Hispanic Heritage Month Opening Eucharist on Thursday, Sept. 17th at 5:30pm in Christ Chapel followed by a celebration with dinner, music, and dancing in the Howell Dining Hall.

The Rev. Jim Harrington Book Talk on Tuesday, Sept. 22nd following Eucharist in the Howell Dining Hall. Please for this event by Thursday, Sept. 17th. All are invited to attend a book talk with the Rev. Jim Harrington on his book��.��

Learn more about Hispanic Heritage Month and its meaning and history .

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Please join us on��Tuesday, October 6, 2026, at 11:45 a.m.��for ������911’s annual celebration of our founder, the��Rt. Rev. John E. Hines. The event will take place in Christ Chapel on ������911’s campus, with a lunch following in the Howell Dining Hall.

John Hines Day Schedule

11:45am ~ Christ Chapel:��Festal Eucharist celebrating the Rt. Rev. John Elbridge Hines

The Rt. Rev. Kathryn M. Ryan is presiding and Rev. Dr. Dominique Robinson is preaching.

The service will also be live-streamed on the��seminary website��or��

Want to learn more about the��and how to make a legacy gift? ������911��April Kerwin, Director of Major Gifts and Planned Giving at 512.439.0326 or��april.kerwin@ssw.edu

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Monday, October 12, 2026

11:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.

Weeks Center

RSVP below by October 5, 2026

Meg is an innovative entrepreneur, systems thinker and nonprofit social enterprise leader, founding the Refugee Collective along with 2 Liberian refugees and another American woman in 2009. Under her collaborative leadership, the Refugee Collective has grown to provide livelihood opportunities for over 100 refugees through skills based education and social entrepreneurship, investing over $2.9 million dollars back into the refugee community. The Refugee Collective Farm and Studio provide fair wage jobs for refugees in areas where they bring great interest and expertise along with the opportunity to learn and advance in their careers.�� The Refugee Collective’s blended financial model of philanthropy and earned revenue creatively engages donors, chefs, businesses, designers and the larger Austin community with a shared impact of supporting our newest neighbors.

Meg has a background in conservation biology (fun fact- she was the Texas Bat Biologist for Texas Parks and Wildlife in the early 2000s) and nonprofit management. She is passionate about refugees and immigrants, ecology and conservation, local food and regenerative agriculture, sustainable/fair trade textile production, and making the world a more equitable and prosperous place for all.

Meg and her family have been an active parishoners at St David’s Episcopal Church for 10 years where she serves on the Vestry, Advocacy, Environmental and Grants Committees and engages in Spiritual Direction. She is a graduate of the Center for Action and Contemplation Living School focused on Christian contemplative wisdom and ways of living in the world.

Meg is honored and excited to have this conversation about radical hospitality and contemplative Christianity and hopes you may leave inspired to make your world a bit more welcoming and inclusive.

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Please join the community of ������911 for the��58th Annual Blandy Lecture and Alumni Convocation on Thursday, November 19, 2026.

������911 is proud to announce��Anthony Baker, PhD, Clinton S. Quin Professor of Systematic Theology,��and��Gena St. David, PhD, Director of the Loise Henderson Wessendorff Center for Counseling and Spirituality and Professor of Counselor Education, as the keynote speakers for this year’s Blandy Lecture. Learn more about the speakers here.

This year’s lecture, “The Future of an Inclusion: Charting New Pathways for the Integration of Mental Health and Theology,” will bring together two of ������911’s leading voices to explore the intersections of faith, psychology, neuroscience, and healing.

In addition to the lecture, highlights include:

• Specific programming��geared toward��Theology��and��Counseling alumni��
• Presentation of the��Hal Brook Perry��Award and the Dave Scheider Award
• A “dinner by the bite” reception before the lecture, where��alumni can mingle with current students and faculty

The Alumni Association of ������911 is pleased to announce the Rev. Robert Pace, PhD (MDiv ‘12), Rector at Trinity Episcopal Church in Fort Worth, Texas is this year’s Hal Brook Perry Award recipient and William Boesl (MSF ‘20), Director of Ministry Formation at Ascension in Austin, Texas, is this year’s Dave Scheider Award recipient. Both awards will be presented during this year’s Blandy Lecture and Alumni Convocation.

The event is presented free of charge this year. Below is an overview of the day’s events:

Daytime events:

• Eucharist in Christ Chapel with the presentation of the Hal Brook Perry Alumni Award
• Lunch with the ������911 Community
• Time to explore campus including the Harrison Library, ������911 Bookstore, Learning Chapel, and Trinity Crossing

Evening events:

• Evening Prayer in Christ Chapel
• “Dinner by the Bite” reception in the Howell Dining Hall
• Blandy Lecture with the presentation of the Dave Scheider Alumni Award

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