Catholic Social Thought Events at USD
The University of San Diego is a thriving campus with a busy events calendar. Here are some of the events we hold that relate to Catholic Social Thought Principles we hope you will join us at.
March 2009
April 2009
May 2009
June 2009
Every Wednesday - Mass for Peace
Join the University community in celebrating mass and praying for peace every week while classes are in session.
Organizer: Mission & Ministry
Time: 9 p.m.
Location: Founders Chapel in Founders Hall
For further information, contact University Ministry at 619-260-4735 or by e-mail at universityministry@sandiego.edu
March 3 - The Prodigal Son in Art with Ann Hoehn
The prodigal son of Luke’s gospel is one of the most powerful images of God’s love and mercy. Guided by art historian Ann Hoehn, we will explore this story through its various artistic depictions.
Organizer: Center for Christian Spirituality
Time: 7-8:30 p.m.
Location: Saloman Hall, Bishop Maher Hall
Cost: With pre-registration $10; $15 at the door. Students free with ID. Faculty/Staff are half-price.
For further information, contact the Center at 619-260-4784 or by e-mail at ccs@sandiego.eduRelated Catholic Social Thought Principles:
Dignity; Participation; Solidarity
March 6-12 - Tijuana Spring Breakthrough
Spend your spring break doing something meaningful! The Tijuana Spring Breakthrough is an extended encounter with the people of Tijuana. Through service activities, cultural experiences, and educational workshops, USD students learn about the city located less than 25 miles south of campus. Migration, global economics, trade, sustainability, poverty, and community development will be considered while engaging in a variety of service projects.
Organizer: University Ministry, Romero Center
For further information, contact the Center at x4897 or by e-mail at romerocenter@gmail.comRelated Catholic Social Thought Principles:
Dignity; Participation; Rights; Option; Work; Solidarity
March 7-13 - West Virginia Service Trip
Appalachia is one of the most impoverished regions of the United States and very often overlooked, even forgotten. Many of the people who live in the area are faced with acute difficulties related to lack of education, health care, and other vital services and resources. Many of them rely on the fading coal-mining industry which requires work that is incredibly dangerous and which involves serious long term health risks.
The USD group will spend time on a farm in a retreat-like setting considering the reality of the region as well as reflecting on the relationships they develop with the residents of the area.
Organizer: University Ministry, Romero Center
For further information, contact the Center at x4897 or by e-mail at romerocenter@gmail.comRelated Catholic Social Thought Principles:
Dignity; Participation; Rights; Option; Work; Solidarity
March 20 – Burma Benefit Concert
A concert will be held involving USD musicians to raise funds and awareness about the current political situation in Burma.
Organizer: STAND
Time: 6-8 p.m.
Location: outside Aroma’s on the west side of Maher Hall
For further information, please contact USD STAND by e-mail at standusd@gmail.comRelated Catholic Social Thought Principles:
Dignity; Participation; Option; Solidarity
March 25 – Armed Conflict: The Cost to Civilians
Ambassador Eliasson will discuss the effect of armed conflict on civilians, including refugees and internally-displaced persons, as well as ways to protect civilians.
Mr. Eliasson’s distinguished diplomatic career began with posts at Swedish Embassies around the world. He later served as the Diplomatic Adviser to the Swedish Prime Minister and as Director General for Political Affairs in the Swedish Ministry for Foreign Affairs. In 1992, Mr. Eliasson was appointed the first United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and was involved in operations in Somalia, Sudan, Mozambique and the Balkans. He also took initiatives on landmines, conflict prevention and humanitarian action. Mr. Eliasson was part of the UN mediation missions in the war between Iran and Iraq from 1988-1992 and served as Special Envoy of the United Nations Secretary-General for Darfur from 2006-2008.
Organizer: Joan B. Kroc Institute for Peace & Justice
Time: 7 p.m.
Location: Peace & Justice Theatre, Kroc Institute for Peace & Justice
RSVP: by March 18
For further information, please contact the Institute at 619-260-7570 or by e-mail at ipj@sandiego.eduRelated Catholic Social Thought Principles:
Dignity; Solidarity
March 26 - Biblical Foundations of Spirituality: Touching a Finger to the Flame
Award winning author Barbara Bowe, professor of Biblical Studies at the Catholic Theological Union in Chicago, will explore the rich spirituality and wisdom of Scripture where the deep questions of life and death and love and ultimate meaning are addressed.
Organizer: Center for Christian Spirituality
Time: 7-8:30 p.m.
Location: Saloman Hall, Bishop Maher Hall
Cost: With pre-registration $10; $15 at the door. Students free with ID. Faculty/Staff are half-price.
For further information, contact the Center at 619-260-4784 or by e-mail at ccs@sandiego.eduRelated Catholic Social Thought Principles:
Dignity
March 27 - Dei Verbum
Barbara Bowe, RSCJ, will speak about Dei Verbum (Vatican II Dogmatic Constitution on Divine Revelation) and the 2008 Synod of Bishops on “The Word of God in the Life and Mission of the Church.” Wine and cheese reception is included.
