Archive: Reflections
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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…
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…
April 1, 2026
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Magis Immersion Seminar: Neighbors and Strangers in Poland
A Photo Essay by Avanthika Suryadevara (H‘27) and Ella Montano (C‘28) Spring 2026 marked the first-ever Neighbors and Strangers: Catholic-Jewish Encounters to Poland, a Magis…
March 30, 2026
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Finding Faith at a Jesuit Institution
Muslim students learn that faith is not an afterthought at Georgetown By: Jennon Bell Hoffmann At Georgetown University, faith is not an afterthought. While it is built around…
March 17, 2026
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Faith, Friendship, and Boba Tea: Seniors Share their Experience as Interfaith Fellows
By: Jennon Bell Hoffmann When Saara Bidiwala (C’26) first applied to Georgetown, she wasn’t only looking at academics. She was thinking about faith. “I remember, ‘…
February 6, 2026
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Thursday, December 25
The Nativity of the Lord (Christmas)Isaiah 9:1-6; Psalm 96: 1-2, 2-3, 11-12, 13; Titus 2:11-14; Luke 2:1-14 Merry Christmas! “The people who walked in darkness have seen a…
December 25, 2025
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Finding Faith, Friends, and a Place to Belong: A First-Year Student’s Journey with Jewish Life
By: Jennon Bell Hoffmann When first-year student Danny Goodman began exploring colleges, he was looking for a school that could offer both academic excellence and a genuine sense…
November 11, 2025
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Finding Faith, Community, and Purpose: A Senior’s Journey Through Jewish Life at Georgetown
By: Jennon Bell Hoffmann Zach Samuel (SFS’26) admits his decision to attend Georgetown was, at first, pretty straightforward. But it’s what he discovered after arriving…
November 11, 2025
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Shaped by Encounter: One Student’s Story of Faith and Belonging
By Rosie Garner (B’29) When I was first accepted into Encounter’s 2025 cohort, my understanding of religious pluralism was limited. To me, it meant coexistence and respectful…
September 16, 2025