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Owning Slavery, Pursuing Justice, Seeking Reconciliation

Virtual

RSVP The Jesuits in the United States owned slaves. In 1838, the Jesuits sold 272 men, women, and children and used some of the proceeds to support Georgetown University. In 2015, Georgetown President John J. DeGioia established a Working Group on Slavery, Memory, and Reconciliation, which led to dialogue with and apology to descendants and […]

Free

Young and Latino Leaders on Immigration: Continuing Challenges, New Urgency, Time for Action

Online

On May 4, the day of the discussion, all who have RSVP’d will receive an email with a link and step-by-step instructions on how to join the livestream. This urgent United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) and Georgetown University gathering will bring together young, diverse leaders from the border, on policy, in the Church, […]

An Examination of Alternative Break Trips and Whiteness in Catholic Education

Zoom

Alternative break trips punctuate life on Jesuit high school and college campuses, acting as experiences of conversion and putting faith into action. The Universal Apostolic Preferences of “walking with the excluded” and “accompanying the youth” come together in the practice of alternative break programs. However, these trips often operate through the position of whiteness.

Caring for Our Common Home: Our Hope Filled Future

Online

As part of the University's celebration of the Ignatian Year, John Carroll University is hosting an virtual international panel of students who will share their concerns and hopes about climate change and our individual and institutional responses to this ecological, social, and economic humanitarian crisis.  

Ecospirituality Nights: Keynote Event with Sr. Joan Brown, OSF

Online

Join this Ecospirituality Night with keynote Sr. Joan Brown, OSF, Executive Director of New Mexico Interfaith Power and Light, sharing her thoughts on integral ecology and how spirituality must be a lens to guide work and shift worldviews as we address climate justice and the social, ecological and economic implications.

“So What Did I Miss?” A Look Back, A Look Around, A Look Ahead After Two Years of COVID

Georgetown University 3700 O St. NW, Washington, DC, United States

This dialogue will examine our nation’s soul after what have been through and how to “get us out of the mess we’re in.” It will use Catholic social teaching as a lens to look at COVID-19, politics, and faith over the past two years. What are the impacts of the pandemic and the lessons we should draw from them? Where are we now? What are hopes and fears for the days ahead? Pope Francis reminds us that we can’t go back to normal, so where should we go?