Jubilee Year: Listening to the Voices of Others

Jesuit Jubilee Year: December 3rd 2005-December 3rd 2006

Celebrating the spirit of these founders of the Society of Jesus:

St. Francis Xavier - born 7 April, 1506 at Javier in Navarre
Blessed Peter Faber - born 13 April 1506 in Villaret in Savoie
St. Ignatius Loyola - died 31 July, 1556 in Rome

Fairfield University hosted several events throughout the year that commemorated this occasion:

Wednesday, February 8, 2006
DiMenna-Nyselius Library
Multi-Media Room, 8 p.m.
Ignatius Loyola and Renaissance Humanism
Dr. Ronald Modras, St. Louis University

Wednesday, February 15, 2006
Academic Convocation
Regina A. Quick Center for the Arts
Kelley Theater, 4 p.m.
Honorary Degree Recipient: Rev. Dean Brackley, S.J.
Universidad Centroamiercana (UCA) in El Salvador

Wednesday, March 1, 2006
John A. Barone Campus Center
Oak Room 4:30 p.m.
Here Come the Evangelical Catholics
Dr. William Portier, University of Dayton

Tuesday, March 28, 2006
John A. Barone Campus Center
Oak Room, 8 p.m.
Tattoos on the Heart: Putting a Human Face on Gang Members
Rev. Gregory J. Boyle, S.J.
Founder and Executive Director of Jobs for a Future/Homeboy Industries
Sponsored by Campus Ministry, Co-Sponsored by The Program in Catholic Studies

Thursday, March 30, 2006
Charles F. Dolan School of Business
Dining Room, 8 p.m.
Listening to the Voices of HIV/AIDS
Rev. James Keenan, S.J. Boston College

Tuesday, September 19
Dolan School of Business Dining Room, 8 p.m.
Listening to the Voices of Others: Latina Women's Religious Experience
Cultural Memory: Resistance, Faith and Identity
Dr. Jeanette Rodriguez, University of Seattle

Wednesday, October 4
Regina A. Quick Center for the Arts, Kelley Theater, 8 p.m.
Listening to the Voices of Others: Latina Women's Religious Experience
Option for the Poor - Option for Women Today: Feminist Theological Perspectives
Dr. Maria Pilar Aquino, University of San Diego
Co-sponsored with the O'Callaghan Lecture Series

Friday and Saturday, October 13-14
Egan Chapel of St. Ignatius Loyola, 8 p.m.
San Ignacio, An Opera by Domenico Zipoli
Tickets: $25, please contact Carolyn Arnold for more details ((203) 254-4000 ext. 3415)

Wednesday, October 25
Dolan School of Business, Dining Room, 8 p.m.
Listening to the Voices of Others: Latina Women's Religious Experience
On Becoming the Other
Dr. Michelle Gonzalez, University of Miami

October 27-29, 2006
National Conference at Fairfield University
Jesuit and Feminist Education: Transformative Discourse for Teaching and Learning

Wednesday, November 15
Dolan School of Business, Dining Room, 8 p.m.
The 13th Annual Christopher F. Mooney, S.J., Lecture on Chrch, Religion, and Society
The Dangerous Imaginations of Mid-Twentieth Century American Catholic Children
Dr. Robert Orsi, Harvard University

For further information visit:

Official Jesuit Jubilee website: http://www.sjweb.info/jubilee2006/index.cfm