Forums, Conversations, and Other Events

Upcoming Events

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Steward Leadership and Creation

A retreat offered by the Woodstock Business Conference, and hosted at the Jesuit Center in Wernersville, PA.

Selected Past Events

May 5, 2009, 7:00 p.m., The Church of St. Ignatius Loyola (Wallace Hall), New York, NY

Muslims & Christians: Where Do We Stand? Two Jesuits Speaking from Experience

A Woodstock Forum featuring Daniel Madigan, S.J., and Aloysius Mowe, S.J., at St. Ignatius Loyola Parish in New York.

March 30, 2009, 7:30 p.m., St. Ignatius Church, Baltimore, MD

“Beyond the Headlines: On Not Mistaking History for Destiny”

A talk by Woodstock Visiting Fellow Aloysious Mowe, S.J., as part of the Lenten series on "Christianity and Islam" at St. Ignatius Church in Baltimore. Click here for more details.

March 23, 2009, 7:30 p.m., St. Ignatius Church, Baltimore, MD

“Behind the Headlines: Who Is My Muslim Neighbor?”

A talk by Woodstock Visiting Fellow Aloysious Mowe, S.J., as part of the Lenten series on "Christianity and Islam" at St. Ignatius Church in Baltimore. Click here for more details.

March 16, 2009, 7:30 p.m., St. Ignatius Church, Baltimore, MD

“People of the Word”

A talk by Woodstock Fellow Dan Madigan, S.J., as part of the Lenten series on "Christianity and Islam" at St. Ignatius Church in Baltimore. Click here for more details.

January 21, 2009

Evolution and God: 150 Years after The Origin of Species

A Woodstock Forum featuring John Haught and Kenneth Miller.

Click here to read more about the event and view video from it.

November 19, 2008

Muslims & Christians: Where Do We Stand? Three Jesuits Speaking from Experience

A Woodstock Forum featuring Daniel Madigan, S.J., Aloysius Mowe, S.J., Thomas Michel, S.J., and Ibrahim Kalin.

Click here to watch video from the event and read an account of it.

October 2008

Spirituality for Catholic Women

A Forum sponsored by Woodstock and Fairfield University, featuring a presentation by Dolores Lecky on "Called to Holiness: Grieving with Grace".

Click here to watch video of Dolores Leckey and read her talk.

August 26, 2008

A Reflection on Immigration: Catholic Perspectives

A conference of Woodstock's Theology of Migration project, cosponsored by the Catholic Legal Immigration Network (CLINIC) and Fairfield University's Center for Faith and Public Life.

Click here to watch video of Elena Segura, Daniel Groody, CSC, and other featured speakers, and read an account of the event.

April 23, 2008

Values Inside the Issues: Religious Voices on Health Care

A Woodstock Forum featuring Kevin FitzGerald, S.J., John Langan, S.J., Dr. Edmund Pellegrino, Rabbi David Saperstein, and Dr. Zubair Saeed.

Click here to watch video from the event and read an account of it.

April 16, 2008

Engaging People and Cultures... How the Jesuits Got So Worldly

Woodstock's annual Riggs Dinner talk by John W. O Malley, S.J.

Click here to read Father O'Malley's presentation.

April 7, 2008

The Future of Catholic Peacebuilding

A Forum sponsored by Woodstock; Georgetown University's Berkley Center and MA Program in Conflict Resolution; The Catholic University of America's President's Office, Life Cycle Institute, and Center for International Social Development; and the Washington Theological Union's Center for Ministry and Public Life.

Click here to read an account of the event.

April 3, 2008

Personal Faith & Public Life: Incorporating Faith into a Career -- An Open Interreligious Conversation for Georgetown University Students

A conversation with GU students organized by John Borelli and Woodstock's Interreligious Dialogue on Education project, and featuring Gordon Bermant, Zahid Bukhari, Ron Mahurin, and Michael Timpane.

Click here to learn more about the speakers.

February 25, 2008

"Faithful Citizenship" and the 2008 Election

A Woodstock Forum featuring Tom Reese, S.J., Amb. Thomas Melady, and John Kelly.

Click here to read an account of the event.

October 4, 2007

The Faith that Does Justice in a Pluralistic World: Facing the Challenges & Imagining the Future

A Woodstock Forum featuring John Haughey, S.J., Jonathan Strum, Ayse Kadayifci-Orellana, and Clark Lobenstine, and co-sponsored by Georgetown University's Center for Social Justice Research, Teaching and Service.

Click here to read an account of the event.

February 6, 2007

Young Adult Catholics: Believing, Belonging, Serving

This event, organized by Rev. Raymond Kemp, included a student panel on "Stories of Faith: Georgetown Students & Young Alumni", featuring Jeffrey Brown, Carrie Gladstone, Pati Notario, Rob O'Rourke, Chris Paulus, and Aileen Tejeda; and a panel of experts speaking on "How Young Adult Catholics Live Their Faith", featuring James Davidson, Catherine Heinhold, Dean Hoge, and Carroll Ann Kemp, SNJM.

Click here to read a brief article about the event and a more detailed paper presenting the speakers' insights.