Community Invited to Jesuit Jubilee Year Events

Wheeling Jesuit University will host a series of events open to the public to mark the Jesuit Jubilee Year. This anniversary year celebrates the spirit of founders of the Society of Jesus: Francis Xavier (born 7 April 1506 at Javier in Navarre), Peter Faber (born 13 April 1506 at Villaret Savoie) and Ignatius Loyola (died 31 July 1556 in Rome). The Jubilee Year officially began December 3, 2005 and will last through December 2006.The University is planning more events for the fall.


January 9- January 31
Our Future in Retrospect? Coal Miner Health in Appalachia, Photographs by Russell Lee-1946 and Earl Dotter-2006
5:30 p.m. Wheeling National Heritage Area Corporation's Artisan Center
University reception, sponsored by the Appalachian Institute
Community Invited

February 9
Rev. Dean Brackley, S.J., Professor of Theology,
University of Central America, San Salvador
“The Call to Discernment in Troubled Times“
7:00 p.m., Troy Theater
University Reception, sponsored by The Office of the President
Community Invited

February 10
Founder’s Day Mass
3:15 p.m., The Chapel of Mary and Joseph
Celebrant/Homilist: The Most Reverend Bernard W. Schmitt, D.D.
Bishop Emeritus of the Diocese of Wheeling-Charleston
University Reception, sponsored by Campus Ministry
Chapel Seminar Room
Community Invited

March 15
Kerry Kennedy
Founder, Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Center for Human Rights
“Speak Truth to Power: Human Rights in a Global Perspective“
4:00 p.m., Troy Theater
University Reception, sponsored by Mission & Identity
Community Invited

April 19
Sharing of Jesuit Jubilee video,
“AMDG– A World is Not Enough“
A film for the Jesuit Jubilee Year 2006
7:00 p.m., The Chapel of Mary and Joseph
Community Invited

April 19
Presentation by Avery Cardinal Dulles, S.J.,
The McGinley Professor of Theology, Fordham University
“Jesuit Origins and Jesuit Mission Today“
7:30 p.m., Troy Theater
University Reception, sponsored by The Jesuit Community
Whelan Hall
Community Invited

July 31
Mass for The Feast of St. Ignatius Loyola
3:30 p.m., The Chapel of Mary & Joseph
University Reception, sponsored by The Jesuit Community
Whelan Hall
Community Invited

September 14
The Mass of the Holy Spirit
11:00 a.m., The Chapel of Mary and Joseph
Celebrant: The Most Reverend Michael J. Bransfield, D.D.
Bishop of the Diocese of Wheeling-Charleston
Community Invited

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