Some 2,000 of us, the Jesuit Alumni in Arizona, are graduates of 28 Jesuit universities and 47 Jesuit high schools in the United States now living in Arizona. We meet periodically to celebrate our Jesuit backgrounds, to stimulate and encourage one another to be thinking Christians, vocal citizens of our Church, our city, our state, and our nation, to have life and have it more abundantly.
The JAAZ 2011/2012 Speaker Season continues!! Jan. 21, 2012: Michael Dowd Feb. 18, 2012 Sr. Helen Prejean Sister Helen Prejean, CSJ, of Dead Man Walking fame, will be in Arizona the weekend of February 17th. Friday she will be the speaker at the Arizona Ecumenical Council fundraiser. Details at http://tinyurl.com/AEC-SrHelen. Saturday afternoon the 18th, the Arizona Death Penalty Forum (AzDPF) hosts an opportunity to get up close and personal with Sister Helen at the central Phoenix home of Bill Perry. For info call Dan Peitzmeyer, 602/331-1998. Later, at 6:00 p.m. on the 18th, the Arizona Foundation for Contemporary Theology (AzFCT), Pax Christi-Phoenix, and AzDPF, will co-sponsor her appearance at the Jesuit Alumni in Arizona (JAAZ) Speaker Series (http://jaazsw.org) A 1:00 p.m. Sunday appearance in Tucson is sponsored by the Coalition of Arizonans to Abolish the Death Penalty. Mar. 24, 2012: Fr. Matthew Fox Apr. 14, 2012: Margaret Starbird For details, Click here To purchase tickets, click here Note: all events start at 6:00PM and are held at Shadow Rock United Church of Christ: 12861 N. 8th Ave. , Phoenix, AZ 85029 |