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Vision and Vocation: People with Hope to Bring (Apr. 9)

March 16, 2025

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.

Panel Speakers:

  • Steve Waters | CEO, Backwoods Brewing Company
  • Dan McGinty, PhD | Director of Dundon-Berchtold Institute for Moral Formation and Applied Ethics & Executive Director of the Opus Prize
  • Lilia Grundy | Director of Corporate Partnerships at University of Portland’s School of Business

Wednesday, April 9, 7-8:30 p.m. | Brian Doyle Auditorium (DB004) 

Wine and small bites reception at 7 p.m. | Executive Panel at 7:20 p.m.

This event is free! Please register at the link below.

VISION & VOCATION

There will also be an optional pre-event opportunity to attend Mass in Chapel of Christ the Teacher at 6 p.m. and participate in Visio Divina following Mass in the chapel at 6:30 p.m.    

Co-sponsored by Garaventa Center, Campus Ministry and UP’s Young Adult Professionals (YAP). For more info: garaventa@up.edu or 503-943-7702. ADA compliant event. 

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