Initiative on Catholic Social Thought and Public Life
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The Initiative on Catholic Social Thought and Public Life promotes dialogue on Catholic social thought and national and global issues, builds bridges across differences, and encourages a new generation of Catholic lay leaders.
Join “‘Making Life Unbearable’: The Impacts of Immigration Enforcement on Families and Communities,” to explore the impacts of these dynamics in Latino communities across the nation on 12/4 at 7pm EST at Georgetown’s Capitol Campus and online. bit.ly/ImmigrationCommunityGU #ImmigrationCommunityGU
November 21, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Join “‘Making Life Unbearable’: The Impacts of Immigration Enforcement on Families and Communities,” to explore the impacts of these dynamics in Latino communities across the nation on 12/4 at 7pm EST at Georgetown’s Capitol Campus and online. bit.ly/ImmigrationCommunityGU #ImmigrationCommunityGU
“Making Life Unbearable”: The Impacts of Immigration Enforcement on Families and Communities”
🗓️ Thursday, Dec 4
🕧 7pm ET
📍111 Mass Ave NW Multi-Purpose Room & Livestreamed
🗣️ Yolanda Chávez, Paula Fitzgerald, Rosa Reyes, Roxana Rueda Moreno
🔗 bit.ly/ImmigrationCommunityGU #ImmigrationCommunityGU
🗓️ Thursday, Dec 4
🕧 7pm ET
📍111 Mass Ave NW Multi-Purpose Room & Livestreamed
🗣️ Yolanda Chávez, Paula Fitzgerald, Rosa Reyes, Roxana Rueda Moreno
🔗 bit.ly/ImmigrationCommunityGU #ImmigrationCommunityGU
November 20, 2025 at 10:12 PM
“Making Life Unbearable”: The Impacts of Immigration Enforcement on Families and Communities”
🗓️ Thursday, Dec 4
🕧 7pm ET
📍111 Mass Ave NW Multi-Purpose Room & Livestreamed
🗣️ Yolanda Chávez, Paula Fitzgerald, Rosa Reyes, Roxana Rueda Moreno
🔗 bit.ly/ImmigrationCommunityGU #ImmigrationCommunityGU
🗓️ Thursday, Dec 4
🕧 7pm ET
📍111 Mass Ave NW Multi-Purpose Room & Livestreamed
🗣️ Yolanda Chávez, Paula Fitzgerald, Rosa Reyes, Roxana Rueda Moreno
🔗 bit.ly/ImmigrationCommunityGU #ImmigrationCommunityGU
Current Georgetown students: 11/19 @ 12pm, the Initiative’s senior fellow John McCarthy, former deputy assistant to President Biden, will host a lunch discussion on “Working for God: Faith-Based Careers and the Common Good” @ Cawley Career Center. RSVP:
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November 14, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Current Georgetown students: 11/19 @ 12pm, the Initiative’s senior fellow John McCarthy, former deputy assistant to President Biden, will host a lunch discussion on “Working for God: Faith-Based Careers and the Common Good” @ Cawley Career Center. RSVP:
georgetown.joinhandshake.com/stu/events/1...
