What To Do When Not Doing
Our next Share the Wealth gathering will be with Emily Kryzer (a graduate of SLU in 2011), who will offer a brief reflection on one experience of “taking a year (or two) off”–rooting up lesson,…
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Appalachian Summer: To the Mountains and Back
Join us Sunday February 24th as Cami Kasmerchak shares stories of her summer in the Appalachian Mountains. Cami worked for the nonprofit organization Appalachia Service Project in Clinton, Tennessee and will be returning to the…
Coming Alive
Don’t ask yourself what the world needs. Ask yourself what makes you come alive and then go do that. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive. -Rev. Howard Thurman To live…
Share the Wealth with J’Ann and Metra–Echoes: A Time of Endless Wars
Join us for our next Share the Wealth gathering as artists Metra Taylor and J’Ann Allen invite us to explore art depictions of wars throughout history. Metra and J’Ann will take us from the ancient…
Perspectives Taken from Latin America
Friends, Join us on Sunday 27 January to hear from SLU juniors Mary Shannon, Erin Twiehaus, and Julia Thomas, as they share about their times living in Latin America in 2012. Mary spent 6 months…
Julian Assange in Conversation with John Pilger
“You have to start with the truth. The truth is the only way we can get anywhere. Because any decision-making that is based upon lies or ignorance can’t lead to a good conclusion.” –Julian Assange,…
Sharing the Wealth with Jennifer Reyes Lay: Recovering our True Selves
As we prepare to bid farewell to another year, and welcome a new one, join Jennifer Reyes Lay in reflecting on the different communities of liberation which help her to live more mindfully, take control…
Share the Wealth with Katie Kilcline: Living in Nepal
Join us to hear Katie Kilcline share stories and reflections from her two years of living in Nepal: “I lived in Kathmandu, Nepal from 2006-2008 as part of Jesuit Volunteers International. During that time, the country transitioned…
Share the Wealth with Mark Chmiel: The Poetry of Denise Levertov
For friends in town over Thanksgiving holiday, join us on Sunday 25 November for a potluck supper and my sharing on Denise Levertov—British-born American, activist, disturber of the peace, whose poetry from the 1960s to…
Share the Wealth with Maria Smith and Lindsey Weston: “Finding Our True Selves, 2,565 Miles from Home”
Maria Smith and I will share on our experience in El Salvador through the Casa de la Solidaridad program. In the spirit and anniversary of the Jesuit Martyrs we will discuss the concept of “downward…