Live the Pillars: Celebrating St. Albert Week at Albertus Magnus College
Falcons Giving of Themselves Through Study, Prayer, Community, and Service
St. Albert the Great
New Haven, Conn., November 7, 2023 – Albertus Magnus College celebrates “Albert Week” November 13-18. The tribute honors St. Albert the Great, the patron of the College, and promotes the Dominican Pillars of Study, Prayer, Community, and Service. Here are some of the highlighted events:
All Week:
Student Art Show: Hubert Campus Center.
Free Coffee for Veterans: Coffee Bar, Bree Common.
Collecting non-perishable food items: Athletic Center, Bree Common, Hubert Campus Center, Mohun Hall, and Rosary Hall. Donations benefit Centro San Jose and the New Haven Pride Center Food Pantries.
Monday, November 13
12:30 pm: The annual scarfing of Albert and sharing prayers for the community at the Statue of Albert, Tagliatela Center
Tuesday, November 14
1:00 pm: Poetry Reading in the new Contemplative Garden, behind Siena Hall (Rain location: Rosary Hall).
4:00 pm: Student Art Show opens, Hubert Campus Center.
5:00 pm: Men’s Ice Hockey vs. Salve Regina, Ralph Walker Ice Rink, New Haven (free admission with food donation).
7:00 pm: Men’s Basketball vs. Hartford, Cosgrove, Marcus, Messer Athletic Center (free admission with food donation).
Wednesday, November 15
12:30 pm: Personal Budgeting and Finance Tips, Hubert Campus Center.
4:00 pm: St. Albert the Great Liturgy, St. Catherine of Siena Chapel.
Thursday, November 16
10:00 am: You Are Safe with Me, Bree Common.
4:00 pm: Black Student Union Pop Up Shop, Hubert Campus Center.
4:30 pm: House of Bollstadt Beer Fest (Make your own root beer float), Tab’s Pub.
6:00 pm: Plays: Getting a Head by Tessa Schober and The 5 Stages by Kristian Lozada, Hubert Campus Center.
Friday, November 17
2:00 pm: Sandwich Making for the Downtown Evening Soup Kitchen, Hubert Campus Center.
3:00 pm: Mobile Food Pantry & Bag Donated Food, Tiers Parking Lot or Bree Common.
6:00 pm: Women’s Ice Hockey vs. William Smith, Ralph Walker Ice Rink, New Haven (free admission with food donation).
Saturday, November 18
10:00 am: Community Garden Clean-Up.
1:00 pm: Women's and Men’s Swim & Dive, Cosgrove, Marcus, Messer Athletic Center (free admission with food donation).
2:00 pm: Women’s Ice Hockey vs. William Smith, Ralph Walker Ice Rink, New Haven (free admission with food donation).
4:00 pm: Plays: Getting a Head by Tessa Schober and The 5 Stages by Kristian Lozada, Hubert Campus Center.
Monday, November 20
5:30 pm: St. Albert the Great Lecture, A Better Sort of Politics presented by Christopher Justin Brophy, O.P., Ph.D.
Is there any end to our country’s political polarization?
Draw upon the sources of the Catholic intellectual tradition and the recent Fratelli Tutti.
Consider the possibility of a different kind of political thinking.
Also available on livestream.
Fr. Brophy is a Dominican priest and Assistant Professor of Political Science at Providence College. He earned his degree in Political Theory and Constitutional Studies at the University of Notre Dame. His research and teaching revolves around Plato, Late Modern German thought, and philosophical conceptions of the psyche, and his work reflects an attention to fundamental questions surrounding modern identity and the concept of authenticity. Fr. Brophy is also an active preacher, having delivered various public talks and retreats. His St. Albert the Great Lecture will take place at the Hubert Campus Center.
About Albertus Magnus College
Albertus Magnus College, founded in 1925, is a coeducational Catholic College in the Dominican tradition. As New England's most diverse Catholic College, Albertus' values and liberal arts-based education is recognized by external rankings such as US News & World Report, Money Magazine, and The Wall Street Journal/Times Higher Education, and has been named a Top 10 Military Friendly School. For seven consecutive years, graduating classes at Albertus have achieved post-graduate employment and graduate school success at a rate of at least 95%. The College has an enrollment of approximately 1,300 students across its traditional undergraduate, accelerated adult undergraduate, and 11 graduate programs. Proud to enroll a student body where more than half of its students come from minority backgrounds with nearly the same percentage of undergraduates receiving Federal Pell Grants and being first generation college goers, Albertus is known for its innovative curricular offerings, recently launching new Bachelor’s degree programs in Game and Computer Arts, General Health Sciences, Interdisciplinary Studies, Project Management, Public Health, Social Media, and Supply Chain Management; among its graduate programs is the State of Connecticut's only Master of Arts in Art Therapy and Counseling program. Just two years from its historic 100th Anniversary Year, the College is implementing its Albertus 2025: Lighting the Way to a Second Century strategic plan, which articulates an inspiring, 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.