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Observer Staff Report | Friday, September 9, 2016
The Division for Mission at Saint Mary’s recently welcomed Arlene Montevecchio as the new director of the Center for Spirituality. According to a College press release, Montevecchio earned a bachelor’s degree in religious studies from St. Norbert College, a master’s degree in theological studies from Harvard Divinity School and is currently pursuing her Ph.D. in systemic theology from
Haleigh Ehmsen | Friday, April 17, 2015
Saint Mary’s Director of the Center for Spirituality Elizabeth Groppe introduced the 30th annual Madeleva Lecture, created in honor of former president of Saint Mary’s Sister Madeleva Wolff, on Thursday. The lecture included many speakers, all looking specifically at the Voice of Young Catholic Women project that began at Saint Mary’s in August 2014. According to
Nicole Caratas | Thursday, February 26, 2015
Saint Mary’s screened the documentary “To Light a Candle” on Wednesday to help launch the “Education Is Not a Crime” campaign. The Center for Women’s Intercultural Leadership (CWIL), the Center for Spirituality, the Religious Studies Department and Campus Ministry sponsored the screening. The Iranian government makes it difficult for members of the Baha’i community to receive an education,
Kelly Konya | Tuesday, February 3, 2015
The Center for Spirituality (CFS) at Saint Mary’s announced its spring 2015 lecture series entitled “Saint Teresa of Avila: Carmelite Mystic and Doctor of the Church.” The series will include two talks and one panel discussion, marking the 500th anniversary of Saint Teresa’s birth. According to a press release, the Saint Mary’s College Annual Endowed Lecture Series Fund will sponsor the
Kelly Konya | Friday, December 5, 2014
Pope Francis asked, and Saint Mary’s delivered — literally. In the fall of 2013, 10 Saint Mary’s students, the Office of Campus Ministry and the Center for Spirituality (CFS) came together to discuss ways in which the Catholic Church could better reach young women around the world. Together, the group came to one conclusion: write to
Kathryn Marshall | Thursday, October 30, 2014
Notre Dame theology professor Celia Deane-Drummond examined the connection between theology and biology Thursday evening in her lecture “Tracing Common Ground in Biology and Theology: Caritas and the Drama of Kinship” as part of Saint Mary’s College theology lecture series, hosted by the Center for Spirituality. Deane-Drummond, who holds doctoral degrees in both plant physiology and theology, strove
Alaina Anderson and Veronica Darling | Thursday, September 18, 2014
Thursday night, Saint Mary’s Center for Spirituality launched “Unitas, Veritas, Caritas: Catholicism and the Liberal Arts and Sciences” fall lecture series. The series will probe the relationship between faith and reason across several academic disciplines, including economics, nursing and biology. “The series will provide students with an opportunity to engage in conversation with women of extraordinary intellectual
Tabitha Ricketts | Tuesday, September 16, 2014
Saint Mary’s College Center for Spirituality introduced a program Monday called “Voices of Young Catholic Women” that gives young women a chance to express their perspectives on Catholicism in writing — and for those letters to be hand delivered to Pope Francis later this year. The program, which began accepting submissions Monday, will continue to do so until
Macaila DeMario | Friday, April 11, 2014
This week’s exploratory spirituality session, Spirituality Monday, took place Thursday and examined faith in the context of aging populations. Senior biology major Haley Koth shared her senior composition project research findings at the Saint Mary’s Center for Spirituality-sponsored meeting. While religion is, “the active expressing of spiritual beliefs through traditions in an organized faith community,”
Kelly Konya | Thursday, April 10, 2014
The Saint Mary’s Center for Spirituality recently announced that Christine Firer Hinze will speak at the 29th annual Madeleva Lecture, which will occur April 24 in Carroll Auditorium. According to a press release from director of media relations Gwen O’Brien, Hinze is a professor of theology and director of the Francis and Ann Curran Center