Events and Programs: 2020-2021
Paradox Symposium 2021
![](/media/missionandministry/acti/actiimages/Hell of Dissection 475x325.jpg)
April 30, 2021 at 10:00 A.M (PST)
This symposium will engage a range of topics with a shared concern for paradox and will feature both student and faculty presentations. Asuka Sango (Associate Professor, Carleton College) will offer a keynote address on the issue of paradox as seen in Buddhist debate practices in medieval Japan.
A Conversation on the LMU Liturgical Vestment Collection
![](/media/missionandministry/acti/actiimages/magenta-gold vestment Horizontal 900x600.jpg)
April 21, 2021 at 4:00 P.M. (PST)
This ACTI Faculty Fellowship presentation will feature a conversation between Professor Leon Wiebers, Cynthia Becht, and Professor Cecilia González-Andrieu on the historic vestments held in the Archives and Special Collections of the William H. Hannon Library.
IGI: Interactive, Gaming and Immersive Media
![](/media/missionandministry/acti/actiimages/IGIpromo900x600 Final.jpg)
April 7, 2021 at 2:00 P.M. (PST)
LMU’s new Interactive, Gaming, and Immersive Media, is known informally as IGI or Iggy, after our institution's founder, St. Ignatius of Loyola. It formalizes a longstanding collaboration between the College of Science & Engineering (CSE) and the School of Film & Television (SFTV).
Join us for an hour-long discussion that will offer insights from two of the program’s founders, Prof. Tom Klein and Dr. Ray Toal.
L.A. Uprisings, Race, and Media (1992 & 2020)
![Aerial image of smoke rising from 1992 L.A. riots](/media/missionandministry/acti/actiimages/LA Riots 1.jpg)
February 3, 2021 at 1:00 P.M. (PST)
Join us for a movie screening of L.A. Burning: The Riots 25 Years Later and a pre-recorded panel discussion with Dr. Julia Lee (LMU associate professor of English) and Eric Deggans (NPR TV critic) to address the media representations of race during the civil unrest in Los Angeles in the aftermath of the Rodney King verdict. Lee describes her experience as the daughter of Korean immigrants whose store was burned during the uprising. Deggans describes his experience covering the unrest and its impact in Pittsburgh, where he was one of the few Black reporters working at the local newspaper. Lee and Deggans then have a conversation about the protests following George Floyd's murder and the need for media outlets to diversify their ranks and coverage.
When Parents Kidnap
![Abduction website picture](/media/missionandministry/acti/actiimages/Abduction Website Picture.jpg)
December 9, 2020 at 1:00 PM
This pre-recorded panel discussion and this film explore the shattering impact of forcible separation of a child from a parent through parental kidnapping. This not only affects the child, but also negatively impacts the family as a whole, including the kidnapper. This program will explore this issue through the film “Sarah Cecilie”, produced and directed by LMU Professor Glenn Gebhard, and executive produced by Baroness Catherine Meyer.
Paradox and Comparative Monasticism: Self and Society in the Middle Ages
![Hogen Rebellion art image](/media/missionandministry/acti/actiimages/paradox-1.jpg)
November 19, 2020, 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM
This panel will use the notion of paradox to examine religious thought and practice in the Middle Ages.
A Defense of Conscientious Objection in Healthcare
![medical symbol with scales of justice](/media/missionandministry/acti/actiimages/health-justice.jpg)
November 9, 2020 at 2:00 PM
In this discussion, Dr. Christopher Kaczor and Dr. Catherine Peters discuss the paper “A Defense of Conscientious Objection in Healthcare.”
“Welcome to Sodom” Movie Screening & Interdisciplinary Panel Discussion
October 26-28, 2020
Access the movie here and then watch a panel discussion with professors Nicole Bouvier-Brown, Charles E. Swanson, and Brian Treanor.
