CSJ Center for Reconciliation and Justice
The CSJ Center serves faculty, staff, students and alumni by offering a forum for dialogue, a place of education, and a resource for reflective action. The center aims to be an interdisciplinary and interfaith space that supports the University community's work for reconciliation and justice in Los Angeles and beyond.
Coming Up
Hidden Heroes Recognition Awards and Dramatized Narratives Performance
The CSJ Center will honor members of the LMU community through the telling of their story in a dramatic narrative at this October 26 performance
60 Years of Nostra Aetate
Join us for a timely discussion on the legacy and call of this important declaration with the Right Reverend Alexei Smith, ecumenical and interreligious officer of the Archdiocese of Los Angeles, on October 27
Climate-Induced Displacement in Asia Pacific: A Moral Call to Action
On November 6, join us for a presentation by the Reverend Joe Hampson, S.J., regional director of Jesuit Refugee Service, Asia Pacific, exploring the intersection of climate change and displacement across that region
Cry of the Earth, Cry of the Poor: Modeling the City of Tomorrow
The community is invited to participate in the 14th annual CSJ Center Symposium at LMU, February 9-12
Highlights
Celebrating 375 Years of the Sisters of St. Joseph
The Sisters of St. Joseph of Orange join with congregations worldwide in celebrating the 375th anniversary of their founding. The Sisters began with six women meeting in small kitchen in Le Puy, France in 1650.
Care and Attention Help a Green Roof Thrive
If you stroll along the east side of Seaver Hall, you’ll pass the green roof on the Life Sciences Building, which is blooming into a vibrant showcase of mainly native California plants, a living testament to the sustainability goals found in the Laudato Si’ Action Platform
Marymount Women: LMU Students Reclaim Herstory Through Oral Histories, Archives
Who are the women behind the ‘M’ in LMU? This question inspired a course focused on preserving the histories of Marymount College, the Sisters of St. Joseph of Orange and the Sisters of the Religious of the Sacred Heart of Mary
Thomas Poon, Ph.D. named as 17th President of LMU
Leaders of LMU’s sponsoring religious orders, including Sean Carroll, S.J., Mary Genino, R.S.H.M., and Mary Beth Ingham, C.S.J. express their full confidence in President-elect Poon’s leadership and fidelity to LMU’s Catholic values in the traditions of their congregations
