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Seventy Years Since
blog Open Plaza 1/3/22 blog Open Plaza 1/3/22

Seventy Years Since

Dr. Efraín Agosto narrates a first-generation Puerto Rican migration story in honor of his parents

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Expiration Date
blog Open Plaza 12/27/21 blog Open Plaza 12/27/21

Expiration Date

A devotional by Rev. Dr. Loida Martell

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Santa Lucía de Siracusa…y de Las Matas de Farfán
blog, español Open Plaza 12/13/21 blog, español Open Plaza 12/13/21

Santa Lucía de Siracusa…y de Las Matas de Farfán

Joel Andrés Ramírez pinta un contexto político, social y religioso de la virgen y mártir, patrona religiosa de un pueblo dominicano

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Nuestra Señora De Las Nieves
blog Open Plaza 12/6/21 blog Open Plaza 12/6/21

Nuestra Señora De Las Nieves

Beatriz Terrazas seeks a saint in the heart of a war zone

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Calavera Images and José Guadalupe Posada
blog, SpiritNations Open Plaza 11/1/21 blog, SpiritNations Open Plaza 11/1/21

Calavera Images and José Guadalupe Posada

Jim Nikas digs up how the 19th-century Mexican graphic artist popularized the skull imagery associated with Día de Los Muertos

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What Cancer Did Not Take
blog Open Plaza 10/4/21 blog Open Plaza 10/4/21

What Cancer Did Not Take

Jackie Cruz holds strong

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Benedictine Blackboard
blog, Compilation Open Plaza 9/6/21 blog, Compilation Open Plaza 9/6/21

Benedictine Blackboard

High-school religion teacher Stephen Adubato illuminates the cracks in postmodernism

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Facing Nihilism with High School Seniors
blog, Benedictine Blackboard Open Plaza 9/6/21 blog, Benedictine Blackboard Open Plaza 9/6/21

Facing Nihilism with High School Seniors

Stephen Adubato develops a syllabus to confront the big questions

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Learning Useless Things
blog, Benedictine Blackboard Open Plaza 9/6/21 blog, Benedictine Blackboard Open Plaza 9/6/21

Learning Useless Things

Stephen Adubato touches on incarnational learning in Catholic schools with a letter to his Benedictine-high school students

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College Orientation and the Long Loneli</a>ness
blog, Benedictine Blackboard Open Plaza 9/6/21 blog, Benedictine Blackboard Open Plaza 9/6/21

College Orientation and the Long Loneliness

Stephen Adubato remembers his freshman year

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Complex Dynamics
blog Open Plaza 8/30/21 blog Open Plaza 8/30/21

Complex Dynamics

Mathematician Dr. Robert D. Ogden reflects on being an Anglo in Anglican Hispanic ministry

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A Coyolxauhqui Imperative
blog, CO-VIDA 19, SpiritNations Open Plaza 8/16/21 blog, CO-VIDA 19, SpiritNations Open Plaza 8/16/21

A Coyolxauhqui Imperative

César “CJ” Baldelomar ruminates on writing, memory, and death

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World Christianity, Urbanization, and Identity
blog, Books, AfroSpiritus Open Plaza 7/19/21 blog, Books, AfroSpiritus Open Plaza 7/19/21

World Christianity, Urbanization, and Identity

Dr. Raimundo Barreto, Rev. Dr. Moses Biney, and Dr. Kenneth Ngwa introduce the third book in the six-volume series World Christianity and Public Religion

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The Wafers
blog, Dominicana Open Plaza 7/12/21 blog, Dominicana Open Plaza 7/12/21

The Wafers

Angie Cruz presents an excerpt from her novel Dominicana

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Hostias
blog, español, Dominicana Open Plaza 7/12/21 blog, español, Dominicana Open Plaza 7/12/21

Hostias

Angie Cruz presenta un extracto de su novela Dominicana, traducida por Kianny N. Antigua

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Symbols of Latinidades in the 2020 Election
blog, SpiritNations Open Plaza 6/28/21 blog, SpiritNations Open Plaza 6/28/21

Symbols of Latinidades in the 2020 Election

Dr. Michael DeAnda decodes signs of the times

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Say Their Names
blog, AfroSpiritus Open Plaza 6/28/21 blog, AfroSpiritus Open Plaza 6/28/21

Say Their Names

Rev. Joanne Rodríguez calls for support of the Open Letter from the Association of Theological Schools Latinx Presidents and Deans. Photo: Mateo Zapata

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The Harlem Lynching Tree, with Poems for Alma
blog, AfroSpiritus, College Students Open Plaza 6/21/21 blog, AfroSpiritus, College Students Open Plaza 6/21/21

The Harlem Lynching Tree, with Poems for Alma

Taylor Alexis Baker presents inspired excerpts from her novel in progress

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Decolonize
blog, Books, AfroSpiritus Open Plaza 6/7/21 blog, Books, AfroSpiritus Open Plaza 6/7/21

Decolonize

Sharon Lee De La Cruz presents a spirited chapter from her graphic memoir I’m a Wild Seed

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My Ancestors’ Keys
blog, Books Open Plaza 5/17/21 blog, Books Open Plaza 5/17/21

My Ancestors’ Keys

Ruth Behar in search of the Jews of Cuba

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