Glastonbury Abbey’s Listening to Other Voices
Interfaith Lecture Series
A forum for thoughtful encounter.
Glastonbury Abbey’s Listening to Other Voices lecture series invites careful engagement with perspectives that differ from our own. Grounded in the Benedictine commitment to hospitality and attentive listening, the series creates space for informed dialogue across religious, cultural, and intellectual traditions.
Each year the committee selects a guiding theme and curates speakers whose work advances serious conversation. The aim is not debate, but disciplined listening — an opportunity to consider complex questions with clarity and respect.
2025–2026 Theme
Living the Heart of Your Faith
This year’s series gathers six distinguished Jewish, Christian, Buddhist, and Muslim leaders whose work addresses love, compassion, identity, hope, conscience, and responsibility.
Across traditions, they will consider how faith is lived with integrity amid cultural complexity, moral strain, and public responsibility.
Each lecture invites serious listening and thoughtful engagement with the convictions that shape belief and action.
Rabbi Shai Held
October 16, 2025
Rabbi Shai Held
Judaism Is About Love
Rabbi Shai Held is President and Dean of the Hadar Institute in New York City and one of the leading Jewish theological voices in America. Drawing from his recent work, he will reflect on love as a central theological and moral claim within Judaism.
Kaitlin B. Curtice
November 20, 2025
Kaitlin B. Curtice
Practicing Presence in Chaotic Time
An enrolled citizen of the Potawatomi Nation, Kaitlin Curtice writes at the intersection of spirituality, identity, and belonging. Her work invites reflection on attentiveness and faithfulness amid cultural and personal upheaval.
Rev. Dr. William F. Schulz
January 15, 2026
Rev. Dr. William F. Schulz
Despite Cruelty: Sustaining Hope in a World That Breaks Our Hearts
A former Executive Director of Amnesty International USA and longtime leader in the human rights movement, Dr. Schulz will consider the moral demands of hope in the face of injustice and suffering.
Dr. Thomas H. Groome, Ed.D.
February 19, 2026
Dr. Thomas H. Groome
The Compassion of Jesus
Professor of Theology and Religious Education at Boston College, Dr. Groome is widely recognized for his work in practical theology and Catholic education. He will reflect on compassion as central to Christian faith and formation.
Olivia Ames Hoblitzelle
March 19, 2026
Olivia Ames Hoblitzelle
Awakening to Wisdom and Love Along the Buddhist Path
A writer and dharma teacher with decades of practice in Buddhist meditation and psychology, Hoblitzelle will explore the cultivation of wisdom and compassion within the Buddhist tradition.
Haroon Moghul
April 16, 2026
Haroon Moghul
What Will We Teach Our Kids When We Know Everything?
Author and public intellectual, Haroon Moghul writes on faith, culture, and the future of Muslim identity. His lecture will consider moral formation and religious responsibility in an age of information and uncertainty.
Participation
All lectures are offered without charge. Registration is required.
All presentations will take place at the Morcone Center on the Glastonbury Abbey campus at 7:15 PM. While presentations are available virtually, in-person attendance is encouraged.
Support the Series
Listening to Other Voices is sustained by the generosity of its community. Please consider becoming a Friend of the Series:
FRIENDS: Donations of $100-$250 to support the cost of maintaining the program.
PATRONS: Donations of $251-$499 to help defray the travel expenses of our speakers.
SPONSORS: Donations of $500 or more to offset the honorarium for a given speaker.
Gifts help support the production of programs offered both in person and online.
Contact
For questions regarding the series or for outreach inquiries:
Listening to Other Voices
Glastonbury Abbey
16 Hull Street
Hingham, MA 02043
Phone: 781-749-2155