News & Updates Archives - Gregorian University Foundation

21 Feb International Conference – Jesus and the Pharisees

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Rome 7-9 May 2019 The international conference Jesus and the Pharisees: An Interdisciplinary Reappraisal brings together Jewish, Protestant, Catholic, and other scholars from Argentina, Austria, Canada, Colombia, Germany, India, Israel, Italy, Netherlands, and the United States. The conference first deals with the possible origins and meanings of the...

10 Jan A global response to abuse: Work already underway, Jesuit says

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By summoning leaders of the world's bishops' conferences and top representatives of religious orders to the Vatican in February to address the abuse crisis and the protection of minors, Pope Francis is sending the message that the need for safeguarding is a global issue....

31 Dec RIP Attila Mikloshazy, SJ

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The Most Reverend Bishop Attila Miklósházy SJ, alumnus of the Pontifical Gregorian University, died on 28 December 2018....

30 Nov Fr Hans Zollner SJ, President of the Centre for Child Protection at the Gregorian University, is appointed by Pope Francis to committee headed by Chicago Cardinal Cupich for February 2019 meeting on the protection of minors.

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On 23 November the Vatican announced Pope Francis had appointed US Cardinal Blase Cupich of Chicago, Cardinal Oswald Gracias of Mumbai, India, Archbishop Charles Scicluna of Malta and Jesuit Father Hans Zollner to the committee for the February 21-24 meeting. Fr Zollner SJ is president of the...

26 Sep Preparing for the Future of Jesuit university collaboration

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On Friday evening 21 September, an intimate group of Gregorian University Foundation Trustees, Benefactors and Friends, including HIRH Archduke Carl von Hapsburg-Lothringen and his wife, HIRH Annie-Claire, and the Very Rev. Juan Antonio Guerrero Alves SJ, the Superior General's Personal Delegate to the Roman houses...

21 Sep Jesuit Higher Education: Reflecting on the Past as we Prepare for the Future

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The Gregorian University Foundation hosted Trustees, benefactors and friends on 20 September 2018 at the Apostolic Nunciature in Washington DC for an engaging evening with His Imperial and Royal Highness, Archduke Carl von Hapsburg-Lothringen....

17 Sep The Bible and Political Thought Conference

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The Gregorian University Foundation is sponsoring The Bible and Political Thought Conference to be held at the Pontifical Biblical Institute, Rome September 27–28, 2018...

24 Aug Father General’s letter to the whole society and companions in mission

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Father General repeats the call of Pope Francis to the entire People of God “to share the suffering of many minors and vulnerable persons who are victims of sexual abuse and the abuse of power and conscience by a significant number of clerics and consecrated...

20 Aug Pope Francis’ landmark letter on sexual abuse in the Catholic Church

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In a letter released Monday by the Vatican, Pope Francis acknowledged the Catholic Church’s decades-long failure to prevent clerics from sexual abusing minors....

10 Jun New York Athletic Club Reception

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GUF Chairman, Eugene Rainis (second from the left), joins from left to right, Fr James McCann, SJ, Senior Vice President of the Foundation, Irene Soden, Maureen Bateman and James Kelleher, Trustees of the Gregorian Foundation, Fr Robert Boxie III of St. Joseph Church in Largo,...