30223: McGre (Announcement:) Vodou service at Harvard (fwd)

[Bob Corbett <corbetre@webster.edu>]

From: Adam Michael McGee <amcgee@hds.harvard.edu>

Dear colleagues,

I am writing to share with you exciting news about an upcoming religious event 
at Harvard Divinity School.  Maude Evans, a respected mambo (Vodou priestess) 
will be conducting a Vodou service in the Andover Chapel on Friday, April 13, 
2007, 7pm-9pm.  This will, to our knowledge, be the first public Vodou service 
to ever occur at Harvard University.  Please join us in celebrating this 
occasion!

I am including a fuller description of the event below, in both English and 
Kreyol.  Out of respect for the bilingual nature of this event, we ask that it 
be advertised in both languages.

Please publicize this event widely.  I invite you to forward this notice to 
anyone who may be interested.  I may be contacted for more information.

Warm wishes,
Adam McGee

candidate, masters of theological studies
Harvard Divinity School
Harvard University
email: amcgee@hds.harvard.edu
phone: 302-233-3655

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English:

"Action de Grace"
a Vodou service at Harvard Divinity School
with Mambo Maude Evans of Jacmel, Haiti and Mattapan, MA

Friday, April 13, 2007, 7pm-9pm
Andover Chapel, Andover Hall, 45 Francis Ave, Cambridge
All are welcome

The Action de Grace is a service of prayed, sung, drummed, and danced 
thanksgiving to the Lwa (the spirits of Vodou) for their aid in our lives. It 
bestows blessing upon those in attendance.

The evening will begin with a brief lecture introducing the history and 
practice of Vodou.

The Action de Grace is co-sponsored by HDS Life Together and the Department of 
African and African American Studies, with the support of Nuestra Voz, HDArts, 
the HDS Women’s Caucus, and Pluralistic Wellness.

For more information, please contact Adam McGee (amcgee@hds.harvard.edu).



Kreyol:

"Aksyon de Gras"
Envitasyon nan yon Sevis Vodoun nan Harvard Divinity School
avek Mambo Maude Evans ki soti nan Lakou Jacmel, Ayiti e Mattapan, MA

Vandredi, 13 Avril, 2007 komanse de 7h pou rive 9h
Andover Chapel, Andover Hall, 45 Francis Ave, Cambridge
Envitasyon a tout moun

Aksyon de Gras se yon sevis priye, chante, bat tanbou, ak danse pou remesi 
lwa-yo pou ed yo nan lavi nou.

N’ap komanse sevis-la ak yon prezantasyon sou istwa vodou-a.

Depatman-yo ki sipote prezantasyon sa-a: HDS Life Together e Department of 
African and African American Studies, ak Nuestra Voz, HDArts, HDS Women’s 
Caucus, e Pluralistic Wellness.

Pou plis enfomasyon, ekri Adam McGee nan (amcgee@hds.harvard.edu).