Albertus Magnus College Continues Cutting-Edge Conversations
St. Thomas Aquinas Lecture: “Healing Wounds of Migration”
Dr. Leo Guardado
New Haven, Conn., January 29, 2024 – Albertus Magnus College showcases a discussion on forced migration and how it continues to grow exponentially every year in response to violence, war, and the effects of climate change. With every displaced community, a whole world is on the move – seeking refuge and the conditions for a dignified and peaceful life. This presentation will weave stories and analysis of ongoing migration from Latin America to the United States and the unexpected ways through which migrants find social healing and interior liberation from the forces of death that persecute their life, even while living under threat.
| Who: |
Dr. Leo Guardado, Assistant Professor of Theology at Fordham University. |
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| What: |
“Healing Wounds of Migration.” |
| When: |
Tuesday, January 30, 2024 from 5:30-6:45pm. (Snow date: Wednesday, January 31) |
| Where: |
Behan Community Room in the Hubert Campus Center; 831 Winchester Ave., New Haven. |
Leo Guardado, Salvadorian by birth, is an Assistant Professor in the Department of
Theology at Fordham University. His teaching and research focuses on the tradition
of church sanctuary, forced displacement, nonviolence, the thought of Dominican Gustavo
Gutierrez, and the long tradition of Christian mystical theology. Guardado also conducts
ethnographic research on the role of Indigenous healing practices among migrant communities
in New York City. His recent book is entitled Church as Sanctuary: Restructuring Refuge in an Age of Forced Displacement (Orbis Books, 2023).
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 ten 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.