Event Details - The Lenten Read 2023: Together: The Healing Power of Human Connection in a Sometimes Lonely World by Vivek H. Murthy, M.D.

The Lenten Read 2023 is open to all faculty and staff.

Thurs., Feb. 23, 2023 | Thurs., March 9, 2023 | Thurs. March 23, 2023
Noon to 1 p.m.
University Center, Alumni Conference Room

This year the Lenten Read will be Together: The Healing Power of Human Connection in a Sometimes Lonely World by Vivek H. Murthy, M.D., the former Surgeon General of the United States.  Murthy spoke last year at the ACCU.  Dr. Murthy contends that social connections hold the key to better health, higher performance, and greater happiness.  He told us that we he felt like he was preaching to the choir because this is what Catholic Colleges and Universities do best! Dr. Murthy argues that loneliness is the underpinning to the current crisis in mental wellness and is responsible for the upsurge in suicide, the opioid epidemic, the overuse of psych meds, the over-diagnosing and pathologizing of emotional and psychological struggle. Together addresses the importance of community and connection and offers viable and actionable solutions to this overlooked epidemic. Bring a brown bag lunch and enjoy cookies and tea on us.

A free copy of the book will be provided to the first 20 who sign-up for the three-session read.

Please RSVP to [email protected].