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Faith and Flight: A Trip to the Border
Essay Open Plaza 12/18/24 Essay Open Plaza 12/18/24

Faith and Flight: A Trip to the Border

Miriam Guadalupe Juárez, a doctoral candidate at NYU, presents the first dispatch of “Faith and Flight: Latinx Migration in the Art of Belief,” a Historias project of The Clemente Center

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“Making History Together”
Exhibit Open Plaza 9/18/24 Exhibit Open Plaza 9/18/24

“Making History Together”

An HTI Open Plaza virtual tour of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Latino

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En memoria: Natividad Durán
blog, español, Carlos De Foucauld, In Memoriam Open Plaza 7/16/24 blog, español, Carlos De Foucauld, In Memoriam Open Plaza 7/16/24

En memoria: Natividad Durán

Amantina Durán medita sobre los regalos de su hija

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Return to Rancho La Ceja
blog Open Plaza 12/15/23 blog Open Plaza 12/15/23

Return to Rancho La Ceja

Journalist Macarena Hernández on the wings of one family, two homelands

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Digital Tutor
blog Open Plaza 11/21/23 blog Open Plaza 11/21/23

Digital Tutor

Dr. José Balcells outlines an interactive AI-driven path for theological education

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The Sweetcake Ensō
blog, In Memoriam, 2023 Highlights Open Plaza 10/30/23 blog, In Memoriam, 2023 Highlights Open Plaza 10/30/23

The Sweetcake Ensō

Dr. Annecy Baez experiences the iconic Zen circle, symbol of presentness in lo cotidiano

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Becoming Sister Ernestine
Books, blog, In Memoriam Open Plaza 10/16/23 Books, blog, In Memoriam Open Plaza 10/16/23

Becoming Sister Ernestine

Novelist Charles Alcorn memorializes his former teacher at one of the oldest Catholic high schools in Texas

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GOOD DOCS
blog, Compilation, video, CO-VIDA 19, AfroSpiritus, SpiritNations Open Plaza 10/2/23 blog, Compilation, video, CO-VIDA 19, AfroSpiritus, SpiritNations Open Plaza 10/2/23

GOOD DOCS

Selections from the award-winning collection of documentaries that do good in the world

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9/11 at 22
blog, Compilation Open Plaza 9/11/23 blog, Compilation Open Plaza 9/11/23

9/11 at 22

A selection of resources that touch on how issues of religion, Latinidades, and social justice have been impacted by the 2001 September 11 attacks

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La Buddhalupana Way
blog Open Plaza 9/4/23 blog Open Plaza 9/4/23

La Buddhalupana Way

Journalist Macarena Hernández interviews celebrated author Sandra Cisneros

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Liminal Theology
blog, Compilation, AfroSpiritus Open Plaza 8/14/23 blog, Compilation, AfroSpiritus Open Plaza 8/14/23

Liminal Theology

Selections from the online space of practical theology that explores the boundaries, transitions, and the in-between

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Intervenxions
AfroSpiritus, blog, Compilation, SpiritNations Open Plaza 6/12/23 AfroSpiritus, blog, Compilation, SpiritNations Open Plaza 6/12/23

Intervenxions

Selections from the online publication of The Latinx Project at NYU

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Turn Back and Look
blog, video, AfroSpiritus Open Plaza 3/20/23 blog, video, AfroSpiritus Open Plaza 3/20/23

Turn Back and Look

Seminarian Amanda Calderón gives voice to Lot’s Wife

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Theologies That Resemble Our People
AfroSpiritus, blog Open Plaza 3/13/23 AfroSpiritus, blog Open Plaza 3/13/23

Theologies That Resemble Our People

Emanuel Padilla on theology, cultural memory, and Latina memes

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Songs of Songs
AfroSpiritus, blog, Compilation Open Plaza 11/14/22 AfroSpiritus, blog, Compilation Open Plaza 11/14/22

Songs of Songs

Stephen Adubato listens for the sacred in secular music

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The Tip of the Pyramid
Books, blog, SpiritNations Open Plaza 9/12/22 Books, blog, SpiritNations Open Plaza 9/12/22

The Tip of the Pyramid

El Librotraficante Tony Diaz presents excerpts from his new book on Cultivating Community Cultural Capital

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Phantoms of Fire
blog, College Students, Young Voices Open Plaza 6/20/22 blog, College Students, Young Voices Open Plaza 6/20/22

Phantoms of Fire

Sammie Seamon on growing up within the Apostolic Pentecostal tradition

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St. Everyday (Part II): Mais Viva!
blog, video, OPTalks Open Plaza 6/13/22 blog, video, OPTalks Open Plaza 6/13/22

St. Everyday (Part II): Mais Viva!

Dr. Xochitl Alvizo and students ‘heart’ Gabriel García Román’s visit to their Queer Theory class

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St. Everyday (Part I): Queer Icons
blog, video, OPTalks Open Plaza 6/6/22 blog, video, OPTalks Open Plaza 6/6/22

St. Everyday (Part I): Queer Icons

Dr. Xochitl Alvizo profiles artist Gabriel García Román, creator of the QTPOC portrait series

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On Music, Justice, and Hope
blog, AfroSpiritus Open Plaza 1/24/22 blog, AfroSpiritus Open Plaza 1/24/22

On Music, Justice, and Hope

Dr. Leopoldo A. Sánchez M. serenades Instituto Nacional de Panamá Class of 1966 alumni: his father Carlos Sánchez, musical artists Basilio Fergus and Rubén Blades

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