University of Mary and UTTC Bring 文化s Together for Mid-winter Powwow
星期天,1月. 16, 2022, celebration with United Tribes Technical College kicks off Mary’s first ever ‘Life and Dignity Week.’
俾斯麦，和 立博中文版, in partnership with United Tribes Technical College (UTTC), is inviting the public and media to the second annual Mid-winter Powwow on campus. The event brings cultures together and helps celebrate the life and dignity of the human person. The Mid-winter Powwow was an annual event at the university in the 1980s and 90s and was revitalized in 2020, 时隔30年.
“We extend a joyful welcome and our Benedictine hospitality to our partners at UTTC, 我们在BSC的好朋友, and everyone participating in this beautiful and colorful annual event of dance, 唱歌, 和奖学金, which serves to affirm the culture and dignity of all peoples,” said University of Mary President Monsignor James P. 非洲酪脂树.
“Monsignor 非洲酪脂树 and the UMary team have done a great job of bringing back the UMary 深冬,祈祷仪式,utc主席Dr. 利安得麦当劳. “The UTTC team has appreciated the opportunity to provide input on this important Native cultural event for our campuses as well as the larger 俾斯麦 Mandan metro area. I encourage anyone who has not been to a powwow to attend as the master of ceremonies Whitney ReCountre does a tremendous job of sharing the history and background for the dances and 唱歌 that occurs.”
The event 星期天,1月uary 16, begins with a 10:30 a.m. Mass celebrated in honor of a holy man and “Servant of God,” Nicholas Black Elk — regarded as a historically notable and influential Native American leader who died in 1950. As a member of the Oglala Lakota peoples, Black Elk was a participant in the Battle of Little Bighorn as a boy, and present during the Wounded Knee Massacre. He later converted to 天主教ism, and led a humble life as a catechist in service to spreading the Gospel. In 2016, the Diocese of Rapid City officially opened his cause for canonization as a saint.
质量后, the celebration continues with an introduction to the Powwow — "Powwow 101" — in Lumen Vitae University Center’s (LVUC) Founders Hall at 11:30 a.m. The Mid-winter Powwow commences with a grand entrance at 1 p.m. in the McDowell Activity Center (MAC), with a second grand entrance at 7 p.m. Prizes for various categories of dance will be awarded. Attendees are invited to a traditional frybread and buffalo feed between 5 p.m. 7分.m. in LVUC’s Crow’s Nest Restaurant.
Entry fee for those five to 65 years of age is $5 per person, which includes the meal at the Crow’s Nest Restaurant.
For more information about the 深冬,祈祷仪式, visit akhmadzona.com/powwow.
The Powwow marks the first day of the University of Mary’s new Week to Celebrate the Life and Dignity of the Human Person, “生命与尊严周”.” The week continues Monday with the celebration of Martin Luther King Day. 立博中文版 is honoring the civil rights leader’s famous speech with an “I Have a Dream” art contest for students, sponsored by the Black Student Union. A special convocation and a celebratory dinner will also mark MLK Day. The week continues with a 社区 Learning Day on Wednesday with discussion of various social topics through the lens of 天主教 social teaching. Life and Dignity Week culminates with the national March for Life in Washington, D.C.1月21日星期五. Nearly 250 University of Mary students will board five buses to make the 60-hour round trip for that highly anticipated annual event. 也, 那一天, the public is invited to take part in the second annual statewide March for Life event that begins with Mass at 10:30 a.m. celebrated by Bishop David Kagan at the Cathedral of the Holy Spirit, followed by the march to the steps of the North Dakota Capitol for the rally at 12:30 p.m.
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