Events
Current Events
Spring 2025
Friday, January 24
Dinner Roundtable Discussion
hosted by Dan Castillo and family
Discussion topics include: social acceleration, capitalism, friendship, and Pope Francis's
encyclical Fratelli Tutti.
The meal will be provided, however guests are invited to contribute in the meal preparation
to build fellowship.
Location: Baltimore, MD
Time: 4:30pm - 7:00 pm
Please RSVP to Dan Castillo dpcastillo@loyola.edu by January 22 and you will receive the home's address (it is a short walk from the
Evergreen campus/FAC)
Friday, January 31
Dinner Roundtable Discussion
hosted by Dan Castillo and family
Discussion topics include: social acceleration, capitalism, friendship, and Pope Francis's
encyclical Fratelli Tutti.
The meal will be provided, however guests are invited to contribute in the meal preparation
to build fellowship.
Location: Baltimore, MD,
Time: 4:30pm - 7:00 pm
Please RSVP to Dan Castillo dpcastillo@loyola.edu by January 29 and you will receive the home's address (it is a short walk from the
Evergreen campus/FAC)
Wednesday, April 2
Thinking about Earth in a Time of Technocracy: Pope Francis and Teilhard de Chardin
presented by Dr. Lisa Sideris, University of California Santa Barbara
Location: Knott Hall B01
Time: 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm
Thursday, April 10
Campus Ministry Lunch and Learn, focusing on Ethical Purchasing at Loyola
presented by Grace Adams, Catholic Ethical Purchasing Alliance
Location: College Center M107 (behind Starbucks)
Time: 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
RSVP by April 3 by registering on the Bridge
Saturday, May 10
Mark you calendars! There will be a Catholic Studies Mass and Fellowship Dinner on May 10th at 5pm at the home of Frank and Larissa D'Souza. More details to follow!
First Mondays of each month
Monday Mass, Meal and Musing
Gather in the Theology Department Common Area for BYO lunch and discussion. Topics
will vary.
Location: Theology Dept. suite, outside of HU 050
Time: Immediately after daily mass on the first Monday of each month (2nd Monday in
March).
All are welcome to any and all of the events! Also, if you know anyone who may be interested participating in Catholic Studies events or being added to the listserv, have them reach out to this email or me, John Dougherty, directly at jpdougherty1@loyola.edu.
Past Events
2024
Leo Guardado, Assistant Professor of Theology, Fordham University ¡Presente! Archbishop Romero's Challenge to the Politics of Faith in the U.S
Sawyer Allen, A student Catholic Studies grant, Loyola University Maryland. Catholic Bioethics and End of Life Care.
Cecelia Lynch, Professor of Political Science, University of California Irvine, author of Wrestling with God: Ethical Precarity in Christianity and International Relations
J. Matthew Ashley, Professor of Theology, University of Notre Dame, author of Renewing Theology: Ignatian Spirituality and Karl Rahner, Ignacio Ellacuria, and Pope Frances
Alexandra Dodson, Assistant Professor of Art History at Notre Dame of Maryland University.
Mélisande Short-Colomb, direct descendant of families sold by the Society of Jesus in 1838 and has been an anchoring member of the President’s Task Force Examining Loyola’s Connections to Slavery
Elizabeth Gandolfo, Earley Chair of Catholic Studies and Latin American Studies, Wake Forest University, author of Ecomartyrdom in the Americas: Living and Dying for Our Common Home