Security —including security of faith in a secular world, political security, security of minority groups and security against the fear of the unknown— will be explored by members of different faiths at The University of Winnipeg’s Religion and Life Week 2007.
Against the backdrop of 9/11, shootings at Dawson College and at the Amish school in Pennsylvania, speakers will address how one lives a religious or spiritual life in a society where people’s lives can be threatened at any time in the most unexpected ways.
Sponsored by the President’s Office, the free and open to the public events runs from January 22 – 26, 2007.
Monday, January 22, 2007
Ahmad Yousif (Islam)
University of Winnipeg Professor of Religious Studies
Room 1L12
12:30 p.m. – 1:20 p.m.
Film: “Romero”
Room 3M59
7:00 p.m. -10:00 p.m.
Tuesday, January 23, 2007
“Telling our stories again…and again”
Brenda Suderman (Journalist)
Winnipeg Free Press Faith Columnist
Room 4M39
1:00 p.m. – 2:15 p.m.
Wednesday, January 24, 2007
“Welcoming Strangers: The Dilemma of the Day”
Mead Simon (Bahai)
Member of the Bahai Council for SK, MB and Northwest ON
Room 1L12
12:30 p.m. – 1:20 p.m.
Film: “The Mission”
Room 4M31
7:00 p.m. -10:00 p.m.
Thursday, January 25, 2007
Philip Weiss (Judaism)
Holocaust survivor, UWinnipeg HD (’03)
Room 4M39
1:00 p.m. – 2:15 p.m.
Friday, January 26, 2007
“Of Whom Shall I be Afraid: Eastern Orthodox Reflections on Culture of Fear”
Father Andrew Jarmus (Eastern Orthodox tradition -Christianity)
Pastor of Theotokos of the Life-Giving Spring Orthodox Mission in St. Boniface.
Faculty, St. Arseny Institute
Room 1L12
12:30 p.m. – 1:20 p.m.
