The Wilson Center

Join us at 11:30am for a catered luncheon with a topic of: "Feeding our Community Through Service and Devotion" Speaking on faith and how to serve within the community, whether […]

Join us for a meditation group to practice mindfulness and centering within yourself. 5:30-6:30pm every Tuesday UMaine is in session.

No dinner this week, thanksgiving break.

Join the Mind Spa and American Foundation for Suicide Prevention for a day of support for survivors of suicide loss at the Wilson Center. If you have questions or would […]

Join us every Wednesday during the UMaine academic year for a free vegetarian dinner and great discussions with various presenters.

Join us for a panel, cosponsored by JCEA, talking about The Challenge of Being Thankful in the World Today. Please RSVP through our link https://novemberluncheon.rsvpify.com  

Come join the Spiritual Coexistence Student group for some fun and games and planning for future student group outings and events - live music, social service projects, bowling, night snow […]

Come to the Table dinners are hosted by the Spiritual Coexistence Student Group in collaboration with UMaine Hillel, Muslim Student Association and South Asian Association of Maine.  Come enjoy some […]

Shirley Chisholm was an activist, educator, politician and educator who broke all kinds of racial and gender barriers. She served in Congress from 1969-1983 and ran for President in 1972. […]

Art & Spirituality of the Snowflake with Nancy Leavitt WED Feb 8, 6-8pm Nancy writes: "Throughout my life I have sought to express my thoughts and feelings about life by […]

The first Wed of every month is Student group fun night.  Come join us for a free dinner and a quick business meeting followed by games, laughter, and connection!   […]

Gender-based violence - including rape, relationship violence and sexual assault - is a huge problem in our society. Join us a the Wilson Center for a free dinner and discussion […]

  Come join the Wilson Center on Wed Jan 18th from 6-8pm for a free dinner and Narrative4 workshop led by Connie Carter of Operation Breaking Stereotypes. Narative4 – building […]

For Christian folks the season of Advent has begun!  Advent is 4 weeks of preparing oneself and one's home for the arrival of Joy, Light and Love born again in […]

Come join us for a free vegetarian dinner and multifaith discussion  Come to the Tale dinners happen on the last Wed of each month.  They are facilitated by the Spiritual […]

Come join us for a beautiful art show and auction to benefit the Wilson Center and the Peace & Justice Center of Eastern Maine.  Doors will open at 4:30pm with […]

Free dinner and presentation: “The History and Future of Native Americans at the University of Maine” Come hear Professors Darren Ranco and John Bear Mitchell from Native American Programs and […]

Come enjoy a free luncheon and multifaith panel discussion.  Wed Nov 16th 11:30-1pm at the Wilson Center.  Topic: "A Conversation with Millennials on Faith, Religion, Spirituality and Culture" Featuring a panel […]

Zen Tangling is a form of doodling meditation. Come join Dr. Phyllis Brazee, former Director of the UMaine Peace and Reconciliation Studies program, for this relaxing and centering experience.

Day of the Dead is a holiday celebrated in Mexico and much of Latin America that combines indigenous and Catholic traditions. It is joyous celebration meant to honor the dead and […]

Come join the Wilson Center for some great live music by UMaine musicians.  Event is free, but donations will be taken at the door for the Shaw House for homeless […]

130 Little Hall. Sponsored by the UMaine Green Team, Anthropology Dept, Native American Studies Program and the Wilson Center, this film tells the story of climate justice advocates across the […]

Come join us for a free vegetarian dinner and multifaith discussion.  Come to the Tale dinners happen on the last Wed of each month.  They are facilitated by the Spiritual […]

"Why World Peace is Possible" Come join us to hear renowned speaker Paul Chappell in an interactive session from 6:30-8pm. Free dinner for UMaine students, faculty and staff from 5-6pm, […]

Come explore Hindu Mythology with graduate student Prateek Kunwar.  Prateek writes: From being atheistic to mono-theistic and poly-theistic, one of the oldest religions in the world, offers a myriad perspectives on the philosophies of life and righteousness. With over 330 million Gods, built upon the central idea of "Brahman" - the unifying vibration that permeates […]

