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Diverse Dores Community Jamboree
Aug. 27, 2014—Each year as we welcome back returning students and are excited to meet new students, OUCRL has hosted a Welcome Week BBQ or reception to show students the facility, let them know of our programs and services, and meet our affiliated ministries, groups, and the Interfaith Council. This year however, we are pleased to say...
Welcome to our new UKIRK Afilliated Chaplain CJ Thompson!
Aug. 27, 2014—With a new school year always comes new changes and plenty of new faces. OUCRL is very excited to welcome CJ Thompson to our office as the new UKIRK Affiliated Chaplain for our Presbyterian Ministry (PCUSA). We look forward to getting to know CJ and working with him and UKIRK during this exciting year. After...
OUCRL Supports Safety on Campus
Jun. 23, 2014—In the myriad of ways OUCRL tries to bring a sense of “home away from home” to Vanderbilt students, the safety and well being that is often taken for granted is a main concern. This being said, the staff of the Chaplain’s Office has been and continues to be involved in various aspects of Vanderbilt’s...
Birthright Trips to Israel!
Jun. 23, 2014—At the end of the school year, there was one more experience that two groups of students were highly anticipating. Instead of making the trek home somewhere here in the U.S., students from both Vanderbilt Hillel and Vanderbilt Chabad journeyed to Israel on one of the annual Birthright Trips. Student who met the qualifying criteria...
Bishop McTyeire’s Original Headstone Installed in OUCRL
Jun. 11, 2014— Bishop Holland Nimmons McTyeire’s original headstone has been installed on the landing of the main stairwell in the Office of the University Chaplain and Religious Life. Bishop McTyeire is buried in a small cemetery lot behind Vanderbilt Divinity School, in the heart of campus, along with his wife, Amelia Townsend, Bishops McKendree, Soule, and...
2013-14 Interfaith President Sid Sapru named to VU Board of Trust
May. 20, 2014—As we tearfully say goodbye to our graduating Seniors, our outgoing Interfaith Council President Sid Sapru will be still involved with Vanderbilt for a few more years to come. As voted in by his peers, Sid has been elected to the Young Alumni seat for the Vanderbilt Board of Trust for a four year term....
Rev. Becca Stevens celebrates 20 years with St. Augustine’s
May. 20, 2014—On May 11th, Rev. Becca Stevens was honored at a service celebrating 20 years at St. Augustine’s Chapel. Board President Mary Murphy presented Rev. Stevens with a monetary gift that will help support her work in Africa this summer expanding Love Heals to launch a Share Trade Alliance. The community of St. Augustine’s came out...
Rabbi Joshua reflects on Passover
Apr. 23, 2014—The Jewish community at Vanderbilt gathered on the evening of Passover, April 14th and 15th, to celebrate the Jewish Feast of Freedom at Vanderbilt Hillel. 280 students participated in one of ten different student-led Seders, ritual (and delicious) meals that retell the story of the Exodus from Egypt. The Exodus story is a yearly reminder...
Formal Cooler Giveback!
Apr. 21, 2014—What happens to all those painted coolers after formal weekend? This year, students gathered to give those coolers a second life. OUCRL collected donated coolers, cleaned, re-painted, and filled them with food and necessities for the Nashville homeless. Led by the Vanderbilt InterFraternity Council, the Interfaith Council, and many others, Vanderbilt students gave back to...
Stations of the Cross at Vanderbilt Divinity School
Apr. 21, 2014—On Friday, April 18th, the Society of St. Cornelius and the Worship Team at Vanderbilt Divinity School came together to offer a Stations of the Cross service on Good Friday that focused on the execution of Jesus and bring to light the planned executions of Tennessee inmates currently on death row. From the program: The...