Crossing the Line: Finding America in the Borderland

Wallace Hall 980 Park Avenue, New York, NY, United States

Presenter: Author Sarah Towle Sarah Towle, author of Crossing the Line: Finding America in the Borderlands, will be visiting Regis and making a special appearance here at St. Ignatius. Crossing the Line: Finding America in the Borderlands charts Sarah’s journey from outrage to activism to abolition as she exposes, layer by “broken” layer, the global […]

The Immigrant, Radical Notorious Women of Washington Square

Wallace Hall 980 Park Avenue, New York, NY, United States

Speaker: Joyce Gold, Historian, and Lecturer at The New School and New York University For 150 years, Greenwich Village has been home to many of the political, creative, and intellectual movements in New York City's rich history. Its amazing female population accounts for much of that vitality. It has been home to such renowned women […]

Lecture: A Canine Saint? ‘Saint’ Guinefort, Dogs, and Medieval Christians

Wallace Hall 980 Park Avenue, New York, NY, United States

Speaker: Steve Molvarec, S.J., of Boston College Join us as we explore one of the most unusual stories of medieval spirituality. Discover the legend of 'Saint' Guinefort, a greyhound revered as a folk saint by French villagers during the Middle Ages. This lecture, sponsored by The Bollandist Society, delves into the intersection of faith, folklore, and animals, […]

Lectures at St. Ignatius: The Risk of Hope

Wallace Hall 980 Park Avenue, New York, NY, United States

Presenter Fr. Sam Sawyer, S.J. Editor in Chief, America Magazine Hope calls us to more than just optimism about things turning out well. When we take hope seriously, we are also called to take responsibility for what we hope for.

Lecture at St. Ignatius: A Long Way From Home: Homeless LGBTQ Youth, Parental Rejection and God’s Merciful Love

Wallace Hall 980 Park Avenue, New York, NY, United States

Presenter: Mr. Carl Siciliano, Founder of the Ali Forney Center, the nation’s largest and most comprehensive housing program for homeless LGBTQ youth Surely one of the cruelest disparities faced by LGBTQ people is the unequal access too many have teens have to their parents' love and support. Carl will discuss the frequent tethering of parental […]