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INSTITUTE STORIES
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Faculty lead Catholic social tradition workshops in local parishes
By creating these spaces of encounter, the Institute for Social Concerns bridges the gap between campus and community, transforming theological principles into a shared power for local change.
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ReSearching for the Common Good: Hirudini Fernando
The Institute for Social Concerns leverages research to respond to the complex demands of justice and to serve the common good. This series, ReSearching for the Common Good, highlights some of the scholars in our community.
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Hope in unsettling times—Novelist Ayana Mathis reflects on literature, hope, and justice at Junior Parents Weekend
Ayana Mathis described her newfound understanding of hope as a vision of the imaginative possibilities of the now that does not promise to remove all doubts, fears, and vulnerabilities. Instead, these are part of “the web of uncertainties that make real hope possible.” In place of optimism about a certain future, “we are better served,”…










