Christ conquered death and trusted the first news of that stunning feat to his friend Mary of Magdala. This 15-minute online version of Visio Divina offers you a chance to contemplate the story of the first Easter morning, with Scripture, sacred image from UP’s Saint John’s Bible, and prayerful music.
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“Cosmology, Catholicity, & Consciousness” with Sr. Ilia Delio, OSF
Presenting this week’s brain food-packed podcast from the Garaventa Center vault: “Cosmology, Catholicity & Consciousness: Why Wholeness Matters” by brilliant polymath Sr. Ilia Delio, OSF. Taking her cue from Laudato Si’, Sr. Delio explores a new understanding of catholicity today by drawing on insights from quantum physics, neuroscience and evolutionary biology and the nascence of […]
Lenten Visio Divina: The Online Version
As Holy Week gets underway, pause for 15 minutes of contemplative prayer right at your computer with Scripture, quiet harp music, and sacred images in this online version of Visio Divina, focused on The Crucifixion. This ancient form of prayer requires only your attentive presence. Brought to you by the Garaventa Center and Campus Ministry.
The Easter Triduum: Did You Know?
Did you know about the Triduum? As the Christian community enters into the final week of preparation for Easter Sunday, a week often called Holy Week, members of the Catholic community will begin to start talking about something called Triduum. Taken from a Latin root that mean “three days,” it is a period of time […]
St. Joseph, An Extraordinary Man: Did You Know?
Did you know about St. Joseph? You only get a vague image of this extraordinary person in the New Testament. This unusual man, Joseph believes in the Incarnation, God becoming human, long before any theologian taught about this. He trusts that something special is happening in Mary, his betrothed, becoming pregnant with Jesus. As you […]
“Hold Fast to Love and Justice” with Bernadette Farrell Postponed
Please take note: the March 21 concert with liturgical composer Bernadette Farrell has been postponed until next academic year. For more information contact the Garaventa Center at garaventa@up.edu or x7702.
RESCHEDULED: “Reading the Bible Disruptively” with Susanne Scholz
Please mark your calendars! The lecture by Susanne Scholz, “Reading the Bible Disruptively for Gender Justice in an Authoritarian Age,” originally scheduled for March 18, has been rescheduled to Wednesday, September 30, 2020. For more information contact the Garaventa Center at garaventa@up.edu or x7702.
“The Dragon” Pre-Play Panel, March 14
All ticket holders to the Saturday, March 14 performance of The Dragon are invited to a complimentary wine, cheese, and dessert reception before the show as a panel of campus experts highlight what to look and listen for. Reception begins at 6:15 p.m., panel at 6:45 p.m., and the play at 7:30 p.m. in Mago […]
“Reading the Bible Disruptively” with Susanne Scholz, March 18
On Wednesday, March 18, scholar and author Susanne Scholz will present “Reading the Bible Disruptively for Gender Justice in an Authoritarian Age,” at 7:15 p.m., in Bauccio Commons. Scholz will ask whether gendered Bible readings constitute viable intellectual alternatives to transform contemporary structures of domination. Scholz serves as professor of Old Testament at Perkins School […]
Poetry Reading with GC Waldrep, March 12
Celebrated poet GC Waldrep will read select passages from his work and unpack connections between his faith and his art on Thursday, March 12, at 7:15 p.m., in the Brian Doyle Auditorium (DB 004). GC Waldrep is the author most recently of feast gently (2018), winner of the 2019 William Carlos Williams Award from the Poetry Society […]