Wake Up Iona: A Day of Mindfulness

Monday, November 7, 2011, 10:00 am - 2:00 pm
Mindfulness practice & activities throughout the day
Arrigoni Center at Iona
Free event
RSVP: (914) 633-2590 or kdeignan@iona.edu

Wake Up New York - Thich Nhat Hanh's Plum Village Monastics are coming to campus!!
Iona is happy to be part of a worldwide movement of young Buddhists and non-Buddhists practicing the art of mindful living who share a determination to live in an awakened way, to realize the path of understanding and love, and to help our society, which is overloaded with intolerance, discrimination, craving, anger, and despair.

The Wake Up movement is budding in universities across the world, inviting young people to gather in ease, enjoy the laughter, sanity, and friendship that blossoms from practicing mindfulness together. This November, the NY Wake Up Community is offering four days of mindfulness activities for young adults in select universities around New York led by six visiting Monastics from Thich Nhat Hanh's Plum Village Sangha in France.

Iona Spirituality Institute and The Center for Campus Ministries are happy to sponsor one of the Wake Up New York sessions whose events are open to all young adults, aged approx. 16-35, on free and donation basis. All students and faculty are welcome and are encouraged to spend some part of this day of awakening with the Mindfulness Monastics.

Week of the Peacemaker: The Worker and the Great Work

Wednesday, November 9, 2011, 7:00 pm
Romita Auditorium of Ryan Library
Guest Offering $5
RSVP: (914) 633-2590 or email kdeignan@iona.edu

The Thomas Berry Forum for Ecological Dialogue is grateful to participate in the 2011 Week of the Peace Maker events at Iona by sponsoring an evening with Doug Demeo.

A GreenFaith Fellow and Religious Environmental Leader, Mr. Demeo holds his B.A. in economics from Holy Cross College and has a Masters in teaching from Tufts, and a Masters in Christianity and Culture from Gonzaga. For six years, Doug served as coordinator of retreats in campus ministry at Saint Peter's College, and retains a growing interest in the "greening" of Jesuit Colleges and Universities.

Doug formerly worked as a Socially Responsible Investment Advisor and an economic development aide to Congressman Barney Frank in Newton, Massachusetts, and has published several articles on business ethics, the latest of which appeared in America.

Doug lives in Trenton, NJ where he enjoys gardening, and volunteering as a lay minister at the New Jersey State Prison.

Join us in welcoming Doug Demeo who will engage us in conversation about the economic features of The Great Work of environmental transformation, and the role of "the worker" in this momentous challenge.

Remembering the Light: Sacred Songs from the World's Spiritual Traditions

Thursday, December 1, 2011, 7:30 pm
Arrigoni Center at Iona College
Admission: $20
RSVP: (914) 633-2590 or kdeignan@iona.edu

The human spirit has always sung its praise of The Great Spirit and every religious society has found its way to musically celebrate The Great Mystery, by whatever name - truly the Earth resounds in a symphony of incantation.

This evening of sacred song from the world's spiritual traditions gathers a consort of Jewish, Christian, Muslim, Hindu and Buddhist singers offering ancient and contemporary expressions of their communities' mystical songs, in dedication to the late Brother John G. Driscoll, C.F.C., sixth president of Iona College and pioneer of interfaith friendship and understanding.

Sponsored by;
The Iona Spirituality Institute
The Driscoll Fellowship for Jewish Catholic Studies
The Office of Student Affairs
with a grant from the Baron Lambert Fund and
Council on the Arts