Organizers: Center for Christian Spirituality, Center for Catholic Thought and Culture, and Copley Library
Time: 3:30-5 p.m.
Location: Mother Rosalie Hill Reading Room, Copley Library
For further information, contact the Center for Christian Spirituality at 619-260-4784 or by e-mail at ccs@sandiego.eduRelated Catholic Social Thought Principles:
Dignity
March 29 - Life Directions Retreat for Young Adults
This day-long retreat is for women and men in their 20s and 30s who are facing major choices in their lives and who want help with discerning the next steps. The day will include input, sharing, quiet prayer, reflection, and food!
Organizers: Center for Christian Spirituality and the Religious of the Sacred Heart
Time: 10 a.m.-4 p.m.
Location: Saloman Hall, Bishop Maher Hall
Cost: $20 (lunch included); pre-registration required
For further information, contact the Center at 619-260-4784 or by e-mail at ccs@sandiego.eduRelated Catholic Social Thought Principles:
Dignity; Participation; Rights
March 29 – Walk for Darfur
The purpose of the 2nd San Diego Walk for Darfur is to bring together people from the San Diego Community to show their solidarity for the people of Darfur, to use our collective voice to help stop this genocide and to raise funds for a humanitarian project that American Jewish World Service is involved with in Darfur. Funds we raise will help to support several projects in Internally Displaced Camps in Darfur that work with women and children, all victims of trauma, in a variety of educational, psychological and social programs.
Organizer: STAND
Time: 6-8 p.m.
Location: De Anza Cove, Mission Bay Park
For further information about the walk, please visit www.sandiegowalkfordarfur.org
For further information about STAND, please contact them by e-mail at standusd@gmail.comRelated Catholic Social Thought Principles:
Dignity; Solidarity
March 30-April 3 - L.I.F.E. (Living is for Everyone) Week
Each spring Students for Life hosts a week of interactive activities and educational programs designed to call attention to major life issues such as human trafficking, HIV/AIDS, genocide, abortion, immigration, and poverty. During each day of LIFE Week service opportunities, displays, prayer experiences, and opportunities for discussion center on a different life issue. The goal is to provide a forum for the education of our campus community on all facets and stages of human life, as well as to foster an increased respect for the dignity of all life. Additionally, LIFE Week suggest ways of taking action on the various issues.
Organizer: Students for Life
For further information, contact Mary Kruer at x5903 or by e-mail at kruerm@@sandiego.eduRelated Catholic Social Thought Principles:
Dignity; Participation; Solidarity
Every Wednesday - Mass for Peace
Join the University community in celebrating mass and praying for peace every week while classes are in session.
Organizer: Mission & Ministry
Time: 9 p.m.
Location: Founders Chapel in Founders Hall
For further information, contact University Ministry at 619-260-4735 or by e-mail at universityministry@sandiego.edu
March 30-April 3 - L.I.F.E. (Living is for Everyone) Week
Each spring Students for Life hosts a week of interactive activities and educational programs designed to call attention to major life issues such as human trafficking, HIV/AIDS, genocide, abortion, immigration, and poverty. During each day of LIFE Week service opportunities, displays, prayer experiences, and opportunities for discussion center on a different life issue. The goal is to provide a forum for the education of our campus community on all facets and stages of human life, as well as to foster an increased respect for the dignity of all life. Additionally, LIFE Week suggest ways of taking action on the various issues.
Organizer: Students for Life
For further information, contact Mary Kruer at x5903 or by e-mail at kruerm@@sandiego.eduRelated Catholic Social Thought Principles:
Dignity; Participation; Solidarity
April 4 – Geography as a Metaphor for the Spiritual Life
Barbara Quinn, RSCJ
Desert, mountain, valley, sea, city – landscape speaks to us of our soul’s journey. These elemental vistas invite us to remember and relive our experience of God. Travel the rich San Diego terrain and, through Scripture and reflection, encounter the terrain of your spiritual life. Includes field trip to desert, mountains, and ocean.
Organizer: Center for Christian Spirituality
Time: 8 a.m. – 6 p.m.
Location: Salomon Hall, Bishop Maher Hall
Cost: $35; pre-registration required.
For further information, please contact the Center at 619-260-4735 or by e-mail at ccs@sandiego.eduRelated Catholic Social Thought Principles:
Creation
April 6 – Rhythms to Peace
Première of the new Women PeaceMakers Documentary film, produced by Sun & Moon Vision Productions, featuring Cameroonian Woman PeaceMaker Susan Tenjoh-Okwen. This documentary traces Tenjoh-Okwen’s personal story of peacemaking, courage and hope. The screening will be accompanied by a panel discussion and question and answer session with the filmmakers and special guests.
Organizer: Joan B. Kroc Institute for Peace & Justice
Time: 7 p.m.
