Lectures at St. Ignatius: John F. Kennedy, The Houston Speech, and Catholic Citizenship

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

PRESENTER: Mark Massa, S.J., Director of the Boisi Center for Religion and American Public Life and Professor of Theology at Boston College John F. Kennedy’s ‘Houston Speech’ before 300 Protestant clergymen in 1960 supposedly won him the presidency. Was that good news for the Catholic presidential candidates who came after him? About the Presenter Mark […]

Lecture | Fulfilling America’s Promise: Delivering on FDR’s Vision of Freedom From Want

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

PRESENTER: Anne Williams-Isom, New York City Deputy Mayor for Health and Human Services This lecture will discuss the foundations, challenges, opportunities, and lessons for leaders as America works to deliver on FDR’s “Freedom from Want.” Deputy Mayor Williams-Isom will delve into areas including poverty, equity issues, the ongoing asylum humanitarian crisis, and how we, as […]

Panel Discussion | Loneliness and Social Isolation: Mental Health Issues of the Different Stages of the Life Cycle

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

PANELISTS Colleen Cullen, PsyD Executive Director of the Faculty Practice Organization, Columbia University Medical Center Associate Professor of Medical Psychology Erin Engle, PsyD Clinical Director of the Psychiatry Specialty Clinics, Columbia University Medical Center Associate Professor of Medical Psychology Elizabeth Fitelson, MD Clinical Director of the Psychiatry Specialty Clinics, Columbia University Medical Center Associate Professor […]

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, […]