Chaplaincy News - March 2022

Hi Everyone, my name is Lynne Martin and I'm your Medway Campus Chaplain.  My kettle is often on, so feel free to stop by and say hello.

INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY

Celebrated on March 8^th each year, for over a century, International Women’s Day celebrates the social, economic, cultural, and political achievements of women and also seeks to highlight issues of gender bias.

Did you know …

1608 – Juliana Morell – first woman to earn a doctorate degree

1793 – Hannah Slater – first women to be granted a US patent (for a type of cotton thread)

1903 - Marie Curie - first woman to win a Nobel Prize

1926 – Gertrude Ederle – first woman to swim the English Channel

1932 – Amelia Earhart – first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean

1960 – Sirimavo Bandaranaike – world’s first female Prime Minister

1963 – Valentina Tereshkova – the first woman in space

1969 – Golda Meir – first female Prime Minister in the Middle East

1975 – Junko Tabei – first woman to reach the summit of Mount Everest

2001 – Halle Berry – first African American to win an Academy Award

Why not take time this month to express

your gratitude to a woman you admire …

maybe your mum, your sister, your tutor.

Love is … Tree

(UoG Student Centre)

Thursday, March 3^rd is

University Mental Health Day

Life can be stressful. University study can be stressful. Who do you talk to when life is tough? Do you know where to go to seek a helpful listening ear?  There are multiple layers of help available on campus, but unless we know what is troubling you, we’re unable to help.

IT’S GOOD TO TALK

TAKE TEN with LYNNE

 

For thousands of years story telling has been an integral part of many cultures. Sadly, it’s an art we are in danger of losing. I wonder if you have a favourite story? One that inspires you, makes you laugh or maybe cry? I’d really like to hear from you.

View video: 

Take Ten - The Art of Story Telling

HAPPY HOLI

HOLI is a Hindu Festival that celebrates love, spring and new life. It’s an ancient tradition, a way of saying goodbye to the winter and welcome the spring. The festival has several other names, including the ‘festival of colours’. It includes dancing, singing and the throwing of powdered paint and coloured water.

WHAT’S ON DIARY DATES

March 3^rd

TABLEtalk: Crime & Punishment (via Zoom)

March 17^th

Chaplaincy Pop-Up

Drill Hall Library  10am-2pm

March 19^th

Walk & Picnic @ Lesnes Abbey

(more details to follow)

All welcome at our weekly

World Café

Email the Campus Chaplain for further information or to sign up for any of these events. Follow Medway Campus Chaplaincy on Facebook to keep up with events and news.

Daring to set boundaries is about having the courage to love ourselves, even when we risk disappointing others.

Brene Brown