2024 Zahm Lecture - Earth Democracy with Dr. Vandana Shiva, Indian scholar, author, ecofeminist, environmental activist, and food sovereignty advocate based in Delhi. Pope Francis's call for environmental justice and care for the earth in his encyclical Laudato Si makes the connection between our environmental collapse and its impact on the poor an…

Holy Cross priests Fr. Bob Antonelli, Dick Berg and Richard Rutherford sit down with lay collaborator Karen Eifler to share their memories of attending Vatican II sessions as seminarians, the impact of that Council on their decades of ministry, and the links to the current Synod underway.Af eifler

A conversation co-sponsored by the Garaventa Center, Office of Student Affairs, OIEDI, and Campus Ministry. Fr, Martin answered several questions from the UP community arising from his book Building a Bridge.Af eifler

Cognitive psychologist Marianne Lloyd of Seton Hall University and Fr. Kevin Grove CSC of Notre Dame unpack what their two academic disciplines can teach us about memory, laughter, prayer and being human.Af eifler

Dr. Deborah Pembleton, of Saint John's University/College of Saint Benedict, examines how the life of Sister Thea Bowman infused Catholicism with gospel music and influenced global leadership and cultural competence.Af eifler

Dr. Karen Eifler of UP’s Garaventa Center pokes around the smash hit Ted Lasso and illuminates themes of grace and transcendence the show’s writers may not have anticipated. Or did they?Af schniewi

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Dr. Eric Anctil of the University of Portland provides an unblinking examination of everyday technologies that create true gluttony in us when engaged and offers strategies for helping people be the processors of they own experiences. Part of the Beckman Humor ProjectAf eifler

Fr. Michael Driscoll walks through the elements of the Eucharist and unpacks how the Mass can school us toward better loving of one anotherAf eifler

Beth Burns, Executive Director of p:ear, shares about her work with Portland's homeless youth and joins Professor Alice Gates in conversation about living out Dorothy Day's legacy today.Af eifler

Dr. Matt Eggemeier of College of the Holy Cross speaks as a guest of UP's Garaventa CenterAf eifler

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Dr. Christie Klimas, DePaul University environmental scientist, focuses on the Amazon rainforest to illustrate how our individual and collective actions impact our global economy and ecology, and how this can be informed by Pope Francis' encyclical on the environment, Laudato Sí. Presented March 30, 2021. Hosted by the UP Garaventa Center.…

Dr. Matthew Eggemeier, associate professor of Religious Studies at the College of the Holy Cross, offers an analysis of neoliberalism, how it intersects with a number of social crises (racism, environmental destruction, democracy), and why it stands in tension with Catholic social teaching. Sponsored by the UP Garaventa Center, 3/23/21.…

Dr. Karen Eifler, co-director of the Garaventa Center, highlights elements of Schitt’s Creek – the series that swept the comedy category in the 2020 Primetime Emmy Awards – and proposes what we can learn from this Canadian sitcom to deepen our understanding of Catholic faith. March 2, 2021. Co-sponsored by the Garaventa Center and the Beckman Humor…

Married Portland area poets Jerry Harp and Mary Szybist take turns reading from their work and illuminating the power and powerlessness of poetry to confront life's most searing moments, 2/11/21.Af eifler

We are a great band of pilgrims journeying together toward the Kingdom of God.Af eifler

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Theologian Dr. Jessica Coblentz explores the tensions between notions of sanctity and depression, and offers strategies for navigating those. Hosted by the Garaventa Center, 10/20/20.Af eifler

With the saints, in Christ, we are members of a great family.Af eifler

Dr. Gintaras Duda of Creighton University in Omaha Nebraska gives the annual Zahm lecture (via Zoom webinar) speaking on "From the Big Bang to The Saint John's Bible: The Role of Astonishment in A Scientist's Journey to Integrate Faith and Reason"Af eifler

