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Globalization, Spirituality and Justice
Los Angeles Religious Education Congress
Los Angeles, California, March 1, 2008.

Muriendo Para Vivir: Jesus de los Indocumentados
Los Angeles Religious Education Congress
Los Angeles, California, February 29, 2008.

Faith and the Immigration Debate
Honorable James J. Gilvary Symposium on Law, Religion & Social Justice, “Justice for Strangers?  Legal Assistance and the Foreign Born,”
University of Dayton, Dayton, Ohio, February 27, 2008.

Dying to Live: A Theology of Immigration
The Basil Moreau Lecture, King’s College
Wilkes-Barre, PA, February 26, 2008.

Crossing the Line: Foundations of a Theology of Migration and Refugees
Oxford Refugee Centre
Oxford University, Oxford, England, January 29, 2008.

Dying to Live: A Migrant’s Journey
The Good Samaritan in the Global Age: Migration, Religion and the World Economy Conference
Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey, March 29, 2007.

A Theology of Immigration
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, North Carolina, March 27, 2007.

A Promised Land, A Devil’s Highway: A Spirituality of Immigration
Annual Romero Lecture, Rutgers University and Romero Center
Camden, New Jersey, March 23, 2007.

Through the Footsteps of Jesus the Galilean: A Pilgrimage of Theological Reflection
Symposium Participant
Israel, March 8 – 15, 2007.

Inmigración Mexicana y Espiritualidad Cristiana
Los Angeles Religious Education Congress
Los Angeles, California, March 3, 2007.

Christian Spirituality and Mexican Immigration
Los Angeles Religious Education Congress
Los Angeles, California, March 2, 2007.

Theological Foundations of Global Justice
Marianist LIFE National Conference, Keynote Address
Burlingame, California, February 25, 2007.

Undocumented Immigration and the Challenge of Human Solidarity: Theological Perspectives
Elms College
Chicopee, Massachusetts, February 13, 2007.

Immigration and Inter-culturality: Theological Perspectives
Encounter of Endogenous Knowledge Systems: North-South Cultural Dialogue,” XII International Congress on North-South Dialogue
University of Madras, Chennai, India, January 29-31, 2007.

A Promised Land, A Devil’s Highway: Spirituality and Immigration
Loras College
Dubuque, Iowa, January 15, 2007.

Collaboration and Partnerships with the Faith Community to Work on Global Health Rights

American Public Health Association, National Convention
Boston, Massachusetts November 6, 2006.

A Promised Land, A Devil’s Highway: Spirituality and Immigration
Center for Comparative Studies in Race and Ethnicity, Stanford University
Stanford, California October 30, 2006.

The Roads Most Traveled: Theological Perspectives on the Photos of Don Bartletti
Symposium Participant, Oceanside Museum of Art
San Diego, California, October 28, 2006.

The Roads Most Traveled: Theological Perspectives on the Photos of Don Bartletti
Symposium Participant, Museum of Photographic Arts
San Diego, California, October 26, 2006.

“Catholic Social Teaching and Immigration,” Crossing Borders: Summit on Human Dignity
Brophy College Prep
Phoenix, Arizona, October 16, 2006.

A Promised Land, A Devil’s Highway: Spirituality and Immigration
Holy Cross College Fall Lecture, Holy Cross College
Notre Dame, Indiana, October 5, 2006.

A Christian Spirituality of Undocumented Immigration
San Diego Religious Education Congress
San Diego, California, September 30, 2006.

A God of Life, A Civilization of Love: Catholic Social Teaching
San Diego Religious Education Congress
San Diego, California, September 30, 2006.

Dying to Live: A Migrant’s Journey

Film Presentation and Briefing for Members of Congress and Invited Hispanic Leaders, Capitol Hill/House of Representatives
Washington, DC, September, 29, 2006.

Dying to Live: A Migrant’s Journey
Film Presentation and Lecture, Creighton University
Omaha, Nebraska, September 22, 2006.

Theological Foundations of Social Justice
Catholic Charities National Convention
Minneapolis, Minnesota, September 15, 2006.

The Spiritual Journey in the Borderlands
American Political Science Association Annual Meeting
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, August 30, 2006.

