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JOSEPH H. EHRENKRANZ, Ph.D.Executive Director of Center forChristian-Jewish Understanding ofSacred Heart University; co-chair ofRabbinic Committee for InterreligiousDialogue with the Vatican; rabbiemeritus, Congregation AgudathShalom, Stamford, CT.
THE CASAGRANDE INSTITUTE
FOR INTERFAITH CONVERSATION
OCTOBER 26-28,2007 WISDOM HOUSE,LITCHFIELD,CT
“It is my privilege to witness the commitment ofWisdom House to interfaith dialogue from as far backas 1967. By your dedication to this task you provethat you are truly Daughters of Wisdom. DivineWisdom inspires in our days that interfaith dialoguewhich can only take place in as peaceful a setting asyou provide and can only bear fruit when it is carriedon in the tradition of Wisdom for which you stand.”
DAVID STEINDL-RAST,OSB
Mount Savior Monastery Hermitage
“For people of all faiths, Wisdom House stands as aliving symbol of an active and compassionatespirituality that embraces all paths. Hosting theInterfaith Institute which will draw from the roots ofher own tradition as well as the insights of otherfaiths, Wisdom House once again shows us the pathto service and compassion in the world. We are trulyblessed to have Wisdom House!”
ABBESS PAT ENKYO O’HARA
Village Zendo,New York
CHRISTIAN,BUDDHIST,JEWISH AND MUSLIM CONVERSATIONS
Wisdom House Retreat and Conference Center229 East Litchfield RoadLitchfield,CT 06759-3002
NON-PROFIT ORG.U.S.POSTAGE
PAIDLITCHFIELD,CT 06759
PERMIT #14
OCTOBER 26-28, 2007 WISDOM HOUSE LITCHFIELD, CONNECTICUT
HON.CHARLES D. GILL
Superior Court Judge, State of CT;Co-founder, National Task Force forChildren's Constitutional Rights andthe National Committee for theRights of the Child; Faculty member,CT Judges Institute; speaker at USCongress and UN General Assembly;JD, Catholic University of America.
MARIE CHIODO, DW
Facilitator and Designer of Group Processes
ROBERT JINGEN GUNN, Ph.D.
Adjunct faculty, Deptment ofPsychiatry & Religion, UnionTheologicalSeminary; psychotherapistin private practice; Zen Buddhist for15 years; pastor, United Church,Rockville Centre,NY; author, Journeyinto Emptiness: Dogen, Merton and Jungand the Quest for Transformation.
JANE I. SMITH, Ph.D.
Professor of Islamic Studies and co-director of the Macdonald Center forChristian-Muslim Relations, HartfordSeminary; co-editor, The Muslim World;editor for Brill's Encyclopedia ofWomen in Islamic Cultures. Recentpublications include Muslim Women inAmerica:The Challenge of IslamicIdentity Today and Becoming American:Immigration and Religious Life in the US.
MARY M. DOYLE ROCHE, Ph.D.
Professor of Religious Studies, Collegeof the Holy Cross, MA; Dissertation,Children and Childhood:Toward aChristian Social Perspective; author,"Children, HIV/AIDS and theCommon Good" in Calling for Justice.
YEOU-CHENG MA, M.D., FAAP
Developmental Pediatrician andmusician. MD, Harvard MedicalSchool; teacher of violin, viola andchamber music with The Children'sOrchestra Society. Yeou-Chengteaches children the language of musicand explores the relationship of musicto young people's temperaments.
Supported by
INTERFAITH INSTITUTE, OCTOBER 26-28, 2007REGISTRATION
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 264:00-6:00 pm Registration 6:00 pm Dinner7:15 pm Robert Jingen Gunn, Ph.D. – Children: A Buddhist Perspective
Marie Chiodo, DW – Facilitator
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 278:00 am Breakfast9:00 am Mary M. Doyle Roche, Ph.D. – Children: A Christian Perspective10:30 am Joseph H. Ehrenkranz, Ph.D. – Children: A Jewish Perspective
12:00 noon Lunch
2:00 pm Jane I. Smith, Ph.D. – Children: A Muslim Perspective4:00 pm Conversations with presenters, Session 14:45 pm Conversations with presenters, Session 2
5:30 pm Dinner
7:00 pm Children at Play. Members of the Children’s Orchestra,directed by Yeou-Cheng Ma, MD, FAAP
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 288:00 am Breakfast9:15 am Honorable Charles D. Gill, CT Superior Court Judge –
Children: A Human Rights Perspective10:45 am Panel 11:15 am Closing Prayer11:45 am Lunch and departure
Please indicate 1st & 2nd choicePer Person
❏ A. Full weekend, shared room.........................$175
❏ B. Full weekend, single room (limited) ..........$215
❏ C. Commuter, full weekend..............................$150
❏ Friday evening only (includes dinner)...............$ 30
❏ Saturday only (includes meals)...........................$105
❏ Saturday evening only (includes dinner)...........$ 35
To register for A, B, or C, send a non-refundable deposit of $50.Rooms with bath, when available, are $30 additional.For all others, please pay in full. (50% non-refundable deposit)
Please send check, payable to Wisdom House, to:Wisdom House229 East Litchfield Road, Litchfield, CT 06759
www.wisdomhouse.org / email: [email protected]
NAME__________________________________________
ADDRESS_______________________________________
_______________________________________________
CITY___________________________________________
STATE_______________ ZIP______________________
PHONE: DAY (_________)_________________________
EVE (_________)_________________________
E-MAIL_________________________________________
DIET NEEDS ____________________________________
May we include your name and contact information on aparticipants’ list? ❏ Yes ❏ No
WHY AN INTERFAITH INSTITUTE ON CHILDREN?
