Yale Divinity School

06/03/2026

Sunday, June 7, 2026
Join Dr. Rick Altice, Professor of Medicine and of Epidemiology at the Yale School of Medicine, as he discusses the ongoing fight against HIV/AIDS.

ST. BART'S-New York City

https://stbarts.org/grow/the-forum/

06/02/2026

The conventional wisdom says young people are indifferent to matters of faith. Look again. Faith formation is happening in unexpected places. Churches can connect with this spirit if they are paying attention.

When I arrived at Butler University, I carried with me a familiar story. I had heard it from colleagues, from church leaders, and from the wider conversation about faith and young adults. Campus faith life, I was told, was thin. Students were busy, focused on other things, and largely uninterested i...

06/02/2026

A group of generous donors has united to offer a $100,000 challenge grant for student financial aid at YDS. To unlock these funds, YDS must secure 350 alumni donors by June 30. Gifts of any size count.

https://givetoday.yale.edu/campaigns/67184/donations/new?designation_id=00009

06/01/2026

“My life is really about service. It’s something that my family has always promoted, and it’s a reflection of my faith.”

Hear more from alum Elijah Heyward III on his "Mission-Driven Life."
https://forhumanity.yale.edu/news/mission-driven-life

06/01/2026

A two-part Mystery Monday today: what does this stone carving commemorate, and where on campus can you find it?

06/01/2026

"The leader must grow into their true selves and encourage others to do the same. Jesus loved his disciples… and followers… and enemies. He wanted them to change, not because of his wants and whims, but because God was drawing them into a higher truth that would set them free. Jesus showed them the way with calm, assertive energy."

Read "Calm, Assertive Energy," the latest blog post from Founding Dean, Sarah B. Drummond, at: https://sbdrummond.medium.com/calm-assertive-energy-56f52352578

06/01/2026

In the current edition of the Yale Journal of Music and Religion, Eva Moreda Rodriguez (University of Glasgow) contributes the article "Singing about Singing: Images of Choirs in Aquitanian versaria."

This article examines the presence of verba canendi in the Aquitanian repertoire and analyzes how the bringing discourses about singing into the singing itself allowed its composers and performers to engage in conversation about what it meant at that point in time to sing as a group—drawing upon both ideas inherited from Christian literature (singing una voce and sine fine), and on the new practices developing in Aquitanian monasteries at this time.

Read the article here: https://elischolar.library.yale.edu/yjmr/vol12/iss1/1

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06/01/2026

For the month of June, we recognize LGBTQ+ Pride Month. For resources, we highly recommend you starting with our training module on “Accompanying + Youth” at https://tinyurl.com/2m4fpvjn.

Yale Divinity School

06/01/2026

"Churches of tomorrow won’t look like churches of yesterday. But if they are generous in spirit, seek divine presence, and give people courage to face the world, then they are living into their purpose." — Interview with William Goettler in the new issue of Reflections
https://reflections.yale.edu/article/new-heaven-new-earth-imagining-tomorrow-s-church/living-purpose

05/29/2026

"Most congregations have a more developed story about their past than about their future. But it is a fact that the times have changed … This calls for greater openness and receptivity to new leaders when they arrive with new perspectives."

—Jeffrey Haggray ’88 M.Div. in an open letter to historic congregations and their pastors, one of many great articles in the new issue of Reflections

https://reflections.yale.edu/article/new-heaven-new-earth-imagining-tomorrow-s-church/open-letter-historic-congregations-and