Albertus Magnus College Holds Virtual Lecture on Immigration
St. Thomas Aquinas Lecture Series Continues April 14
New Haven, Conn., April 8, 2021 – Albertus Magnus College is pleased to present its next installment of the St. Thomas Aquinas Lecture Series
with the St. Catherine of Siena Lecture as a livestreamed event:
Who: Kristin E. Heyer
What: Kinship with Immigrants: A Christian Ethic for Troubling Times
When: April 14, 2021 at 5:30 pm
Where: www.albertus.edu/lectureseries
How: email: rsvp@albertus.edu
Why: Explore contributions that Scripture and the Catholic social tradition offer for a
better understanding and approach to our contemporary immigration situation.
Kristin E. Heyer is a Professor of Theological Ethics and Director of Graduate Studies
in the Theology department at Boston College. She serves as co-chair of Catholic
Theological Ethics in the World Church. Heyer received her B.A. from Brown University
and her Ph.D. in Theological Ethics from Boston College. Her books include Kinship
Across Borders: A Christian Ethic of Immigration and Prophetic and Public: the Social
Witness of US Catholicism, which won the College Theology Society’s “Best Book Award.”
The St. Thomas Aquinas Lecture Series is made possible through the generosity of the
Marie Louise Bianchi ’31 Fund.
Kristin E. Heyer, Ph.D. - Professor of Theological Ethics and Director of Graduate Studies in the Theology department at Boston 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 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.