Archive: Reflections
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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…
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
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Reestablishing Women’s Importance
When I was a child, my mother told me many stories about the Sahabah (companions of the Prophet), and my favorite was the story of Khadijah. Khadijah was the first wife of the…
October 22, 2015
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Reclaiming Holiday Spirit
What does holiday spirit feel like? Thirteen years ago, as a young girl in the middle of a thriving Muslim community in Mobile, Alabama, I could have given you a detailed answer.…
October 22, 2015
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Pope Francis Addresses Congress
From the moment it was announced that Pope Francis would be coming to DC in the fall of 2015, my heart filled with joy knowing that I would be in the same city as the leader of…
October 22, 2015
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An Invitation to Dinner with a Prophet
Last month’s Dinner with a Prophet focused on the role of Maryam and her mother. Maryam’s mother wanted a boy, so he would serve Jerusalem. When she gave birth to…
October 22, 2015
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An ESCAPE from the Georgetown Bubble
I didn’t realize how much I missed a clear view of the night sky. The first month of my freshman year at Georgetown was so full of friends to make, classes and clubs to start…
October 22, 2015
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#Follow4Follow – An Open Door Companions’ Dinner
As we wait for the Open Door Companions’ Dinner to start, we (the participants) sit and scroll through our phones. Here we are, at a dinner where the main goal is…
October 21, 2015
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The Papal Pilgrimage to Philly
The Papal Pilgrimage to Philadelphia was a once in a lifetime experience! Not only did we get to see Pope Francis multiple times and participate in his mass, but we also truly…
October 16, 2015