How Can Jesuit Schools Be Even Better Leaders in Interfaith Work?
Jesuit schools are well-positioned to be leaders in the interfaith movement, not only on college campuses but in American society and around the world.
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Reimagining Tradition: Solidarity at Georgetown University’s Christmas Tree Lighting
This year, as University President Jack DeGioia flipped the ceremonial switch to illuminate the enormous tree in the middle of the quad, dozens of people dropped to the ground around the tree.
A Loud Silence: Finding Community at the Vigil for Children Fleeing Violence
On this chilly November evening, Abel Nuñoz, executive director of CARECEN Central American Resource Center, addresses the forty or so people gathered in a circle by the fence of the White House’s backyard. “We have been coming here since July,” he calls into a megaphone. “We came here in t-shirts, with the sun still in the sky. Now it is darker earlier, and colder, but we are here again. And we demand the same things.” A round of applause passes through the small crowd – a diverse group of individuals brought together over the past few months to form a community around the idea of solidarity.