About this Event
The human experience is a complicated one. On top of the complicated questions of daily life, navigating religion and spirituality is no easy task. To answer these complex questions, some philosophers and Jesuit leaders have stated that in fact humans are just spiritual beings who are going through human experiences. If humans are in fact naturally spiritual beings, what doe is mean to experience the divine?
Join us for this powerful discussion with University of San Francisco President Father Fitzgerald.
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About Father Fitzgerald:
Fr. Fitzgerald earned the M.Div. degree in 1991 and a Pontifical Licentiate with an emphasis in Ecclesiology at Weston School of Theology, Cambridge MA in 1993. He attended the University of Paris - La Sorbonne, where he earned a D.E.A. (diplôme des études approfondies) and a Docteur ès Lettres (Ph.D.) in the Sociology of Religion. Concurrently he worked towards an S.T.D. (Pontifical Doctorate) in Ecclesiology from the Institut Catholique de Paris.
Prior to USF, he served as Professor of Religious Studies and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs at Fairfield University for five years. Prior to that, he was a member of the department of Religious Studies at Santa Clara in 1997, where Fr. Fitzgerald taught courses and conducted research under the rubrics of both Systematic Theology and Sociology of Religion. He is the author of the book L'Église comme lieu de formation d'une conscience de la concitoyenneté (Presses Universitaires du Septentrion, 1999) and numerous scholarly articles and popular essays. He served four years as faculty-in-residence for the Loyola Residential Learning community at Santa Clara and was director of the interdisciplinary Catholic Studies minor for seven years. He served as an adjunct lecturer at the Education College in Xiamen, China (1991) and as a visiting lecturer at Hekima College, Nairobi, Kenya (2004). While at Santa Clara Fr. Fitzgerald served as Associate Dean and Senior Associate Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences.
Fr. Fitzgerald is currently chair of the Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universities Board of Directors, and in the past has served on the Board of Trustees of Loyola Marymount, Loyola Chicago and Loyola University in New Orleans; the Board of Governors of the Commonwealth Club; and the Board of Regents of Archbishop Mitty High School. His prior board service also includes the Ecclesiastical Board of the School of Theology and Ministry at Boston College. He currently serves on the board of Bay Scholars, a highly successful program to support under-resourced students at excellent Bay Area Catholic Secondary Schools.
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Manny's, 3092 16th Street, San Francisco, United States
USD 5.00 to USD 10.00