ICC Library Presents “Perspectives on Joy in Our Daily Lives” with Asayo Horibe and Rev. Jonathan Thomas Oct. 19
Illinois Central College Library
will host Asayo Horibe, President of the Buddhist Council of the Midwest; and
Rev. Jonathan Thomas, Co-Rector of St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in Peoria; for
“Perspectives on Joy in Our Daily Lives.” The program is Thurs., October 19
from 12:30-1:30 pm in Room 212 C/D on the ICC East Peoria Campus.
The presentation is part of the ICC
Library’s “One Book, One College” program and reflects this year’s book
selection, The Book of Joy, by His Holiness, the Dalai Lama and Bishop
Desmond Tutu, along with Douglas Abrams. In the spring of 2015, Archbishop
Desmond Tutu traveled to the Dalai Lama’s home in India to celebrate His
Holiness’s 80th birthday. In the book, the pair look back on their
lives to answer a single question: “How do we find joy in the face of life’s
inevitable suffering?”
Asayo
Horibe is a 3rd generation Japanese
American Buddhist. She serves as President of the Buddhist Council of the
Midwest, on the Council of Religious Leaders of Metropolitan Chicago, the
Secretary of State Asian American Advisory Board, and is Trustee Emeritus
of the Parliament of World Religions. A registered nurse for more than 50
years, Horibe also is a lay minister, caregiver for her two granddaughters, and
lives in Evanston, Ill. She attended Chicago Public Schools as a youth.
The Rev. Jonathan Thomas studied Religious
Studies at the University of Virginia and Theology at Princeton University,
where he focused on the topic of theology and mental illness. He taught for
some years before accepting a call to become an Episcopal priest. He has been
ordained for seven years and served at churches in Virginia, New Jersey, and
Connecticut before coming to Illinois. He and his wife, The Rev. Jenny
Replogle, are the priests at St. Paul's Episcopal Church in Peoria. He is
involved in a number of groups engaged in ecumenical and interfaith dialogue.
His focus is on building a church where important conversations occur and
people are drawn closer to God because the full image of God is present and
given space and voice in the human diversity gathered in our communion.
The mission of the “One Book, One
College” program is to foster interdisciplinary relationships through a shared
reading experience. More information is available at icc.edu/library/one-book-one-college/
For questions on this event or on “One Book, One College,” call the ICC Library
at (309) 694-5355.
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