Albertus Magnus College Continues Cutting-Edge Conversations
St. Thomas Aquinas Lecture: “Healing Wounds of Migration”
Dr. Leo Guardado
New Haven, Conn., January 29, 2024 – Albertus Magnus College showcases a discussion on forced migration and how it continues to grow exponentially every year in response to violence, war, and the effects of climate change. With every displaced community, a whole world is on the move – seeking refuge and the conditions for a dignified and peaceful life. This presentation will weave stories and analysis of ongoing migration from Latin America to the United States and the unexpected ways through which migrants find social healing and interior liberation from the forces of death that persecute their life, even while living under threat.
| Who: |
Dr. Leo Guardado, Assistant Professor of Theology at Fordham University. |
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| What: |
“Healing Wounds of Migration.” |
| When: |
Tuesday, January 30, 2024 from 5:30-6:45pm. (Snow date: Wednesday, January 31) |
| Where: |
Behan Community Room in the Hubert Campus Center; 831 Winchester Ave., New Haven. |
Leo Guardado, Salvadorian by birth, is an Assistant Professor in the Department of
Theology at Fordham University. His teaching and research focuses on the tradition
of church sanctuary, forced displacement, nonviolence, the thought of Dominican Gustavo
Gutierrez, and the long tradition of Christian mystical theology. Guardado also conducts
ethnographic research on the role of Indigenous healing practices among migrant communities
in New York City. His recent book is entitled Church as Sanctuary: Restructuring Refuge in an Age of Forced Displacement (Orbis Books, 2023).
About Albertus Magnus College
Albertus Magnus College, founded in 1925, is a coeducational Catholic College in the Dominican tradition. As New England's most diverse Catholic College, Albertus' values and liberal arts-based education is recognized by external rankings such as US News & World Report, Money Magazine, and The Wall Street Journal/Times Higher Education, and has been named a Top 10 Military Friendly School. For seven consecutive years, graduating classes at Albertus have achieved post-graduate employment and graduate school success at a rate of at least 95%. The College has an enrollment of approximately 1,300 students across its traditional undergraduate, accelerated adult undergraduate, and 11 graduate programs. Proud to enroll a student body where more than half of its students come from minority backgrounds with nearly the same percentage of undergraduates receiving Federal Pell Grants and being first generation college goers, Albertus is known for its innovative curricular offerings, recently launching new Bachelor’s degree programs in Game and Computer Arts, General Health Sciences, Interdisciplinary Studies, Project Management, Public Health, Social Media, and Supply Chain Management; among its graduate programs is the State of Connecticut's only Master of Arts in Art Therapy and Counseling program. Just two years from its historic 100th Anniversary Year, the College is implementing its Albertus 2025: Lighting the Way to a Second Century strategic plan, which articulates an inspiring, bold vision to "be a destination liberal arts-based college, distinguished in its interdisciplinary and experiential approach to education, rooted in Dominican values, that prepares students for lifelong civic engagement and success." To learn more, please visit albertus.edu.