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ePISTLE

A Weekly e-Newsletter for the WTU Community

January 24, 2010

Gospel Summary

This week's summary comes from Fr. Gene Hemrick's website: The National Institute for the Renewal of the Priesthood, www.jknirp.com.
Demetrius Dumm O.S.B reflects on Luke 4:21-30:"The divine message, embodied in the person and words of Jesus, calls us into the "wilderness" of endless concern for others. For we never really know where unselfish love will lead us. We may even have to say at times, "My life is really no longer my own. I have loaned it to others who are more in need than I am."
Click here to read Demetrius Dumm's full reflection

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In this Issue...

• WTU Dining Room Hours
• Question of the Week
• Celebrate the Life of Fr. Jerry Hall, SJ
• Save the Date!
• Secularism and the Natural Desire to Know God
• Social Justice Corner
• Alumni Class Notes
• This Week at WTU
• Dean of Student's Office Hours
• Job Opportunities
• WTU Tour of Turkey and Greece

WTU Dining Room Hours:

Our new caterer can make your breakfast or lunch to order! Don't go to class with an empty stomach!

Breakfast: 7:30am - 9:30am
Lunch: 11:30am - 1:30pm
Dinner: 5:00pm - 7:00pm

WTU Question of the Week

What was Sr. Janet Mock's greatest childhood achievement?
Click here for the answer.

Mass of Remembrance for Fr. Jerry Hall

On Thursday, March 11, 2010 at 6pm the WTU community will celebrate Fr. Jerry Hall's life with a Mass in his memory. All who want to celebrate Fr. Hall's life are welcome! Mass will be followed by a reception.

To find out more about the Rev. Jerome Hall, S.J. Memorial Scholarship fund please click here .

Save the Date! Ambassador Melady to Speak at WTU

The Honorable Thomas P. Melady, Former U.S. Ambassador to Burundi, Uganda and the Holy See and President Emeritus of Sacred Heart University will present an evening lecture at WTU on Sunday, March 21st. Read the Epistle each week for more important details!

Secularism and the Natural Desire to Know God

The Dominican House of Studies is holding a Theological Conference on Secularism and the Natural Desire to Know God on Friday and Saturday, February 19th and 20th. The keynote Speaker will be His Eminence Francis Cardinal George, Archbishop of Chicago. Click here for more information

Social Justice Corner

We are all devastated by the suffering of the Haitian people in the aftermath of the 7.0 earthquake that shook their island nation. The WTU community has been quick to offer ways to help. Act Now!

If you are interested in Immigration Reform Legistlation, please click here to send a postcard to Congress.

Alumni Class Notes

If 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...

Deacon Bartholomew J. Merella, MTS '97
Natalie Pearl Regan, MDiv '09

Links

This Week at WTU

Up Coming Events:
Please click on Lecture for more details

Monday, February 1: Graduation Requirements Meeting (3:00-5:00pm)
Wednesday, February 3: "Following Jesus into Peace and Nonviolence"
Thurday, February 4: Graduation Requirements Meeting (11:30am-1:30pm)(repeat of Monday)
Sunday, February 14: Sophia Award and Lecture Honoring the Rev. Donald Senior, CP, STD
Thurdsday, February 18: Dr. Julia Upton, Provost of St. John's University presents "Worship in Spirit and Truth"
Friday & Saturday, February 19-20: Francis Cardinal George
Thursday, February 25: Susan Mitchell (MAPS '00) leads the WTU Community in Stations of the Cross

Dean of Student's Office Hours

Dr. Kathy Brown, WTU's Dean of Students has evening office hours, Tuesdays 7 – 9 pm. Stop by Kathy's office in Room 200A to say hello and talk about your WTU experience!

Job Opportunities:

Select the Job title to read the full describtion

Social Ministry Job Opportunities through the Archdiocese of Washington

Chaplain-in-Residence for Georgetown University

Langley Park Parish Partnership Coordinator

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).

For more information send an e-mail to professor Theresa Koernke at koernke@wtu.edu.

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