News for and about University of Portland faculty and staff.
Garaventa Center co-directors Karen Eifler and Fr. Charlie Gordon, C.S.C., will celebrate 10 years of their Bringing Eyes of Faith to Film series with a free showing of Groundhog Day at 7:15 p.m. on Tuesday, February 19, in Shiley Hall room 301. Enjoy themed movie snacks as Eifler and Fr. Charlie unpack surprising themes of grace and transcendence in this comedic classic.
For ADA accommodations or more information: x7702 or up.edu/garaventa/events.
Join Garaventa Center co-directors Karen Eifler and Fr. Charlie Gordon, C.S.C., as they team up with Shannon Mayer, physics, and Jim Baillie, philosophy, to unpack surprising themes of grace and transcendence in the movie “Arrival.” The screening is on Wednesday, February 21, at 7:15 p.m., in Shiley Hall room 319. Free and open to all; thematic movie snacks will be served.
For ADA accommodations or more information contact the Garaventa Center at x7702 or garaventa@up.edu.
Karen Eifler and Fr. Charlie Gordon, C.S.C., of the Garaventa Center will host a free screening and discussion of the movie “Mad Max: Fury Road,” as part of the Bringing Eyes of Faith to Film series on Thursday, April 7, at 7:15 p.m., in Franz Hall Room 026. All are welcome to explore themes of grace, transcendence, and redemption in surprising places. Movie snacks will be served.
For ADA accommodations or more information contact the Garaventa Center at x7702 or garaventa@up.edu.
The next Bringing Eyes of Faith to Film screening will take place on Wednesday, February 17, with a free screening of Disney Pixar’s “Inside Out” at 7:15 p.m. in Romanaggi Hall Room 203. All are welcome to this free event, with movie snacks provided. Garaventa Center co-directors Karen Eifler and Rev. Charlie Gordon, C.S.C., will explore themes of grace, redemption, and transcendence in surprising places.
For ADA accommodations or more information contact the Garaventa Center at 7702 or garaventa@up.edu.
All faculty, staff, students, and the public are invited to the annual Halloween season zombie edition of Bringing Eyes of Faith to Film on Wednesday, October 28, at 7:15 p.m., in Franz Hall Room 120. This year’s feature is “Warm Bodies,” and Karen Eifler and Fr. Charlie Gordon of the Garaventa Center will precede the free screening by helping break open themes of grace, redemption, and transcendence in surprising places. Move-themed snacks will be provided.
For more information, contact the Garaventa Center at 7702 or garaventa@up.edu.
The Bringing Eyes of Faith to Film series will feature a free screening of “DamNation,” a SXSW prize winning eco-issue documentary sponsored by clothing company Patagonia. Fr. Charlie Gordon, C.S.C., and Karen Eifler, Garaventa Center, will lead a discussion of Pope Francis’s compelling encyclical Laudato Si on humans’ responsibility to the environment prior to the screening on Wednesday, October 14, at 7:15 p.m., in Franz Hall room 120. The even is free and open to faculty, staff, students, and the public, and movie snacks will be provided.
For more information contact the Garaventa Center at 7702 or garaventa@up.edu.
On Wednesday evening, March 18, Garaventa Center co-directors Karen Eifler and Fr. Charlie Gordon, C.S.C., will host Bringing Eyes of Faith to Film, with themes of grace and transcendence highlighted in the popular movie “Guardians of the Galaxy.” The event, which is free and open to all, begins at 7:15 p.m. in Franz Hall room 214, and movie snacks will be provided. For more information contact Eifler at eifler@up.edu.
The Bringing Eyes of Faith to Film Series will present “The Lego Movie” on Tuesday, Feb. 3 at 7:15 p.m., in Franz Hall room 223. Enjoy movie snacks and hear Karen Eifler and Fr. Charlie Gordon, C.S.C., use the series to illuminate unexpected themes of grace and transcendence in popular contemporary movies. For further information, please contact Karen Eifler at eifler@up.edu or 8014.
The Bringing Eyes of Faith to Film Series will present “Thor: The Dark World” on Tuesday, March 25, at 7:15 p.m., in Franz Hall room 006. Hosts Karen Eifler and Fr. Charlie Gordon, C.S.C. use the series to illuminate unexpected themes of grace and redemption in popular contemporary movies. In “Thor: The Dark World,” when Jane Foster is possessed by a great power, Thor must protect her from a new threat of old times: the Dark Elves. Free, public welcome, movie snacks provided. For more information contact the Garaventa Center at 7702 or powell@up.edu.
The next Bringing Eyes of Faith to Film movie will be “Argo” on Wednesday, November 20, beginning at 7:15 p.m., in Shiley Hall room 319. The screening is free and open to all; movie-themed snacks will be provided. In this popular series, hosts Karen Eifler and Fr. Charlie Gordon, C.S.C., illuminate unexpected themes of grace and redemption in popular contemporary movies. In the 2012 film “Argo,” based on a declassified true story, a CIA agent acts under the cover of a Hollywood producer scouting a location for a science fiction movie in an attempt to rescue six Americans in Tehran during the U.S. hostage crisis in Iran in 1980. “Argo” won the 2012 Academy Award for Best Picture. For more information contact the Garaventa Center at 7702 or powell@up.edu.