A Souls A’ Fire Pre-Conference Event – CLGS Lavender Lunch
Join us for a special CLGS Lavender Lunch as we kick off the spirit and vision of the upcoming CLGS Souls A’ Fire 2026 Conference with an intimate and insightful conversation between the event’s co-conveners.
Lenten Preaching with Rev. Lauren Bennett and Rev. Jakob Hero-Shaw – CLGS Queering the Word Workshop
Our CLGS Queering the Word preaching workshops are designed for Christian preachers, seminarians, and anyone else interested in the art of preaching from a queer perspective!
Queer Indigenous Thrival with Professor Chris Finley – CLGS Lavender Lunch
In this CLGS Lavender Lunch we will address the tensions between thrival and survival and move towards theorizations of Queer Indigenous hope and generosity in these times of despair because this is not the first time we have faced annihilation and world-ending events and survived.
Advent Preaching with Rev. Lauren Bennett and Rev. Jakob Hero-Shaw – CLGS Queering the Word Workshop
Our CLGS Queering the Word preaching workshops are designed for Christian preachers, seminarians, and anyone else interested in the art of preaching from a queer perspective!
LGBTQ+ Catholic Ministry with Prof. Ish Ruíz and Guests – CLGS Lavender Lunch
We invite you to join us for this CLGS Lavender Lunch, which will feature a distinguished panel of leaders from various LGBTQ+ ministry organizations, including Outreach, New Ways Ministry, Dignity USA, and the Marianist Social Justice Collaborative LGBT Initiative.
Singing For Our Lives During the AIDS Crisis with Thomas Kurtz and Jim Mitulski – CLGS Lavender Lunch
Drawing on years of experience speaking on topics at the intersection of music, queer history, and activism, Rev. Jim Mitulski and musicologist Thomas Kurtz will explore how the relationship between music and spirituality served as a voice for social change among queer communities that faced systemic exclusion during the worst years of the AIDS crisis.
15th Annual CLGS Georgia Harkness Lecture – Bishop Karen Oliveto
Join the Center for LGBTQ and Gender Studies in Religion (CLGS) for our 15th annual Georgia Harkness Lecture!
Queer, Called, and Conspiring: AAPI Theologies for a World on Fire with Prof. Lisa Asedillo – CLGS Lavender Lunch
In this CLGS Lavender Lunch, Dr. Lisa Asedillo explores what it means to be “called” in a world that often erases or exoticizes AAPI queer lives.
Admissions: Info Session
Join us on 7/29 at 4pm PT / 7pm ET for a prospective student information session.
Earl Lecture Series – Migration: Shaping the Narrative
Join us for the 2025 Earl Lecture Series—this year’s theme is Migration: Shaping the Narrative. Through a combination of lectures, workshops, and connections, we’ll explore how stories of migration—past and present—can reclaim power, resist erasure, and shape more just and compassionate futures. We’ll ask what it means to center lived experience, shift dominant narratives, and…