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Spring
Hill College in Mobile, Alabama, will host a Summer
Institute of Christian Spirituality comprised of
biblical, historical, pastoral, and moral courses
led by faculty from its division of philosophy and
theology as well as visiting faculty. Session 1 will
be held May 30 - June 5, and Session 2 will be June
6-12. Among the visiting faculty will be Charles
Reagan Wilson, director of the Center for the Study
of Southern Culture, who will teach on course on
Southern Spirituality. For more information, contact
the Office of Graduate Studies (251-380-3094), visit
the Web site at www.shc.edu/sics, or contact Pat
Warren, coordinator of the Institute, by telephone
(251-380-4670) or by e-mail (pdwarren@bellsouth.net).
The Holly Springs Garden Club will host its 66th
annual pilgrimage April 16-18, 2004. Seven historic
antebellum homes will be open for tours, including
Walter
Place (1858-59), a blend of Gothic and Greek Revival styles, home of General
and Mrs. U. S. Grant during the planning of the Vicksburg campaign, and Strawberry
Plains (1851), a two-story Greek Revival home now owned, with its surrounding
2,000 acres, the Southeastern Headquarters of the National Audubon Society.
Three antebellum churches, the Marshall County
Historical Museum, and the Kate Freeman
Clark Art Gallery will also be open for tours. For additional information,
call 662-252-6479 or 662-252-1537. |