Deadline to register is noon September 18.
Convocation & Class of 1976 50th Reunion
October 5-7, 2026
9:00 – 11:00am Registration and continental breakfast, Croll Family Entrance Hall
10:00 – 11:00 Living Village Tour
11:30 – 12:30pm Beecher Lecture in honor of Rev. Dr. William C. Turner Jr., Bishop William J. Barber II, Marquand Chapel
12:45 – 2:00 Lunch and Panel: Theological Education in the 21st Century with Dean Gregory E. Sterling; Javier A. Viera ‘00 S.T.M., President and Professor, Garrett–Evangelical Theological Seminary; The Very Rev. Cynthia Briggs Kittredge, Dean Emerita, Seminary of the Southwest, Old Refectory
2:15 – 3:00 Dessert Reception, Hosted by Andover Newton Seminary at Yale Divinity School, Croll Family Entrance Hall
3:45 – 5:00 Poetry in a Time of Crisis, Pádraig Ó Tuama, Professor in the Practice of Spirituality, and Chris Wiman, Clement-Muehl Professor of Communication Arts. Moderated by Jane Tylus, Downey Orrick Professor of Italian and Professor of Comparative Literature.
5:30 – 7:00 Reception celebrating the We Are Called campaign and the deanship of Gregory E. Sterling, Living Village Amphitheater
9:00 – 11:00am Registration and continental breakfast, Croll Family Entrance Hall
10:30 – 11:30 Beecher Lecture 2, Marquand Chapel
11:30– 12:00pm Marquand Chapel worship service
12:15 – 1:30 Alumni Awards Luncheon, Old Refectory
1:30 – 3:20 Class Visit: Moral Issues in Public Policy: Poverty, Health Care, and Voting Rights, Prof. William Barber
2:30 – 3:30 Living Village Tour
2:30 – 4:00 Yale University Sacred Spaces Tour - Depart from Phelps Gate
2:30 – 4:00 Kavanagh Lecture, Great Hall
3:45 – 5:00 Politics and Religion Panel
5:00 - 6:00 Welcome Reception, Berkeley Divinity School’s 15th Dean: The Rev’d Dr. Gabrielle R. Thomas
5:15 – 6:00 YDS + ANS Class of 1976 Memorial Service
6:30 – 8:00 YDS + ANS Class of 1976 Dinner
9:30 – 10:30am YDS Alumni & Community Engagement Office Coffee Hour
10:30 – 11:30 Beecher Lecture 3, Marquand Chapel
11:30 – 12:00pm Closing Marquand Chapel worship service
The accommodations listed here are located within a short distance of campus:
Residence Inn by Marriott New Haven/Hamden
2312 Whitney Ave
203-691-5123
Book your group rate for Yale Divinity School
The Study at Yale
1157 Chapel Street
866-930-1157
Omni New Haven Hotel at Yale
155 Temple Street
800-THE-OMNI
203-772-6664
The Blake Hotel
9 High Street
203-390-5352