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Called to Servant Leadership

Servant leadership. It is a term that we hear from time to time at Georgetown and that probably came up a bit more frequently in the wake of the Pope’s visit to D.C., but what…

October 5, 2015

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Open Door Dinner: Are You Creating Life or is Life Creating You?

The questions are easy enough to anticipate.  They come right after I tell people I’m a senior in college. There is only the smallest of hesitations before I hear, “So’…

September 30, 2015

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Connecting Faith and the LGBTQ Experience

In the summer of 2011, I prepared to leave California for Georgetown. My bags packed, my goodbyes said, I departed and embarked on a journey that has since ended but turned out…

September 25, 2015

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Serving Refreshment to the Class of 2019

I brought a lot of baggage when I attended reFRESHMENt in the fall of my freshman year. Literally, I brought multiple bags to reFRESHMENt, as I pack the same amount for two…

September 21, 2015

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What Does It Mean to Say “I’m Sorry”? (An Interfaith Voices Interview with Rabbi Rachel Gartner)

Check out this wonderful podcast from Interfaith Voices with special guest, Rabbi Rachel Gartner , Director of Jewish Life. This year, as Yom Kippur gets closer, a lot of people…

September 18, 2015

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Be the Light

Do you know what it means to “Be the Light?” The National Jesuit Student Leadership Conference was an amazing opportunity to learn more about the issues facing other…

September 16, 2015

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Remembering Hurricane Katrina

Hurricane Katrina made landfall ten years ago on August 29, 2005, and the city of New Orleans was inundated with water as levy and dikes around the city failed. The world…

August 28, 2015

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Reflecting on the National Jesuit Student Leadership Conference

The theme of this year’s National Jesuit Student Leadership Conference (NJSLC) was “Be the Light”. At first glance, I was skeptical about what this phrase meant and how it…

August 12, 2015

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A Reflection on the Graces of Friendship

“I no longer call you servants,” Jesus tells his followers in John’s Gospel (15:15), “I call you friends.” In a recent campus talk titled “The Challenges and Graces…

July 9, 2015

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A United Community of Faith Rising Above Our Differences: Reflections on the Chapel Hill Vigil

The tragic and sudden loss of Deah Shaddy Barakat, Yusor Mohammad Abu-Salha, and Razan Mohammad Abu-Salha startled the entire world. I was shocked when I received news of their…

June 22, 2015