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A Centennial Celebration Event: Interfaith Symposium: "To Each a Key: Unlocking the Door to Interfaith Harmony;"  

THREE FAITHS, ONE CAMPUS
Wednesday through Friday, November 4-6, one of the most anticipated centennial celebration events finally arrives. Dr. Barry Ferst, professor of philosophy, has spent many months putting together a three-day interfaith symposium entitled, "To Each a Key: Unlocking the Door to Interfaith Harmony," sponsored by Carroll's Departments of Theology and Philosophy. The three-day event brings to campus Christian, Jewish and Muslim religious leaders from across the nation to dialog with faculty, students and the Helena community, including local faith leaders.

Biographies of the symposium's national speakers and their talk summaries are available here.

The full schedule of interfaith symposium events is available here. 

Thursday afternoon, November 5

• 1:00 Welcoming Remarks from Carroll English Professor Kay Satre
• 1:15 The Face of Female Spirituality, visual presentation by Dr. Elizabeth Ursic, Mesa Community College, Honored Speaker, Sister Annette Memorial Lecture Series
• 2:05 Comments on The Face of Female Spirituality by Phoebe Toland, M.A., artist
• 2:30 Audience Directed Dialoguing 
• 3:00 Youth Perspectives from Carroll Students, round table discussion, with Logan Amstadter, Laura Milburn, Jameson Natwick, Mason Siddick, Theology Professor Christopher Fuller (moderator)

A Centennial Celebration Event: Interfaith Symposium: "To Each a Key: Unlocking the Door to Interfaith Harmony;"  

THREE FAITHS, ONE CAMPUS
Wednesday through Friday, November 4-6, one of the most anticipated centennial celebration events finally arrives. Dr. Barry Ferst, professor of philosophy, has spent many months putting together a three-day interfaith symposium entitled, "To Each a Key: Unlocking the Door to Interfaith Harmony," sponsored by Carroll's Departments of Theology and Philosophy. The three-day event brings to campus Christian, Jewish and Muslim religious leaders from across the nation to dialog with faculty, students and the Helena community, including local faith leaders.

Biographies of the symposium's national speakers and their talk summaries are available here.

The full schedule of interfaith symposium events is available here. 

Thursday evening, November 5

• 6:00 Welcoming Remarks by Carroll Theology Department Chair John Ries and Bishop George Leo Thomas, Ph.D., Diocese of Helena
• 6:30 Understanding the Right to Faith with speaker Mohamed Elsanousi, Islamic Society of North America
• 7:15 Understanding the Right to Faith with speaker Rabbi David Sandmel, Catholic Theological Union
• 8:00 Three Abrahamic Faiths, round table discussion with speakers Mohamed Elsanousi, Rabbi Sandmel, Pastor Rick Grieves, Rev. Marianne Nieson, Prof. John Ries (moderator)
• 9:00 Audience Directed Dialoguing
• 9:30 Sweets of the Mediterranean Dessert Buffet*

Mainstage World Premier: "Pirate Play"  - by Michael McNeilly. November 5-15 @ 7 pm in the PAC. Michael directs his own highly entertaining musical creation , starring good pirates, bad pirates, pirates in love and hijinks on the bounding main. Aaarrrgh! Practice your pirate voice and come ready to laugh. I  laughed out loud when I read the script and the music is delightful!