Jay Phillips Center for Interfaith Learning

The Jay Phillips Center for Interfaith Learning at Saint John’s University serves the College of Saint Benedict|Saint John’s University community and also hosts events open to the general public. The center has a collaborative relationship with the Jay Phillips Center for Interfaith Learning at the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul and Minneapolis, with which it shares the common mission to foster understanding, cooperation, and friendship among people of diverse religious identities through academic study and civic engagement.

Upcoming Public Events

Exile, Memory, and Welcoming the Stranger
Opening of the art exhibit “Birds of Longing: Exile and Memory”
by Laurie Wohl
Presentations by Laurie Wohl, Mary Hinton, Marcia Zimmerman, and Cawo Abdi
Wednesday, September 5, 2018, 3:00 to 7:00 PM
Benedicta Arts Center, College of Saint Benedict
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Viking Myths of Minnesota’s Kensington Rune Stone
— and What Those Myths Reveal
About the (Mis)Shaping of Identity
in the Face of the Religious and Racial Other
Lecture by David M. Krueger, Ph.D.
Thursday, October 4, 2018, 4:30 to 5:45 PM
Quad 264, Saint John’s University
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Religion, Politics, and Peacemaking
31^st Annual CSB|SJU Peace Studies Conference
Monday, October 29, 2018, 2:00 PM to 9:00 PM
Quad 264, Saint John’s University
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