Spring Hill College to host Justice and Mission Week March 9-15
Mobile, Ala. – The Spring Hill College Office of Campus Ministry
will host Justice and Mission Week March 9-15, 2008. A variety of
events will take place on campus focusing on hunger, poverty, racism
and celebrating our diversity. Activities and events include:
March 9-15
Display of graphic art, depicting the theme “Renew the Face of the
Earth,” by Spring Hill graphic design students will be displayed in the
college’s cafeteria.
March 9-15
Food drive sponsored by Lambda Chi fraternity.
March 11
Life Source blood drive in the Lower Commons from 10 a.m. – 5
p.m.
Troubadours’ Passion Play in the Rydex Commons at 9 p.m.
March 13
Sister Antona Ebo, FSM, will present “The Sisters of Selma – Memories
& Challenges” at the monthly lecture of the Christus Theological
Institute at 7 p.m. in Byrne Memorial Hall on the college’s campus.
Antona Ebo, F.S.M. (Franciscan Sisters of Mary) was the first black nun
to march in the1965 Selma-to-Montgomery marches. Ebo earned degrees in
medical records lhughesistration, hospital executive development, and
theology of health care ministry. She was one of the founding members
of the National Black Sisters’ Conference and served as president, and
received its 1989 Harriet Tubman Award.
March 15
Saturday in Service in Bayou La Batre – The continuation of important
volunteer work Spring Hill College students have been performing in the
community since Hurricane Katrina.
Other events of interest:
March 12
Lenten Reflections with Henri Nouwen as our guide, presented by Sue
Mosteller, CSJ - St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, 7 p.m.
March 14
“Eyes Wide Open: The Cost of War to Alabama” exhibit – Memorial Park
from 10 a.m. – 5 p.m., sponsored by the American Friends Service
Committee
For more information on Justice and Mission Week, contact the Office of
Campus Ministry at (251) 380-3495 or e-mail campusministry@shc.edu.
