GodPods

Keep It Simple: The Practice of Advent Joy

Experience this year’s C21 Advent virtual retreat with author, speaker, founder of Mothering Spirit, and friend of the Center, Laura Kelly Fanucci. Laura led participants starting with the question: How can we humble ourselves this Advent, not to run ragged trying to do it all (even all the beautiful, good things!) but let ourselves slow down and seek God?

Find all the retreat resources here: https://www.bc.edu/content/bc-web/centers/church21/programs/c21-advent-resources/Keep-It-Simple--The-Practice-of-Advent-Joy.html

Explore all of C21's Advent resources at: https://bc.edu/c21advent

Learn more about the C21 Center and our resources:

Website: https://www.bc.edu/bc-web/centers/church21.html

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Questions? Email church21@bc.edu. 

Longing for More: Young Adult Hispanic Catholics | Conversation with the Creators

“Longing for More: Young Adult Hispanic Catholics” (2025) is a three-short documentary that shares the spiritual journeys of young Hispanic Catholics in the United States as they grapple with questions of identity, faith and belonging.

After the Boston College premiere of the film, we enjoyed this conversation with the Executive Producer, Hosffman Ospino, PhD, Professor of Theology and Hispanic Ministry at Boston College's Clough School of Theology and Ministry, and the filmmakers who directed the documentary, James Rutenbeck and Sabrina Avilés.

Find all three-short documentaries: bc.edu/longing-for-more 

Date of event: September 22, 2025

Learn more about the C21 Center and our resources:

Website: https://www.bc.edu/bc-web/centers/church21.html

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/c21center/

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Questions? Email church21@bc.edu. 

How to Be Builders of Peace

Join C21 Resources magazine guest editor Professor Joshua Snyder, along with students who attended the Sant’Egidio Foundation for Peace and Dialogue’s 38th International Meeting of Religions and Cultures in Dialogue, for a conversation on peace and reconciliation.

This conversation is the latest in C21's podcast series, "How to Be Attentive, Reflective, and Loving." Listen to the latest episodes of the podcast here: https://www.bc.edu/content/bc-web/centers/church21/videos-podcasts/Godpods.html

Date of event: September 26, 2025

Read the full issue that inspired this event here: https://www.bc.edu/content/bc-web/centers/church21/publications/c21-resources/issues/C21-Reconciliation

Learn more about the C21 Center and our resources:

Website: https://www.bc.edu/bc-web/centers/church21.html

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Questions? Email church21@bc.edu. 

Reconciliation: Healing Hearts | C21 Resources Magazine Launch

Celebrate the launch of the latest issue of C21 Resources magazine and explore how reconciliation might offer steps for healing, growth, and unity in our daily lives.

Enjoy this conversation with guest editor Joshua Snyder, Associate Professor of the Practice, Theology Department and Fr. Liam Bergin, Irish Diocesan Priest & Professor of the Practice, Theology Department, both featured authors in this issue.

Date of event: September, 11, 2025

You can watch this conversation at: https://youtu.be/apzJKvOdYxc 

Read the full issue here: https://www.bc.edu/content/bc-web/centers/church21/publications/c21-resources/issues/C21-Reconciliation 

Learn more about the C21 Center and our resources:

Website: https://www.bc.edu/bc-web/centers/church21.html

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Questions? Email church21@bc.edu. 

Jesuit and Catholic Education | Perspectives on its History and Future

The C21 Center hosted a conversation on the history and future of Jesuit, Catholic liberal arts education with authors from the newest issue of C21 Resources magazine, Liberal Arts Education: Its Value and Impact:

William P. Leahy, S.J. – University President, Boston College

Cristiano Casalini – Professor and Endowed Chair in Jesuit Pedagogy and Educational History, and Research Scholar with the Institute for Advanced Jesuit Studies at Boston College

Elizabeth H. Shlala – Moderator, Guest Editor of C21 Resources Magazine, Historian, and Associate Dean and Professor of the Practice in the University Core Curriculum at Boston College

In this companion event for the most recent issue of C21 Resources, the speakers shared perspectives on the Jesuit, Catholic mission and educational model and its important role, given contemporary challenges.

Date of event: Wednesday, April 9, 2025

This event is sponsored by The Church in The 21st Century Center, The University Core Curriculum, and The Institute for Advanced Jesuit Studies.

Learn more about the C21 Center and our resources:

Website: https://www.bc.edu/bc-web/centers/church21.html

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Questions? Email church21@bc.edu. 

How to Be Attentive, Reflective, and Loving | Sam + Emily Schelble

In this GodPods series episode of How to Be Attentive, Reflective, and Loving, Elizabeth Shlala speaks with Boston College 2021 graduates and newly married couple, Sam and Emily Schelble about their journeys of faith, discernment, marriage, and more since their time at Boston College. Emily is currently a life sciences & healthcare consultant at Deloitte and Sam is currently a theology teacher at Arrupe Jesuit High School in Denver, CO. 

