"The song you heard singing in the leaf when you were a child is singing still." — Mary Oliver
Thinking Religiously Together
Wednesday, June 14, 7:00 – 8:00pm, Online
All are invited to participate in this monthly convening. Each gathering of “Thinking Religiously Together” will last one hour and feature a presentation from a lay person, faith leader or scholar on a preselected topic typically concerning a particular question or faith tradition.
Presentations will be followed by small group discussions, brief group reports and open discussion around the questions - What did you learn today? What new questions do you have?
The Emerging Leaders Multifaith Action Council is growing!
ELMAC is a multifaith cohort of leaders under age 35 interested in working together to support each other and change the world! With members from across Minnesota from a variety of religions, spiritualities, colleges, and organizations, ELMAC provides young people a space to have meaningful conversations about the future of multifaith engagement and the future of the planet. Join us in developing our mission, vision, goals, and action projects.
Our goal for membership is 50 people by the end of the year. If you know anyone who may be interested, please feel free to share the following information:
Please also feel free to sign up if you are over the age of 35 and have an interest in supporting ELMAC and/or receiving updates from ELMAC members. Those over 35 can also reach out to Network Executive Jen Kilps for more information at jkilps@mnmultifaith.org.
Shavuot by Moritz Daniel Oppenheim
Shavuot, the feast of weeks, is a major Jewish holiday that is celebrated seven weeks after the second Passover seder. Although Shavuot began as an ancient grain harvest festival, the holiday has been identified since biblical times with the giving of the Torah on Mount Sinai. In 2023, Shavuot begins goes from the night of Thursday, May 25 to the night of Friday, May 26; some Jews have an additional day through Saturday night. Learn more about the holiday here. MnMN wishes our Jewish friends and colleagues a joyous Shavuot celebration!
Partner Events
Midwest Town Hall: The End-of-Life Options Movement’s Midwest Moment
Thursday, June 8, 5:00 - 6:00 pm, Online
Please join Compassion & Choices President and CEO Kim Callinan for an update on the end-of-life care options movement in the Midwest and across the country.
In 2020 and 2022, Kim Callinan joined Midwest volunteers for an update on Compassion & Choices' response to the COVID-19 pandemic and the positioning of our movement across the country and in the Midwest.
Join Kim to learn the latest on our national movement and the work in the Midwest to expand and protect end-of-life care options and navigate end-of-life care and planning, including our organizational priorities in the coming years.
Join our faith leader panel as they introduce us to the jewels of their tradition’s teachings on care for the earth. Panelists: Dr. Prasad Bastodkar, Hindu Society of Minnesota; Payton Hoegh, Episcopal Los Angeles and Center for Spirituality in Nature; Rabbi Ricky Kamil Temple Israel, Minneapolis and Beacon Interfaith Housing Collaborative; Rev. Onryu Laura Kennedy, Buddhist priest / teacher; Lóre Stevens, First Universalist Church, Minneapolis
It is common knowledge that many faith traditions offer wisdom about humans’ relationship with the earth, but what are the specifics? For example, what does Hinduism teach, and how might that be different from Jewish wisdom? How does Buddhism guide its followers about nature? Is Christian teaching about the earth different from its cultural U.S. practice? Join us for a rich time of sharing, discussion, and insight.
Friday, June 16, 4:00 - 8:00 pm, Carondelet Center, 1890 Randolph Ave. St. Paul, MN 55105
Join us for Wisdom Ways’ 2nd Annual Summer Solstice Celebration! We’ll be celebrating with food, community, music, and fun activities! It’ll be held outside at the Carondelet Center.
This event is FREE, and folks are invited to come and go throughout the event.
Enjoy: • Drumming from TaikoArts Midwest • Music from Sara Thomsen & Paula Pedersen • Nature Mandala Art Installation by Ann Viveros • Art Exhibition opening by Janis Dehler • Community Coloring Art Display • Debut of our NEW Wheelchair-Accessible Rental Labyrinth created by Lisa Moriarty • And more!
Food Trucks: • Sambusa Express • Que Tal Street Eats • Sweet Früchi’s
Saturday, July 15, 11:00 am - 3:00 pm, Hindu Temple of Minnesota, 10530 Temple Drive, Maple Grove, MN 55311
Join us for a celebration of Indian culture and heritage at the Hindu Temple of MN! Our Cultural Heritage Day is sure to be a blast, with tons of fun activities, traditional dances, beautiful music, and more. Save the date and come immerse yourself in the rich traditions of India! 🙏🏽🇮🇳
Want to get involved? 👉Performances: cultural@hsmn.org 👉 Vendors: ecsecretary@hsmn.org 👉Volunteering: volunteer@hsmn.org 👉Food: foodchair@hsmn.org 👉Art: uma.bastodkar@hsmn.org
Spiritual Care and Chaplaincy in Religiously Diverse Societies
Tuesday, October 17, 12:00 - 1:15 pm, Online
The recent open-access volume Complexities of Spiritual Care in Plural Societies: Education, Praxis and Concepts (De Gruyter, 2022) contributes to an emerging field that could be referred to as "plural spiritual care and chaplaincy," by innovatively bringing together contributions from a broad range of contexts and religious traditions. Including empirical work and conceptual explorations, the volume helps to fill the gap between practices and developments related to plural spiritual care and chaplaincy in the scholarly discourse, and their application for practitioners serving religiously diverse populations in health and chaplaincy settings. In this webinar, editor Anne Hege Grung will introduce the book and project, contributor Nazila Isgandarova will discuss female voices in Islamic spiritual care, and contributor Su Yon Pak will explore Buddhist chaplaincy education at a Protestant seminary. Time will be allowed for discussion and questions. Free and open to the public.
“While rising levels of stress and anxiety are affecting Americans from students to service members, the dynamics are different in the farmland – and so is the strength of the clergy’s role in rural communities, where churches are essential social gathering points." Read Saving the farm: Heartland clergy train to prevent agriculture workers’ suicides.
U.S. parents are more likely to prioritize the transmission of their religious views than their political views, according to a new analysis of Pew Research Center surveys.
"Have you ever used the word "faiths" to mean "religions?" We almost all do it. But people of other traditions sometimes point out that the term faith doesn't really fit them well. In truth, "faith" is a very Christian word. And this error is about more than terminology - it connects to much larger questions." Read more in this Religions Geek blog post.
Join Shoulder to Shoulder Campaign for Using the Social Change Map to Counter Anti-Muslim Discrimination, Thursday, June 15, 12:00 - 1:30 pm, Online. What are your values when it comes to advancing social change and where do you fit in in the larger social change ecosystem? Each of us can contribute to our social change ecosystems by clarifying our shared values and mapping our roles. This workshop, facilitated by Deepa Iyer, Senior Director of Strategic Initiatives at Building Movement Project, is designed for those at every stage of their individual and organizational journeys towards justice, equity and solidarity. It introduces an ecosystems framework that includes ten roles that many of us play in service of our social change values. We will apply this framework to the work of countering anti-Muslim discrimination.
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