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NSO Jesuit Values Panel 2020: Care in Times of Uncertainty
New Student Orientation (NSO) 2020 was unprecedented. The COVID-19 pandemic meant that the annual Georgetown tradition, including the marquee event, the Jesuit Values Panel would…
September 1, 2020
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A Novena for the Feast Day of Joseph the Worker
Dear Hoyas and Friends of Georgetown, It is hard to believe that it has already been six weeks since shelter-at-home orders were enacted across the country—and around the…
April 29, 2020
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The Bravery of Connection
Over the winter break, Vicki Valosik participated in an interfaith pilgrimage to the Holy Land with a group of Georgetown faculty and staff. Led by Imam Yahya Hendi, director of…
February 6, 2020
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Georgetown Students Press Pause
At 5 p.m., the asphalt paths running through Georgetown University’s main campus begin to pulsate with work-saturated bodies. Students rush to get in line at Leo’s or hunt…
February 6, 2020
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Prison Scholars Program: Teaching Jewish Wisdom for a Broken World
Recently, Georgetown University’s Prison Scholars Program at the DC Jail received a $1 million grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to expand the program and begin…
January 9, 2020
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Planting Seeds of Meaning, Belonging and Purpose
Recently, The Steve Fund and Georgetown University hosted a conference that focused on the mental health and wellbeing of students of color entitled, Young, Gifted &:…
December 5, 2019
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A Prayer for Courage, Respect and Equal Rights
On November 12, the U.S. Supreme Court held hearings on the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) case. In a show of solidarity, Jesuit Volunteer Brianna Ledsome …
November 20, 2019
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Pipes Spectacular: meet Johann Vexo, Organist at the Notre Dame Cathedral
On October 28, Georgetown will welcome Mr. Johann Vexo in recital at Dahlgren Chapel of the Sacred Heart. Mr. Vexo is an organist at Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris and the…
October 23, 2019
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Honoring the Powerful Feminine
Recently, Georgetown’s Dharmic Life and Hindu Student Association celebrated Navarātri, the Hindu festival celebrating the powerful feminine. In India, where the festival is…
October 9, 2019
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NSO Jesuit Values Panel 2019: Mindfulness of Oneself and Others
At the start of the 2019 Jesuit Values Panel (JVP) at NSO Weekend, host Darshan Shah (MSB’20) began with the following observation: “Nearly 500 years ago, St. Ignatius of…
September 18, 2019