Albertus Magnus College Continues Cutting-Edge Conversations

St. Thomas Aquinas Lecture: “Healing Wounds of Migration”

Dr. Leo Guardado

Dr. Leo Guardado

New Haven, Conn., January 29, 2024 Albertus Magnus College showcases a discussion on forced migration and how it  continues to grow exponentially every year in response to violence, war, and the effects of climate change. With every  displaced community, a whole world is on the move – seeking refuge and the conditions for a dignified and peaceful life.  This presentation will weave stories and analysis of ongoing migration from Latin America to the United States and the  unexpected ways through which migrants find social healing and interior liberation from the forces of death that  persecute their life, even while living under threat.

Who:

Dr. Leo Guardado, Assistant Professor of Theology at Fordham University.

What:

“Healing Wounds of Migration.”

When:

Tuesday, January 30, 2024 from 5:30-6:45pm. (Snow date: Wednesday, January 31)

Where:

Behan Community Room in the Hubert Campus Center; 831 Winchester Ave., New Haven.
The event will also be livestreamed.
RSVP at http://www.albertus.edu/eckhart/events.

Leo Guardado, Salvadorian by birth, is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Theology at Fordham University. His  teaching and research focuses on the tradition of church sanctuary, forced displacement, nonviolence, the thought of  Dominican Gustavo Gutierrez, and the long tradition of Christian mystical theology. Guardado also conducts  ethnographic research on the role of Indigenous healing practices among migrant communities in New York City. His  recent book is entitled Church as Sanctuary: Restructuring Refuge in an Age of Forced Displacement (Orbis Books, 2023).

About Albertus Magnus College

Albertus Magnus College, founded in 1925, is a coeducational Catholic College in the Dominican tradition.  As New England's most diverse Catholic College, Albertus' values- and liberal arts-based education is recognized by external rankings such as US News & World Report, Money Magazine, and The Wall Street Journal/Times Higher Education, and has been named a Top 10 Military Friendly School.  For eight consecutive years, graduating classes at Albertus have achieved post-graduate employment and graduate school success at a rate of at least 95%.  The College has an enrollment of approximately 1,300 students across its traditional undergraduate, accelerated adult undergraduate, and 12 graduate programs. Proud to enroll a student body where more than half of its students come from minority backgrounds with nearly the same percentage of undergraduates receiving Federal Pell Grants and being first generation college goers, Albertus is known for its innovative curricular offerings, recently launching new Bachelor's degree programs in Nursing, General Health Sciences, Interdisciplinary Studies, Public Health, and Supply Chain Management; among its graduate programs is the State of Connecticut's only Master of Arts in Art Therapy and Counseling program. Just two years from its historic 100 th Anniversary Year, the College is implementing its Albertus 2025: Lighting the Way to a Second Century strategic plan, which articulates an inspiring, bold vision to "be a destination liberal arts-based college, distinguished in its interdisciplinary and experiential approach to education, rooted in Dominican values, that prepares students for lifelong civic engagement and success." To learn more, please visit albertus.edu.