• Pilgrimages: Sharing Journeys of Faith

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

    Doors open 5:20 PM | Program starts 5:45 PM | Call to prayer: 5:55 PM  Join the Ignatian Interfaith Ministry as we welcome our Muslim brothers & sisters from Peace Islands Institute, NY, for our 7th annual Iftar celebration. Iftar is the breaking of the daily fast during Ramadan. Dinner and fellowship will follow the […]

  • Lent and Sacrifice Through the Coptic Lens

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

    6:30 PM (doors open), 7 PM to 8 PM (discussion and Q&A), 8 PM to 8:30 PM (fellowship and light refreshments) Speakers:  Rev. Dr. Antony Andrews – Virgin Mary and Saint Pachomius Coptic Orthodox Church Fr. Gregory Saroufeem – Pastor, St. Mary and St. Mark Coptic Orthodox Church Join the Ignatian Interfaith Ministry as we explore […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]