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TODAY IN THE LIBRARY…

Food For Thought Discussion-VITAL. Faculty is invited to join in the discussion. Each month features a different topic. The discussions provide a forum for networking and exchanging ideas with colleagues from across campus. 11:30 a.m.-12:45 p.m. in room 204. Questions? Contact: gabriele.bauer@villanova.edu

Irish Studies Conversation Circle. 6:30-8:30 p.m. in room 204. Questions? Contact Jerry Sweeney: tighdon@gmail.com

Tolle Lege Literary Society. 6:00-7:30 p.m. in the second floor lounge. Questions? Contact Kaitlyn: kcollelu@villanova.edu

VSB Peer Tutor Office Hours. 6:00-7:30 p.m. in room 205. Open to all VSB students. Walk-in study sessions. (Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays throughout the semester.) Questions? Contact: patricia.burdo@villanova.edu

Poetry reading and talk given by Bruce Smith, one of the Literary Festival’s featured speakers. Originally from Philadelphia, Bruce Smith is the author of several books of poems, including The Other Lover(2000), a finalist for both the National Book Award and the Pulitzer Prize. He will be reading selections from his collection entitled Devotions. A book sale and signing will follow the reading. 7:00 p.m. in Speakers’ Corner. Questions? Contact: alan.drew@villanova.edu

Megan Quigley, PhD lectures on Modernist Fiction and Vagueness, questioning the possible precision of language to a full room on Wednesday afternoon.

LENTEN REFLECTIONS

“We typically “give up” something for Lent – candy, desert, television… or we “do” something for Lent – pray more often, go to church more often. Such things are good, but they don’t necessarily cleanse our hearts and souls. Perhaps, we should consider giving up unkind acts and words. Perhaps we should do more kind deeds for others less fortunate than we…” Nance Dicciani, Board of Trustees, Villanova University

Be sure to visit Office of Mission and Ministry’s website each day during Lent for personal reflections written by the University community.

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QUOTE OF THE DAY
“All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.” – The Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. Tolkien 

NOW GO MAKE THE BEST OF THE GIFT OF ANOTHER GREAT DAY!

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