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THE ASLAN SOCIETY is an Interdenominational Fellowship of faculty and staff at Arizona State University who are interested in the relationship of Christian faith with their vocation at the University. Our name is taken from The Chronicles of Narnia by C. S. Lewis, in which Aslan the Lion symbolizes Jesus Christ, the Lion of Judah. The Aslan Society seeks to encourage fellowship, prayer, development, outreach, and service.

UPCOMING EVENTS

Wednesday, October 22, 2008
11:30 a.m. - 12:55 p.m., University Club at ASU Tempe Campus - Map
Professor Mary Poplin

A lunch buffet will be served beginning at 11:30 a.m., and the program will be from 12:00 to 12:55 p.m. Cost for the luncheon is $10 per person, while the program is free.

Please RSVP to (480) 242-2836 or

poplinProfessor Mary Poplin of Claremont Graduate University will speak from her recently published book, Finding Calcutta: What Mother Teresa Taught Me About Meaningful Work and Service (InterVarsity Press).

teresa book"Find the sick, the suffering and the lonely right there where you are. . . . You can find Calcutta all over the world, if you have the eyes to see." --Mother Teresa. Lifelong educator Mary Poplin, after experiencing a newfound awakening to faith, sent a letter to Calcutta asking if she could visit Mother Teresa and volunteer with the Missionaries of Charity. She received a response saying, "You are welcome to share in our works of love for the poorest of the poor." So in the spring of 1996, Poplin spent two months in Calcutta as a volunteer. There she observed Mother Teresa's life of work and service to the poor, participating in the community's commitments to simplicity and mercy. Mother Teresa's unabashedly religious work stands in countercultural contrast to the limitations of our secular age. Poplin's journey gives us an inside glimpse into one of the most influential lives of the twentieth century and the lessons Mother Teresa continues to offer. Upon Poplin's return, she soon discovered that God was calling her to serve the university world with the same kind of holistic service with which Mother Teresa served Calcutta.



 

 

 

 

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