Patrick Samway, S.J. and the Haitian Community from Our Lady of the Blessed Sacrament in West Philadelphia will join the 11 a.m. Mass community for a special celebration of the Eucharist. Readings, music, and prayers will be in French, Creole, and English. You are most welcome to celebrate this special liturgy with us.
’78, Founder and Managing Partner of The Roseview Group. Appetizers provided, cash bar available.
’78, Founder and Managing Partner of The Roseview Group.
The Faith-Justice Institute Outreach Lecture Series presents a lecture by Thomas Sugrue, Ph.D. Dr. Sugrue specializes in twentieth-century American politics, urban history civil rights and race. Co-sponsored by Office of Institutional Diversity, Department of Sociology, Department of History, Office of Multicultural Life
A presentation by Amy-Jill Levine, professor of New Testament Studies at Vanderbilt University Divinity School, Department of Religious Studies, and Graduate Department of Religion. She will discuss her recent book, "The Misunderstood Jew: The Church and the Scandal of the Jewish Jesus," in which she explores how Christians often misunderstand Judaism in general, and the New Testament in particular, with the result that Jesus is torn out of his Jewish context. Likewise she criticizes Jews for having a willful ignorance of Jesus and his message, thereby promoting misunderstandings of their Christian neighbors.
Dr. Catherine Conybeare, director of the Graduate Group in Archaeology, Classics, and History of Art at Bryn Mawr College, presents the annual Raymond S. Schmandt Lecture.
The Law Alumni Chapter will present the Brother Bartholomew A. Sheehan, S.J. ’27 and Honorable Francis X. McClanaghan ’27 Awards, respectively, on November 19. The Sheehan Award honors an alum for steadfast loyalty and dedication to Saint Joseph’s University, while the McClanaghan Award is presented to an alumnus in honor of his accomplishments in the field of law, as well as the pride and distinction he has brought to SJU throughout a distinguished career.
For any student who has lost a loved one recently or in the past.