Lectures and Events
Submissions from 2023
(Presentation) Speak Up Speak Out, Malik Stewart, Brian Bruess, Mary Geller, Richard Ice, and Aubrey Sherman
(Presentation) The History of Race and Racism at CSB and SJU, Brittany Merritt and Samuel Rengo
(Presentation) Sun Yung Shin Reading & Conversation, Sun Yung Shin and Matthew Harkins
(Presentation) Lunch & Learn: Always We Begin Again, Rodger Narloch and Donelle Poling
(Presentation) Robin Wall Kimmerer Lecture: Indigenous Knowledge and Spirituality for Sustainability, Robin Wall Kimmerer and Jean Lavigne
(Presentation) Climate Justice: A Revolution of Values, Corrie Grosse, Jalayna Smith-Moore, Sean Fisher, Jervon Sands, Betsy Ruckman, and Fredi Ponce Parra
(Presentation) Bright Anane, Bright Anane
(Presentation) Elija Browne, Elija Browne
(Presentation) Keilyn Bucio, Keilyn Bucio
(Presentation) Mayte Rodriguez, Mayte Rodriguez
(Presentation) Downhill Skiing at Saint John’s: The Story of “Mount Carmel”, Peggy L. Roske
(Presentation) Ghost Stories, Peggy L. Roske
(Presentation) Mariella Gable & Kristin Malloy: The “Wicked Nuns” (book banning at CSB), Peggy L. Roske
(Presentation) Swayed Pines Festival, 1974-2000: Community Building through Music, Crafts, Food & Fun [2023], Peggy L. Roske
Submissions from 2022
(Presentation) Hmong New Year, Shoua Yang, Selina Vang, Chong Yang, and Yuepheng Lor
(Presentation) Partnerships and Pathways, Terri L. Rodriguez, Robert Campbell, Teri Durbin, Theresa Anderson, Mary Jo Leighton, and John Kendall
(Presentation) Whither the Weather? 130 Years of Weather Recording at Saint John’s, Peggy L. Roske
(Presentation) Grand Illuminations: Speaking from the Heart, "Get Real?", Anthony Cunningham and Matthew Harkins
(Presentation) Am I Not A Student: Black Students Speak about their Experiences Dealing with Tokenism at a PWI, Durran Thompson, Andrenique Rolle, Dee Khalil, Christianna Wallace, and Elijah Browne
(Presentation) CottonPicker, Bobby Marines and Bruce Campbell
(Presentation) Diane Wilson: Public Reading and Conversation, Diane Wilson and Rachel Marston
(Presentation) Lunch & Learn: The Saint John's Bible, Tim Ternes and Rodger Narloch
(Presentation) Christian Nationalism in America: Its History and Resurgence, Charles Gallagher and John C. Merkle
(Presentation) Curiosities: Early Saint John's and the Shores of Lake Sagatagan, Peggy L. Roske
(Presentation) Winona LaDuke: Envisioning Political, Spiritual and Ecological Transformation, Winona LaDuke and Corrie Grosse
(Presentation) Grand Illuminations: Speaking from the Heart, "Ordinary or Extraordinary?", Amy Grinsteiner and Anthony Cunningham
(Presentation) The 16th Annual Eugene J. McCarthy Lecture with General Paul Nakasone '86, Matthew Lindstrom, Kate Fenske, and Brian Bruess
(Presentation) Chinese Indentured Labor during the Era of Abolition: Cuba, Peru, and the United States during the Mid-Nineteenth Century, Benjamin Narvaez and Bruce Campbell
(Presentation) Lunch & Learn: Gratefulness: The Porter of the Monastery, Michael Peterson OSB and Rodger Narloch
(Presentation) Lighting Ceremony for 16th Firing of Johanna Kiln, Richard Bresnahan and John Klassen OSB
(Presentation) A Conversation about Chile's Constitution, Catherine Reyes-Householder and Pedro A. G. dos Santos
(Presentation) Kendra Allen: Craft Talk, Rachel Marston and Kendra Allen
(Presentation) Organizing for Change: The Worker-driven Social Responsibility Model, Carlos García Velasco
(Presentation) Kendra Allen: Public Reading and Conversation, Kendra Allen
(Presentation) 2022 Clemens Lecture: The Cost of Caring for Our Elderly Parents: The Economics of Aging Presented by Kathleen McGarry, Ph.D., Daniel K. Finn and Kathleen McGarry
(Presentation) Meeting Micraggressions with Microresistance in the Classroom, Cynthia Ganote
(Presentation) Grand Illuminations: Speaking from the Heart, "Hope for Hope?", Vincent M. Smiles and Anthony Cunningham