Dying to Live: A Migrant’s Journey
Film Presentation and Discussion, Oxford Refugee Centre/Wadham College, Oxford Refugee Summer Program
Oxford University, Oxford, England, July 17, 2006.

Espiritualidad de Latinos en Los Estados Unidos: Desafíos Pedagógicos
Encuentro Internacional Sobre la Enseñaza de la Filosofía y de la Teóloga en la Región Norte y Mesoamericana,
La Universidad Centroamericana José Simeón Cañas de El Salvador, San Salvador, El Salvador, June 27, 2006.

Undocumented Migration and the Challenge of the Church’s Mission
Mexican American Cultural Center
San Antonio, Texas, May 6, 2006.

Desarrollo y Dignidad: Ética, Cultura y Globalización
University of Guadalajara, Guadalajara, Mexico, May 8-9, 11, 2006.

Social Research Methodologies in Theological Reflection
Department of Sociology, University of Notre Dame
Notre Dame, Indiana, May 4, 2006.

Welcoming the Stranger: The Challenge of Immigration in Light of Christian Faith
Concordia Seminary
St. Louis, Missouri, April 27, 2005.

The Immigration Debate: Issues and Prospects
Invited Panelist
University of Notre Dame, April 24, 2006.

Spirituality on the Western Front: Religious Experience and Human Transformation at the Mexican-American Border
Lineae Terrarum Conference, New Mexico State University
Las Cruces, New Mexico, March 29, 2006.

Catholic-Evangelical Forum on Public Policy
Invited Symposium Participant
Georgetown University Law School, Washington, DC, March 24, 2006.

Undocumented Mexican Migration and the Challenge of Diversity: Theological Challenges for the American Mind
Oxford Round Table, Lincoln College, University of Oxford
Oxford, England, March 14, 2006.

Strangers No Longer: Being Neighbor to Our Immigrant Community
Panelist, Kroc Institute of International Studies / Migration and Refugee Services-US Conference of Catholic Bishops
University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana, January 24, 2006.

Hispanics in the American Church
Beyond Polemics: The Future of Jewish-Christian Dialogue, University of Notre Dame
Notre Dame, Indiana, December 5, 2005.

Border Wars, Border Ethics
Purdue University
Calumet, Indiana, November 29, 2005.

The Journey of Justice and Justice for Immigrants
National Catholic Council of Hispanic Ministry
Sacramento, California, November 12, 2005.

Dying to Live: A Migrant’s Journey
Grace Cathedral
San Francisco, California, November 6, 2005.

Department of Sociology
XV Feria Internacional del Libro Monterrey
Monterrey, Mexico, October 8, 2005.

The Journey of the Immigrant and a Theology of Immigration
Catholic Charities National Convention, Keynote Address
Phoenix, Arizona, September 18, 2005.

Immigration and Justice in a Global Economy: A Catholic Theology of Migration
Social Action Summer Institute, Loyola Marymount University
Los Angeles, California, July 18, 2005.

A Spirituality of Migrants and a Spirituality of migration
LaSalle Social Justice Institute
Las Cruces, New Mexico, July 12, 2005.

Strangers No Longer: Best Practices in Ministry to Migrants
United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, Migration and Refugee Services Bi-National Border Conference
El Paso, Texas, June 26, 2005,

Crossing the Line: Humane Borders at Five
Humane Borders
Tucson, Arizona, June 11, 2005.

Dying to Live: A Migrant's Journey
Academy of Catholic Hispanic Theologians in the United States
St. Louis University, St. Louis Missouri, June 7, 2005.

Globalization, Justice and Spirituality
Option for the Poor Seminar
University of Leuven, Belgium, May 7, 2005.

The Mission of the Church with Migrants Today: Proclamation, Communion, Journey
Mission on the Move: Migrations, Proclamation, Witnessing Service of Documentation and Studies on Mission
Sedos Seminar
Ariccia, Italy, May 6, 2005

Dying to Live: A Migrant’s Journey
Lecture and Premier of Video Presentation
Harvard Divinity School, Cambridge, Massachusetts, April 29, 2005.

U.S. Latino Spirituality

Creighton University
Des Moines, Iowa, April 23, 2005.