"What's Going On Here?  Making Sense of the 2016 American Election Cycle" Come join us at the Wilson Center for a free dinner followed by a discussion with Dr. Mark Brewer of the UMaine Political Science Department.  Dr. Brewer will touch upon the role of religion in this election cycle along with a variety of other factors.  Lots […]

Come join us for a free dinner and multifaith discussion  Come to the Tale dinners happen on the last Wed of each month.  They are facilitated by the Spiritual Coexistence student group and co-sponsored by the Muslim Student Association, the South Asian Association of Maine and UMaine Hillel.  Come eat great food and learn about […]

Come join us at the Wilson Center for a free dinner and hands-on photography event.  No photography experience necessary.  Please bring your phone, camera, or any other device which will […]

Come join us at the Wilson Center for free home-cooked food at 6pm, followed by some group activities and a jam session at 7:30pm (bring an instrument if you play […]

Meditation circle is led by Theodate Lawlor and Steve McKay in the style of Thich Naht Hahn.  We look forward to sitting with you!

Free dinner at 6pm. Music that Moves You at 7pm. We invite you each to bring a song to share that moves your spirit, speaks to your soul, or lifts […]

All UMaine students are invited to us at the Wilson Center on Aug 31st as we celebrate our return (or our first time arrival) to UMaine with a Unitarian-inspired Water […]

Come send each other off with blessings and benedictions! Wed dinners will resume at the start of the fall semester

Come enjoy baked goods, hot coffee and the cool sounds of your fellow classmates. All genres of music welcome!  Contact Dylan Cunningham if you would like to perform at dhcunni@gmail.com All donations collected at this event will be sent to the Shaw House in Bangor for homeless and at risk youth.

Come join us for our monthly "Come to the Table" event where people of all backgrounds come together to discuss their own experiences with a multifaith topic and learn about others.  This event is co-sponsored by the Spiritual Coexistence Student Group, Muslim Student Association, South Asian Association of Maine, and UMaine Hillel. There will be […]

8pm at the Wilson Center, 67 College Ave. Come see this film made by UMaine student Sze Wing Wong and focusing on Muslim students at UMaine. Showing time: 20 min. Q+A to follow.  Popcorn will be served!

Free dinner with vegetarian, vegan and gluten-free options available at 6pm Talk at 7pm by Kyriacos Markides:  "Is there room for faith in a skeptical age? The emerging reconciliation between religion and science". Professor Markides, among other things,  will share his thirty-year exploration of the extraordinary world of mystics, healers and saints of Eastern Christianity […]

Come join the Spiritual Coexistence Student Group for a fun night or games from around the world.  Bring your favorite game to share from any state, country or culture!

"A Personal Story of Healing, Understanding the Causes of Violence and Finding Peace" Prosper Ishimwe, student in the School of Policy and International Affairs, speaks the Rwandan Genocide. Hosted by SPIA.  Thursday April 14th in DP Corbett, Room 115.   Prosper Ishimwe is a graduate student of Global Policy in SPIA. He was born and […]

Kabbalah and Universalism The Thought of R. Eliyahu Benamozegh An evening of learning and discussion with Rabbi Bill Siemers at The Wilson Center of the University of Maine April 13th 6:00 - 8:00 pm. Join us as we study the writings and thought of Rabbi Eliyahu Benamozegh, a 19th century Italian Kabbalist whose synthesis of […]

Join Reza Jalali, Simin Khosravani, Maryam Kashkooli, Niloofar Yousefi and Dean Emily Haddad for a breakfast panel discussion of Mr. Jalali's play and issues of women in Iran and Islam. 4th floor of Colvin Hall.

"The Poets and the Assassin—Daughters of Iran" is a five act play written by Reza Jalali featuring monologues based on Iranian history told by women whose stories embody and reflect the complex and mostly unexplored roles of women’s participation at “the forefront of national struggle for liberation, democracy, and human rights” (Reza Jalali).  Each of […]

This talk is part of the Marxist and Socialist Lecture Series and will take place in the Bangor Room of the Memorial Union from 12:30-1:45pm.

