[Hillel-at-Loyola] Special Opportunity to Visit the LUMA "Pope" Exhibit

"A BLESSING TO ONE ANOTHER - POPE JOHN PAUL II AND THE JEWISH PEOPLE" - LOYOLA UNIVERSITY MUSEUM (LUMA)

This spectacular interactive exhibition will be at LUMA until August 12.

A description of the exhibition and direction to the Museum and its hours are listed below.

JUNE 12 - 7:30 PM - SPECIAL OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE A TOUR OF THE EXHIBIT AND HEAR THE REFLECTIONS OF FATHER JOHN PAWLIKOWSKI ABOUT "THE LEGACY OF POPE JOHN PAUL II"

Father Pawlikowski is a Professor of Social Ethics at the Catholic Theological Union and a former member of the United States Holocaust Memorial Council.  Father Pawlikowski is an expert in the theological and ethical aspects of Christian/Jewish relations.

There is no charge for this special program, which is co-sponsored by the Midwest Office of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, Hillel at Loyola and University Ministry.  There will be refreshments when Father Pawlikowski speaks.  His reflections will be followed by a tour of the exhibit.

For this program, when you come to the Museum - please go to the 3rd Floor - the Simpson Lecture Hall.


FOLLOWING IS A DESCRIPTION OF THE EXHIBITION AND DIRECTIONS TO THE MUSUEM AND ITS REGULAR HOURS.


"A Blessing to One Another: Pope John Paul II and the Jewish People" is not just an historical exhibition, but an interactive experience that allows visitors to walk though a series of "streets" in Wadowice, Poland, the Pope's birthplace, Rome and Jerusalem.  This exhibition of photographs, video footage and artifacts, some on loan from the Vatican, Yad Vashem, the Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum and more, is the first-if-its kind to celebrate the Pope's extraordinary and groundbreaking contributions to Catholic-Jewish relations.

During his papacy, John Paul II became the first Pope ever to enter a synagogue, visit a Nazi death camp, welcome a chief rabbi from Israel, engage in an act of repentance for the Church's historical treatment of Jews, establish diplomatic relations with Israel and make an official visit to the State of Israel, including going to Yad Vashem and the Western Wall.  In fact, the exhibition concludes with a replica of the Western Wall that allows visitiors to write a message and place it in the Wall, as the Pope did.  These messages will be taken to Jerusalem and placed in the actual Western Wall after the exhibit closes in August.

The regular hours of LUMA, the Loyola University Museum of Art, are Tuesday from 10 AM-8 PM and Wednesday-Sunday from 10 AM-5 PM.  Students, Children, Loyola Faculty and Staff are free.  For others, on Tuesday there is Free Admission, Wednesday-Sunday - General Admission - $6/Seniors - $5.

The Loyola Museum of Art, LUMA, is located at 820 N. Michigan, Chicago, IL 60611.  The Museum is in the Hershey's Chocolate Building, which is on Pearson; and the entrance to the Museum is a few hundred feet south of the Hershey's entrance.  For those driving, the closest parking lot is the Bistro 110 parking lot on Pearson across the street from the Hershey's store.  For other area parking options you can go to luc.edu/parking/watertower.shtml.


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