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Marymount Institute Author Spotlight | Heather King, author of Famished: A Food Memoir with Recipes

This week's Marymount Institute Alumni Spotlight goes to media aficionade, affiliate professor, and Scholar in Residence at the Marymount Insitute, Will Gish.

Housed at the Marymount Institute, the Marymount Center for Prayer and Peace is an interdenominational chapel, containing Hebrew, Christian and Muslim Scriptures as a conscious welcoming of the diversity of faiths among members of the LMU community. The entire front of the chapel is a colorful window designed by Sister Genevieve Underwood, RSHM, who was a member of the Art and Art History Department. The enclosed space of the chapel, with its rows of comfortable seats, is gently illuminated by the one window. A clear glass table was placed in front so that Catholic Mass may be celebrated without changing the nature of the space that is open to all for prayer and peace.

Director of the Marymount Institute, Professor Theresia de Vroom, receiving the Victory of Adwa Centenary Medal by the Crown Council of Ethiopia on February 29, 2020

Remembering last year, when a group of talented artists from the LMU community worked together to create mural backdrops for the performance of the LMU Bellarmine Forum's Bernstein Mass.

We love the small details that give a book character. The inside cover of Famished: A Food Memoir with Recipes by Heather King is just as warm and personal as the series of essays and recipes housed within it.

Who is the Virgin of Guadalupe? What does she mean to millions of Latinos/as? How does the church interpret her? These questions are explored in American Woman: The Virgin of Guadalupe, Latinos/as and Accompaniment. The Virgin of Guadalupe has always been an inextricable part of Mexican and Mexican-American culture, but in recent times she is being embraced by working class Latinos/as, hipster Latina artists and liberation theologians alike. Her rising relevance could be attributed to a society grappling with issues of violence, poverty and racism. La Virgen's accompaniment of her pilgrims on a mission for justice and peace serves as a source of hope and strength. Professor Nabhan-Warren uses historical, theological and cultural lenses to compare recent manifestations of Guadalupe with the prevailing heavenly-focused Guadalupe.

Looking back at March 2020, when we hosted an intimate reading and Q&A with the brilliant Jamaica Kincaid. The past is a room full of baggage and rubbish and sometimes things that are of use, but if they are of real use, I have kept them. Jamaica Kincaid, The Autobiography of My Mother

Join us on October 27 at the Marymount Institute to celebrate the launch of our latest publication: The Ice Harvest by Sharon Locy. The Ice Harvest follows an aging iceman's last year as he faces his obsolescence while following out the ice harvesting seasonan ironic reversal of the agricultural cycle of the farmers in the close-knit southwester Minnesota community where he lives.

Listen to author Frank Fromherz on the podcast, Beliefs to discuss his new book, A Disarming Spirit: The Life of Archbishop Raymond Hunthausen" (Marymount Institute Press/TSEHAI Publishers, 2019). A Disarming Spirit explores the legacy of Raymond Hunthausen: a priest from Montana who became Archbishop of Seattle during the height of the Cold War. He made his mark by challenging the U.S. government’s atomic and military policy, as well as by encouraging the Church to support ...the poor and marginalized. Hunthausen died last year after leaving his mark on our society and the Church he loved and served, which often didn’t support him. Get the book on www.tsehaipublishers.com

For those in the Washington area, come out to Seattle University on May 21 to hear our author Frank Fromherz speak about his book, A Disarming Spirit: The Life of Archbishop Raymount Hunthausen.

Behind the scenes moments preparing for our big production of Leonard Bernstein's MASS. As part of the 2018-2019 LMU Bellarmine Forum, the LMU Bellarmine College of Liberal Arts, the Marymount Institute for Faith, Culture & the Arts, and the TSEHAI Publishers team celebrated the spirit of collaboration and creativity with a production of Leonard Bernstein's MASS. MASS uses the traditional Roman Catholic Mass as a framework for exploring themes of faith, doubt, and tolerance. The music is equal comes together with Hebrew, English, and Latin narratives to deliver a profound message of peace and unity.

On March 27, 2019, LMU Bellarmine College of Liberal Arts and the Marymount Institute for Faith, Culture & the Arts celebrated the spirit of collaboration and creativity with a production of Leonard Bernstein's MASS. The performance featured an ensemble of world-class musicians including vocalist and LMU alum, Harrison Crenshaw, and an impressive cast of readers, including Nobel Laureate, Wole Soyinka; LMU President, Timothy Law Snyder; Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright, Bet...h Henley; and Imam César Domínguez of La Asociación Latino Musulmana de América (LALMA). Artwork created by a LMU community members served as the backdrop to the performance. Leonard Bernstein's MASS uses the traditional Roman Catholic Mass as a framework for exploring themes of faith, doubt, and tolerance. The music is equal comes together with Hebrew, English, and Latin narratives to deliver a profound message of peace and unity. Photography by Nick Belohlavy

On March 5, 2019, the Marymount Institute and TSEHAI Publishers celebrated the presentation of the annual Mary Milligan, R.S.H.M. Lecture Series hosted by Loyol...a Marymount University’s Department of Theological Studies. The lecture honors the memory of Mary Milligan, R.S.H.M., who served as professor of Theological Studies, provost, and dean at Loyola Marymount University. This year, Maria Clara Bingemer, Ph.D. (Pontifical Gregorian University, Rome) presented her essay, "Love of God, Love of Justice: The Cases of Dorothy Day and Simone Weil" TSEHAI Publishers and the Marymount Institute Press published the essay into a beautiful book.