johnpaul2centerromJul 28, 20202 min readReflection: Role of Solidarity in Interfaith Engagement From Old City Jerusalem to the storied Jordan river, Nazareth and beyond, the Russell Berrie Fellows experienced an immersion experience...
johnpaul2centerromJun 25, 20202 min read"The Pope's Gardens" and Brother Guy who brought ideas like baptizing aliens to the Pontifical TableJohn Paul II Center Fellows visit Vatican Observatory located in Castel Gandolfo for special tour of the Vatican Observatory for “a...
johnpaul2centerromJun 3, 20202 min readNo Peace without Justice based on Equality by Bernadette McGonigle(Mini-Exegesis/Midrash: A Response to Intolerance and Victims of Violence) Genesis 1:27: "God created mankind in his image; in the image...
johnpaul2centerromMay 7, 20209 min readThe burden of the cross: Covid19 a call for action in West Africa by James E. MiriagoIntroduction In Africa, the Church has been the vanguard of civil-society, leading the way both in good and in bad times. Religion is the...
johnpaul2centerromMay 6, 20202 min readBernadette McGonigle reflects on Yad Vashem visitWords fail to give an accurate account of the Yad Vashem museum – the World Holocaust Remembrance Center in Jerusalem. That is perhaps...
johnpaul2centerromMay 5, 20202 min readIn the Shoes of A Russell Berrie Fellow by Bernadette McGonigleBeing a Russell Berrie Fellow has given me the privileged opportunity to undertake a diploma in interreligious studies in the Faculty of...
johnpaul2centerromMay 3, 20202 min readDiwali Celebration at Hindu TempleRussell Berrie fellows Nataliia Pavlyk and McKenzie Fergus recently visited the Kali Mandir Hindu temple in Rome as a part of their...
johnpaul2centerromMay 2, 20209 min readThe Closure of Roman Churches and the Angelicum by McKenzie Flowers Fergus(An early March, 2020 reflection) I looked up from my desk at the Pontifical University and observed not the colossal crucifix on the...