Linda Plitt Donaldson, MSW, PhD, examines the life of Dorothy Day, Catholic Social Teaching, and evidence-based practices to address and end homelessness, 11/5/19. Donaldson is Director of the Institute for Innovation in Health and Human Services at James Madison University in Virginia, and has worked and studied homelessness in the D.C. area for over 25 years. Co-sponsored by the Garaventa Center and the Dorothy Day Social Work Program.

Dr. Ryan Kenton of UP Biology dives into the world of actual parasitic wasps, worms, and fungus that have been found to turn thousands of other species into assorted forms of "zombies!" 10/30/19. Co-sponsored by the Garaventa Center and the Beckman Humor Project.

Photographer and painter Anne Goetze tells the story behind her artwork depicting the lives of the Visitation Nuns in Annecy, France, 10/22/19. Sponsored by the Garaventa Center.

Dr. Robin Jensen, Professor of Theology at the University of Notre Dame and concurrent Professor of the History of Art, presents a survey of the ways the Holy Cross and Christ's Passion have been depicted in the history of Christian art. Jensen also discusses reasons for the late emergence of both the cross and crucifixion in Christian iconography and consider the ways their depictions developed, varied, and were transformed in different places and through the centuries. Sponsored by the Garaventa Center.

Keeping our eyes on the prize is fine, as long as our eyes are on the correct prize.

What is the most you’d be willing to do for a friend?

This essay won a top award in the 2019 Garaventa Center High School Essay Contest.

This essay won a top award in the 2019 Garaventa Center High School Essay Contest.

Like Thomas, we too recognize Christ by his wounds.