Saturday, March 2, 2013

Fr. Richard Baawobr Anti-Slavery Campaign Official Visit at EMU/CJP (28th February 2013)


OFFICIAL RECEPTION
TO THE SOCIETY OF THE MISSIONARIES OF AFRICA
AT EASTERN MENNONITE UNIVERSITY (EMU), VIRGINIA 

Welcome Breakfast
with brief introduction about EMU/CJP/Seminary
and the Missionaries of Africa

Fr. Richard Baawobr and Loren Swartzendruber (President EMU)





Fred Kniss (Provost EMU)

Participants: Loren Swartzendruber (EMU President), Fr. Richard Baawobr (Superior General of the Missionaries of Africa), Fred Kniss (Provost EMU), Michael King (Dean Seminary), Lynn Roth (Executive Director of the Center for Justice and Peacebuilding, CJP), Jan Jenner (Director of Women's Peacebuilding Leadership Program), Valerie Helbert (Co-Director of Summer Peacebuilding Institute, SPI), Dave Brubaker (Faculty CJP), Elaine Zook Barge (Director of Strategies for Trauma Awareness and Resilience, STAR), Jayne Docherty (Faculty CJP), Lindsay Martin Styer (Office Coordinator CJP), Fr. Julien Cormier (Superior of the Americas Province), Fr. Jean Robitaille (Superior of the USAL Sector) and Fr. Yago Abeledo (Graduate Student of Conflict Transformation at CJP)

INTRODUCTION TO CJP

Jan Jenner, Fr. Yago Abeledo, Fr. Richard Baawobr and Fr. Julien Cormier

Fr. Richard Baawobr, Fr. Julien Cormier, Valerie Helbert, Dave Brubaker and Lynn Roth

ECUMENICAL PRAYER
AT EASTERN MENNONITE SEMINARY CHAPEL
Biblical reflection
on the call and challenge of modern day mission
(By Fr. Richard Baawobr)


Michael A. King (Seminary Dean)

Fr. Richard Baawobr

 Michael A.  King, Kevin A. Clark (Spiritual Director Coordinator), and Fr. Richard Baawobr 

Young-Ai (South Korean Graduate Student at CJP) with Fr. Richard Baawobr

Kevin A. Clark, Fr. Richard Baawobr and Michael A.  King

LUNCH FORUM
Presentation on the 125th Anniversary of the Anti-Slavery campaign and the modern day challenge

Fr. Richard Baawobr and Fr. Yago Abeledo at West Dinning Room

Lynn Roth introducing the Lunch Forum





Amy Corinne Knorr (Praticum Assistant at CJP) and Fr. Richard Baawobr

Carl Stauffer (Faculty CJP) and Fr. Richard Baawobr


COMING TO THE TABLE
Healing Historical Harms Discussion 

Phoebe Kilby (Director of Coming to the Table) and Will Hairstn (Co-founder)
meeting with the Missionaries of Africa Delegation and Lynn Roth

"Coming to the Table" Publications


VISIT AT MARTIN'S STORE 
The Headquarters for the Center for Justice and Peacebuiding

Missionaries of Africa Delegation with Lynn Roth


CENTER FOR INTERFAITH ENGAGEMENT (CIE) FORUM
Speech on Inter-religious Dialogue in Today's World
(By Fr. Richard Baawobr)

Fr. Richard Baawobr with Edd Martin
and Fr. Yago Abeledo



Speech at Strite Conference Room

Fr. Richard Baawobr and Ed Martin (Director of the Center for Inter-Faith Engagement)

Valerie Herbert, Fr. Jean Robitaille and Fr. Richard Baawobr