New ‘What’s the Tea with Ministry’ episode highlights Lent and Ramadan

New ‘What’s the Tea with Ministry’ episode highlights Lent and Ramadan

A graphic promoting 'What's the Tea with Ministry?' podcast featuring the following text: Season Two, ep. 4: Shared Traditions - Lent and Ramadan. Together, we fast. Celebrating Lent and Ramadan. Presentations by Fr. Oduke and Imam Schumann.A new episode of the What’s the Tea with Ministry podcast, released on April 9, features presentations on the practices in and similarities between Lent and the holy month of Ramadan.

Listen as Fr. Charles Oduke and Imam Matthew Schumann celebrate the intertwining of our spiritual journeys. They delve into the profound practices of Lent — prayer, reconciliation, fasting and almsgiving — and the preparation for Easter, paralleling them with the Islamic observance of Ramadan with its own fasting practices.

The podcast, where University Ministry and others in the UDM community spill the tea on living on the Jesuit and Mercy mission, was created to expand mission-centered content available to the University community. It is an opportunity to engage in conversations, reflections and interviews with students, staff, faculty, community partners and more.

Listen to the new episode.