Join us at the Wilson Center, 67 College Ave, for a free dinner (vegetarian and gluten-free options available) followed by a talk on Sufism in West Africa by Khadim Niang. Khadim is Senegalese and a graduate student in the School of Policy and International Affairs at the University of Maine. Sufism, is a mystical Islamic belief and practice […]

Come join the Islamic Center of Maine at 151 Park St. for a free presentation by Nouman Ali Khan with delicious international refreshments to follow. Topic of presentation: Cooperate in Matters of Goodness

Come enjoy dinner &  listen to Dr. Jonathan Brown from Georgetown University speak about Islam 5-7pm in the Bangor Room of the Memorial Union. Topic: The Message of Peace: Spread by the Sword?

Come join us at the Wilson Center at 67 College Ave.  for our monthly "Come to the Table" event where people of all backgrounds come together to discuss their own experiences with a multifaith topic and learn about others.  This event is co-sponsored by the Spiritual Coexistence Student Group, Muslim Student Association, South Asian Association […]

Reception before the film at 5:30pm Event is free.

Film to be shown in DPCorbett Room 1oo UMaine. “Living for 32″  tells the inspirational story of Colin Goddard, a survivor of the tragic gun shooting massacre which occurred on the Virginia Tech campus, April 16th, 2007.  Colin himself will be there on March 23rd to introduce the film and lead the post-film discussion.   The film is sponsored […]

Come enjoy a homecooked meal with classmates and colleagues and then try your hand at Psyansky egg making under the direction of Annie Homola.  If you've never made or seen these eggs before google them!  They are amazing.

Come enjoy dinner and a talk by Prof. Hugh Curan of the Peace and Reconciliation Dept. on Celtic Spirituality, St. Patrick's Breastplate and Deep Ecology. Prof Curran writes: "I will […]

Come join us for our monthly Come to the Table event where people of all backgrounds come together and discuss their own experiences with a multifaith topic and learn about […]

Come join us for a free dinner and meditation through clay taught by Grace Bartlett. We will be exploring the way in which clay can be a medium used for […]

Come join us for a homemade meal and Come to the Table, our monthly Multifaith dialogue night. This months topic is "Suffering and Our Responses to It". This month we […]

Come join us for a homemade meal and to watch the acclaimed film Merchants of Doubt with Maine Interfaith Power & Light that works to engage Maine people of faith […]

Join the Rev. Grace Bartlett at the First Congregational Church in Brewer as she hosts a workshop on Photography as a Spiritual Practice. Any UMaine students are welcome to attend!!

Come make latkes, spin dreidls and light the menorah! Anyone of any faith can come and learn more about Chanukah traditions and share your own! Homemade dinner will be prepared […]

Come celebrate advent and do some christmas decorating with the SpiritualiTEA group! Learn more about what they do and get in the spirit of the season! Free pizza dinner will […]

Free Film Screening and discussion with Maria Girouard. Film tells the inspiring story of the Penobscots' centuries-long fight to retain their territory , and their inherent, treaty reserved sustenance fishing […]

Come learn about what the spiritual coexistence student group does at our meeting this week after Professor LeBouff's talk on "The Dark and Light Sides of Religion."

Free home-cooked dinner and discussion on a different topic each week. Topics are selected to cut across all different faith and non-faith traditions for a vibrant discussion in which all […]

This reception is in honor of the Maines family who will be discussing their family's journey as their daughter Nicole, subject of the Pulitzer-prize winning journalist Amy Ellis Nutt's book […]

This months topic will be Mystical Experiences Free home-cooked dinner and discussion on a different topic each week. Topics are selected to cut across all different faith and non-faith traditions for a vibrant discussion in which all are welcome to contribute!  

