Open Plaza 4/18/22 Open Plaza 4/18/22

Don’t You Care?

A springtime devotional by Rev. Dr. Loida I. Martell

Open Plaza 4/11/22 Open Plaza 4/11/22

Ars botánica

John Olivares Espinoza presents poems inspired by work as a gardener with his family

Open Plaza 3/28/22 Open Plaza 3/28/22

The Grand Silence, 1929

An excerpt from Song of the Water Saints by Nelly Rosario on the novel’s 20th anniversary

Open Plaza 2/28/22 Open Plaza 2/28/22

Ode to [Elegies]

Poet Robert Carlos García explores the complexities of modern life and death

Open Plaza 2/21/22 Open Plaza 2/21/22

Xitlali Zaragoza, Curandera

Reyes Ramírez presents a story excerpt from his debut collection The Book of Wanderers

Open Plaza 2/7/22 Open Plaza 2/7/22

Dreams of Reversal

Miguel Escobar offers a biblical understanding of money and prosperity from the perspective of his migrant farmworker family experience

Open Plaza 1/31/22 Open Plaza 1/31/22

Return to Padre

Journalist and anthropologist Cecilia Ballí tells a legal and personal history of South Texas

Open Plaza 1/24/22 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

Open Plaza 1/17/22 Open Plaza 1/17/22

After Dark/Nueva Luz

Rev. Dr. Harold J. Recinos presents excerpts from his latest poetry collection / En Foco, Inc. illuminates with photography from their journal archives

Open Plaza 1/10/22 Open Plaza 1/10/22

Buddhism and the Real World

Dr. Donald S. Lopez, Jr. on what the dharma might offer in the domain of social action

Open Plaza 1/3/22 Open Plaza 1/3/22

Seventy Years Since

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

Open Plaza 12/27/21 Open Plaza 12/27/21

Expiration Date

A devotional by Rev. Dr. Loida Martell

Open Plaza 12/13/21 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

Open Plaza 12/6/21 Open Plaza 12/6/21

Nuestra Señora De Las Nieves

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

Open Plaza 11/1/21 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

Open Plaza 10/4/21 Open Plaza 10/4/21

What Cancer Did Not Take

Jackie Cruz holds strong

Open Plaza 9/6/21 Open Plaza 9/6/21

Benedictine Blackboard

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

Open Plaza 8/30/21 Open Plaza 8/30/21

Complex Dynamics

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

Open Plaza 8/16/21 Open Plaza 8/16/21

A Coyolxauhqui Imperative

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

Open Plaza 7/19/21 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