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This week in MCSG: book bank bill, ballroom dance allocation

December 9, 2016

At the MCSG meeting on Tuesday, December 11, the executives started by telling everyone that next semester’s retreat will be Jan. 28-29, the weekend after the spring org fair. Next year’s executive board will be elected in...

New support for Catholic students

October 17, 2014

This semester, Macalester’s Center for Religious and Spiritual Life (CRSL) has added another level of support for its students. Not only has Rev. Kelly J. Stone’s appointment as the Chaplain and Associate Dean of the CRSL ad...

CRSL welcomes interim chaplain, continues discussion of future

March 7, 2014

This past Tuesday, Macalester’s Center for Religious and Spiritual Life (CRSL) welcomed Pastor Grant Stevensen as the new interim chaplain to temporarily fill the space left behind by Lucy Forster-Smith and KP Hong. “I think he�...

Service for our souls: Why Macalester needs a chaplain

November 1, 2013

When financial support for the Protestant chaplain ran out, students protested thatthe school was taking away their support system. At “Mac Needs a K.P. Hong” meetings, student after student testified that without K.P., th...

From left: Caroline Wright ’16, Fr. Bob O’Donnell, CSP, Caitlin Toner ’15, and Ellen Brady ’15 at a farewell reception for O’Donnell, held Tuesday in the CRSL. O’Donnell was reassigned over the summer.

Former Chaplain O’Donnell returns to say goodbye to Macalester

October 25, 2013

The sign outside the door to Catholic Chaplain Bob O’Donnell’s former office remains up, even after O’Donnell’s departure from Macalester. The CRSL is searching for a replacement priest after O’Donnell received word he would be reassigned elsewhere. Photo by Naomi Guttman ‘16.

CRSL mobilizes after O’Donnell reassigned

September 27, 2013

Despite student efforts, K.P. Hong will leave after this semester

May 3, 2013

On May 2, there was a reception for K.P. Hong, the Associate Chaplain at the Center for Religious and Spiritual Life, who will be departing at the end of this semester. The reception was a final opportunity for students and co...

Participants filled the CRSL during lunch Tuesday for a panel of professors and staff speaking about religion in their life and work. Professors Wessam El-Meligi, Lin Aanonsen, David Bressoud, and Zornitza Keremidchieva, Dean of Students Jim Hoppe and DML coordinator Afifa Benwahoud shared stories from their experiences with religion and spirituality. Photo by Sonia Pollock ’15

A Week with Religion at one of the nation’s ‘least religious’ colleges

April 5, 2013

IGCSC Support Letter

March 15, 2013

In light of the recent news that Macalester will not be able to fund Chaplain K.P. Hong’s position as Assistant Director for Religious and Spiritual Life for the 2013-2014 academic year, we, the members of the Institute for Gl...

Students work across faith lines at the Capitol and on campus

February 15, 2013

Students in the Bonner Community Scholars program complete their work-study at non-profits and other organizations that work in the local community. Angela Butel ’13 is one such student, and while working for the Joint Religious...