Each year, the MSU Foglio Speaker Series on Spirituality will offer opportunities to engage with world-renown scholars, activists, and practitioners in our collective effort to understand the role spirituality assumes in our contemporary worlds.
Focused annually around a specific theme connected to spirituality, yearly events include a Faculty Lecture and an Annual Keynote. Additionally, to further the reach and scope of our explorations, the Series will cosponsor various talks, lectures, and projects, often with a specific effort to enhance cultural diversity and global perspectives.
Each year will also include an Annual Lecture on Spirituality and Justice as well as various events dedicated to highlighting the connection between spirituality, social justice, and compassionate living. Ranging from lectures on peacebuilding to workshop trainings on well-being to roundtable discussions on empathy, our hope is to unpack the unique role spirituality assumes in challenging normative structures and enhancing our commitment to a more just, equitable, and compassionate world.
Offered every five years, the Foglio Legacy Lecture and the Foglio Lecture on Spirituality and Well-Being honors Father Jake’s life of compassion and service. These lectures explore how his legacy can guide us in action, inspiring reflection, connection, and the practice of love and well-being in our daily lives.
2025-2026 Events:
- Fifth Annual Keynote Lecture by Dr. Lisa Miller, October 14, 2025, 11AM-12PM via Zoom (register in advance: https://msu.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_OSb1Pr_KTfeTvbqwPpqSCg
- Foglio Inaugural Legacy Lecture by Dr. Morgan Shipley – Spring 2026; Details TBA
- Fifth Annual Faculty Lecture – TBA
- Fifth Annual Spirituality and Justice Lecture – TBA
- Inaugural Spirituality and Well-being Lecture – TBA
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