Ticket holders for Pride and Prejudice – A Devised Adaptation are invited to enjoy a complimentary small bites reception and an expert pre-show panel discussion courtesy of the Garaventa Center. (Read More)
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Lenten Visio Divina (Apr. 16)
Join us for a contemplative prayer practice using a sacred image from The Saint John’s Bible directly following the noon Mass. (Read More)
Thirst Friday (Apr. 25)
All faculty and staff are invited to come celebrate as we near the finish line of the spring semester. Enjoy laughter, libations, small bites and great conversations at this Garaventa Center casual, no agenda social favorite! Bring someone who’s never been for extra credit! (Read More)
Informational Panel on Immigration Policies and the Trump Administration (Mar. 24)
Join us for a Q&A panel to learn more about current immigration policies, what campus leaders are doing to support students, and what Catholic Social Teaching tells us are our obligations to immigrants and refugees. A reception will follow. (Read More)
Film Screening: “No Place to Grow Old” (Apr. 3)
No Place To Grow Old is an intimate portrait of the rising crisis of senior homelessness in Portland and explores the systemic challenges and deeply personal stories of a generation aging into homelessness. The screening will be followed by a panel discussion with the founder of Humans for Housing, Michael Larson, and film director Davey Schaupp. (Read More)
Faith and Intellectual Life Discussion Group (Apr. 4)
At the next meeting of the Faith and Intellectual Life Discussion Group we will be discussing the article “The Antisocial Century” by Derek Thompson. (Read More)
Vision and Vocation: People with Hope to Bring (Apr. 9)
Are you interested in engaging in community with other young professionals considering how their faith informs their work? Current students and young professionals in their 20’s and 30’s are invited to join us as we partner with the Portland chapter of Young Catholic Professionals to host an executive panel conversation focused on the virtue of hope. (Read More)
A Serendipitous Symmetry: Cuban and Vietnamese Poster Art and the Improvisation of Historical Research (Mar. 12)
Join Blair Woodard, PhD and the History Department in an exploration of the ephemeral dialogues in Cuban and Vietnamese poster art. These posters praised each other’s revolutions, leadership, and victories against the United States. In his talk, Woodard will discuss how his research has often led him down unplanned pathways of both academic and personal discovery. (Read More)
Faculty Writing Retreat (Jun. 11-13)
To highlight our academic mission and to support faculty holistically as well as professionally, the Garaventa Center for Catholic Intellectual Life and American Culture is offering a summer Faculty Writing Retreat at the Guest House at Mt. Angel Abbey, June 11 – 13. This retreat will be a time of reflection, study, and community building. (Read More).
Don’t Miss February’s Thirst Friday! (Feb. 14)
All faculty and staff are invited to enjoy laughter, libations, small bites and great conversations at this Garaventa Center casual, no agenda social! Bring someone who’s never been for extra credit. (Read More).