We concluded our exploration of Sacred Spaces with a an enjoyable visit to the Penn Museum. The museum has three floors of gallery space that feature materials from the ancient Mediterranean World, Egypt, the Near East, Mesopotamia, East Asia, and Mesoamerica. You can also find artifacts from the indigenous peoples of Africa and Native...
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Today we visited the Cathedral Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul in Philadelphia, Whole Foods, The Barnes Foundation, and a frozen yogurt place. At the Basilica, our tour guide, Louise, showed us around the altar, the many paintings and sculptures, and we saw the famous “cathedra” that was made for the Pope to sit...
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We began our day with an African Methodist Faith Encounter and a visit to the Mother Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church. We learned about the founding and evolution of Mother Bethel AME Church and about the founder Richard Allen. We learned about his background and his contributions to the African American community. From there we...
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Sacred Spaces in Philly: Share Community Kitchen and Workshop at the Interfaith Center of Philadelphia
Day 2 for Sacred Spaces in Philly began at Food Share Community Kitchen building monthly grocery boxes for families in the Philadelphia area with food insecurities. The grocery items included cereal, milk, juice, pasta, and other canned goods. The students helped with not only packaging over 300 boxes, but building the actual boxes and placing...
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Sacred Spaces in Philly: Masjidullah Islamic Prayer Center
The Scared Spaces Intensive Learning Team really had a busy day. In the morning we helped at DePaul Center for those transitioning from homelessness. A very interesting and meaningful afternoon was spent at the Masjidullah Islamic Prayer Center. Our new friend, Jamillah, helped all the girls tie our hijabs. The program continues next week...
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