Tag Archives: interfaith

Collaborations Shape CRSL’s Spring Semester

Posted on June 1, 2017 by Kim Alston
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The spring semester was a whirlwind of spirited activity. Many collaborative ventures stretched our intellect, consciousness, and empathy, including the Engaging Identity series with the Wellness Education Office; The Refugee Resettlement Project with the Jandon Center for Community Engagement; the … Continue reading →

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New Director of Religious and Spiritual Life and College Chaplain

Posted on June 1, 2017 by Guest Author
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The Reverend Matilda Rose Cantwell has assumed the position of Director of Religious & Spiritual Life and College Chaplain at Smith College. She served as the interim director at the Center for Religious and Spiritual Life for the last year … Continue reading →

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The Glowing Influence of the Spring Equinox

Posted on May 15, 2017 by Emmett Wald
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The spring equinox, which fell on March 20 this year, is considered the first day of spring, and is recognized as a holiday across many religions and cultures. The spring and fall equinoxes mark important moments in our orbit of … Continue reading →

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Student Advisory Board Strives for Inclusion and Advocacy

Posted on December 15, 2016 by Chapel Student
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The Center for Religious and Spiritual Life’s Student Advisory Board is a group of students that gather to advise the Center on a variety of things. Part of our job is to help plan events, like vigils and contemplative spaces, … Continue reading →

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Mourning, Intersectionality, and Hope
Part II: Don’t Be Selective

Posted on April 29, 2016 by Matilda Cantwell
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We have been focusing our  vigils on  shedding light in places where the inquiry and fervor of the media does not go. To vigil means to “pay attention” and to be “watchful.” Members of our diverse community are often directly affected … Continue reading →

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MLK & Justice, Identity, and Social Change Initiative (Part 2)

Posted on February 24, 2016 by Matilda Cantwell
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After the opening remarks on Martin Luther King Jr. Day, the American Friends Service Committee hosted two panel discussions on racial justice. I was proud to moderate the first panel of student fellows for the Justice, Identity, and Social Change Initiative … Continue reading →

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MLK & Justice, Identity, and Social Change Initiative (Part 1)

Posted on February 10, 2016 by Matilda Cantwell
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Over January Term (or J-term), two students participated in a fellowship for with our Center as part of our Justice, Identity, and Social Change (JISC) initiative. These students, Raven Fowlkes-Witten and Lucy Tucker, serve on our JISC advisory board. The … Continue reading →

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The Justice, Identity, and Social Change Initiative:
Spiritual Life Meets Social Justice

Posted on May 6, 2015 by Matilda Cantwell
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  It feels like the World is burning. This is what Sensei Ryumon Baldoquin, Community Religious Adviser, said at our first “Peace Meal,” a gathering for dialogue and discussion of difficult problems. Certainly in the last few weeks, with the … Continue reading →

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Our Inescapable Network of Mutuality

Posted on November 26, 2014 by Matilda Cantwell
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Amidst the cacophony of all that I am reading, hearing, and taking in response to the verdict in the Ferguson Grand Jury deliberation,—which I am, like many of us, just barely beginning to sort through—I have little, if anything, different or new … Continue reading →

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Interfaith Awareness Week: What Do We Serve?

Posted on April 7, 2014 by Matilda Cantwell
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We are what we pay attention to. Sadly, most of the time we are not attending to the world or ourselves. Psychologists estimate we have sixty thousand to seventy thousand thoughts a day, 99 percent of which are more or … Continue reading →

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