Events Schedule

• 2016 Esse Non Videri Non-Violence Award Celebration

  Tuesday, April 05, 2016
  1:00 pm
  McGann Conference Center, SJC Long Island

  The Office of Campus Ministry and the Institute for the Study of Religion in Community Life will honor Father Bill Briscotti, pastor of Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal Roman Catholic Church in Wyandanch, New York, with the 2016 Sister Elizabeth Hill Esse Non Videri Non-Violence Award.
  
  Father Bill Brisotti attended Mount St. Mary’s College in Maryland and the Immaculate Conception Seminary in Huntington, New York. Father Bill was ordained a Roman Catholic Priest in 1968 after spending three summers helping the poor and destitute of Peru and Chile at Maryknoll Society Missions. A member of Pax Christi, Father Bill has worked his entire life to promote the cause of universal pacifism and has consistently exhibited compassion and the courage of his convictions by putting himself in harm’s way to help others. Father Bill has been a member of the Atlantic Life Community for nearly 40 years. He is also a member of Voice of the Faithful and an advisory board member of Voice of the Ordained for the dioceses of New York, Brooklyn and Rockville Centre. As president of the Rockville Centre chapter, Father Bill has called on all of the ordained to always act in accordance with Jesus’ vision of a Servant Church. 
  
  This event is free and open to students, faculty and staff.  RSVP is required. Contact Pat Tracy at 631.687.1466 or [email protected].
   

• The Peace Corps Experience

  Tuesday, April 05, 2016
  1:00 pm
  Shea Conference Room, O'Connor Hall

  Join the offices of Alumni Engagement, Career Development and Engagement, and Global Studies as they welcome Tyler Hurley from the Peace Corps for an interactive discussion about the life-changing experience of joining the Peace Corps.
  
  At this event, you will learn how to apply, who is eligible, and the places you can go. For more information or to register, click here. 

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  2016 Khatib Lecture

  Tuesday, April 05, 2016
  7:00 pm
  McGann Conference Center

  Each spring, through the generosity of Dr. Reza Khatib and Mrs. Georgianna Clifford Khatib '52, St. Joseph's hosts a noted scholar who lectures, leads faculty discussions and teaches a course to students from both campuses.

  The Khatib Chair's purpose is to promote interfaith dialogue, with the study of Islam being an integral part of the initiative.

  The Khatib Chair for 2016 is Kusumita P. Pedersen, Ph.D. Dr. Pedersen's lecture, "Hinduism and Universality in Religion," will take place at SJC Long Island on April 5.

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  About Dr. Pedersen

  Kusumita P. Pedersen, Ph.D.: Chair of the Department of Religion at St. Francis College, Dr. Pedersen has been involved with the international interfaith movement for more than 25 years. Her academic interests include interreligious dialogue and cooperation, global ethics and human rights. Previously, she was executive director of the Project on Religion and Human Rights, a group that provides a forum for study and advocacy and collaborates with academic resources and public policy centers to ensure that religion is included in the promotion of human rights; joint secretary for religious affairs of the Global Forum of Spiritual and Parliamentary Leaders on Human Survival and executive director of the Temple of Understanding, which is involved with interfaith education and supporting the UN.

  Currently, she is co-chair of the Interfaith Center of New York, which seeks to create understanding and respect between the different religious groups that can be found in New York City. She is also a member of the Board of Trustees of the Council for a Parliament of the World’s Religions, which hopes to establish harmony and engagement between the world’s religions. Dr. Pedersen has concentrated for much of her life to promoting interfaith dialogue and understanding and wrote for The World’s Religions After September 11, which highlights the changes in the relationships between the faiths that are occurring into the 21st century.