Inside the Core: Students Explore Rumi and Augustine
Inside the Core, in Core I, students can explore facing one's inner life in a poem by Rumi and the Confessions of St. Augustine.

Inside the Core, in Core I, students can explore facing one's inner life in a poem by Rumi and the Confessions of St. Augustine.
Seton Hall’s October 8 symposium explored how Bernard Lonergan’s thought illuminates Christian mysticism, historical interpretation and the role of community.
Inside the Core, we are screening The Lord of the Rings in two parts on October 20 and 27 in connection with Pope Francis' Laudato and a faculty panel on Pope Leo's Magnifica Humanitas on October 29.
Oxford theologian Andrew Davison will visit Seton Hall on May 10, 2027, to explore life beyond Earth and its implications for the Christian doctrine of creation.
The G.K. Chesterton Institute for Faith and Culture’s latest “5 Questions” podcast features Lara Bersano Calot, executive director of the International Academy of Catholic Leaders.
Seton Hall’s October 24 seminar draws on Pope Leo XIV’s 'Magnifica Humanitas' to explore human dignity and AI in education, finance and healthcare.
Between Sunday, October 4 and Tuesday, October 6, the Seton Hall University community welcomed the relics of St. Bernadette to the Chapel of the Immaculate Conception. The visit drew hundreds!
Core I students get to meet several important women in the Bible in Genesis, Exodus and the book of Ruth: Sarah, Hagar and Rebekah (among others) in Genesis and Ruth and Naomi in the book of Ruth.
We began the Scholars' Forum in the Catholic Intellectual Tradition with a wonderful presentation by Father Dominic Ciriaco. Two more presentations coming up this fall.
Last week, the University community gathered for the Annual Mass of the Holy Spirit celebrated by University President, Reverend Monsignor Joseph Reilly, S.T.L., Ph.D.
Inside the Core we look forward to a talk by Benjamin Hohman, editor of Interpreting the Self: Dimensions of Conversion in Augustine’s Confessions, who will be giving a talk on Augustine and Lonergan.
Seton Hall University will welcome the relics of St. Bernadette Soubirous to the South Orange campus October 4-6, offering the University community a special opportunity for prayer and veneration.
Part of Contemplative Community Week, Seton Hall’s October 8 symposium brings leading scholars together to explore mysticism, consciousness and theological method
Core I students read Plato's Allegory of the Cave, which shows people living in a cave, thinking shadows are reality. Parallels can be drawn between this experience and false worlds created by AI.
A new school year is here! Keep reading to check out all the events Campus Ministry hosted during Welcome Week 2026.
The Core has made a change in the syllabus requiring for Core I that students read either from the writings of Elizabeth Ann Seton or Dorothy Day or both.