Archive: Reflections

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Building Trust with Patience, for Patients

A recent alumna on how her academic training shaped her approach to interfaith engagement at Georgetown By Claire Auslander (N’26) When I first began my journey in interfaith…

July 10, 2026

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Building a Community Through Trust and Understanding

A recent graduate reflects on interfaith engagement at Georgetown By Saara Bidiwala (C’26) When I first visited Georgetown in 11th grade, I saw two banners regularly: one read …

July 7, 2026

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Consolation and Community

A newly minted alumna reflects on what she learned about faith, belonging, and herself through ESCAPE By Ruby Gilmore (SFS’26) On the bus ride back from Senior Retreat last, …

June 25, 2026

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Service, Singing, and Cultural Celebrations

A Graduating Senior Looks Back on Four Years of Catholic Life at Georgetown* By: Jennon Bell Hoffmann For many graduating seniors, the final weeks on the Hilltop can be hectic…

May 26, 2026

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Caring for the Whole Person, Spiritually and Beyond

A First-year Student Explores What it Means to be Catholic in the Classroom and on Campus By: Jennon Bell Hoffmann For Felicity Kushner (N’29), Georgetown’s Jesuit identity was…

May 26, 2026

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It’s Never Too Late: On Becoming a Bar/Bat Mitzvah at Georgetown

By Rabbi Ilana Zietman, Director for Jewish Life “You don’t really have a bar or bat mitzvah, you become one.” This is how I like to begin the opening session of Jewish Life&;…

May 14, 2026

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Faithful Questions: Reflections from a New York Pilgrimage

By Grace Molla (C’28) Having now gone on this pilgrimage twice, I can confidently say that it is a spiritually renewing experience for our Orthodox community at Georgetown. More…

May 14, 2026

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Finding Balance, Community, and Room to Ask Questions

Protestant Life offers a first-year student open-ended space and support By: Jennon Bell Hoffmann For Autumn Dunlop, a first-year student at Georgetown University, college has…

April 24, 2026

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Magis Immersion Seminar: Walking in the Footsteps Of St. Ignatius

By Yasin Khan (SFS’26) This was one of the first pictures that I took while on the pilgrimage. I felt going to the Guggenheim was a very fitting first destination because of how…

April 7, 2026

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Magis Immersion Seminar: St. Paul’s Letters in Greece

By Elle Marinello (C‘28) This photo was from the first day of the trip. After getting up very early in the morning after a long day of travel, we started the day in the Byzantine…

April 1, 2026