Events

Wednesday, Sept. 30, at 12:30 p.m. | Pioneer Pavilion

Plant viola seeds in a small pot to take and grow alongside you during the semester. Join us at the cabanas on Pioneer Pavilion!

Wednesday, Oct. 21, at 2 p.m. | Loris Forum

Join Mary Evelyn Tucker and John Grim as they explore how Pierre Teilhard de Chardin and Thomas Berry inspired Pope Francis’ Laudato Si’. Their insights connect ecology, evolution, and justice, guiding us in caring for our shared Earth community.

Wednesday, Nov. 4, at 2 p.m. | Martire Theatre E-145

Join us for a screening of Disney and Pixar’s WALL-E! This beloved film follows a lonely robot on an adventure that explores caring for the environment, the effects of overconsumption, and our responsibility to care for our common home. Come enjoy a fun afternoon movie with fellow students and see why WALL-E still has such an important message for us today.

A wide array of vendors and campus organizations joined us to celebrate our Common Home in celebration of Earth Day. The event featured a recitation of poetry by the 2026/2027 St. Brigid Student Poet Laureate Maria Clara Bragagnolo Rose (pictured).

Our guest speaker is John P. Slattery, executive director of the Carl G. Grefenstette Center for Ethics in Science, Technology and Law at Duquesne University.

As part of WSHU’s “Join the Conversation,” climate activist Wawa Gatheru will speak on the connection between social justice and sustainability.

Today many people believe that humans are the most intelligent, virtuous, successful species that ever lived. In this book talk, NYU primatologist Christine Webb will outline how human exceptionalism is an ideology that relies more on human culture than our biology, exposing many scientific studies’ biases against other species and revealing underappreciated complexities of nonhuman life. The guest speaker will be Christine Webb of Harvard University.

Led in collaboration with SHU Fit, these 30-minute walks will took place every Thursday at 12:15 p.m. Meet us at the Laudato Si’ Prayer Garden (outside Pios Kitchen on the first floor of the west building at West Campus) where we will begin with a prayer and then head to the walking paths. Let’s walk together toward wellness, connection and care for our common home!

A meditative sound session featuring crystal and Himalayan bowls, chimes, gongs, drums, bells, flutes and more. Led by certified instructor Diane Barnett of Grounded Meditation.

A campus planting event before the weather gets cold! We will provide small pots, soil and seeds for planting. Come celebrate the season, connect with nature and bring a little greenery into your space.

Following a shipwreck, a robot named Roz becomes stranded on a remote island and is forced to learn how to survive in the wild. If you are curious about what happens to her or the unexpected bonds she forms with the animals around her, make a date to watch The Wild Robot with us in the Martire Theater. Stick around after for an open conversation with Dr. June-Ann Greeley and Dr. Chelsea King! Co-Sponsored by: Laudato Si’ Office of Sustainability & Social Justice and the 50 First Days Program