Archive: Reflections
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Blackness & Faith Series: Black Love
Kawther Berhanu (COL ‘19, MSFS ‘22) is launching a Blackness & Faith series. She hopes to explore and create a portrait of Black Spirituality on the Hilltop—the joy and…
April 7, 2022
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In the Footsteps of St. Paul
Two buses, three flights, and nearly twenty-four hours later, we finally reached the first site of our pilgrimage: Thessaloniki, Greece. Weathered and tired, the fourteen other…
April 4, 2022
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What a Kosher Kitchen Means To Jewish Life at GU
“Food is a staple of any community and Jews are no different,” said Idan Chazan (C’22). In Jewish religious and communal life, meals are central to the spiritual and social…
March 17, 2022
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Embracing Racial Identity Through Spiritual Practice: A Voyage into the Yogi Path
Yoga has given me a language to rewrite the false histories I clung to about myself. It has given me the space to feel fully who I am and who I want to become. It has brought me…
March 17, 2022
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The Spirit of Georgetown: Talking About Religious Diversity and Finding Meaning, Belonging and Purpose on the Hilltop
In her final semester at Georgetown, Shana Shin (MSB ‘22) explored what it meant to be Buddhist at Georgetown and shared a first-person essay based on a conversation she had…
January 19, 2022
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Buddhist Student Association: Creating a Presence at Georgetown
Earlier this semester, the Buddhist Student Association (BuSA) organized three temple visits, not wanting to favor any branch of Buddhism over the other we decided to visit…
December 7, 2021
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Three Buddhists at a Catholic, Jesuit University
Recently, Shana Shin (MSB ‘22) announced on the Campus Ministry Instagram account that she was working on a project where she reflects on being Buddhist at Georgetown.…
November 24, 2021
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Dharmic Students Reflect on Consecration of Dharmālaya
Earlier in November, during the day of Dīpāvali, Diwālī, Bandi Chhor Diwas (the Festival of Lights for Dharmic communities) the opening empowerment ceremonies – Dharm…
November 18, 2021
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Students Reflect on the Patriarchal Visit
On Monday, Oct. 25, His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, Archbishop of Constantinople-New Rome and senior hierarch to more than 250 million Orthodox Christians…
November 9, 2021
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A New Normal for Residential Ministry
It’s hard to believe, but after a year and a half where there were only a small fraction of the undergraduate students living on campus, everyone is finally back this. …
September 8, 2021