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  • Book Launch | Work in Progress: Confessions of a Busboy, Dishwasher, Caddy, Usher, Factory Worker, Bank Teller, Corporate Tool, and Priest by Fr. James Martin, S.J.

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

    Join us for the book launch of Fr. James Martin's newest book, Work in Progress. Work in Progress is a coming-of-age memoir set in the 1960s and 1970s, tracing Father Martin’s early years as he stumbles—often unprepared—into a series of jobs he never imagined himself doing. From restaurant kitchens to golf courses to factory floors, […]

  • When Ignatius Was Young: a 4-Month Retreat for Young Adults Based on the Spiritual Exercises of Ignatius of Loyola

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

    Facilitators: Fr. Jonathan Pennacchia, S.J., and Roxanne De La Torre, Pastoral Associate The William J. Bergen, S.J., Office of Ignatian Spirituality & Faith Formation, in partnership with the UEA Jesuit Province's Ignatian Young Adult Ministries, invites all those in their 20s & 30s to consider registering for "When Ignatius Was Young: a 4-Month Retreat for […]

  • Walking Together: An Eyewitness Account of Pope Francis’s Legacy of Synodality and the Renewal and Reform of the Church

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

    Presenter: Rev. A.E. Orobator, S.J., Dean, Jesuit School of Theology of Santa Clara University Pope Francis believed that “it is precisely this path of synodality which God expects of the Church of the third millennium.” As a participant in the Synod on Synodality (2021-2024), Rev. Orobator will offer an eyewitness account of the gifts and […]

  • Lecture | Walking Together: An Eyewitness Account of Pope Francis’s Legacy of Synodality and the Renewal and Reform of the Church

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

    Presenter: Rev. A.E. Orobator, S.J., Dean, Jesuit School of Theology of Santa Clara University Pope Francis believed that “it is precisely this path of synodality which God expects of the Church of the third millennium.” As a participant in the Synod on Synodality (2021-2024), Rev. Orobator will offer an eyewitness account of the gifts and […]

  • Lecture | George Washington and Abraham Lincoln: Character, Image, Leadership, and Personality 

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

    Circle of Friends welcomes back Helen Lee, our November 2025 lecturer, for its February program celebrating Presidents’ Day. The program will explore the two presidents honored in February—George Washington and Abraham Lincoln—examining their character, leadership, personality, and public image as expressed through art, writings, and photography. George Washington’s image was carefully shaped not only by […]

  • The Spiritual Exercises as a School for Cultivating a Sacramental Imagination

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

    Presenter: Fr. Kevin O'Brien, S.J. Fr. Kevin O'Brien, S.J., author of the bestselling books The Ignatian Adventure and Seeing with the Heart, will explore how Ignatius' Spiritual Exercises can help us "find God in all things" through the development of a sacramental imagination. He will suggest how such an approach to living, loving, and serving […]