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Fairfield University OCF to Host Lecture by Frank Schaeffer April 18, 2012

admin — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 19:45:34 GMT

In a joint venture with the Fairfield University Campus Ministry Mission and Identity and Catholic Studies Program, the Fairfield University OCF will be hosting a lecture by reknown Orthodox writer and lecturer, Frank Schaeffer at the Dolan School of Business Dining Hall on Wednesday April 18, 2012 at 7:30 pm. He will speak on the topic: Eastern Orthodox Christianity: Finding Grace in a Time of Politicized Religion.

Frank Schaeffer is the son of the late theologian and author Francis Schaeffer. In 1990, Schaeffer became an Orthodox Christian as a member of the Orthodox Church, which he says "embraces paradox and mystery."

He will speak on the impact of far right religion on politics, and his journey from being an Evangelical leader to a member of the Greek Orthodox Church. He is a bestselling author, with his most recent works, Crazy for God: How I Grew Up As One of the Elect, Helped Found the Religious Right and Lived to Take All (or Almost All) of It Back , in which he goes into much more detail regarding what it was like to grow up in the Schaeffer family and around L'Abri.

In 2011, he published another memoir called Sex, Mom,and God, in which he discusses growing up with his parents and their role in the rise of the American religious right.

He will discuss his attraction to Eastern Orthodox Christianity as a faith of love and what this faith has to offer contrary to what is currently offered by the far right religious sector.

*Admission is Free. Refreshments will be Served. All are welcome and encouraged to attend.

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2010 Group Photo

admin — Thu, 06 Oct 2011 17:16:53 GMT

Group Photo with Archbishop Demetrios

Archbishop Demetrios Visits Fairfield University

admin — Fri, 10 Dec 2010 02:17:05 GMT

December 8, 2010 - His Eminence, Archbishop Demetrios of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese visited the campus of Fairfield University, this evening, for a lecture, given in honor of his tenth anniversary of enthronment as Archbishop of America. The lecture, The Care of the Soul: Ancient and Contemporary Orthodox Perspectives on Confession and Spiritual Direction, was delivered by Dr. Aristotle Papnikolaou and Dr. George E. Demacopoulos, Co-directors of the Orthodox Christian Studies Program at Fordham University.

Following the Lecture, His Eminence, Archbishop Demetrios, praised the Orthodox Students under the leadership of President Jamie Ramerini who recently formed an OCF chapter at Fairfield University, with the assistance of University Chaplain Fr. Jerry Blaschak, and Very Rev. Protopresbyter Demetrios Rechachinas, of Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church in Bridgeport, CT, their spiritual advisor.

In his remarks, His Eminence recalled with fondness, his involvement with OCF forty years ago, attending conferences on Contemporary Orthodox Life, given by Frs. John Meyendorf and Alexander Schmemann. He spoke enthusiastically about the resurrengence of the OCF in recent years, and its growth to more than three hundred chapters in North America.His Eminence, then presented the newly formed chapter with a beautiful icon of the Holy Apostle Paul, to inspire them to spread the good news of the Orthodox Faith on the Fairfield University Campus.

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Archbishop Demetrios Congratulates Fairfield University OCF

admin — Thu, 09 Dec 2010 06:06:49 GMT

On Dec 8, 2010, His Eminence, Archbishop Demetrios visited the campus of Fairfield University, for a lecture, given in honor of his tenth anniversary of enthronment as Archbishop of America. The lecture , The Care of the Soul: Ancient and Contemporary Orthodox Perspectives on Confession and Spiritual Direction, was delivered by Dr. Aristotle Papnikolaou and Dr. George E. Demacopoulos, Co-directors of the Orthodox Christian Studies Program at Fordham University.