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Linda Plitt Donaldson, MSW, PhD, examines the life of Dorothy Day, Catholic Social Teaching, and evidence-based practices to address and end homelessness, 11/5/19. Donaldson is Director of the Institute for Innovation in Health and Human Services at James Madison University in Virginia, and has worked and studied homelessness in the D.C. area for o…

Dr. Ryan Kenton of UP Biology dives into the world of actual parasitic wasps, worms, and fungus that have been found to turn thousands of other species into assorted forms of "zombies!" 10/30/19. Co-sponsored by the Garaventa Center and the Beckman Humor Project.Af nuxolls

Photographer and painter Anne Goetze tells the story behind her artwork depicting the lives of the Visitation Nuns in Annecy, France, 10/22/19. Sponsored by the Garaventa Center.Af nuxolls

Dr. Robin Jensen, Professor of Theology at the University of Notre Dame and concurrent Professor of the History of Art, presents a survey of the ways the Holy Cross and Christ's Passion have been depicted in the history of Christian art. Jensen also discusses reasons for the late emergence of both the cross and crucifixion in Christian iconography …

Keeping our eyes on the prize is fine, as long as our eyes are on the correct prize.Af eifler

In the Eucharist, everything that is precious, everything possessed of mortal beauty, takes its place at the one table – at the foot of the one Cross.Af eifler

What is the most you’d be willing to do for a friend?Af eifler

This essay won a top award in the 2019 Garaventa Center High School Essay Contest.Af eifler

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Like Thomas, we too recognize Christ by his wounds.Af eifler

Celebrated writers read from their works, followed by a moderated panel examining how their faith influences and intersects the inspiration, process, and products of their imaginations. The panel includes: Poet GC Waldrep, Professor of English at Bucknell University, whose new book Feast Gently, was just released by Tupelo Press. GC is the acting d…

Christopher Pramuk, PhD, Chair of Ignatian Thought and Imagination at RegisUniversity, presents the remarkable story of one-time slave trader John Newton,the composer of the song “Amazing Grace,” as a portal into the struggle fordiversity and inclusion in the US and beyond, 3-20-19. Pramuk, the author of HopeSings, So Beautiful: Graced Encounters A…

If we read our Gospel closely, we learn that it was the Spirit, not the devil, who led Christ into the desert. It is the same Spirit who leads us into Lent.Af eifler

Ultimately, it’s what we say, and not how we say it, that matters.Af eifler

2-23-19 Performance of Angel ofthe Amazon, a new American opera by Evan Mack, in UP's Buckley Auditorium. The opera presents the riveting story of Sr.Dorothy Stang and her 2005 martyrdom as she worked to help the poor in theBrazilian rainforest, and features UP faculty member Nicole Hanig in asupporting role. Co-sponsored by Performing & Fine Arts …

Jesus is telling us that everything we think we know about finding meaning, satisfaction, and happiness in the world is wrong.Af eifler

Jesus is a rock in a weary land.Af eifler

UP School of Education doctoral fellow Danielle Trollinger presents a humorous look at what hipsters -- with their love of the authentic, the vintage and the obscure -- have to offer the field of theology, 2-6-19. Co-sponsored by the Beckman Humor Project and the Garaventa Center.Af nuxolls

Dr. William Chafe, Emeritus Professor of History at Duke University, shines a light on how racism remains a powerful force in American society today, even though a great many Americans refuse to admit it. Co-sponsored by UP Political Science and the Garaventa Center, 2-4-19.Af nuxolls

Elizabeth Blake, PhD, assistant professor of Russian at Saint Louis University, discusses the "Catholic underground" Dostoevsky portrayed in his works as he was alternately repelled and fascinated by Catholicism in all its medieval, Reformation and modern manifestations, 11-12-18. Sponsored by the Garaventa Center.…

Turns out that the "as yourself" portion of the Great Commandment is not a throwaway bit.Af eifler

Justin Yeakel, PhD, professor of theoretical ecology at UC Merced, plumbs the surprising wisdom of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein with regard to competitive forces and survival in ecological communities, 10-24-18. Co-sponsored by the Beckman Humor Project and Garaventa Center.Af nuxolls