Albert Week at Albertus Magnus College, Centennial Style
Annual Lecture, Scarfing of Statue, Salute to Veterans, and Food Drive
Christine Firer Hinze, Ph.D.
New Haven, Conn., October 30, 2025 – Albertus Magnus College continues its Centennial Celebration by honoring St.Albert the Great - promoting the Dominican Pillars of Study, Prayer, Community, and Service as part of our daily lives.
November 3:
5:30 p.m. - St. Albert the Great Lecture, Behan Community Room, in the award-winning Hubert Campus Center “Enacting Solidarity in Our Time and Place: Inspiration and Resources for the Catholic Social Tradition”Today’s political, economic, and cultural moment presents us with serious challenges: How can we understand what isgoing on, get our bearings, discern what we are capable of and responsible for doing, and act accordingly? The rich andchallenging heritage of Catholic Social thoughts and action, especially its centering on “solidarity” as the public face ofneighbor-love, offers a way forward.
Christine Firer Hinze, Ph.D. is Professor of Theological and Social Ethics, Department of Theology, at Fordham University.Her teaching and research focuses on foundational and applied ethics, especially power and the dynamics of socialtransformation; Catholic Social Thought; and economic and work justice for vulnerable women, families, andcommunities. She is the author of Glass Ceilings and Dirt Floors: Women, Work, and the Global Economy; and RadicalSufficiency: Work Livelihood, and the US Catholic Economic Agenda.
Centennial Albert Week is November 10-15
November 10:
12:30 p.m. - Scarfing St. Albert Statue; Prayers for Community, Tagliatela School of Business and Leadership
November 11:
12:30 p.m. - Astronomy with St. Albert, Campus Center Hallway and Patio.
3:30 p.m. - Veterans Remembrance Service, St. Catherine of Siena Chapel
November 15:
1:00 p.m. - St. Albert and Albertus at the Beinecke, Beinecke Rare Book Library, 121 Wall Street, New Haven
All Week:
Free Coffee for Veterans, Coffee Bar, Bree Common.
About Albertus Magnus College
About Albertus Magnus College: Founded in 1925, Albertus is a coeducational Catholic College in the Dominican tradition. Albertus' values- and liberal arts-based education is recognized by external rankings such as US News & World Report, Money, and The New York Times, and has been named a Top 10 Military Friendly School. For nine consecutive years, at least 95% of Albertus graduates have attained employment or gone on to graduate studies within six months of completing their degrees. The College has an enrollment of approximately 1,300 students across its traditional undergraduate, accelerated adult undergraduate, and graduate program levels. Proud to enroll a student body where nearly half of its undergraduate students receive Federal Pell Grants and are first-generation college goers, Albertus is known for its innovative curricular offerings, recently launching new Bachelor's degree programs in Nursing, including BSN and Connecticut's first LPN-to-BSN; General Health Sciences; Interdisciplinary Studies; and Public Health. Among its graduate offerings is the State of Connecticut's only Master of Arts in Art Therapy and Counseling program, and it is just one of three schools to offer a Master of Science in Human Services. In 2025-26, Albertus is celebrating its historic 100th Anniversary and completing implementation of the Albertus 2025: Lighting the Way to a Second Century strategic plan, with a bold vision to "be a destination liberal arts-based college, distinguished in its interdisciplinary and experiential approach to education, rooted in Dominican values, that prepares students for lifelong civic engagement and success." To learn more, please visit albertus.edu.