Andrew J. Rosenthal, Summer 2009 facilitator in the Dominican Republic

Andrew J. Rosenthal recently received his Masters of Divinity degree for Union Theological Seminary in New York with a concentration in Ecumenics: Interfaith Dialogue and Education. At Union Andrew co-founded and organized Union’s first Interfaith Caucus. He was also a Student Life Assistant, initiating and implementing the “Live the Spirit – Be the Change” workshop series. The series was focuses on demonstrating social justice work as lived faith. In December 2008 he received a scholarship to attend the United Religions Initiative Global Assembly in Mayapur India. Andrew has traveled extensively in India to Hindu, Sikh, Buddhist, and Muslim pilgrimage sites, learning about a wide variety of spiritual practices. He has worked as a public school teacher, an archivist and is also a produced playwright. Andrew was born and raised in Brooklyn New York, and is a proud product of the New York City public schools. In the fourth grade he wrote his first play a one-act allegory about the consequences of global warming. It was never produced. He received his BA in Religion and English Literature from the University of Rochester. This Fall he will begin a chaplaincy residency program at Methodist Hospital in Brooklyn New York.