Jesuit Heritage Month 2025

Jesuit Heritage Month Opening Mass

Sunday, Nov. 9, 2025 | 7 pm | Gaston Hall

Join us for the 2025 Jesuit Heritage Month Opening Mass. Come celebrate our Ignatian heritage, and join our community in offering prayer and gratitude for the contributions of the Society of Jesus—the Jesuits—to our Georgetown community. All are welcome.

Fall 2025 Dahlgren Chapel Sacred Lecture

Monday, Nov. 10, 2025 | 4 pm | Dahlgren Chapel of the Sacred Heart

The Fall 2025 Dahlgren Chapel Sacred Lecture will be delivered by Fr. Bart Geger, S.J., former president of Georgetown University. His lecture is titled “On Magnanimity and the Magis: What St. Ignatius Loyola Really Said about Finding God’s Will.” Please join us for this in-person event.

Fall 2025 Dahlgren Dialogue: Faith, Democracy, and the Common Good: Lessons from John Courtney Murray for Our Times

Tuesday, Nov. 18, 2025 | 6 pm | Dahlgren Chapel of the Sacred Heart & Online

The Fall 2025 Dahlgren Dialogue—a collaboration between the Office of Mission & Ministry and the Initiative on Catholic Social Thought & Public Life—will focus on “Faith, Democracy, and the Common Good: Lessons from John Courtney Murray for Our Times.” This event will be both in person and livestreamed by the Initiative on Catholic Social Thought & Public Life.

For a full list of events, visit missionandministry.georgetown.edu/jesuit-heritage-month or use the QR code.

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Concert Premiere: A Requiem for Flannery

Friday, November 7, 2025 | 7:30 pm | Holy Trinity Catholic Church

In celebration of the centennial of Flannery O’Connor’s birth, join us for the premiere of the commissioned work Requiem for Flannery O’Connor by Italian composer Stefano Ratchev. The requiem will be performed by the Georgetown University Orchestra and Chamber Singers, under the direction of Professors Angel Gil-Ordóñez and Frederick Binkholder, with members of the Holy Trinity music ministry and guest soprano soloist, Grace Gilday.

This event is cosponsored by Holy Trinity Catholic Church.

Book Talk with Alejandro Olayo-Méndez, S.J.

Tuesday, Nov 11, 2025 | 3:30pm – 5:00pm | Mortara Center

Alejandro Olayo-Méndez is an assistant professor at the Boston College School of Social Work. His research focuses on migrants’ and refugees’ livelihoods and the role of humanitarian organizations in contexts of migration and forced displacement. He has conducted extensive ethnographic research along migration routes in Mexico. His book Humanitarianism from Below by NYU Press explores how casas de migrantes or migrant shelters shape the migratory processes in the region.

Jesuit Chair Public Lecture: “Are Tattoos Legitimate Religious Practice?”

Wednesday, Nov. 19, 2025 | 12:30 pm to 1:45 pm | Leavey Program Room

A lecture co-sponsored by the Department of Sociology by Fr. Gustavo Morello, S.J., (Associate Professor of Sociology, Boston College), Visiting Professor and Jesuit Chair.

Sacred Space Tour

Thursday, Nov. 20, 2025 | 1:00 pm | Dahlgren Quad

Tour the sacred spaces of the nation’s oldest Catholic University. Join Campus Ministry to see the spaces both historical and new, representing the breadth of faith in the Georgetown University community.

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Capitol Campus

CapCampus Jesuit Trivia Night: “Are You a Jesu-Whiz?”

Sunday, November 2, 2025 | 6:15 pm | McDonough 113

Dinner and Trivia with the Jesuits after 5:00 pm Mass at Holy Rosary.

CapCampus: People for Others

November 4-5, 2025 | 11:30 to 1:00 pm and 1:00 pm to 3:00 pm | Fr. McKenna Center

Learn about volunteer service opportunities at the Fr. McKenna Center, co-sponsored by Law Center Interfaith Advisory Council & Capitol Campus Ministry.

CapCampus: “Is This My Calling? Jesuit Resources for Discerning Meaning and Purpose in Professional Life” with Fr. Barton Geger, S.J.

Tuesday, November 11 | 11:30 am to 12:30 pm | 111 Massachusetts Avenue Mission & Ministry Multifaith Center

Questions about CapCampus events? Please contact mmcapitolcampus@georgetown.edu.