Lent-Easter 2019: eight lecture series on C.S. Lewis' CHRONICLES OF NARNIA (Eck Visitor Center, Univ. Notre Dame)

from http://mcgrath.nd.edu/

Chronicles of Narnia: A Spiritual Journey through Narnia from Lent to Easter

All lectures will take place in the auditorium of the Eck Visitors Center, Notre Dame. Each night the first lecture is at 6:00pm and the second lecture is at 7:15pm. The lectures are free and open to the public. 

March 5, March 19, April 9, April 23

Comprising four evenings with two lectures featured back-to-back each time, this series convenes on March 5, March 19, April 9 and April 23. The series is designed to accompany the audience as they make their way through reading the Chronicles of Narnia during Lent and into Easter.

Academic Course: running alongside the lecture series, a 1.0 credit academic course is being offered to students. This course, THEO 30061-The Chronicles of Narnia: A Spiritual Journey, corresponds with the lecture series, which provides for a communal reading of the Chronicles of Narnia as an invitation to a spiritual journey. Convening intentionally throughout the liturgical seasons of Lent and Easter, theological reflection will draw out liturgical themes, processes of transformation, tones of redemption, eschatological dimensions, and understandings of creation that run throughout these widely accessible and beloved stories. Lectures from theologians and literary scholars from Notre Dame and elsewhere will provide much of the instruction for the course, supplemented by class discussion and study group inquiries. Students are required to attend all lectures (6:00–8:30pm on 3/5, 3/19, 4/9, and 4/23) plus two additional class sessions (6:00–7:30pm on 2/26 and 4/30). Students will also meet together in reading groups and complete a final reflection paper.

If you would still like to register for this course (THEO 30061), please do so through InsideND or by contacting the Theology Department (theo@nd.edu).

Schedule:

March 5, 2019

• 6:00–7:00pm, Introductory Lecture, David Fagerberg 
• 7:15–8:15pm, The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, Leonard DeLorenzo 

March 19, 2019

• 6:00–7:00pm, Prince Caspian, Michael Ward (Oxford)
• 7:15–8:15pm, The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, Peter Schakel (Hope College) 

April 9, 2019

• 6:00–7:00pm, The Silver Chair, Rebekah Lamb (St. Andrew's)
• 7:15–8:15pm, The Horse and His Boy, Francesca Murphy 

April 23, 2019

• 6:00–7:00pm, The Magician’s Nephew, Catherine Cavadini 
• 7:15–8:15pm, The Last Battle, Anthony Pagliarini

February 16 and March 2, 2019 from Noon to 3 p.m. -- one of the Zoo's Winter Days

Weather Permitting -- the Potawatomi Zoo of South Bend, IN will be open for members and the public to see the Animals on this afternoon special viewing --

Free for Zoological Society members and $5.50 for adult visitors.

The Potawatomi Zoo will be open for Winter Days January 19, February 2, February 16, and March 2, from 12 to 3 pm (last admission is half an hour before closing). Regular admission is $5.50 per person. Members and babies 2 and younger are free. There will be a $5 wristband available for an extra craft experience. Weather permitting, the train and carousel will be running.

February 14, 2019 at 2:21 p.m. Eastern Time Zone

A moment of silence in memory of the 17 students & staff who were fatally shot at

Marjory Stoneman Douglas H.S. in Parkland, FL one year ago: 2018.

Water | Ways Expo and Exhibit : Closing Day (Feb. 16, 2019) Niles, MI Library

Admission is Free / / in the Library Rotunda [www.nileslibrary.com ]

See the Smithsonian Water|Ways exhibit before it leaves Niles on the "Presidents Day" holiday weekend!

From 2 - 6 p.m. that day, Meet organizations and people in SW Michigan community that are making a difference with our local waterways.

Winter Weather Advisory extended (Feb. 11 - 12, 2019) Berrien County, Michigan

from National Weather Service (www.weather.com) :

WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING Monday Feb. 11, 2019 TO 9 AM EST TUESDAY Feb. 12, 2019... Many SCHOOL CLOSINGS on Tuesday morning (2/12/2019)

* WHAT...A mix of snow, sleet, and freezing rain expected. Total snow accumulations of less than one inch and ice accumulations of around one tenth of an inch expected. * 

WHERE...Portions of northern Indiana, southwest Michigan and northwest Ohio. * 

WHEN...From 8 PM this evening to 7 AM EST Tuesday. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Plan on slippery road conditions. Precipitation may start as light snow this evening but will transition to a mix of sleet and freezing rain before changing to mainly rain late tonight. The hazardous conditions may impact the Tuesday morning commute. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS..

"International Hour" Guests at call-in show (The 1A on NPR) Feb. 8, 2019

Guests

• Shane Harris Intelligence and national security reporter, The Washington Post; Future of War fellow, New America; author, 'At War: The Rise of the Military-Internet Complex' and 'The Watchers: The Rise of America's Surveillance State'
• Peter Bergen CNN's national security analyst; vice president and director of the international security program at New America; author of "United States of Jihad: Investigating America's Homegrown Terrorists"; 
• Dorothy Parvaz Global politics reporter, ThinkProgress

How has the Potawatomi Culture used and maintained waterways and water resources? - Andy Jackson at Niles, Library Thursday 2/7/2019

Honor and Protect: Traditional Potawatomi Waterways Presented by Andy Jackson, Pokagon Band of Potawatomi.

Thursday Feb. 7, 2019 from 6:30 - 7:30 p.m. at the Niles (Michigan) District Library Rotunda

Presentation is open to the Public and is free.
TOPIC =
Traditional uses of water in the Potawatomi culture.

Spring 2019 Literacy Drive - Lake Michigan College students - kids and YA books needed

www.lakemichigancollege.edu/

As part of our Spring LMC Day Literacy Project, we are collecting books to distribute to students in Berrien and Van Buren Counties. Please donate gently used or new books for the following reading levels:  Pre-K through 1st Grade, 2nd – 3rd Grade, and 4th – 5th Grade.  Thank you!

Campus Book Drop Locations:
South Haven, contact Jeremy Burleson ext. 7514
Niles at Bertrand Crossing, contact Nick Hooper ext. 2792

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Black History event at Univ. of Notre Dame = "Unsung" Feb. 8, 2019• “Unsung: The Exploration of the Sounds of Black Folk,” sponsored by Sacred Music at Notre Dame, Campus Ministry, the Graduate School, the Department of Africana Studies and the Program of Liberal Studies, 7 p.m. Feb. 8, DeBartolo Performing Arts Center.

• “Unsung: The Exploration of the Sounds of Black Folk,” sponsored by Sacred Music at Notre Dame, Campus Ministry, the Graduate School, the Department of Africana Studies and the Program of Liberal Studies, 7 p.m. Feb. 8, 2019 WHERE: DeBartolo Performing Arts Center (campus) https://news.nd.edu/news/events-planned-to-celebrate-black-history-month-2/