Events and Programs: 2019-2020
![](/media/missionandministry/acti/actiimages/Snow St Ignatius 475x325.jpg)
![](/media/missionandministry/acti/Caravan Dance Picture 475x325.jpg)
![](/media/missionandministry/acti/actiimages/Caravan Choir 475x325.jpg)
![](/media/missionandministry/acti/actiimages/B Romero 475x325.jpg)
![](/media/missionandministry/acti/actiimages/Skulls 475x325.jpg)
![](/media/missionandministry/acti/actiimages/Velvet Revolution 475x325.jpg)
![](/media/missionandministry/acti/actiimages/Finding Heart 475x325.jpg)
![](/media/missionandministry/acti/actiimages/Antonius 475x325.jpg)
![](/media/missionandministry/acti/Michael Doubles Update Final 475x325.jpg)
![](/media/missionandministry/acti/actiimages/Meaning of Life Final 475x325.jpg)
![](/media/missionandministry/acti/actiimages/LLTM Flyer Image 475x325.jpg)
Events and Programs: 2018-2019
![](/media/missionandministry/acti/actiimages/Erin Cline 475x325.jpg)
![Town Hall 475x325](/media/missionandministry/acti/Town Hall Campus aerial 475x325.jpg)
![](/media/missionandministry/acti/actiimages/LeonardBernstein475x325.jpg)
![](/media/missionandministry/acti/actiimages/Dan Bradley Horizontal 475x325.jpg)
![](/media/missionandministry/acti/actiimages/Solar System 475x325.jpg)
![](/media/missionandministry/acti/actiimages/Fist 475x325.jpg)
![](/media/missionandministry/acti/actiimages/KMcChesney Portrait 475x325.jpg)
![](/media/missionandministry/acti/actiimages/MLK 2019 475x325.jpg)
![](/media/missionandministry/acti/actiimages/Confession 475x325.jpg)
![](/media/missionandministry/acti/AILS Logo 400x400.png)
![](/media/missionandministry/acti/actiimages/Students Voting 475x325.jpg)
![](/media/missionandministry/acti/actiimages/Loyola Marymount press conference 475x325.jpg)
![](/media/missionandministry/acti/actiimages/Sean McGrath 475x325 copy.jpg)
![Town Hall 475x325](/media/missionandministry/acti/Town Hall Campus aerial 475x325.jpg)
![](/media/missionandministry/acti/actiimages/faitn-n-justice-425x325.jpg)
![Chapel Sunken for Idea Conference 475x325](/media/missionandministry/acti/actiimages/Chapel Sunken Gardens 475x325.jpg)
![](/media/missionandministry/acti/actiimages/2017-2018/Stained glass 475x325.jpg)
![](/media/missionandministry/acti/actiimages/2017-2018/Unteachable 475x325.jpg)
![Diversity and Difference 475x325](/media/missionandministry/acti/Diversity and Difference collage 475x325.jpg)
![](/media/missionandministry/acti/actiimages/Night of God 475x325.jpg)
![Archbishop Gomez 475x325](/media/missionandministry/acti/Gomez headshot 475x325.jpg)
![Historical Legacy Ad Picture 475x325](/media/missionandministry/acti/Loyola College groundbreaking 475x325.jpg)
![Christ of the Bread Line 475x325](/media/missionandministry/acti/actiimages/Christ of the Bread Line 475x325.jpg)
![](/media/missionandministry/acti/actiimages/Laudato Si 475x325.jpg)
![Jenkins portrait 475x325](/media/missionandministry/acti/actiimages/Jenkins portrait 475x325.jpg)
![](/media/missionandministry/acti/actiimages/Fire 475x325.jpg)
![](/media/missionandministry/acti/actiimages/Medieval Beggar 475x325.jpg)
![Survey result 475x325](/media/missionandministry/acti/Survey result image 475x325.jpg)
![Kerry Cronin 475x325](/media/missionandministry/acti/actiimages/Kerry Cronin 475x325.jpg)
![Silence cover 475x325](/media/missionandministry/acti/actiimages/Silence cover 475x325.jpg)
![](/media/missionandministry/acti/actiimages/Stephen Grimm portrait 475x325.jpg)
![](/media/missionandministry/acti/actiimages/St Johns Bible 475x325.jpg)
![Common Course Debate Photo 475x325](/media/missionandministry/acti/actiimages/Common Course Debate photo 475x325.jpg)
![](/media/missionandministry/acti/actiimages/We The People 475x325.jpg)
![](/media/missionandministry/acti/actiimages/Hannon Library books 475x325.jpg)
![](/media/missionandministry/acti/actiimages/The Way 475x325.jpg)
![](/media/missionandministry/acti/actiimages/Snow St Ignatius 475x325.jpg)
![](/media/missionandministry/acti/actiimages/Interrogating Incarceration 475 x 325.jpg)
![](/media/missionandministry/acti/actiimages/Sainte Chapelle 475x325.jpg)
![](/media/missionandministry/acti/actiimages/Mercy and Refugees Dorfman 475x325.jpg)
![](/media/missionandministry/acti/475x325 Religions of Mercy.jpg)
![](/media/missionandministry/acti/actiimages/St Ignatius silhouette 475x325.jpg)
![](/media/missionandministry/acti/actiimages/Twinsome Minds header 475x325.jpg)
![](/media/missionandministry/acti/actiimages/Film Night collage 475x325.jpg)
![](/media/missionandministry/acti/475x325Pope Francis Book Launch.jpg)
![](/media/missionandministry/acti/475x325 OBryne.jpg)
![](/media/missionandministry/acti/475x325 LSCC Series.jpg)
![](/media/missionandministry/acti/475x325 McDonagh.jpg)
![](/media/missionandministry/acti/475x325 Falque.jpg)
![](/media/missionandministry/acti/475x325 This Changes Everything.jpg)
![](/media/missionandministry/acti/475x325 Pal.jpg)
![](/media/missionandministry/acti/475x325 Haught.jpg)
![](/media/missionandministry/acti/475x325 2015 Faculty Colloquia.jpg)
![](/media/missionandministry/acti/475x325PopeandPlanet.jpg)
![](/media/missionandministry/acti/475x325 Care for the Earth.jpg)
![](/media/missionandministry/acti/475x325 Freshman Convocation.jpg)
![](/media/missionandministry/acti/475x325 Br Guy.jpg)