Free home-cooked dinner and discussion on a different topic each week. Topics are selected to cut across all different faith and non-faith traditions for a vibrant discussion in which all […]

Meeting at the Wilson Center! Hope to see everyone at this month’s Mindfulness Wilderness Journey! (Previously called Mindfulness Journeys, name changed to be more descriptive) Some things we can expect […]

The Wilson Center is very excited to be hosting our second “Come to the Table” event. We have partnered with Hillel, the Muslim Student Organization and the South Asian Association of […]

AcroYoga is a mix of partner acrobatics, Thai massage, and yoga. Essentially, it builds a practice of the understanding of trust. Trust within the body, trust within the community, and […]

It's time for our monthly open mic event. Come join us for a show of local talent and some yummy baked goods. Donations go to support youth homelessness.

The Wilson Center, Jewish Community Endowment Associates & the UMaine Judaic Studies Program invite you to a free interfaith luncheon. After lunch, a panel of speakers from a variety of faith communities will be speaking on the topic of sacred aging and the role of elders with time for audience participation. Space is limited so […]

AcroYoga is a mix of partner acrobatics, Thai massage, and yoga. Essentially, it builds a practice of the understanding of trust. Trust within the body, trust within the community, and trust in the fact that it's a lot of fun to do these amazing things you never thought you'd be able to do.

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Spiritual conversations across many traditions over a cup of hot (or iced) tea

A silent meditation followed by a discussion on a spiritual text

  Meeting at the Wilson Center! Hope to see everyone at this month's Mindfulness Journey! Some things we can expect during this short river walk: beautiful fall foliage, signs or […]

AcroYoga is a mix of partner acrobatics, Thai massage, and yoga. Essentially, it builds a practice of the understanding of trust. Trust within the body, trust within the community, and trust in the fact that it's a lot of fun to do these amazing things you never thought you'd be able to do.

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AcroYoga is a mix of partner acrobatics, Thai massage, and yoga. Essentially, it builds a practice of the understanding of trust. Trust within the body, trust within the community, and trust in the fact that it's a lot of fun to do these amazing things you never thought you'd be able to do.

Spiritual conversations across many traditions over a cup of hot (or iced) tea

A silent meditation followed by a discussion on a spiritual text

AcroYoga is a mix of partner acrobatics, Thai massage, and yoga. Essentially, it builds a practice of the understanding of trust. Trust within the body, trust within the community, and […]

Event TBA

AcroYoga is a mix of partner acrobatics, Thai massage, and yoga. Essentially, it builds a practice of the understanding of trust. Trust within the body, trust within the community, and trust in the fact that it's a lot of fun to do these amazing things you never thought you'd be able to do.

Spiritual conversations across many traditions over a cup of hot (or iced) tea

A silent meditation followed by a discussion on a spiritual text

AcroYoga is a mix of partner acrobatics, Thai massage, and yoga. Essentially, it builds a practice of the understanding of trust. Trust within the body, trust within the community, and trust in the fact that it's a lot of fun to do these amazing things you never thought you'd be able to do.

The Wilson Center is very excited to be hosting our first "Come to the Table" event. We have partnered with Hillel, the Muslim Student Organization and the South Asian Association of Maine. We have planned a free dinner followed by a discussion around shared practices experienced in unique ways by various religious and spiritual traditions.   […]

Spiritual conversations across many traditions over a cup of hot (or iced) tea.

Two twenty minute, silent meditations broken up with a spiritual discussion.

Can exercise be spiritual? Running, hiking? What about hula-hooping? Come join the Wilson Center for a spiritual adventure through hula-hooping. Afterwards you can enjoy a free meal provided by the Wilson Center.

Spiritual conversations across many traditions over a cup of hot (or iced) tea.

Two twenty minute, silent meditations broken up with a spiritual discussion.

Spiritual conversations across many traditions over a cup of hot (or iced) tea.

Two twenty minute, silent meditations broken up with a spiritual discussion.

Meditation and Doodling combined. Free Dinner

Spiritual conversations across many traditions over a cup of hot (or iced) tea.

Two twenty minute, silent meditations broken up with a spiritual discussion

Join us for an Interfaith Water Ceremony to celebrate the start of School!   71% of the earth’s surface is covered in water.  65% of the human body is made up of water.  And 98% of summer fun is made up of water. (OK, we made that last one up!).  But water plays a crucial role in much […]

Spiritual conversations across many traditions over a cup of hot (or iced) tea.