Baccalaureate Service
Celebrating the UW-Madison graduating class of 2025!
Friday, May 9 | 10:00 AM to Noon
(Brunch at 10:00 AM, Program at 10:30 AM)
Upper House
Friday, May 9 | 10:00 AM to Noon
(Brunch at 10:00 AM, Program at 10:30 AM)
Upper House
Graduating students (seniors and graduate students) — you are invited to participate in a special Baccalaureate Service at Upper House, where we will celebrate your hard work and commission you for service in the greater world.
Together with friends, families, and the broader university community, we are excited to celebrate God's faithfulness and your outstanding achievement of completing a degree at UW-Madison.
Together with friends, families, and the broader university community, we are excited to celebrate God's faithfulness and your outstanding achievement of completing a degree at UW-Madison.
Poetry Reading featuring poet Scott Carins
Friday, May 16 | 6:00-8:00 PM
Dottie's Ranch
Dottie's Ranch
Join us for a summer evening of poetry read aloud by poet Scott Cairns in the company of friends old and new.
Scott Cairns is a poet, memoirist, and librettist whose work explores faith, beauty, and spiritual longing. His poetry collections include Philokalia, Idiot Psalms, and Slow Pilgrim: The Collected Poems. His work appears in The Atlantic, Poetry, and Best American Spiritual Writing. He is the author of Short Trip to the Edge and The End of Suffering, and wrote librettos for The Martyrdom of Saint Polycarp and A Melancholy Beauty. A Guggenheim Fellow and recipient of the Denise Levertov Award, Cairns founded Writing Workshops in Greece and recently retired as Curators' Distinguished Professor at the University of Missouri.
Scott Cairns is a poet, memoirist, and librettist whose work explores faith, beauty, and spiritual longing. His poetry collections include Philokalia, Idiot Psalms, and Slow Pilgrim: The Collected Poems. His work appears in The Atlantic, Poetry, and Best American Spiritual Writing. He is the author of Short Trip to the Edge and The End of Suffering, and wrote librettos for The Martyrdom of Saint Polycarp and A Melancholy Beauty. A Guggenheim Fellow and recipient of the Denise Levertov Award, Cairns founded Writing Workshops in Greece and recently retired as Curators' Distinguished Professor at the University of Missouri.
A Writer's Life: Journey & Practice
Workshop for All Writers
Saturday, May 17 | 8:00 - 9:30 AM
Upper House
Saturday, May 17 | 8:00 - 9:30 AM
Upper House
Writers of all genres, stages, and professions are invited to our upcoming gathering with poet Scott Cairns. Cairns has been described as an “impassioned explorer whose words are his instruments of navigation,” whose faith and writing are inseparable from his daily life and vocation. This will be a time of equipping for writers who seek to blend their multifaceted lives and advance in their writing practice.
A teacher and practitioner of the Orthodox faith, Cairns will talk with host Cam Anderson about his writing process, publishing, and the highs and lows of his writing life. He will also share key spiritual moments on his journey with God. Attendees will have an opportunity to ask questions.
A teacher and practitioner of the Orthodox faith, Cairns will talk with host Cam Anderson about his writing process, publishing, and the highs and lows of his writing life. He will also share key spiritual moments on his journey with God. Attendees will have an opportunity to ask questions.