The next host of our “What Matters Most Dinner” is Paula Lima-Jones!  Join us on Tuesday, March 19 @ 6:00 p.m for dinner and a discussion with Paula Lima-Jones on what matters most to her. You can sign up to RSVP in the Religious Life Office in the lower HUB.  Don’t miss out on this great experience!

 The annual Holocaust Remembrance Day service will be held on April 18th at 7pm, Memorial Hall in the Old West Building, Dickinson College. This interfaith service is a somber reminder of the loss of innocent life of Jews and others during the Holocaust in Europe in the years just prior to and during World War II. The service is in memory of those who died at the hand of intolerance and hatred, in acknowledgement of those righteous persons of all faiths and backgrounds who opposed the Holocaust, and a reminder of the danger of silence so as to prevent such events from ever occurring again.

Our speaker is Hilda Mantelmacher, a native of the former Czechoslovakia. She is a Holocaust survivor and a member of a dwindling group of eyewitnesses to the genocidal atrocities unleashed by the Nazi regime.

The service is co-sponsored by Congregation Beth Tikvah, The Carlisle Area Religious Council, and Dickinson College Hillel and the College’s Milton B. Asbell Center for Jewish Life.

"Evening of Sacred Music: Modern and Historical” 

On May 5^th the Dickinson Catholic Campus Music Ministry is presenting a liturgical music concert at 7:00PM at St. Patrick’s Shrine Church (140 E Pompfret Street).  This concert is reminiscent of the sacred music legacy, which once existed in Carlisle through the work of Rev. Henry Ganss, pastor of St. Patrick’s from 1891 to 1910.  Father Ganss was an avid composer and promoter of liturgical music.  Please join us in reviving the legacy of sacred music in Carlisle!  There will be a reception to follow. 

Join a group of students on a Religious Life Interfaith Service Trip to Philadelphia.  The trip will occur on March 30-April 1st, leaving after classes on Friday through Sunday afternoon.  Additional information is available with the application.  The trip will include 16 students, 1 student staff, and 3 college administrators.  The cost is $25 plus meal points which includes all meals, transportation, and program fees.  Applications are due to the Office of Religious Life in the lower level of HUB by Monday, Feb 20th.  Questions please email feldmana@dickinson.edu  

The Office of Religious Life and Community Services is looking to hire ten student staff for the 2012-2013 academic year. Student staff are critical in running the programs of the office; from CommServ to Day of Service to Montgomery Service Leaders to Service Trips and more the student staff are a group of creative, driven, and engaged student leaders.  Those with Federal Work Study funding will be given preference, but some funding is available for non-Federal Work Study eligible positions.  Applications and resumes for are due on Thursday, March 8th to the Office of Religious Life and Community Services in the lower level of the HUB.  For questions please email hewlettm@dickinson.edu.

What's new in 2011-2012 with Religious Life?  A LOT!!

As we live into the mission and vision for the Office, look for:

• a deeper connection with the Asbell Center for Jewish Life through service and conversation
• an interfaith service trip weekend will occur in Spring 2012
• a fall study on World Religions will touch the tip of the iceberg of the 5 world religions
• two large events on campus will bring together people from all areas to live out their faith in service to those in need
• a new dimension on the What Matters Most Dinners will include dinners by class year with alumni hosts looking at issues that are paramont in each class year

Check back for more information for details about these and more religious life events!