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A Call to Conscience: US/Mexico Drug War , 2012-08-26
File — Container: Shelf 30, Box: 93, Folder: 76
Identifier: 30.93.76
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Collaboration with the Movement for Peace with Justice and Dignity
Suggested donation $10One of Mexico’s best-known poets, Javier Sicilia, laid down his pen last year after his 24-year-old son was murdered by drug traffickers in Cuernavaca, Mexico. In his son’s memory, Sicilia created the Movement for Peace with Justice and Dignity to urge an end to the drug violence — violence that has left an estimated 60,000 dead, 10,000 disappeared, and more than 160,000 Mexicans displaced...
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Event: 2012-08-26
The Immigrant Advantage: What We Can Learn from Newcomers to America about Health, Happiness, and Hope , 2012-08-29
File — Container: Shelf 30, Box: 93, Folder: 77
Identifier: 30.93.77
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Claudia Kolker
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Event: 2012-08-29
Twelve Moments: Meridian Tapping, 2012-09-05
File — Container: Shelf 30, Box: 93, Folder: 78
Identifier: 30.93.78
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Ange Finn, Meridian TappingAnge Finn will lead participants in an experiential "tapping meditation," using acupressure desensitization known as Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT). Participants will learn how to do EFT, a form of meridian tapping, and experience how it relaxes the body and calms the mind, bringing us into better coherence mentally and physically.Experience the contemplative side of the world’s great religious traditions with guided meditations offering...
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Event: 2012-09-05
Eric Weiner on His Life Changing Spiritual Journey , 2012-09-09
File — Container: Shelf 30, Box: 93, Folder: 79
Identifier: 30.93.79
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Author and journalist Eric Weiner launches the Rothko Chapel’s 2012-2013 season of public programs by sharing personal thoughts that compelled him to write his most recent book, Man Seeks God: My Flirtations with the Divine. His spiritual journey began in a hospital bed, where a nurse asked him if he had “found his God yet.” Facing his own mortality and spurred by the question, Weiner travels the world, sampling religion and spirituality and hoping to come to a personal understanding of the...
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Event: 2012-09-09
Just Oneness, 2012-09-21
File — Container: Shelf 30, Box: 93, Folder: 80
Identifier: 30.93.80
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Venerable Master Miao Tsan, the founder and abbot of Vairocana Zen Monastery in Garden Grove California, will give a talk on Friday at the Rothko Chapel he calls “Just Oneness.” His core belief and the goal of his dharma teaching is to help people transcend the limits of individual perspective to experience universally applicable truth. This is the way, he believes, for the dissolution of dualistic conflict and the resolution of disparate views among religions and their various sects. A...
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Event: 2012-09-21
Twelve Moments: Islamic Tradition, 2012-10-03
File — Container: Shelf 30, Box: 93, Folder: 81
Identifier: 30.93.81
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Ali Kemal Civelek, Islamic TraditionJoin Ali Kemal Civelek for a meditation titled "The Beautiful Names of God." In Islamic tradition, the truth and essence of this universe is the names of God. Understanding and growing in this contemplation give maturity and meaning to life. In fact, for centuries, the Sufis main meditation has been on the names of God. Civelek currently serves as the Director of Houston Institute of Islam. He teaches Islam, Sufism and philosophy of Islam. He...
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Event: 2012-10-03
The Untold Story: Global Peacemaking and Interreligious Cooperation, 2012-10-15
File — Container: Shelf 30, Box: 93, Folder: 90
Identifier: 30.93.90
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Vatican II@50 is a series of programs recognizing the worldwide impact of the Second Vatican Council, convened 50 years ago in 1962 by the enormously influential Pope John XXIII. Among the great legacies of Vatican II are increased tolerance of other religious traditions, a celebration of people’s growing awareness of human dignity, and a renewed perspective on sacred music and art. The Rothko Chapel, John and Dominique de Menil’s gift to Houston, now recognized as an international spiritual...
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Event: 2012-10-15
The Challenge of Faith in Contemporary America, 2012-10-16
File — Container: Shelf 30, Box: 93, Folder: 92
Identifier: 30.93.92
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Vatican II@50 is a series of programs recognizing the worldwide impact of the Second Vatican Council, convened 50 years ago in 1962 by the enormously influential Pope John XXIII. Among the great legacies of Vatican II are increased tolerance of other religious traditions, a celebration of people’s growing awareness of human dignity, and a renewed perspective on sacred music and art. The Rothko Chapel, John and Dominique de Menil’s gift to Houston, now recognized as an international spiritual...
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Event: 2012-10-16
International Inspiration, Local Expression: Vatican II, the de Menils, and the Rothko Chapel, 2012-10-17
File — Container: Shelf 30, Box: 93, Folder: 91
Identifier: 30.93.91
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Vatican II@50 is a series of programs recognizing the worldwide impact of the Second Vatican Council, convened 50 years ago in 1962 by the enormously influential Pope John XXIII. Among the great legacies of Vatican II are increased tolerance of other religious traditions, a celebration of people’s growing awareness of human dignity, and a renewed perspective on sacred music and art. The Rothko Chapel, John and Dominique de Menil’s gift to Houston, now recognized as an international spiritual...
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Event: 2012-10-17
Vivaldi’s Harmonic Inspirations, 2012-10-20
File — Container: Shelf 30, Box: 93, Folder: 82
Identifier: 30.93.82
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Collaboration with Mercury for Museum District Day
Collaboration with Mercury
Mercury’s ensemble of musicians offer an opportunity to hear Vivaldi’s influential composition Harmonic Inspirations as performed on period instruments. The evening includes a discussion with Mercury’s Artistic Director, Antoine Plante, as well as a post-concert reception and meet-and-greet with the artists. This ticketed event is part of Mercury’s Neighborhood Series.
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Event: 2012-10-20