Initiative on Catholic Social Thought and Public Life

On March 1, 2016 Dr. Mauro Garofalo from the Sant’Egidio Community in Rome spoke at Georgetown University’s Berkley Center for Religion, Peace, and World Affairs about the global mission of this organization. Sant’Egidio is an international lay community of more than 70,000 members working in 73 countries promoting peace and helping the most vulnerable people in our society. Members of Sant’Egidio commit themselves to prayer, active solidarity with our world’s poor, and living out the Gospel. They are a self-proclaimed “Christian living body” that exemplifies many important lessons of Catholic social teaching.

A few of my fellow Georgetown students and I participated in the Faith, Policy, and Politics Alternative Break Program through Georgetown University’s Center for Social Justice. One of the major stops on our trip took place on March 7, 2016. We attended the "Misericordia y Paz: Francis’ Message in the Americas for Young Latino Leaders" event hosted by the Initiative on Catholic Social Thought and Public Life. The gathering was part of the Catholic Latino Leadership Initiative and took place in the beautiful Cathedral of St. Matthew the Apostle.