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The video from the November 12 Salt and Light Gathering “Building an Economy for the Common Good: Catholic Social Thought and Impact Investing” co-sponsored with the Francesco Collaborative is now available: www.youtube.com/watch?v=E6ec... #ImpactInvestingCST
Building an Economy for the Common Good
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November 14, 2025 at 6:20 PM
The video from the November 12 Salt and Light Gathering “Building an Economy for the Common Good: Catholic Social Thought and Impact Investing” co-sponsored with the Francesco Collaborative is now available: www.youtube.com/watch?v=E6ec... #ImpactInvestingCST
Cal Watson (C’07, L’14), associate vice president for public affairs and business policy at Georgetown, leads efforts to align the university’s business policies with its Catholic and Jesuit mission. Join “Building an Economy for the Common Good." RSVP: bit.ly/ImpactInvestingCST #ImpactInvestingCST
November 11, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Cal Watson (C’07, L’14), associate vice president for public affairs and business policy at Georgetown, leads efforts to align the university’s business policies with its Catholic and Jesuit mission. Join “Building an Economy for the Common Good." RSVP: bit.ly/ImpactInvestingCST #ImpactInvestingCST
David Harlley's the CEO of ThirdWayCapital, an impact investment firm to support small and medium enterprises in Sub-Saharan Africa. He wrote Building the New Economy: Distributive Capitalism (2025). Join “Building an Economy for the Common Good." RSVP: bit.ly/ImpactInvestingCST #ImpactInvestingCST
November 11, 2025 at 4:30 PM
David Harlley's the CEO of ThirdWayCapital, an impact investment firm to support small and medium enterprises in Sub-Saharan Africa. He wrote Building the New Economy: Distributive Capitalism (2025). Join “Building an Economy for the Common Good." RSVP: bit.ly/ImpactInvestingCST #ImpactInvestingCST
This Thursday: Rachel Swarns, author of The 272: The Families Who Were Enslaved and Sold to Build the American Catholic Church, will deliver the keynote "Meeting the Moment: Reckoning with Catholic Slaveholding" in Gaston Hall at 5:30 pm ET. RSVP: bit.ly/MeettheMoment.
November 10, 2025 at 9:44 PM
This Thursday: Rachel Swarns, author of The 272: The Families Who Were Enslaved and Sold to Build the American Catholic Church, will deliver the keynote "Meeting the Moment: Reckoning with Catholic Slaveholding" in Gaston Hall at 5:30 pm ET. RSVP: bit.ly/MeettheMoment.
Elizabeth Garlow, chair of the Catholic Impact Investing Collaborative, co-founded the Francesco Collaborative. She helps investors live out CST with discernment and solidarity. She has served in the Obama WH, Lumina Foundation, ACCION, and is senior fellow at New America. bit.ly/ImpactInvestingCST
November 10, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Elizabeth Garlow, chair of the Catholic Impact Investing Collaborative, co-founded the Francesco Collaborative. She helps investors live out CST with discernment and solidarity. She has served in the Obama WH, Lumina Foundation, ACCION, and is senior fellow at New America. bit.ly/ImpactInvestingCST
Sr. Sue Ernster, president of the Franciscan Sisters of Perpetual Adoration and board member of the Economy of Francesco, advances impact investing efforts. She'll be on the 11/12 “Building an Economy for the Common Good." 7pm @ GU Capitol Campus RSVP: bit.ly/ImpactInvestingCST #ImpactInvestingCST
November 7, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Sr. Sue Ernster, president of the Franciscan Sisters of Perpetual Adoration and board member of the Economy of Francesco, advances impact investing efforts. She'll be on the 11/12 “Building an Economy for the Common Good." 7pm @ GU Capitol Campus RSVP: bit.ly/ImpactInvestingCST #ImpactInvestingCST