Location: Peace & Justice Theatre, Joan B. Kroc Institute for Peace & Justice
RSVP: by April 1
For further information about the filmmakers please visit: www.sunandmoonvision.org
For further information about the screening, please contact the Institute at 619-260-7570 or by e-mail at ipj@sandiego.eduRelated Catholic Social Thought Principles:
Dignity; Solidarity
April 15-16 – Migration, Religion, and National Identity
A major international conference to consider the connections between migration, religious experience, and national identification. Bringing together nationally renowned scholars and religious leaders from the United States and abroad, this conference will provide a unique opportunity to examine migration, religion, and national identity in historical and comparative perspective, as well as the efforts of different faith communities to grapple with the challenges of contemporary immigration and assimilation.
Organizer: Trans-Border Institute
Time: Wednesday, April 15 6 p.m. - Thursday, April 16 5:30 p.m.
Location: Peace & Justice Theatre, Joan B. Kroc Institute for Peace and Justice
Registration is required. Conference is free and open to the public but attendance to the keynote luncheon with Archbishop Rafael Romo Muñoz requires payment prior to the event date.
For further information, please visit the conference website: http://www.sandiego.edu/tbi/events/mrni.phpRelated Catholic Social Thought Principles:
Dignity; Participation; Rights; Option; Work; Solidarity
April 20 – The Greatest Silence
From the filmmakers: “Since 1998 a brutal war has been raging in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Over 4 million people have died. And there are the uncountable casualties: the many tens of thousands of women and girls who have been systematically kidnapped, raped, mutilated and tortured by soldiers from both foreign militias and the Congolese army.
The world knows nothing of these women. Their stories have never been told. They suffer and die in silence. In The Greatest Silence these brave women finally speak.”
Organizer: STAND
Time: 6-8 p.m.
Location: Peace & Justice Theatre, Joan B. Kroc Institute for Peace & Justice
For further information about the movie, please visit: www.thegreatestsilence.org
For further information about the screening, please contact USD STAND by e-mail at standusd@gmail.comRelated Catholic Social Thought Principles:
Dignity; Solidarity
April 23 – Saint Paul’s “Grand Finale:” The Letter to the Romans
Rev. Jack Lindquist
Writing from Corinth about AD 57, having finished all of his work in the Eastern Mediterranean, the great “Apostle to the Gentiles” now sums up his entire message and ministry for the church in Rome, the “Capital of the World,” which he hopes to visit and from whom he seeks support on a missionary journey all the way west to Spain!
Organizer: Center for Christian Spirituality
Time: 7 – 8:30 p.m.
Location: Salomon Hall, Bishop Maher Hall, USD
Cost: Pre-registration $10; $15 at the door. Students free w/ ID. Faculty/Staff are half-price.
For further information, please contact the Center at 619-260-4735 or by e-mail at ccs@sandiego.eduRelated Catholic Social Thought Principles:
Solidarity
Every Wednesday - Mass for Peace
Join the University community in celebrating mass and praying for peace every week while classes are in session.
Organizer: Mission & Ministry
Time: 9 p.m.
Location: Founders Chapel in Founders Hall
For further information, contact University Ministry at 619-260-4735 or by e-mail at universityministry@sandiego.edu
May 1, 8 – Law and Spirituality Seminars
Join with other local attorneys to explore the connections between the practice of law and spirituality. Input, case studies, personal sharing and suggestions for spiritual practices will guide the discussions.
Organizers: Center for Christian Spirituality, USD School of Law
When: Fridays, May 1 and 8, 2009; 1-5 p.m.
Location: Kroc Institute for Peace & Justice, Room G
Cost: $100 per afternoon
For further information, please contact the Center at 619-260-4784 or by e-mail at ccs@sandiego.eduRelated Catholic Social Thought Principles:
Participation; Work
May 7 - Microfinance Summit
The conference will highlight the local and international work of San Diego’s microfinance organizations.
Organizers: ACCIÓN San Diego, CDC Small Business Finance, Foundation for Women, Grameen Foundation, International Rescue Committee, Opportunity International, the Center for International Development at Point Loma Nazarene University, Project Concern International, the School of International Relations and Pacific Studies at the University of California, San Diego and the Ahlers Center for International Business at the University of San Diego
When: 8:30 a.m. - 2 p.m.
Location: Joan B. Kroc Institute for Peace and Justice
Cost: $25 for the public, $10 for students
For further information, please contact info@sdmicrofinancesummit.org
June 24-27 – Border Immersion Program
The San Diego/Tijuana border offers an opportunity to experience our international reality with its rich diversity and unique challenges. The immersion program will include input, site visits on both sides of the border*, reflection on spiritual and theological themes evoked by border realities, and group reflection on the impact and implications of the experience.
Organizer: Center for Christian Spirituality
Time: Wednesday, June 24, 5 p.m. - Saturday, June 27, 6 p.m.
Cost: $350 single room; $300 double room, per person; $125 for commuters; USD faculty and staff half-price.
For further information, please contact the Center at 619-260-4784 or by e-mail at ccs@sandiego.edu
Details: Limit 12 persons. Please register by May 29, 2009.
*Passports Required.Related Catholic Social Thought Principles:
Dignity; Participation; Option; Work; Solidarity; Creation
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