(Presentation) Lunch & Learn: Tending to the Essentials: Benedictine Wisdom for Growing Attentive, Michael Rubbelke
(Presentation) CSB+SJU All-College Convocation 2022, Brian Bruess, Corrie Grosse, Adrenique Rolle, and Durran Thompson
(Presentation) Library Directors of CSB and SJU: A Brief History, Peggy L. Roske
(Presentation) SJU Class of 2022 Commencement Celebration, LeAnne Matthews Stewart, James Mullen, Laurie Hamen, Jack Fogelberg, Michaela Hedican OSB, John Klassen OSB, Richard Ice, and Dale Launderville OSB
(Presentation) CSB Class of 2022 Commencement Celebration, LeAnne Matthews Stewart, Aaron Voth, Laurie Hamen, James Mullen, Regan Dolezal, Barbara J. May, and Susan Rudolph OSB
(Presentation) Strong Integration Ceremonies Dinner Presentation, Laurie Hamen
(Presentation) La Convivencia: A Perspective on How Spain's Diverse Religious Past Influences the Present, Maddie Anderson
(Presentation) Transcultural Intellectuals Throughout the Cultural Revolution in China, Charis Birkholz
(Presentation) Lunch and Learn: Celebrating the growth and gifts of the Abbey Arboretum (25th anniversary), John Klassen OSB and John Geissler
(Presentation) Workshop on the Common Good, Kristin Heyer
(Presentation) Education of Long-Term Care Staff on the use of Aromatherapy to Reduce Use of Psychotropic Medications, Ashley Boss, Samantha Sullivan, Hannah Voigt, and Grace Zdechlik
(Presentation) Implementation of Staff Training Curriculum Aimed at Improving MDS Coding in a Long-Term Care Setting, Maureen Burns, Emalee Driemeyer, Caitlin O'Toole, Eliana Scheett, and Erin Sticha
(Presentation) Maintaining Patient-Provider Relationships in Times of Telehealth, Abigail Marilyn Kaluza
(Presentation) Under Pressure: Stress at CSB/SJU, Erin Long, Aaron Crema, Ashlee Vyskocil, Isaiah Primus, and Bryan Leon Cartagena
(Presentation) Relational Aggression in College Students: Associations with Emotion Regulation, Sleep, Social Anxiety, and Psychopathy, Charlotte Mensen
(Presentation) Differences in Gastrointestinal Symptoms, Stress, and Lifestyle Factors in Adults With and Without Irritable Bowel Syndrome After Consumption of Gluten and Inulin, Shelby Stovern, Codi Zwack, Austin Windsperger, Linnea Metelmann, Grace Johnson, Elissa Rooney, and Jessica Milstroh
(Presentation) Phi Beta Kappa Induction Ceremony 2022, Laura Taylor
(Presentation) Spotlight on Brazil Series - Fernando Conceição: Violence Against Minorities - Brazil & US, Fernando Costa da Conceição
(Presentation) Spotlight on Brazil Series - An Informal Conversation on Racial Issues & Basketball in Brazil, Jamir Garcez
(Presentation) Spotlight on Brazil Series - Social inequalities in Brazil: Effects and Outcomes in Life and Health Conditions, Clarice Mota
(Presentation) History of the 1960’s Environmental Revolution: The Roles of Rachel Carson & Presidents Kennedy and Johnson, Douglas Brinkley
(Presentation) Carolyn Forché Craft Talk, Carolyn Forché
(Presentation) Dr Siyabulela Mandela: Global Youth Activism, Siyabulela Mandela
(Presentation) Glory & Longing in a Suffering World: How can we understand God in the face of suffering & evil?, Christopher Southgate
(Presentation) Grand Illuminations: Speaking from the Heart, "Oh Rocks, Tell Us in Plain Words", Scott Richardson
(Presentation) Carolyn Forché: Public Reading & Conversation, Carolyn Forché
(Presentation) Benedictine Perspective on Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Justice: Speaker Panel Discussion, Cindy Gonzalez, Nicholas Tangen, and Eric Le Compte
(Presentation) Benedictine Perspective on Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Justice: "Diversity, Equity and Inclusion: The Benedictine Demand to Live in Right Relationship with Our God, Community and Planet", Eric LeCompte
(Presentation) Spotlight on Brazil Series - Brazil under US influence: 1964-2021, Xavier Vatin
(Presentation) Benedictine Perspective on Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Justice: "Navigating Spiritual Bypass when Talking about Oppression: Leaning Into the Benedictine Values", Cindy Gonzalez
