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St. John’s Students Advocate on Capitol Hill and Enjoy Catholic Social Ministry Gathering
Nine St. John’s University students met with elected representatives and attended the Catholic Social Ministry Gathering (CSMG) on January 25–28 in Washington, DC. The theme was “Bearing Witness: Life and Justice for All.”
Vincentian Chair Lecture Spotlights Plight of Trafficked Children in Central America
Perhaps the most heinous element of the worldwide scourge of human trafficking is the trafficking of children, one of our most vulnerable populations. For decades, Covenant House International has...
Retired USMC General and St. John’s Alumnus Reflects on Three Decades of Decorated Service
While touring the Veterans Success Center during a recent visit to St. John’s University’s Queens , NY, campus, retired US Marine Corps Brigadier General Kevin J. Killea ’88CBA met Luis Escobar, a...
Covenant House President and CEO Chosen as Vincentian Chair of Social Justice
Find joy, gratitude, and hope in the unlikeliest of places was one of the messages shared by Kevin Ryan during the first of four lectures given at St. John’s University during the 2019–20 academic...
St. John’s Students and Faculty Attend March for Life in Washington, DC
It was cold and it was early, but neither deterred a group of 20 students in St. John’s Students for Life organization and three administrators from boarding a bus on the Queens , NY, campus at 4 a.m...
St. John’s University Mourns the Loss of Richard C. Nerod
Richard C. Nerod ’59C, ’18HON never forgot his humble beginnings. He began working after school at the age of seven. When his father died suddenly six years later, he realized that to fulfill his...
Students Ensure That Halloween Is Fun and Healthy
What could be more fun than a happy, excited child on Halloween? Why, a room full of them, of course! That is what College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences students learned this past October...
St. John’s Students Advocate for Homeless at World’s Big Sleep Out
Members of the St. John’s community on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean joined more than 60,000 global citizens who slept outside as part of The World’s Big Sleep Out on Saturday, December 7. The...
Social Justice Lecture Spotlights Human Trafficking
Human trafficking is a pervasive, insidious problem occurring in all 50 states and in nearly every country around the world. A billion-dollar industry, it victimizes the most vulnerable members of...
New St. John’s Trustee Stresses Faith and Devotion
At 13, Rev. Michael M. Nguyen, C.M. ’90CBA set out on a harrowing journey from his native Vietnam in search of a new beginning. The year was 1980, and his country had fallen to the Communists five...