Religion Symposium Case Study

Religion Symposium “The challenge of being a _____________.” on Monday November 2nd in CH 217 was well attended. There were three speakers Marilyn Leach an Episcopalian priest, Sa'eed Purcell a Muslim imam, and Noam Sienna a Jewish student. The first speaker is Marilyn a priest here in Marshall. It took Marilyn seven years of classes to get her license that in itself had to be struggle to keep motivated and stay focused on becoming a priest. She said part of the challenge was the small group and long distance to travel between meetings with other congregations. Marilyn has been a priest for ten years in the Marshall community. Marilyn faces challenges of being a woman priest and a man from her congregation not accepting communion from her