Going Public: Christian Engagement in the Secular World

L4L is a four-year, transformational journey for HKU students to acquire the characteristics needed for lifelong leadership – leadership, which is life-enriching, life-nurturing (for leaders and group members) and a way of life.  The purpose is to help students flourish during their time at HKU, and to equip them to build flourishing communities afterwards.  We…

The establishment of the state of Israel in 1948 (called by the Arabs “al- naqbe” – the disaster) and the results of the 6-day war in 1967 (called by the Arabs “al-naqse” – the shame) have sharpened the focus of the Jewish-Arab conflict to be on the relationship between Israelis and Palestinians. The tension has…

The social unrest that began in June 2019 has taken a toll on many otherwise loving relationships in families and faith communities. People in the midst of such rifts often wonder: Can I maintain ties with someone who does not have any sense of justice? Why is reconciliation difficult or even impossible? No justice, no…

An afternoon of sharing by artist Makoto Fujimura on the QU4RTETS paintings created in parallel to the spirit and method of T. S. Eliot’s Four Quartets. Discussion will centre on the process behind the artistic, intellectual and spiritual journeys between Fujimura and the other artists, with the poem – in their search for recalibration and comfort amidst tragedies through the…

Co-organised by:Faith and Global Engagement, HKUDepartment of Social Work & Social Administration, HKUVisual Psychophysics and Neuroimaging Laboratory, HKU Shame and Contemplative Discovery:A Community Resocialization Process (12:30-2pm) Set within a fragmented community, The Family: People Helping People project is a group process model that aims to facilitate cultural resocialization through personal transformation. Based on the Contemplative Discovery…