Past Events and Screenings

The Emergent Universe Oratorio will be performed on June 30, 2017 at 7:30pm
At the Milton and Tamar Maltz Performing Arts Center
at The Temple—Tifereth Israel
1855 Ansel Rd, Cleveland, OH

Sam Guarnaccia’s Emergent Universe Oratorio will be performed by the Cleveland Chamber Choir and the BlueWater Chamber Orchestra under the baton of Scott MacPherson.

Inspired by Brian Swimme’s and Mary Evelyn Tucker’s epic, Emmy Award winning film, Journey of the Universe (2011), the Oratorio weaves together chorus, vocal soloists, and orchestra with an original libretto that tells the story of our planet’s 13.8 billion year evolution, from the “big bang” to the present day. At its heart the Oratorio pays homage to paleontologist and philosopher Pierre Teilhard de Chardin’s belief that the fate of the Earth depends upon the evolution of a “global human consciousness” that recognizes the need to protect and nurture our planet.

Tickets may be purchased by visiting the Maltz Performing Arts Center website here.

Flyer

Event website

View the program to see the poem/lyrics to the choral movements.

"Universe's unfolding story set to music in composer’s new oratorio"
By Sharon Abercrombie, National Catholic Reporter, June 30, 2017

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“Uniting Our Jesuit Frontiers: To Know God, To Love God, To Serve God”
Congress of the World Union of Jesuit Alumni (WUJA)
John Carroll University, Donahue Auditorium
Cleveland, OH
7pm
Discussion with Mary Evelyn Tucker and John Grim
Contact: Paula Guarnaccia, pguarnac@gmail.com
The Emergent Universe Oratorio will be performed at this Congress on June 30. See the flyer for this performance. Watch videos and learn more here.
http://www.wujacongress2017.org/

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Loyola University
Lake Shore Campus, Chicago, IL
8pm
Discussion with Mary Evelyn Tucker and John Grim
This screening is part of the Carmelite Symposium 2017 (June 25-29, 2017).
Flyer
Register here.

Institute on Teaching the World's Religions
Cenacle Retreat Center
513 W Fullerton Ave
Chicago, Illinois
The Journey of the Universe film will be shown on June 27 at 8:30am-3:30pm.
The Journey of the Universe Conversations will be shown on June 28 at 8:30am-12pm.
Mary Evelyn Tucker & John Grim will be presenting at this event.
Sponsored by Center for Spiritual and Ethical Education
Contact: Bob Mattingly, bob@csee.org
A generous donor has provided a grant for need-based scholarships. Contact info@csee.org for details.
Postcard (front / back)
Event website

Learning & Thinking Workshop: Journey of the Universe
Workshop for High School Teachers
The Graduate Institute
171 Amity Road
Bethany, CT
Mary Evelyn Tucker & John Grim will be presenting at this event.
Contact: Susan Adler, susan.adler@yale.edu
Agenda

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Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) - San Francisco
Large Conference Room
111 Sutter St # 20
San Francisco, CA
1:30pm-3:00pm
Conversation with Mary Evelyn Tucker and Brian Thomas Swimme

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Pilgrim United Church of Christ
535 Stow St.
Fond du Lac, WI
10:15 am
The film will be viewed during the Adult Forum hour, led by Peg Bradley.
Discussion and lunch will follow.
http://www.fdlreporter.com/story/news/local/action-advertiser/2017/02/12/showing-journey-universe-planned-feb-19/97598366/

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The Masters School
49 Clinton Ave
Dobbs Ferry, NY

9am-3:30pm

Mary Evelyn Tucker and John Grim will introduce how Journey of the Universe can be incorporated into secondary school curriculum.

This event is complimentary for the Center for Spiritual and Ethical Education (CSEE) member schools, thanks to donations to the Jane Rechtman Memorial Fund. Registration for others is $100.

http://www.csee.org/event/Journey16