Santa Clara University

News and Events

• Calendar

  This list of conferences, lectures, retreats, visitors and other events hosted by the Ignatian Center is updated regularly.
  

• Conferences

  Here you will find plans for upcoming conferences and proceedings of past conferences sponsored by the Center.

• Retreats

  Various experiences of day-long or weekend retreats covering themes as varied as Ignatian spirituality and Zen Meditation.

• Bannan Visitors

  Visitors come to Santa Clara for a brief period to engage the campus community on issues and activities that support its Jesuit and Catholic character. They may instruct classes, present their research to faculty and students, arrange exhibits or performances, bring their spiritual or practical expertise to the campus community, provide resources for student organizations, and help faculty and staff through retreats and workshops.

• Santa Clara Lecture

  This series brings to campus leading scholars in theology, offering the university community and the general public and ongoing exposure to debate on the most significant issues of our times. The lectures are published and distributed throughout the United States and abroad.

• Luncheon Speaker Series

  Santa Clara University faculty and staff are invited to give an informal 20 minute lecture that answers the single question: What matters to me and why? Speakers are to talk about some of the individuals and events that shaped their values, and more broadly about their lives. It is a place to share what's in our hearts as well as what’s on our minds. After the informal lecture there is time for a conversation with the audience.

• Mindfulness and Zen Meditation

  Dwelling in the Present Moment? Stressed? Life out of Focus? Trouble Sleeping? Need time to just be? Interested in meditation but don't know how or where to begin? Join a weekly practice of Mindfulness and Zen Meditation.

• Visiting Presidential Scholar | Frank Brennan SJ, AO

  "Mixing Law and Morality in 2008: Revisiting the Hart-Devlin Debate in light of the U.S. Catholic Bishops' Statement 'Forming Consciences for Faithful Citizenship'"