On Monday, October 3, 2022 the Office of the Chaplaincy hosted the 35th annual Weinstein-Rosenthal Forum featuring award-winning journalist Isabel Wilkerson.
Leaving Dennis Hall, I had escaped campus once again on a run that would develop my fitness for wrestling and for the upcoming PLC Marine Corps officer summer training at Quantico. As I took a break from the run, I found myself on a massive rock in the middle of the James River that runs through Richmond, Virginia and just about a mile from UR.
The Chaplain's office at Richmond provided an excellent combination of protected (sanctuary!) greenhouse for growing the seedling of my 18-year-old college self, a place that forced me to reach toward the infinite, the ineffable, the unreachable mysteries of lived and imagined faith.
The Office of the Chaplaincy welcomed Rav Hanan Schlesinger and Shadi Abu Awwad of Roots-Shorashim-Judur, a unique collaboration of local Palestinians and Israelis building a grassroots model for coexistence.
Since COVID 19 first began impacting campus life at the University of Richmond in March of 2020, the Office of the Chaplaincy has worked to maintain a sense of support and normalcy for our students.
The Chaplaincy welcomed award-winning poet and author Claudia Rankine as keynote speaker of the 2021 Weinstein-Rosenthal Forum.
Alumnus leads efforts to combat human trafficking in the Thai fishing industry