Catholic social teaching emphasizes that the economy should serve people, not the other way around. Join us on 11/12 at 7pm EST for the Salt and Light Gathering “Building an Economy for the Common Good: Catholic Social Thought and Impact Investing” RSVP: bit.ly/ImpactInvestingCST #ImpactInvestingCST
November 5, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Catholic social teaching emphasizes that the economy should serve people, not the other way around. Join us on 11/12 at 7pm EST for the Salt and Light Gathering “Building an Economy for the Common Good: Catholic Social Thought and Impact Investing” RSVP: bit.ly/ImpactInvestingCST #ImpactInvestingCST
Building an Economy for the Common Good: CST and Impact Investing
🗓️ 11/12/25
🕧 7-8 pm ET
📍111 Mass Ave NW Lower Level Multipurpose Room, GU's Capitol Campus & Online
🗣️ Sr. Sue Ernster, FSPA, Elizabeth Garlow, David Harlley, Cal Watson C’07, L’14
🔗 bit.ly/ImpactInvestingCST #ImpactInvestingCST
🗓️ 11/12/25
🕧 7-8 pm ET
📍111 Mass Ave NW Lower Level Multipurpose Room, GU's Capitol Campus & Online
🗣️ Sr. Sue Ernster, FSPA, Elizabeth Garlow, David Harlley, Cal Watson C’07, L’14
🔗 bit.ly/ImpactInvestingCST #ImpactInvestingCST
November 4, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Building an Economy for the Common Good: CST and Impact Investing
🗓️ 11/12/25
🕧 7-8 pm ET
📍111 Mass Ave NW Lower Level Multipurpose Room, GU's Capitol Campus & Online
🗣️ Sr. Sue Ernster, FSPA, Elizabeth Garlow, David Harlley, Cal Watson C’07, L’14
🔗 bit.ly/ImpactInvestingCST #ImpactInvestingCST
🗓️ 11/12/25
🕧 7-8 pm ET
📍111 Mass Ave NW Lower Level Multipurpose Room, GU's Capitol Campus & Online
🗣️ Sr. Sue Ernster, FSPA, Elizabeth Garlow, David Harlley, Cal Watson C’07, L’14
🔗 bit.ly/ImpactInvestingCST #ImpactInvestingCST
The video from the October 30 Public Dialogue “Pope Leo XIV’s New Challenge and Moral Leadership on Poverty, Work, and Artificial Intelligence” with Cardinal Cupich, Dean Almeida, Cecilia Flores, Liz Shuler, and moderator John Carr is now available: www.youtube.com/watch?v=638v... #PovertyAIWorkGU
Pope Leo XIV’s New Challenge and Moral Leadership on Poverty, Work, and Artificial Intelligence
YouTube video by Global Georgetown
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November 4, 2025 at 3:13 PM
The video from the October 30 Public Dialogue “Pope Leo XIV’s New Challenge and Moral Leadership on Poverty, Work, and Artificial Intelligence” with Cardinal Cupich, Dean Almeida, Cecilia Flores, Liz Shuler, and moderator John Carr is now available: www.youtube.com/watch?v=638v... #PovertyAIWorkGU
SOON at GU's ICC Auditorium & online (youtube.com/live/k4srdfO...) at 6pm ET “Pope Leo XIV’s New Challenge and Moral Leadership on Poverty, Work, and Artificial Intelligence” with Cardinal Blase Cupich, Dean Paul Almeida, Cecilia Flores, and Liz Shuler. RSVP: bit.ly/PovertyAIWorkGU #PovertyAIWorkGU
Pope Leo XIV’s New Challenge and Moral Leadership on Poverty, Work, and ArtificialIntelligence
YouTube video by Global Georgetown
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October 30, 2025 at 7:54 PM
SOON at GU's ICC Auditorium & online (youtube.com/live/k4srdfO...) at 6pm ET “Pope Leo XIV’s New Challenge and Moral Leadership on Poverty, Work, and Artificial Intelligence” with Cardinal Blase Cupich, Dean Paul Almeida, Cecilia Flores, and Liz Shuler. RSVP: bit.ly/PovertyAIWorkGU #PovertyAIWorkGU
Join us TONIGHT at Georgetown’s Intercultural Center (ICC) Auditorium and online (youtube.com/live/k4srdfO...) at 6pm ET for the Public Dialogue “Pope Leo XIV’s New Challenge and Moral Leadership on Poverty, Work, and Artificial Intelligence." RSVP: bit.ly/PovertyAIWorkGU #PovertyAIWorkGU
Pope Leo XIV’s New Challenge and Moral Leadership on Poverty, Work, and ArtificialIntelligence
