2017-18 Events

Rembrandt and the Faces of Christ

Tuesday, May 15
4pm in Wyckoff Auditorium

Art Historian and Theologian Fr. Tom Lucas S.J., Rector of the Arrupe Jesuit Community at SU, will present a visually engaging reflection of the face of Jesus as depicted in Rembrandt’s paintings, etchings, and drawings.

Co-sponsored with the Arrupe Jesuit Community.

Each spring the ICTC sponsors a Catholic Imagination and the Arts program for the campus and community that focuses on literature and the arts as an entry point into the Catholic sacramental vision. These programs draw attention to the unique contribution of the Catholic imagination to the richness of the Catholic intellectual tradition, both in terms of an inherited treasury and as invitation to a textured understanding of the world.

Taste and See: Exploring Foodways and Film
with Antonio Sison

Thursday, April 26 | 4pm
Bannan Auditorium 130
Reception to follow at 5:30pm in Bannan Arboretum

Born and raised in a culture where cooking and feasting are wedded with ancient communitarian values, Br. Antonio Sison, CPPS, shares his passionate and imaginative quest for recipes of grace in the integration of theology and intercultural cinema.

Martin Luther King Jr. Mass

Celebrating the 50th Anniversary of his death

All are welcome!
Monday, January 15, 2018
11 am Mass
12:15 pm Keynote

The Black Catholic Advisory Circle of the Archdiocese of Seattle, in partnership with the Seattle University Institute for Catholic Thought and Culture will hosts a Mass celebrating the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. The keynote speaker is James F. Williams, Managing Partner of the Seattle office of the law firm Perkins Coie. Mr. Williams is a graduate of the University of Virginia School of Law and The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina. He is a member of Immaculate Conception Parish.

An Advent of Possibilities: Imagining Racial Justice

An invitation to "Listen! Learn! Think! Pray! Act!"

All are welcome!
Wednesday, December 6, 2017
3:30-5:00 pm

Casey Commons, 5th Floor Casey Building, Seattle University
Festive refreshments provided

For those of you who heard Bishop Edward Braxton speak in October, these are familiar words. Please join us as we accept the invitation to "listen, learn, think, pray and act" in the call for imagining racial justice. The event will consist of brief talks, quiet reflection time, and table-sharing.

"The Catholic Church and the Racial Divide in the United States”

October 17, 2017

Bishop Edward K. Braxton of the Diocese of Belleville has a long-standing reputation as a scholar whose writings on a wide range of theological and pastoral topics spark meaningful dialogues among the Catholic faithful.

Bishop Braxton studied and taught at a variety of institutions, including the Catholic University of Louvain in Belgium, the Divinity School of the University of Chicago, Harvard University Divinity School, the University of Notre Dame and the North American College in Rome.

A sought-after speaker focusing in the past few years on racial tension in the U.S. and Black Lives Matter movement, Bishop Braxton has been invited to preach in major Catholic and Protestant pulpits, such as the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception, St. Mary’s Cathedral in San Francisco, the Sage Memorial Chapel at Cornell University, the Memorial Church at Harvard University, and the Rockefeller Chapel at The University of Chicago. 

Tyrone Brown is assistant director for the Office of Multicultural Affairs (OMA) at Seattle University. As an Assistant Director, Tyrone is responsible for the Diversity, Equity, and Education Program (DEEP), advising OMA Alliance (student clubs and organizations), focusing on Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans, and Queer students (LGTBQ), military veterans, and social justice development.Previously, Tyrone spent five plus years as the administrative coordinator for the Office of the President, Vice President for Student Development, and Counseling and Psychological Services (CAPS). He is a Seattle University alumni, having received his MFA in Arts Leadership in 2010 and is the founder of MORAL MONDAYS at SU, the #BlackLivesMatter initiative on campus. Brown is the 2016 Spirit of Community Award (Staff) for exceptional commitment to service with a nonprofit agency or to coordinating or sustaining projects that make a positive difference in the community. 

Tyrone is a Seattle native, First Gulf War veteran, and a theatre director / producer.

Week of Prayer and Action: October 7-13, 2017

On September 27, 2017 Pope Francis launched a global campaign to support migrants and refugees around the world. In collaboration with the annual celebration of Respect Life Month in October, the bishops in the U.S. are asking Catholics around the country to help kick off the campaign by taking part in a week of prayer and action for migrants and refugees from October 7-13.

Catholic leaders across parishes, schools, and universities can animate their communities to participate in the week of prayer and action - learn more at Share the Journey!