Tag Archives: welcome

Introducing the Reflect, Resist, Rejuvenate Lounge

Posted on March 9, 2023 by Anna Ostow
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REFLECT RESIST REJUVENATE LOUNGE We are proud to announce the official “opening” or coming on-line of our Reflect, Resist, Rejuvenate lounge. This room was re-purposed just prior to the pandemic from a reading room to a reading room plus, with … Continue reading →

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2021-2022: The Center for Religious and Spiritual Life Explores Transformative and Disability Justice as Spiritual Practices

Posted on October 19, 2021 by Matilda Cantwell
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This year as Smith focuses on “Democracies,”  we are painfully aware that social injustices were woven into the fabric of our society at its founding. We also find ourselves at a point at which the very structure of democracy in … Continue reading →

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Smith College Vespers Scriptural Readings, Poems, and Prayers

Posted on December 19, 2019 by Matilda Cantwell
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Smith College Christmas Vespers  December 8, 2019  WELCOME Advent is the season when the revolution of people aligns with the revolution of the earth. Advent is a time when people – all people all over the world – light candles … Continue reading →

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Spring 2019 Event Calendar

Posted on April 3, 2019 by Jenna Haines '19
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Friends, Below is the Spring 2019 event calendar! The Center for Religious and Spiritual Life encourages all students and community members to attend workshops, weekly programming, and events available to them. The CRSL is pleased to offer a variety of … Continue reading →

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Reflection on Muslim Student Advising

Posted on February 12, 2019 by Kim Alston
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For many years Muslim students at Smith College built a sense of community among themselves with little assistance from the Center for Religious and Spiritual Life. They organized events, planned activities and led holy observances largely through the behest of … Continue reading →

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A Message from the Director

Posted on November 27, 2017 by Matilda Cantwell
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Dear Friends, Last spring Smith conducted a national search for the new leader of the Center for Religious and Spiritual Life, and I put my hat in the ring, so to speak, after serving as Interim Director for a year, … Continue reading →

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Walking About Smith As Us:
Muslim Students’ Perspectives

Posted on November 27, 2017 by Chapel Student
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First-year student Yacine Fall wrote the following paper for her English 118 course, “Youth Activism”; the assignment is to write a photojournalist essay on the life of a Smith student. She chose to look at what it is like to … Continue reading →

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Conveying True Welcome

Posted on November 22, 2017 by Matilda Cantwell
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In these times of discrimination against immigrants, people of color, those seeking refuge, and so many other groups, in addition to a rash of gun violence and natural disasters which have displaced and traumatized whole communities this fall, it is … Continue reading →

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Welcome Across Faiths

Posted on November 11, 2017 by Emmett Wald
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What does it mean to really welcome somebody? Not just to say, “you are welcome here,” but to truly make a space feel welcoming and inviting to someone? We’ve chosen “welcome” as our theme at CRSL for the year, and … Continue reading →

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