Welcome to the Garaventa Center | University of Portland

Welcome to the Garaventa Center

We are thrilled about our engaging, enriching 2023/24 season of events! Take a look at our exciting upcoming events schedule. Our events will be in-person unless otherwise noted.

Enjoy exploring all that we have to offer on our website. Check out The Saint John's Bible at UP, our portal to experience the transcendent beauty of this hand-illuminated masterpiece, and explore our Archives to revisit favorite events and find new ones.

Looking forward to seeing you this year!
Karen 

 

 FALL EVENT HIGHLIGHT

Click on the image below to listen to the podcast recording of Karen Eifler talking with three Holy Cross priests who share their memories of attending Vatican II sessions as seminarians.


Faith. Imagination. Grace. Reason.

Our ongoing vision at the Garaventa Center for Catholic Intellectual Life & American Culture is to entice people from all walks of life to come together and collaborate in novel and compelling ways to shed light and explore grace in this bruised, blessed world.

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Pope Francis

Pope Francis

"Let us ask the Lord, each of us, for eyes that know how to see beyond appearance; ears that know how to listen to cries, whispers, and also silence; hands able to support, embrace and minister. Most of all, let us ask for a great and merciful heart that desires the good and salvation of all. "

Dorothy Day

Dorothy Day

"We have all known the long loneliness and we have learned that the only solution is love and that love comes with community."

St. Teresa of Avila

St. Teresa of Avila

"It is love alone that gives worth to all things."

Elizabeth Jennings

Elizabeth Jennings

"Many people judge a religion by its art, and why indeed shouldn't they?"

G.K. Chesterton

G.K. Chesterton

"The traveller sees what he sees. The tourist sees what he has come to see."