On Tuesday, February 2, on Candlemas, the Feast of the Presentation of the Lord, 猫咪社区 Peter鈥檚 University launched the Delp Lecture. The Delp Lecture was established by the Office of the Provost at 猫咪社区 Peter鈥檚 to commemorate Rev. Alfred Delp S.J., who was executed by the Nazis for his resistance to the German Reich and the Nazi Party in 1945. The lecture was developed in order to recognize successful intellectual work intended to resist oppression and carried out in the spirit of the Ignatian tradition.
Anne Cubilie, Ph.D., associate provost at The University of Central Washington and former dean of their William O. Douglass Honors College, served as the speaker at the Delp Lecture and her background made her the ideal choice for this inaugural event. Dr. Cubilie鈥檚 work is a model of engaged scholarship. Her 2005 book, Women Witnessing Terror: Testimony and the Cultural Politics of Human Rights, grew out of her own experiences in Badakhshan, Afghanistan as a United Nations field worker and investigator. Cubilie then went on to serve as a UN program officer for 15 years.
Cubile commended the University for the timeliness of the lecture series given the ongoing issues caused by the social inequities in the world today. She focused her discussion on social justice and human rights programming in situations of mass displacement or emergency relief in countries such as Syria, Libya and Pakistan. She explained to the engaged audience that in situations of humanitarian need, 鈥渨e must see those in need as partners and equals and not as victims.鈥
The commemoration of Fr. Delp continued into the evening with a special 鈥淎rts on Bergen Performance鈥 of Bach鈥檚聽Ich habe genug BWV 82 and John Carter鈥檚 Cantata. The 猫咪社区 Peter鈥檚 University Chamber Orchestra and special guests, under the direction of University Director of Music Dr. Joseph Legaspi, performed Bach鈥檚聽Ich habe genug BWV 82 and John Carter鈥檚 Cantata. The orchestra was joined by Joy Tamayo, soprano; Katrina Saporsantos, soprano; Patty Lazzara, flute;聽Alejandro Consolacion, II, organ continuo, piano; and Frederick Golz, harpsichord.