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An evening with Marco Impagliazzo. “Religions: Leading the Way towards a Peaceful World”
October 19, 2023
7:00-8:30 PM CDT. Ignatius House, Lake Shore Campus
This event was free and open to the public.
The Hank Center and the Jesuit Community were delighted to welcome Marco Impagliazzo, President of the Community of Sant’Egidio, for an evening of insight and conversation. Founded just after Vatican II, Sant’Egidio is a Christian community that pays close attention to the periphery and peripheral people– gathering men and women of all ages and conditions, uniting all by a fraternal tie through the listening of the Gospel, and a practicing voluntary commitment with (and for) the poor so as to engender peace. Sant’Egidio has become a network of communities in more than 70 countries of the world. Pope Francis asked Cardinal Matteo Zuppi, a longtime member of the Community of Sant’Egidio, to lead his mission for peace in Ukraine. Dr. Impagliazzo, a professor of History at University of Roma Tre, has been instrumental in this work, and has served the church in the living out of the Gospel in three different pontificates.
