All Articles: Mass Reflection

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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