“Much More Open, Much More Transcendent, and Much More Celebratory” ft. Mark Bosco, S.J. I S3 Ep.13

Описание: In the thirteenth episode of the third season of the “Saturdays at Seven” conversation series, Todd Ream talks with Mark Bosco, S.J., the Vice President for Mission and Ministry at Georgetown University. Bosco begins by discussing his research interests residing at the intersection of theology, literature, and the cultivation of a well-ordered imagination. Those interests led him to explore the life of Graham Greene and Flannery O’Connor. While most of Bosco’s scholarship comes in the form of books and articles, his 2019 documentary, Flannery, received the Library of Congress’s inaugural Lavine/Ken Burns Prize for Film. Bosco then discusses how those interests emerged, how they contributed to his calling to the Society of Jesus, and how they informed his service at Loyola University Chicago and now at Georgetown University. At Loyola, Bosco taught in the theology department and led a center dedicated to the Catholic intellectual heritage. At Georgetown, he was called to lead the division that helps cultivate the university’s Jesuit mission while also providing pastoral care for all members of the community. Georgetown’s academic programs and location in Washington, DC attract students and faculty members from around the world and from a myriad of religious backgrounds. At Georgetown, Bosco contends those backgrounds become a strength, operating in a culture informed by Jesuit charisms such as cura personalis (or care for the whole person) while also appreciating those backgrounds and the ways they interact with one another. Bosco then concludes by detailing how universities such as Georgetown serve as locales in which the Church can do its thinking while also preparing the next generation of lay and clerical leaders.