Regis St. Michael's Faculty of Theology

Category: Elliott Allen Institute of Theology and Ecology

Elliott Allen Institute for Theology and Ecology and MSGR Fraser Centre of Pastoral Theology Lecture

Dr. Elizabeth O’Donnell Gandolfo

Eco-Martyrdom in the Americas: Living and Dying for our Common Home

Monday, February 3, 2025 from 4:30pm to 6:00pm

Regis College, St Joseph Chapel (100 Wellesley St. W.)

Elizabeth O’Donnell Gandolfo is Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Earley Associate Professor of Catholic and Latin American Studies, at Wake Forest University, School of Divinity (North Carolina, USA). Her award winning book “Eco-Martyrdom in the Americas: Living and Dying for our Common Home” (Orbis, 2023) highlights the ongoing murder of land and environmental defenders, particularly in Latin America (many of them Indigenous), and theologically engages their witness in light of recent developments in Catholic social thought and liberation theology. For additional information, please contact Dr. Hilda Koster (hilda.koster@utoronto.ca) or Dr. Gerard Ryan, SJ (gerard.ryan@utoronto.ca)

To RSVP please email Dr. Hilda Koster hilda.koster@utoronto.ca

On Monday, November 18 from 4:00 pm to 5:30 pm Dr. Jan-Olav Henriksen, Professor of Philosophy of Religion in the MF Norwegian School of Theology, Religion, and Society in Oslo will be delivering the annual Elliott Allen Lecture in Theology and Ecology. Dr. Henriksen will be speaking on “Allowing Grace to Work in the Anthropocene: Lessons from Nordic Creation Theology.”

The lecture will take place at Charbonnel Lounge (81 St. Mary St., Toronto) and is free and open to the public. There will be a reception in Dr. Henriksen’s honour immediately following the lecture.  

Please direct inquiries to Dr. Hilda Koster, Director of the Elliott Allen Institute hilda.koster@utoronto.ca