The Bible and Migration and Death and Life on the Border: A Faith-Based Response
Presbyterian Synod of the Southwest
Tucson, Arizona, April 15, 2005.

Fruit of the Vine and the Work of Human Hands: Immigration and the Eucharist
American Academy of Religion
San Antonio, Texas, November 20, 2004.

Immigration: Theology Linking the Global and the Local
North Park University
Chicago, Illinois, September 25, 2004.

A Theology of Migration
Migration and Theology: An International Conference
University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN, Septermber 21, 2004.

Faith on the Edge: Migration as Metaphor of the Spiritual Life
Presentation of “La foi en situation limite: ou la « migration » comme métaphore de la vie spirituelle,”
Universite de La Val
Quebec City, Candada, August 17, 2004.

New Horizons in Theology: Towards a Spirituality of Migration
College Theological Society
Washington, DC, June 5, 2004.

Do This in Memory of Me: Anamnesis and Immigration
Immigration, Labor and Religion Conference
Harvard Divinity School, Cambridge, Massachusetts, May 7, 2004.

A Socio-Theological Hermeneutics of Migration: The Option for the Poor and Eucharist
Humanities and the Option for the Poor Conference
University of Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria, April 24, 2004.

Mapping Research Methodologies in Theological Studies
Association of Theological Schools Meeting
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, February 27, 2004.

Juan Diego y el Camino del Inmigrante
Los Angeles Religious Education Congress
Los Angeles, California, February 22, 2004.

Christian Spirituality and Mexican Immigration
Los Angeles Religious Education Congress
Los Angeles, California, February 22, 2004.

Strangers No Longer: Catholic Social Teaching on Migration
University of Notre Dame
Notre Dame, Indiana, January 22, 2004.

Undocumented Migration and Religious Experience: A Theological Interpretation of the US/Mexican Border
Religious Experience and Contemporary Theological Epistemology
Katholieke Universiteit, Leuven, Belgium, November 7, 2003.

Strangers No Longer: Migration and Catholic Social Teaching
United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, Committee on Migration and Refugees
Las Cruces, New Mexico, November 2, 2003.

The Option for the Poor and Catholic Social Teaching
Mendoza College of Business
University of Notre Dame, October 30, 2003.

Theology and the Holocaust
Invited Symposium Participant, U.S. Holocaust Museum
Washington, DC, October 8-10, 2003.

Migrações, Novas Formas de Discriminação e Alternativas de Resistência dos Migrantes na America Latina
Conferencia sobre o Cristianismo na america Latina e no Caribe: Trajetorias, Diagnosticos, Prospectivas
Pontificia Universidade Catolica (PUC-SP), Faculdades Batista
Sao Paulo, Brasil, July 30, 2003.

Mateo 25 y Perspectivas Teológicas de la Migración de los indocuentados
Mexican American Cultural Center
San Antonio, Texas, July 24, 2003.

Matthew 25 and the Mexican Immigrant Experience
Diocese of Tucson
Tucson, Arizona, July 17, 2003.

The Role of Theology in A Globalized World
Panelist in Live Teleconference Between Theology Faculty of Fribourg University and Universidad Iberoamerica (Mexico City)
Fribourg University, Switzerland, May 5, 2003.

International Symposium: Semana Santa, Cofradías y Pasos
(Participant) University of Salamanca and Archdiocese of Seville
Seville, Spain, April 13, 20, 2003.

Pastoral, Spiritual and Cultural Dimensions of Mexican Migrants in the United States
Memorial Hospital
South Bend, Indiana, April 22, 2003.

The Option for the Poor and the Liberation of the Heart
St. Mary’s College
Notre Dame, Indiana, March 23, 2003.

Juan Diego: Modelo De Conversión
Los Angeles Religious Education Congress
Los Angeles, California, March 1, 2003.

Inmigración y Espiritualidad
Los Angeles Religious Education Congress
Los Angeles, California , February 28, 2003.

Pastoral Dimensions of Undocumented Migration
Notre Dame Law School and Department of Theology, Legal Aid Clinic
University of Notre Dame, November 20, 2002.

The Human Face of Immigration: Spiritual and Ethical Challenges
Indiana State University
South Bend, October 1, 2002.

