Archive: Immersion

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Reflections

Building Trust, Friendship, and Respect: A Student’s Reflection on the Inaugural Encounter Program

By Raha Murtuza (SFS’28) Coming into the Encounter pre-orientation program, I was riddled with anxiety. The anticipation of starting a whole new life at university was…

October 8, 2024

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Finding Community Through ESCAPE

Dajour Evans is a sophomore in the College and an ESCAPE leader. The Dajour from this time last year had it more together than I do right now. At that point in my life, I was a…

November 20, 2017

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Red Cloud High School Teams with Georgetown Prep and Georgetown University, Advocating to Reroute the Dakota Access Pipeline

Last month, the first-ever delegation from Red Cloud High School attended the Ignatian Family Teach-In for Justice in Washington, D.C. While there, four students from the Jesuit…

December 8, 2016

Reflections

My Penultimate Jewish Life Retreat

The semi-annual Jewish retreat is always an event I look forward to. Georgetown often gets a bit too hectic, and disconnecting from it for 28 hours is a great way of stopping to…

December 8, 2016

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Every gift for ESCAPE will be doubled this year

Every gift for ESCAPE will be matched dollar for dollar this year.  Please give today to help enhance this important campus ministry program for freshmen and transfer students.…

December 7, 2016

Reflections

A Safe Space for Women in Faith

Now, perhaps more now than ever, it is so important for the university to provide safe spaces for students to discern and reflect. Interfaith dialogue is essential, and the…

November 29, 2016

Reflections

World Youth Day 2016: A Pilgrimage to Peace

Since arriving in Kraków, Poland, I have struggled to describe the experience I had while in JPII and St. Faustina’s great city. Back stateside, I always answer, “Poland was…

September 19, 2016

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Reflection on the Buddhist Life Retreat

I didn’t know what to expect going to a Buddhist Meditation retreat. All I knew was that it was at the Calcagnini Center in Bluemont, VA and that’s all I needed to sign up.…

July 27, 2016

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My Choice for Spring Break: Faith & Politics

A few of my fellow Georgetown students and I participated in the Faith, Policy, and Politics Alternative Break Program through Georgetown University’s Center for Social. …

July 26, 2016

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GUB4C Fishbowl Experience

Is there a right way to worship? Am I the only one that struggles with my religious identity? Does anyone else have problems navigating college and faith? What does he/she think…

July 26, 2016