Wednesday Community Luncheons
For decades, Wednesday has been a day of community gathering at the Divinity School. Ecumenical services are held at Bond Chapel at 11:30 a.m. that draw on the contributions of students, staff, faculty, and a variety of preachers from Chicago's religious communities, followed at 12:00 noon by a community luncheon in Swift Common Room. The lunches always feature a guest speaker, invited from the University, the local community, or beyond. Lunch topics have addressed everything from particle physics and the search for a fifth dimension to the history of Klezmer music. (Click here for an archive of Wednesday lunches since Autumn 2005.) The programs provide a unique opportunity for students, staff, and faculty to engage one another in informal conversation.
Special Wednesday Lunch events include the Dean's Forum, which invites a faculty member to discuss one of his or her recent works, with formal response from several Divinity School colleagues, and our quarterly Musical Offerings.
Lunch itself (a vegetarian meal; a vegan option is available by request) is prepared and served by our creative and energetic student staff. Wednesday lunches take place from 12:00 noon to 1:30 p.m. in Swift Common Room (1025 East 58th Street), and cost $5 ($4 for all students with ID) at the door. Those interested in attending should reserve a lunch in advance by emailing divinitylunch@gmail.com.
Autumn 2009
September 30
Steven Kloehn, the University's AVP for News and Public Affairs, on religion and the media. With over two decades of journalistic experience as a newspaper columnist, commentator on national and local news programs, reporter, editor and multimedia innovator, Kloehn has an abiding interest in the ways religion is covered in the news media. From 1996 to 2000, Kloehn was the Tribune's religion writer, covering the papacy of John Paul II, religion in American politics, the growth of Islam and other matters of faith.
