All Articles: Mass Reflection
39 Articles
- Speeches by President DeGioia
Jesuit Heritage Week Opening Mass
In this week—Jesuit Heritage Week at Georgetown—we honor a two centuries old commitment of a group of men who came to this Hilltop to.…
January 29, 2012
- Speeches by President DeGioia
Baccalaureate Mass 2011
We come together here on this lawn, in front of this building, in the celebration of an act that has served to center our community since the days of our.…
May 22, 2011
- Speeches by President DeGioia
Baccalaureate Mass 2010
Every few years, the Sunday in which we celebrate Commencement corresponds to this Sunday in the calender of our Church - Pentecost Sunday - and there may be no more appropriate…
May 23, 2010
- Speeches by President DeGioia
All Reunion Mass 2009
It is fitting to end our Reunion Weekend at a Mass, because it is the celebration of the Eucharist that is at the heart of all that we do—and have always done—at.…
May 31, 2009
- Speeches by President DeGioia
Qatar Baccalaureate Mass 2009
We gather like this at very special moments in the life of the Georgetown community to remind ourselves of the deepest convictions of the community and of the tradition we.…
May 9, 2009
- Speeches by President DeGioia
All-Class Reunion Mass 2008
I am very pleased to have this opportunity during Reunion Weekend to say one last time: Welcome Home. Poets and authors like to write that you can never go home again;…
June 1, 2008
- Speeches by President DeGioia
Mass of the Holy Spirit 2007
We gather today, as one community, to joyfully mark the beginning of the academic year and in thanksgiving for the Holy Spirit—our helper and comforter whose gifts animate our…
August 28, 2007
- Speeches by President DeGioia
All-Class Reunion Mass 2007
I am very pleased to have this opportunity during Reunion Weekend to say one last time: Welcome.…
June 3, 2007
- Speeches by President DeGioia
Baccalaureate Mass 2007
This is a very special moment. All of you are poised between an ending and a beginning—the ending of your current studies on the Hilltop, and the beginning of the next stage of…
May 20, 2007
- Speeches by President DeGioia
Jesuit Heritage Week 2006 Opening Mass
The impact of the Society of Jesus on this University is impossible to measure, for we would not even exist without.…
January 29, 2006