https://uwaterloo.ca/st-jeromes/ en https://uwaterloo.ca/st-jeromes/events/reading-series-presentsnicholas-herring <p><time datetime="2026-11-19T16:30:00-05:00" class="datetime">Thu, Nov 19 2026, 4:30</time> - <time datetime="2026-11-19T18:00:00-05:00" class="datetime">6pm</time> </p> <p>Nicholas Herring's head-spinning debut novel, <em>Some Hellish</em>, won the prestigious Atwood Gibson Writers' Trust Fiction Prize. Critics described it as "heart-wrenchingly beautiful," "irreverent, screwball, and inspired," and "a winding, raucous ride." His writing has also appeared in <em>The Puritan</em>, and <em>The Fiddlehead</em>.</p> Tags: The Reading Series Tue, 06 Oct 2026 02:42:28 EDT Christina Clare Mancini https://uwaterloo.ca/st-jeromes/events/reading-series-presentsnicholas-herring https://uwaterloo.ca/st-jeromes/events/journey-presses-pope-francis-apology-residential-school <p><time datetime="2026-12-04T16:00:00-05:00" class="datetime">Fri, Dec 4 2026, 4</time> - <time datetime="2026-12-04T17:30:00-05:00" class="datetime">5:30pm</time> </p> <p>Diverse and discerning reflections on Pope Francis’s 2022 apology to Indian residential school survivors.</p> Tags: Lectures in Catholic Experience Tue, 27 Oct 2026 09:19:25 EDT Courtney Winhold https://uwaterloo.ca/st-jeromes/events/journey-presses-pope-francis-apology-residential-school https://uwaterloo.ca/st-jeromes/events/indigenous-spiritualities-canada-opening-and-closing <p><time datetime="2027-01-21T19:30:00-05:00" class="datetime">Thu, Jan 21 2027, 7:30</time> - <time datetime="2027-01-21T21:00:00-05:00" class="datetime">9pm</time> </p> <p>John Borrows (in a video presentation), along with Paul Bramadat and David Seljak (both in person) will discuss their new co-edited book, Opening and Closing Relations: Indigenous Spirituality in Canada (University of Toronto Press, 2027).</p> Tags: Lectures in Catholic Experience Thu, 08 Oct 2026 04:22:35 EDT Courtney Winhold https://uwaterloo.ca/st-jeromes/events/indigenous-spiritualities-canada-opening-and-closing https://uwaterloo.ca/st-jeromes/events/dr-adrian-ciani-contesting-zion-vatican-american-catholics <p><time datetime="2027-02-04T19:30:00-05:00" class="datetime">Thu, Feb 4 2027, 7:30</time> - <time datetime="2027-02-04T21:00:00-05:00" class="datetime">9pm</time> </p> <p>Examining the relationship between the Vatican and the international Zionist movement from the Balfour Declaration of 1917 through the first decade of Israeli statehood, set against the background of centuries of Catholic hostility toward Judaism and papal claims upon the Holy Land.</p> Tags: Lectures in Catholic Experience Thu, 08 Oct 2026 04:24:37 EDT Courtney Winhold https://uwaterloo.ca/st-jeromes/events/dr-adrian-ciani-contesting-zion-vatican-american-catholics https://uwaterloo.ca/st-jeromes/events/dr-sami-helewa-abraham-father-nations-case-study-stranger <p><time datetime="2027-02-18T19:30:00-05:00" class="datetime">Thu, Feb 18 2027, 7:30</time> - <time datetime="2027-02-18T21:00:00-05:00" class="datetime">9pm</time> </p> <p><strong>Abraham, Father of Nations, a case study of a “stranger in search of belonging.”</strong></p> <p>Dr Sami Helewa, Jesuit in Residence, St Jerome's University</p> Tags: Lectures in Catholic Experience Thu, 15 Oct 2026 04:52:20 EDT Courtney Winhold https://uwaterloo.ca/st-jeromes/events/dr-sami-helewa-abraham-father-nations-case-study-stranger https://uwaterloo.ca/st-jeromes/events/fr-paolo-benanti-ethical-challenges-artificial-intelligence <p><time datetime="2027-04-19T19:30:00-04:00" class="datetime">Mon, Apr 19 2027, 7:30</time> - <time datetime="2027-04-19T21:00:00-04:00" class="datetime">9pm</time> </p> <p>Fr. Paolo Benanti will speak on the topic "The Ethical Challenges of Artificial Intelligence"</p> Tags: Lectures in Catholic Experience Thu, 08 Oct 2026 04:25:28 EDT Courtney Winhold https://uwaterloo.ca/st-jeromes/events/fr-paolo-benanti-ethical-challenges-artificial-intelligence https://uwaterloo.ca/st-jeromes/events/kraig-beyerlein-methods-matter-studying-urban-religious <p><time datetime="2027-05-13T19:30:00-04:00" class="datetime">Thu, May 13 2027, 7:30</time> - <time datetime="2027-05-13T21:00:00-04:00" class="datetime">9pm</time> </p> <p><strong>Methods Matter: Studying the Urban Religious Landscape in Chicago and Toronto</strong></p> <p>Kraig Beyerlein, Associate Professor of Sociology, Director of the Centre for the Study of Religion and Society, University of Notre Dame.</p> Tags: Lectures in Catholic Experience Mon, 26 Oct 2026 04:12:55 EDT Christina Clare Mancini https://uwaterloo.ca/st-jeromes/events/kraig-beyerlein-methods-matter-studying-urban-religious