YouTube video by Global Georgetown
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October 30, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Join us TONIGHT at Georgetown’s Intercultural Center (ICC) Auditorium and online (youtube.com/live/k4srdfO...) at 6pm ET for the Public Dialogue “Pope Leo XIV’s New Challenge and Moral Leadership on Poverty, Work, and Artificial Intelligence." RSVP: bit.ly/PovertyAIWorkGU #PovertyAIWorkGU
Liz Shuler, the first female president of AFL-CIO, has spoken at the Vatican on the dignity of work, the rights of workers, and climate change. She will be a part of tomorrow's 10/30 dialogue @ GU's ICC Auditorium and online. RSVP: bit.ly/PovertyAIWorkGU
@lizshuler.bsky.social @aflcio.org
@lizshuler.bsky.social @aflcio.org
October 29, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Liz Shuler, the first female president of AFL-CIO, has spoken at the Vatican on the dignity of work, the rights of workers, and climate change. She will be a part of tomorrow's 10/30 dialogue @ GU's ICC Auditorium and online. RSVP: bit.ly/PovertyAIWorkGU
@lizshuler.bsky.social @aflcio.org
@lizshuler.bsky.social @aflcio.org
Cecilia Flores is the executive director of Catholic Volunteer Network. Previously, she worked to address issues of poverty and injustice in California at Sacramento ACT. Hear her reflections at tomorrow's 10/30 #PovertyAIWorkGU dialogue @ GU's ICC Auditorium and online. RSVP: bit.ly/PovertyAIWorkGU
October 29, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Cecilia Flores is the executive director of Catholic Volunteer Network. Previously, she worked to address issues of poverty and injustice in California at Sacramento ACT. Hear her reflections at tomorrow's 10/30 #PovertyAIWorkGU dialogue @ GU's ICC Auditorium and online. RSVP: bit.ly/PovertyAIWorkGU
In this unprecedented time when artificial intelligence has reshaped the nature of work and poverty continues to wound communities, we will explore faith-based responses to the technological disruption and economic turmoil on 10/30 at 6pm ET at GU's Intercultural Center (ICC) Auditorium and online.
October 24, 2025 at 7:22 PM
In this unprecedented time when artificial intelligence has reshaped the nature of work and poverty continues to wound communities, we will explore faith-based responses to the technological disruption and economic turmoil on 10/30 at 6pm ET at GU's Intercultural Center (ICC) Auditorium and online.
Paul Almeida is the dean and William R. Berkley Chair at GU's McDonough School of Business. Dean Almeida has built the school’s capabilities around fields of the future through new initiatives, including one focused on AI, and the future of work. RSVP: bit.ly/PovertyAIWor... #PovertyAIWorkGU
October 24, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Paul Almeida is the dean and William R. Berkley Chair at GU's McDonough School of Business. Dean Almeida has built the school’s capabilities around fields of the future through new initiatives, including one focused on AI, and the future of work. RSVP: bit.ly/PovertyAIWor... #PovertyAIWorkGU
The video from the 10/21 Salt and Light Gathering “Broken Links: How Do Media Silos Undermine Social Solidarity?” with Pete Davis, José Manuel De Urquidi, and Christine Emba is now available: youtu.be/zdm5c4qju7E?... #BrokenLinksCST
@petedavis.bsky.social, @christineemba.bsky.social
@petedavis.bsky.social, @christineemba.bsky.social
October 24, 2025 at 4:15 PM
The video from the 10/21 Salt and Light Gathering “Broken Links: How Do Media Silos Undermine Social Solidarity?” with Pete Davis, José Manuel De Urquidi, and Christine Emba is now available: youtu.be/zdm5c4qju7E?... #BrokenLinksCST
@petedavis.bsky.social, @christineemba.bsky.social
@petedavis.bsky.social, @christineemba.bsky.social