The How to Be Attentive, Reflective, and Loving series is inspired by the C21 Center's 2024 issue of C21 Resources, Liberal Arts Education: Its Impact and Value. Explore the magazine and the events inspired by it here. 

Learn more about the C21 Center and our resources:

Website: https://www.bc.edu/bc-web/centers/church21.html

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/c21center/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/C21Center/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/C21Center

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/104167883

Email: church21@bc.edu 

Walking Through Holy Week | A Virtual Retreat | Part II

This two-part virtual retreat is led by author, speaker, founder of Mothering Spirit, and friend of C21, Laura Kelly Fanucci.

What if we could journey through the Triduum in a whole new way this year, guided by the wisdom of the labyrinth? We’ll walk through each day of Holy Week, finding God in new places from Palm Sunday through Easter. Join us to learn how the labyrinth can lead us into the center of Christ’s suffering, death, and resurrection.

Find all the retreat resources: https://www.bc.edu/content/bc-web/centers/church21/programs/C21-Living-Lent-2025/Walking-Through-Lent---Holy-Week.html

Learn more about the C21 Center and our resources:

Website: https://www.bc.edu/bc-web/centers/church21.html

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/c21center/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/C21Center/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/C21Center

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/104167883

Email: church21@bc.edu 

Walking Through Lent | A Virtual Retreat | Part I

This two-part virtual retreat is led by author, speaker, founder of Mothering Spirit, and friend of C21, Laura Kelly Fanucci.

Our faith gives us an opportunity to delve into ancient spiritual practices that awaken in us a new way to walk through Lent. Learn about the history of the labyrinth in the Church and its modern use as a place and practice of prayer. We’ll look at Lent as a time to walk with God and explore 5 ways to use the labyrinth with Scripture and prayer to guide our 40 days of preparation for Easter.

Find all the retreat resources: https://www.bc.edu/content/bc-web/centers/church21/programs/C21-Living-Lent-2025/Walking-Through-Lent---Holy-Week.html

 

Learn more about the C21 Center and our resources:

Website: https://www.bc.edu/bc-web/centers/church21.html

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/c21center/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/C21Center/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/C21Center

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/104167883

Email: church21@bc.edu 

How to Be Attentive, Reflective, and Loving | Dennis Wieboldt

In this GodPods series episode of How to Be Attentive, Reflective, and Loving, Elizabeth Shlala speaks with recent Boston College graduate Dennis Wieboldt '22, M.A. '23 about the most formative aspects of his time at Boston College. Dennis is currently a J.D./Ph.D. student in history at the University of Notre Dame, where he is a Richard and Peggy Notebaert Premier Fellow at the Graduate School and Edward J. Murphy Fellow at the Law School.

The How to Be Attentive, Reflective, and Loving series is inspired by the C21 Center's 2024 issue of C21 Resources, Liberal Arts Education: Its Impact and Value. Explore the magazine and the events inspired by it here. 

Learn more about the C21 Center and our resources:

Website: https://www.bc.edu/bc-web/centers/church21.html

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/c21center/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/C21Center/

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LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/104167883

Email: church21@bc.edu 

Listening to God in Advent | A Prayer & Scripture Workshop with Laura Kelly Fanucci

The C21 Center was excited to host this year's Advent workshop on December 3rd via Zoom! This virtual workshop was led with author, speaker, founder of Mothering Spirit, and friend of C21, Laura Kelly Fanucci. Laura introduced participants to the prayer practice of lectio divina using Advent Scripture of Mary’s Annunciation (Luke 1:26–38). The workshop was inspired by the themes of “slowing down in Advent” and “preparing by listening to God,” in which participants learned about and practice lectio divina as a new or renewed prayer practice to use during Advent and take into the New Year.

Find each resource mentioned in the workshop below:

Lectio Divina Workshop Guide: https://issuu.com/church21c/docs/listening_to_god_in_advent_workshop_guide_-_lectio

Saint John’s Bible for visio divina: https://saintjohnsbible.org/See/Explore

The Ritual App with Kathleen Cahalan’s daily lectio: https://www.ritual.io/

Example of a Catholic journaling Bible: https://a.co/d/dgd5p8k

Free small program with Group Lectio Divina: Called to Life from the Collegeville Institute: https://collegevilleinstitute.org/vocation-projects/resources-for-congregations/called-to-life/

Praying lectio with kids (From Mothering Spirit): https://motheringspirit.com/2015/10/how-to-pray-lectio-divina-with-kids/

Date of event: December 3, 2024

Learn more about the C21 Center and our resources:

Website: https://www.bc.edu/bc-web/centers/church21.html

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Email: church21@bc.edu 

The Catholic Intellectual Tradition and the Jesuit, Catholic University | Gregory Kalscheur, S.J.