At a United Nations Special Session on Children, five years ago, young people said,"We want a world fit for children, because a world fit for children is fit for everyone.We are not expenses; we are investments. You call us the future, but we are thepresent as well. We are people and citizens of this world."
This eighth Casagrande Interfaith Institute will consider children as mystery, gift, and hope.
THE CASAGRANDE INSTITUTE FOR INTERFAITH CONVERSATIONDorothy and Harry Casagrande of Ozone Park, New York infused their family life,neighborhood, and workplaces with love, care and compassionate justice. Dorothy, ateacher, and Harry, an accountant, shared a common vision: they saw God in humanity.Conversely, humanity saw God in them. Tirelessly, they initiated endeavors forcharitable giving to the health, education, and pastoral ministries of the Daughters ofWisdom. They died in Connecticut in 1998. Their generosity makes this annualInterfaith Institute possible.
The logo for the Casagrande Institute expresses the verse from the Book of Proverbsof the Hebrew Scriptures: Wisdom has built her house; she has set up her seven pillars. (9,1)Wisdom’s house is the community of persons gathered by the Holy One. Her house issupported by the seven pillars of understanding, devotion, compassion, wisdom,mysticism, service and justice.
The logo was designed by artist and calligrapher Elizabeth A.White-Pultz, of New York City, NY.
“You may give them your love but not your thoughts. For they have their own thoughts. You may housetheir bodies but not their souls. For their souls dwell in the house of tomorrow, which you cannot visit,even in your dreams.” — “On Children”, from The Prophet, Kahlil Gibran, 1923.
P R O G R A M • O C T O B E R 2 6 - 2 8 , 2 0 0 7
THE CASAGRANDE INSTITUTEFOR INTERFAITH CONVERSATION
INTERFAITH INSTITUTE, OCTOBER 26-28, 2007REGISTRATION
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 264:00-6:00 pm Registration 6:00 pm Dinner7:15 pm Robert Jingen Gunn, Ph.D. – Children: A Buddhist Perspective
Marie Chiodo, DW – Facilitator
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 278:00 am Breakfast9:00 am Mary M. Doyle Roche, Ph.D. – Children: A Christian Perspective10:30 am Joseph H. Ehrenkranz, Ph.D. – Children: A Jewish Perspective
12:00 noon Lunch
2:00 pm Jane I. Smith, Ph.D. – Children: A Muslim Perspective4:00 pm Conversations with presenters, Session 14:45 pm Conversations with presenters, Session 2
5:30 pm Dinner
7:00 pm Children at Play. Members of the Children’s Orchestra,directed by Yeou-Cheng Ma, MD, FAAP
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 288:00 am Breakfast9:15 am Honorable Charles D. Gill, CT Superior Court Judge –
Children: A Human Rights Perspective10:45 am Panel 11:15 am Closing Prayer11:45 am Lunch and departure
Please indicate 1st & 2nd choicePer Person
❏ A. Full weekend, shared room.........................$175
❏ B. Full weekend, single room (limited) ..........$215
❏ C. Commuter, full weekend..............................$150
❏ Friday evening only (includes dinner)...............$ 30
❏ Saturday only (includes meals)...........................$105
❏ Saturday evening only (includes dinner)...........$ 35
To register for A, B, or C, send a non-refundable deposit of $50.Rooms with bath, when available, are $30 additional.For all others, please pay in full. (50% non-refundable deposit)
Please send check, payable to Wisdom House, to:Wisdom House229 East Litchfield Road, Litchfield, CT 06759
www.wisdomhouse.org / email: [email protected]
NAME__________________________________________
ADDRESS_______________________________________
_______________________________________________
CITY___________________________________________
STATE_______________ ZIP______________________
PHONE: DAY (_________)_________________________
EVE (_________)_________________________
E-MAIL_________________________________________
DIET NEEDS ____________________________________
May we include your name and contact information on aparticipants’ list? ❏ Yes ❏ No
WHY AN INTERFAITH INSTITUTE ON CHILDREN?
At a United Nations Special Session on Children, five years ago, young people said,"We want a world fit for children, because a world fit for children is fit for everyone.We are not expenses; we are investments. You call us the future, but we are thepresent as well. We are people and citizens of this world."
