Archive: Reflections
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Overcoming Evil: Thoughts on San Bernardino from a GU Alum
Brian St. Clair (SFS’06) was one of the original student leaders at Georgetown’s establishment of the John Main Center. He and I used to sneak into Copley Crypt late…
December 17, 2015
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Hanukkah and Beyond: Time for Americans to Reclaim Our Story
Every year on Hanukkah, the Jewish people sing an ancient song that asks: Who will retell the story of our people? This year, I find myself recasting this age-old Hanukkah…
December 16, 2015
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A Protestant’s Reflection on Pope Francis’ Call for a Year of Mercy
This past March, Pope Francis announced that 2016 would be an Extraordinary Jubilee Year of Mercy. This is a holy year that takes place every 25 years and the Pope can proclaim…
December 11, 2015
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Our Interfaith Response to Islamophobia
Last month, after the tragic events in Paris, Beirut, Egypt, and Iraq, I wrote to the Muslim community, expressing our solidarity with them. In that letter, I wrote on behalf of…
December 7, 2015
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Thanksliving – It’s the New Thanksgiving
Gratitude was a big theme at Campus Ministry’s annual Interfaith Thanksgiving Dinner—an event I’d been looking forward to ever since the first pumpkins started cropping up on…
December 7, 2015
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Love in the Margins
Seventeen Georgetown students representing three schools (MSB students, we’re still looking for you!), two Center for Social Justice vans and one bridge is one way to…
December 3, 2015
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All the Senses: A Jewish Life Retreat Reflection
Friday nights at Georgetown are rarely quiet. Academic hubs by day become gathering spots for bumping parties, speakers and events. Every Friday—while many other Hoyas descend…
November 20, 2015
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At Campus Vigils, Community Reflects
Around 250 students and community members gathered in remembrance of the victims of last week’s terror attacks in Paris, Beirut and Baghdad at an interfaith prayer vigil held…
November 17, 2015
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A Pastoral Letter to the Georgetown Community
To the Georgetown Faith Communities: Racial intolerance and discrimination are significant realities in many students’ experience at universities across the country. The protests…
November 13, 2015
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Always Moving Forward: Reflections on the Dahlgren Cross
By allowing two other students and me (as students regularly involved with the Catholic night mass community) to deliver the Dahlgren Cross to the Basilica of the National Shrine…
October 23, 2015