the current
Our Monthly Newsletter
The institute publishes a monthly newsletter, The Current, with the latest stories of the institute’s work, profiles of faculty and student researchers, photography from recent events, and announcements about upcoming events. To receive The Current in your inbox, subscribe here. For past issues of The Current, see the list below.
Latest Issue: November 2025
The November 2025 issue of The Current spotlights the Dismas Hub mural, Bernie Clark Lecture by Dr. Tom Catena, and Graduate Institute for Engaged Research and Learning. Read more.
2025
- October: Summer research, postbaccalaureate fellows, Engage South Bend tour
- September: Luke Bretherton, Kyla Walker, RISE Hometown
- August: Collaboratory, new scholars, Marianne Cusato
- July: Summer of Social Concerns
- June: Senior Send-off, Virtues & Vocations conference, La Casa printmaking
- May: Pope Francis, Reentry, Encounter Series
- April: Proximities, Samantha Deane, CST Conference
- March: Fr. Yuriy Shchurko, Crime and Justice Working Group, McNeill Fellows
- February: Suzanne Mulligan, Building Services Mural, SB: Questions of Justice
- January: Proximities, Integrating Virtue Together, ND Magazine
2024
- December: A Proximate View of Poverty by Connie Snyder Mick
- November: Monalisa, Minors
- October: Bryan Stevenson, Catholic Higher Ed in Prison, Roy Scranton
- September: Ryan Juskus, Virtue in Virtual Spaces, Research for the Common Good
- August: New Faculty, Community Partners
- July: Summer Programs
- June: V&V Conference, Clemente Graduates, Summer Research
- May: Dan Graff at Vatican, Art and Justice, 2024 Senior Send-Off
- April: Helal Khan, Integrating Virtue Together, Racial Justice in America
- March: Katie Comeau, NDBridge and Summer Fellowships, Solidarity and the City
- February: Walter Scheirer, Arts of Dignity, Regina Williams-Preston
- January: Current Events