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Lifelong Learning Offers Interfaith Dialog
Speakers of Christian, Jewish and Muslim Communities
scheduled
Special to The Truth
The Lourdes University Lifelong Learning Program is pleased
to offer “Peace, Justice and Violence: Where Does Faith Fit
In?” on Wednesday, May 25 at the Franciscan Center, 6832
Convent Blvd. in Sylvania. An interfaith dialog with members
of the Christian, Jewish and Muslim communities will be
offered from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. The event is open to
the public; however, reservations are required.
Featured speakers include Father James J. Bacik, Rabbi Alan
Sokobin, Th.D., D.D., J.D.; and Dr. S. Amjad Hussain.
A priest of the Diocese of Toledo, Father James J. Bacik is
a widely-regarded theologian, writer, lecturer and pastor
who served as Campus Minister and Adjunct Professor of
Humanities at The University of Toledo for more than 30
years. He holds a doctorate in theology from the University
of Oxford in England and currently teaches in the Master of
Arts in Theology program at Lourdes University.
Rabbi Alan Sokobin served as rabbi for Congregation Shomer
Emunim and Associate Professor of History at The University
of Toledo. He was ordained at the Hebrew Union College in
1955 and holds academic degrees from Syracuse University and
the Hebrew Union College.
Surgeon, writer and explorer, Dr. S. Amjad Hussain is an
emeritus professor of surgery and humanities at The
University of Toledo. He is also an Op-Ed columnist for
The Blade. Dr. Hussain has taken on leadership roles in
numerous organizations. Among them, he has served as
president of the Islamic Center of Greater Toledo.
The dialog will be moderated by Sr. Shannon Schrein, OSF,
Ph.D., Dean of the Lourdes University Graduate School.
The cost for the event is $12 per person and includes lunch
with the speakers. RSVP at 419-824-3707 or
lifelong@lourdes.edu.
Reservations required by May 18.
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