As a Jesuit, Catholic university, Boston College is rooted in the Catholic intellectual tradition — the conviction that faith and reason are mutually illuminating and that each academic discipline offers the potential to reveal the sacred. This partnership of faith and reason coalesces most intensely around momentous questions about ourselves like “Where do we come from?”; “Who or what are we?”; and “Where are we going?”

Gregory Kalscheur, S.J., Dean of the Morrissey College of Arts and Sciences, spoke about the Catholic intellectual tradition on Tuesday, January 30 at 5:30 p.m. in Gasson Hall on the Main Campus of Boston College.

Learn more about the Catholic Intellectual Tradition: https://www.bc.edu/content/bc-web/centers/church21/programs/catholic-intellectual-tradition.html

Read the Catholic Intellectual Tradition: A Conversation at Boston College developed by the C21 Center: https://www.bc.edu/content/dam/files/top/church21/pdf/Catholic%20Intellectual%20Tradition%20cropped%20pages.pdf

Learn more about the C21 Center and our resources here:

Website: https://www.bc.edu/bc-web/centers/church21.html

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Liberal Arts Education in the Jesuit Tradition | A Wise Investment and a Rewarding Life

The C21 Center hosted a conversation on the value and impact of Jesuit, Catholic liberal arts education with authors from the newest issue of C21 Resources magazine, "Liberal Arts Education: Its Value and Impact."

Speakers: John L. Mahoney - Retired Vice Provost of Enrollment Management and Director of Admissions, Boston College

Thomas Wesner - Professor of the Practice, Carroll School of Management, Boston College

The Jesuit, Catholic liberal arts educational model is more important than ever, given contemporary challenges. This magazine explores the mission and the role of colleges/universities in accompanying students as they discern who they will become.

Date of event: October 3, 2024

The painting Tom Wesner references during his talk is entitled The Church: The Educator of Mankind painted by Jesuit artist Br. Francis J. Schroen. The below photo of the painting was taken by Lee Pelligrini:

Explore this issue at: https://bc.edu/c21jesuithighered

Learn more about the C21 Center and our resources:

Website: https://www.bc.edu/bc-web/centers/church21.html

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Email: church21@bc.edu 

How to BE...Attentive, Reflective, & Loving: Advice from a Recent BC Grad

The C21 Center hosted a conversation on the impact and value of Jesuit, Catholic liberal arts education with guest editor of the new C21 Resources magazine, Elizabeth Shlala, associate dean and professor of the practice in the University Core Curriculum - AND - recent BC grad, and featured article contributor, Kyle Sutton '24. Kyle shared insights and advice on his experiences in and formation through Jesuit education.

Date of event: September 27, 2024

Explore this issue at: https://bc.edu/c21jesuithighered

Learn more about the C21 Center and our resources:

Website: https://www.bc.edu/bc-web/centers/church21.html

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Email: church21@bc.edu 

The Course That Changed My Life | Reflecting on the Renewed Core

The C21 Center hosted a conversation with students and faculty moderated by Elizabeth Shlala, guest editor of the Fall 2024 issue of C21 Resources magazine, Professor of the Practice, and Associate Dean for the Core at Boston College.

Discover the impact that the renewed Core courses can have on life, faith, career plans, and college experience. Students shared stories & advice. Professors were there to reflect.

Panelists included:

Lauren Evans '25 - Majors: History & English, Minor: Finance

Aidan Mackey '25 - Major: Nursing

Foday Nabbie '25 - Major: Neuroscience, Minor: Applied Psychology & Human Development

Professors joining the conversation included:

Allison Adair, Professor of the Practice, English Department

Jessica Black, Associate Professor, School of Social Work

Natana DeLong-Bas, Professor of the Practice, Theology Department

Sylvia Sellers-Garcia, Professor, History Department

 

Date of event: September 17, 2024

Explore this issue at: https://bc.edu/c21jesuithighered

Learn more about the C21 Center and our resources:

Website: https://www.bc.edu/bc-web/centers/church21.html

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Email: church21@bc.edu 

Liberal Arts Education: Its Value and Impact | C21 Resources Magazine Launch

The C21 Center celebrated its latest issue of C21 Resources with conversation moderated by guest editor Elizabeth Shlala, Associate Dean for the Core at Boston College.

Panelists included:

David Quigley, Provost & Dean of Faculties, Boston College

Jaime L. Waters, Associate Professor of Old Testament, Clough School of Theology and Ministry

Gregory Kalscheur, S.J., Dean, Morrissey College of Arts & Sciences, Boston College

The Jesuit, Catholic liberal arts educational model is more important than ever, given contemporary challenges. This magazine explores the mission and the role of colleges/universities in accompanying students as they discern who they will become.

Explore this issue at: https://bc.edu/c21jesuithighered

Learn more about the C21 Center and our resources here:

Website: https://www.bc.edu/bc-web/centers/church21.html

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/c21center/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/C21Center/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/C21Center

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Email: church21@bc.edu