Cardinal Blase Cupich, archbishop of Chicago, Illinois, has been an advocate for Catholic social teaching on human dignity, the common good, work, labor, and a preferential option for the poor and vulnerable. RSVP to the 10/30 Public Dialogue @GU and online: bit.ly/PovertyAIWorkGU #PovertyAIWorkGU
October 23, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Cardinal Blase Cupich, archbishop of Chicago, Illinois, has been an advocate for Catholic social teaching on human dignity, the common good, work, labor, and a preferential option for the poor and vulnerable. RSVP to the 10/30 Public Dialogue @GU and online: bit.ly/PovertyAIWorkGU #PovertyAIWorkGU
Join the Public Dialogue, “Pope Leo XIV’s New Challenge and Moral Leadership on Poverty, Work, and Artificial Intelligence” on 10/30 at 6pm ET at GU's Intercultural Center (ICC) Auditorium and online. RSVP: bit.ly/PovertyAIWorkGU #PovertyAIWorkGU
October 23, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Join the Public Dialogue, “Pope Leo XIV’s New Challenge and Moral Leadership on Poverty, Work, and Artificial Intelligence” on 10/30 at 6pm ET at GU's Intercultural Center (ICC) Auditorium and online. RSVP: bit.ly/PovertyAIWorkGU #PovertyAIWorkGU
Starting SOON at GU's Capitol Campus (125 E Street NW Capitol View Convening Space, 9th floor) or via livestream (www.youtube.com/live/6H9-enI...) at 7:00pm ET for a Salt and Light Gathering “Broken Links: How Do Media Silos Undermine Social Solidarity?” RSVP: bit.ly/BrokenLinks_CST #BrokenLinksCST
October 21, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Starting SOON at GU's Capitol Campus (125 E Street NW Capitol View Convening Space, 9th floor) or via livestream (www.youtube.com/live/6H9-enI...) at 7:00pm ET for a Salt and Light Gathering “Broken Links: How Do Media Silos Undermine Social Solidarity?” RSVP: bit.ly/BrokenLinks_CST #BrokenLinksCST
Join us TONIGHT at Georgetown’s Capitol Campus (125 E Street NW Capitol View Convening Space, 9th floor) or via livestream (www.youtube.com/live/6H9-enI...) at 7:00pm ET. For those in person, join us for the happy hour at 6pm and a reception at 8pm. RSVP: bit.ly/BrokenLinks_CST #BrokenLinksCST
October 21, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Join us TONIGHT at Georgetown’s Capitol Campus (125 E Street NW Capitol View Convening Space, 9th floor) or via livestream (www.youtube.com/live/6H9-enI...) at 7:00pm ET. For those in person, join us for the happy hour at 6pm and a reception at 8pm. RSVP: bit.ly/BrokenLinks_CST #BrokenLinksCST
Tomorrow's (10/21 at 7pm ET) Salt and Light Gathering at Georgetown’s Capitol Campus (125 E Street NW Capitol View Convening Space, 9th floor) and online will examine how our current media environment fuels political, religious, and social fragmentation. RSVP: bit.ly/BrokenLinks_CST #BrokenLinksCST
October 20, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Tomorrow's (10/21 at 7pm ET) Salt and Light Gathering at Georgetown’s Capitol Campus (125 E Street NW Capitol View Convening Space, 9th floor) and online will examine how our current media environment fuels political, religious, and social fragmentation. RSVP: bit.ly/BrokenLinks_CST #BrokenLinksCST
Tomorrow! Join us for “Broken Links: How Do Media Silos Undermine Social Solidarity?” on 10/21 at 7pm ET at GU's Capitol Campus (125 E Street NW Capitol View Convening Space, 9th floor) and online. RSVP: bit.ly/BrokenLinks_CST #BrokenLinksCST In person? Join the 6pm Happy Hour and 8pm Reception!
October 20, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Tomorrow! Join us for “Broken Links: How Do Media Silos Undermine Social Solidarity?” on 10/21 at 7pm ET at GU's Capitol Campus (125 E Street NW Capitol View Convening Space, 9th floor) and online. RSVP: bit.ly/BrokenLinks_CST #BrokenLinksCST In person? Join the 6pm Happy Hour and 8pm Reception!