This eighth Casagrande Interfaith Institute will consider children as mystery, gift, and hope.
THE CASAGRANDE INSTITUTE FOR INTERFAITH CONVERSATIONDorothy and Harry Casagrande of Ozone Park, New York infused their family life,neighborhood, and workplaces with love, care and compassionate justice. Dorothy, ateacher, and Harry, an accountant, shared a common vision: they saw God in humanity.Conversely, humanity saw God in them. Tirelessly, they initiated endeavors forcharitable giving to the health, education, and pastoral ministries of the Daughters ofWisdom. They died in Connecticut in 1998. Their generosity makes this annualInterfaith Institute possible.
The logo for the Casagrande Institute expresses the verse from the Book of Proverbsof the Hebrew Scriptures: Wisdom has built her house; she has set up her seven pillars. (9,1)Wisdom’s house is the community of persons gathered by the Holy One. Her house issupported by the seven pillars of understanding, devotion, compassion, wisdom,mysticism, service and justice.
The logo was designed by artist and calligrapher Elizabeth A.White-Pultz, of New York City, NY.
“You may give them your love but not your thoughts. For they have their own thoughts. You may housetheir bodies but not their souls. For their souls dwell in the house of tomorrow, which you cannot visit,even in your dreams.” — “On Children”, from The Prophet, Kahlil Gibran, 1923.
P R O G R A M • O C T O B E R 2 6 - 2 8 , 2 0 0 7
THE CASAGRANDE INSTITUTEFOR INTERFAITH CONVERSATION
JOSEPH H.EHRENKRANZ,Ph.D.Executive Director of Center forChristian-Jewish Understanding ofSacred Heart University;co-chair ofRabbinic Committee for InterreligiousDialogue with the Vatican;rabbiemeritus,Congregation AgudathShalom,Stamford,CT.
THE CASAGRANDE INSTITUTE
FOR INTERFAITH CONVERSATION
OCTOBER 26-28, 2007 WISDOM HOUSE, LITCHFIELD, CT
“It is my privilege to witness the commitment ofWisdom House to interfaith dialogue from as far backas 1967. By your dedication to this task you provethat you are truly Daughters of Wisdom. DivineWisdom inspires in our days that interfaith dialoguewhich can only take place in as peaceful a setting asyou provide and can only bear fruit when it is carriedon in the tradition of Wisdom for which you stand.”
DAVID STEINDL-RAST, OSB
Mount Savior Monastery Hermitage
“For people of all faiths, Wisdom House stands as aliving symbol of an active and compassionatespirituality that embraces all paths. Hosting theInterfaith Institute which will draw from the roots ofher own tradition as well as the insights of otherfaiths, Wisdom House once again shows us the pathto service and compassion in the world. We are trulyblessed to have Wisdom House!”
ABBESS PAT ENKYO O’HARA
Village Zendo, New York
CHRISTIAN, BUDDHIST, JEWISH AND MUSLIM CONVERSATIONS
Wisdom House Retreat and Conference Center229 East Litchfield RoadLitchfield, CT 06759-3002
NON-PROFIT ORG.U.S. POSTAGE
PAIDLITCHFIELD, CT 06759
PERMIT #14
OCTOBER 26-28,2007 WISDOM HOUSE LITCHFIELD,CONNECTICUT
HON.CHARLES D.GILL
Superior Court Judge,State of CT;Co-founder,National Task Force forChildren's Constitutional Rights andthe National Committee for theRights of the Child;Faculty member,CT Judges Institute;speaker at USCongress and UN General Assembly;JD,Catholic University of America.
MARIE CHIODO,DW
Facilitator and Designer of Group Processes
ROBERT JINGEN GUNN,Ph.D.
Adjunct faculty,Deptment ofPsychiatry & Religion,UnionTheologicalSeminary;psychotherapistin private practice;Zen Buddhist for15 years;pastor,United Church,Rockville Centre,NY;author,Journeyinto Emptiness:Dogen,Merton and Jungand the Quest for Transformation.
JANE I.SMITH,Ph.D.
Professor of Islamic Studies and co-director of the Macdonald Center forChristian-Muslim Relations,HartfordSeminary;co-editor,The Muslim World;editor for Brill's Encyclopedia ofWomen in Islamic Cultures.Recentpublications include Muslim Women inAmerica:The Challenge of IslamicIdentity Todayand Becoming American:Immigration and Religious Life in the US.
MARY M.DOYLE ROCHE,Ph.D.
Professor of Religious Studies,Collegeof the Holy Cross,MA;Dissertation,Children and Childhood:Toward aChristian Social Perspective;author,"Children,HIV/AIDS and theCommon Good" in Calling for Justice.
YEOU-CHENG MA,M.D.,FAAP
Developmental Pediatrician andmusician.MD,Harvard MedicalSchool;teacher of violin,viola andchamber music with The Children'sOrchestra Society.Yeou-Chengteaches children the language of musicand explores the relationship of musicto young people's temperaments.
Supported by