienced a professional achievement such as a new job, published writing, or receipt of an award, or you have personal news such as an ordination, wedding, birth, or jubilee to celebrate, please share the good news by submitting a Class Note to alumni@wtu.edu. See the most recent updates... Links
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This Week at WTU
Looking Ahead: Libary Hours8:00 a.m.-4:30 p.m. from December 16 - 23, 2009; No Saturday Hours Until January 9; Regular Hours Resume January 4, 2010 Fr. Leopold GlueckertClick here to read Fr. Glueckert's article on Mary and the Modern Catholic. Spring 2010 RegistrationSpring Registration was due on November 20th. If you have not registered yet, please contact the Registrar. December 18 Last Day For Culinary Creations at UnionDecember 18th will be the last day Culinary Creations will be catering for the Union. Please take a moment to thank Kathy and her staff for all their hard work. A new caterer will be starting in January. Union Book DriveNow that the semester is over, you may want to put your books away and take a break. WHAT? You have no space on the shelf? WTU can help! Donate your old books - high school and college text books, leisure reading, and children's literature - to the box in the lobby. The Student Senate is collecting books to help put literacy within reach of people around the world. Fill minds, not landfills! 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). |
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Father Gene Hemrick has offered a reflection for the third week of Advent that focuses on the surprising ordinary-ness of Christ's incarnation. As the pink candle is lit, students are writing their final papers and our faculty is administering final exams. Let us all take a few minutes to read this reflection and bask in the glory of God's surprising ordinary-ness! Please 
Advent Lessons and Carols with the Installation of the Very Rev. Father Frederick J. Tillotson O.Carm. as President of Washington Theological Union. The Advent lessons eloquently brought us through salvation history, giving graced moments for reflection on our Christian message. The choir did an outstanding job leading well over 200 people in prayer-filled song. Many attendees agreed that the installation of our president within the framework of Advent lessons and carols produced an event which mirrored the Christian mission of our institution. A heartfelt thanks to everyone who participated and attended! After Father Tillotson proclaimed his oath of fidelity and was installed by the Chairman of the Board of Trustees, he spoke to the congregation, briefly outlining our forty year history and announcing five innovative goals for our future. To read a copy of his speech, please 
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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