(Presentation) Benedictine Perspective on Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Justice: "DEIJ as Spiritual and Communal Practice", Nicholas Tangen
(Presentation) History Department & Tegeder Berg Society Spring Event present Fascism: Past & Present, Gregory Schroeder, Haley Joos, and Grace Nulty
(Presentation) Lunch and Learn: Tales from a Piano Bench and a Bicycle Seat: The Art of Listening in a Fractured World, George Maurer
(Presentation) Collegeville Connections: A Conversation on Mental Health & Rural Ministry, Jessie Bazan, Heather Culuris, Kimberly Knowle-Zeller, and Brittney Marshall
(Presentation) Building A World that Includes Disability, Rosemarie Garland-Thomson
(Presentation) Grand Illuminations | Good Grief: Grace Born From Subtraction, Karen Cherewatuk
(Presentation) Violence, Backlash, and the Persistence of Women's Political Exclusion in Latin America, Juliana Restrepo Sanín
(Presentation) Collegeville Connections: Praying with our Pens on Ash Wednesday, Carol Davis Younger
(Presentation) Advocacy to Advance the Common Good in the Classroom and in Research: Redrawing Line(s) in a Post-Truth Empire where the Bad Guys are Winning, Jon Pahl
(Presentation) Fethullah Gülen’s Gandhi-Inspired Muslim Peace Movement, Jon Pahl
(Presentation) The Cultural Toolbox: Traditional Ojibwe Living in the Modern World, Anton Treuer
(Presentation) A Craft Talk with Poet Heid E. Erdrich (LAI), Heid E. Erdrich and Rachel Marston
(Presentation) Author Heid E. Erdrich: A Reading and a Conversation (LAI), Heid E. Erdrich and Rachel Marston
(Presentation) Collegeville Connections: A Call to Sabbath, Claire Wolfteich and Jesse Bazan
(Presentation) Collegeville Connections: The End of Burnout, Jonathan Malesic, Carla Durand, and Jacqueline Bussie
(Presentation) MLK Keynote | Dr. Christopher Lehman - Author of Slavery's Reach, Christopher Lehman
(Presentation) W.E.B Du Bois in Berlin: German Letters and The Souls of Black Folk, Kurt Hollender
(Presentation) Rest as a Revolution in the Age of Racial Reckoning, Reba Peoples
(Presentation) Diversity at CSB/SJU: Bits and Pieces of Our History, Peggy L. Roske
(Presentation) Hassler: Teacher, Author and Artist, Peggy L. Roske
(Presentation) Lost Saint John’s, Part 3: Lost – and Found? Sagatagan Shrines, Peggy L. Roske
(Presentation) Peter Engel, Saint John’s Fourth Abbot [2022], Peggy L. Roske
(Presentation) War Protest, 1972: Students Blockade the SJU Campus, Peggy L. Roske
Submissions from 2021
(Presentation) Lunch & Learn: Grassroots Organizing and Benedictine Values, Karlyn Forner, Rodger Narloch, and Trisa Schaffer
(Presentation) Collegeville Connections: A Pilgrim’s Calling Through Advent, Christina Braudaway-Bauman, Jessie Bazan, and Jane Patterson
(Presentation) A Conversation about Disability, Awareness, Rights, and Activism with Judy Heumann and Dr. Miro Griffiths, Judy Heumann and Miro Griffiths
(Presentation) Tell Me More: A Conversation with ISA, Anne M. Zweber, Marissa S. Johnson, Adrianna M. Warden, Moses Wiseman, Richard B. Guerue, and Andrew V. Jurek
(Presentation) Minnesota and the Packaged Food Revolution, Louis D. Johnston
(Presentation) Resilience and Reconciliation: Native American Boarding Schools and the Actions Crucial for Healing, Jaime Arsenault, Patricia Kennedy, and Theodor Gordon
(Presentation) Imagining Socio-economic and Agro-ecological Alternatives in a Moment of Climate Crisis: Voices from Movements in Latin America and Baltimore, Nicole Fabricant and Bruce Campbell
(Presentation) Author Kiese Laymon: A Reading and a Conversation (LAI), Kiese Laymon and Matthew Harkins
(Presentation) Collegeville Connections: Spirituality, Song, and Social Justice, Carla Durand, Don E. Saliers, and Emily Saliers
(Presentation) Grand Illuminations | Christian Slavery, Katharine Gerbner and Anthony Cunningham