The Border Between the Culture of Death and the Challenge of Life: The Ethics of Immigration Reform
From Death to Life Conference
Center for Ethics and Culture
University of Notre Dame, September 27, 2002.

Border of Death, Valley of Life: An Immigrant Journey of Heart and Spirit
Institute for Latino Studies
University of Notre Dame, September 18, 2002.

Border of Death, Valley of Life: A Mexican Immigrant Spirituality
Mexican American Cultural Center
San Antonio, Texas, July 30, 2002.

La Visión Apostólica del Programa Misionera del Valle
Diócesis Ciudad Gúzman
Tizapán el Alto, Jalisco, Mexico.

Immigration, Revelation and Transformation: The Mexican Experience
Mexican American Cultural Center
San Antonio, Texas, January 8, 2002.

Response Paper, “A Ghastly International Racket: The Catholic Church and the Bracero Program in Northern California, 1942-1964, ” Gina Marie Pitty (Stanford University), Cushwa Center American Catholic Studies Seminar, University of Notre Dame, November 8, 2001.

The Aztec World at the Eve of the Spanish Conquest
University of California at Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara, California, April 19, 2001.

Mesoamerican Roots of Contemporary U.S. Latino Spirituality
University of California at Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara, California, April 17, 2001.

Conversión, Communión and Solidarity: Reflections on Ecclesia in America
Diocese of Fort Wayne/South Bend
Rome City, Indiana, March 30-April 1, 2001.

Desert Crossings: Spirituality and the Undocumented, Mexican Immigrant
Department of Theology
University of Notre Dame, March 27, 2001.

Massive migration and Its Challenges to Christianity: The Case of Latin Americans in the United States
Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Heilige Geest College (University of Leuven, Faculty of Theology, Centre for Liberation Theology), Leuven, Belgium, March 8, 2001.

Rights of Passage and Rites of Renewal: Migrant Workers and The Inner Life of the Spirit
Center for Social Concerns, Coachella Seminar
University of Notre Dame, February 28, 2001.

The Influence of Immigration on Sacred Space
School of Architecture, Tijuana Seminar
University of Notre Dame, February 26, 2001.

Corazón y Conversión: The Dynamics of Mexican Immigration and Spiritual Transformation
Latino Lecture Series
University of Notre Dame, November 13, 2000.

Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe: Una Peregrinación Hacia el Misterio de Dios y Una Nueva Imagen Mundial de la Trinidad (Paper Jointly Presented with Virgilio Elizondo)
XX Congresso Mariológico-Mariano Internazionale, Santuario “Madonna del Divino Amore,”
Pontificia Academia Mariana Internationalis
Rome, Italy, September 19, 2000.

Three Levels of Revelation in Mexican Spirituality
International Study Week on Mestizaje
Mexican American Cultural Center
San Antonio, Texas, June 12-16, 2000.

Como Hablar de Jesus Desde La Perspective Del Imigrante Indocumentado de Los Estado Unidos
Instituto Teológico Sao Paulo
Sao Paulo, Brazil, June 9, 2000.

Raices Indígenas en la Espiritualidad del Imigrante Indocumentado en Los Estados Unidos
Pontificia Faculdade de Teologia Nossa Senhora da Assuncao
Sao Paulo, Brazil, June 12, 2000.

Silent Voices in the Immigration Experience

Center for the Comparative Study of Race and Religion (Alambrista Project)
Stanford University, Stanford, California, May 19, 2000.

Conversion Experience and Psychological Reconstruction Among Undocumented Mexican Immigrants
Mexican American Cultural Center
San Antonio, Texas, January 15, 2000.

Social Methodology and the Academic Study of Spirituality
Graduate Theological Union
Berkeley, California, December 3, 1999.

The Dynamics of Transformation In Our Lady of Guadalupe
Diocese of Phoenix, October 2, 1999.

Imaginación Mexicana y Interpretación Teológica
Diocese of Guadalajara, San Louis Soyatlan, Jalisco, Mexico, October 10, 1998.

Evangelización: El Tercer Millenio
Diocese of San Bernardino, March 14, 1998.

Comunidades de Base Y Una Nueva Ecclesiologia
Diocese of Zamora, Jiquilpan Juarez
Michóacan, Mexico, January 10, 1998.