September 2024 Global Update
Welcome the Season of Creation with Global Solidarity! Discover new and exciting initiatives by GMU Faculty and Administration. Meditate on Poetry as Prayer and celebrate answering the call to priesthood.
Art and Spirituality
Michal Lewon, a GMU doctoral candidate, will lecture on Art and Spirituality on Monday, July 1, at 7 pm EST. Michal is a Benedictine Oblate and Zen practitioner, humanist and chaplain, son and brother, friend, and student.
The presentation is free, but you must register to receive instructions for joining Zoom
President Grudzen’s Reflections on Student Activism in the US and Africa
Student activism has highlighted media coverage of the Gaza war between Israel and Hamas. My alma mater, Columbia University, has been the epicenter of student unrest and the catalyst for uprisings across the US at college campuses.
On April 30, my wife, Marita Grudzen, and I attended a lecture on Human Rights Activism in Africa by Professor Kumi Naidoo, the Arthur W. Payne Distinguished Lecturer at the Stanford University Freeman Institute for International Studies. Professor Naidoo’s resume includes his role in organizing the anti-apartheid movement in South Africa and later helping to organize the legalization of the African National Congress after Nelson Mandela was released from prison….
New Year Blessings: January 2024 Global Update
Make 2024 YOUR year with new opportunities, new possibilities, and new achievements at GMU! Welcome Dr. Reginald Nalugala as GMU’s International VP for Africa.
Discover the spirituality and theology of Eastern Christianity. Awaken the wonder and awe in you though Creation Spirituality.
Learn about collaboration with All Faiths Seminary and the People’s Catholic Seminary. Bring blessings to our world through GMU’s chaplaincy training.
December 2023 Global Update and President Grudzen’s Holiday Message
Jesus was born in a time when his parents had to find lodging in a stable and in a land controlled by foreign powers. Many families today in the Middle East, Central and South America, Africa, and Bangladesh find themselves in similar circumstances. The message of Hanukkah and Christmas is that the Light cannot be extinguished despite the darkness that seems to be prevalent in the public square. Our heavenly Light continues to burn brightly behind the storm clouds of our era. This beneficial illumination provides us an interior presence and focus that guides us into a future of hope and renewal of our civilization…
Matthew Fox Joins the GMU Faculty! View his presentation.
Renowned visionary theologian, Matthew Fox, joins the Global Ministries University Faculty! He gave a free presentation on “Creation Spirituality and Religion and Science” on November 17, 2023. View it here.