Initiative on Catholic Social Thought and Public Life

Last week, Georgetown community members gathered in Gaston Hall to attend “The Ambassadors Summit: Climate and Conflict,” a discussion sponsored by the Caravel Initiative for Diplomatic Engagement and the Walsh School of Foreign Service. The event featured a keynote address from Gen. James L. Jones, a Georgetown alumnus, and a panel consisting of Ambassador Lars Gert Lose of Denmark, Ambassador Selwin Hart of Barbados, and Ambassador Peter Wittig of Germany.

When St. Ignatius founded the Society of Jesus, he called for radical generosity, a term that Jesuit Pedro Arrupe would later coin as “men and women for others.” Few people live this principle out in a more consistent manner than Mark K. Shriver, a former member of the Maryland House of Delegates and current president of Save the Children Action Network.