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Videos of Slattery Center Events

The Humanities Session

A fireside chat with Father Pilarz about his life in and around the Ignatian humanities and the inspiration for the Slattery Center

Inaugural Sondra and Morey Myers Distinguished Visiting Fellowship Lecture

The Gail and Francis Slattery Center for Humanities presented the Inaugural Sondra and Morey Myers Distinguished Visiting Fellowship Lecture, Nov. 18, 2021. Keynote lecturer, Lonnie Bunch III, the 14th secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, presented “The Humanities, Democracy and Race.”

An Evening with Massimo Faggioli, Ph.D

An Evening with Massimo Faggioli, Ph.D. Author of Joe Biden and Catholicism in the United States.

Announcement of The Gail And Francis Slattery Center for Humanities

The late Scott R. Pilarz, S.J., President of the University, announced the establishment of the Gail and Francis Slattery Center for Humanities. The Center will advance the University’s liberal arts tradition and enhance the core role it plays in the formation of students to become “men and women for others.” The Center will serve as a national model for humanities in action.