Archive: Reflections
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How A Senior Embraces The New Norm Since COVID-19: With Grace
More than a week and a half has passed since Georgetown’s transition to a “Virtual Learning Environment,” when students were instructed to move out of their dorms to finish…
March 31, 2020
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My March for a Consistent Ethic of Life
Growing up Catholic, my values and beliefs were usually handed down to me by my parents– arriving at Georgetown, I had more time to reflect on the issues that mattered to…
March 29, 2020
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- Retreats
Interfaith Spaces: a reflection on the Women in Faith Retreat
I grew up in a secular household. Although my parents had their individual conceptions of spirituality, they wanted my siblings and me to find (or not find) religion on our own…
February 26, 2020
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Spotlight on Russell Weismann, Director of Music & Organist
Russell Weismann has been with Georgetown University for five non-consecutive years, where he currently serves as the Director of Music and Organist in Catholic Ministry.…
February 25, 2020
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The Yamuna River: an environmental, spiritual and public health crisis
Over the winter break, a group of Georgetown students participated in the Magis: India immersion trip. Led by Brahmachari Sharan, director for Dharmic Life & Hindu Spiritual…
February 6, 2020
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A Message To Students On Hanukkah, Jersey City, and Darkness and Light From Rabbi Rachel Gartner
For three long years they hid in the caves. The hillsides filled with the sound of their battles. Thus begins the poem, We Shall Forever Celebrate Life by Suzanne Sabransky. …
December 20, 2019
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Reflections on Jewish Life at Georgetown
Some may think it’s difficult to see Georgetown, a Jesuit institution, as a bastion of Judaism. But counterintuitively, that’s what it’s been for me. I come from a dual…
December 11, 2019
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Where I Found Community
Reflecting on the fact that I came to Georgetown with no intention of being involved in Jewish Life, and the extent to which it has become central to my life now is almost hard…
December 11, 2019
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An Ode to Jewish Hoyas
As an incoming freshman last fall, I knew I wanted to be a part of the Jewish community at Georgetown. Judaism was an integral part of my life back home and I wanted to continue…
December 11, 2019
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Desire, Pleasure & Faith: A Conversation
The Roman Catholic doctrine of celibacy, forbidding clergy from marriage, has a complicated history. It’s popular to date the enforcement of priestly celibacy to the 12th…
December 9, 2019