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May 2025 Global Update

May 2025 Global Update

Celebrate the election of Pope Leo XIV. Congratulate President Grudzen on winning an award from the Buddhist Council of America and read his article in Maryknoll’s “Interchange” newsletter. Access the “Sacred Feminine” with Bishop Bridget Mary Meehan, ARCWP, and empower women. Discover Quranic research with Judy Clarence, MLIS. Learn about GMU’s courses and future initiatives.

Global Ministries University welcomes the election of the new Roman Pontiff, Pope Leo XIV. 

Global Ministries University welcomes the election of the new Roman Pontiff, Pope Leo XIV. 

In his opening statement after his election, Pope Leo spoke of a church “that builds bridges, that is always open to receive everyone–just like in this square–to receive everyone, to welcome everyone who needs our charity, our dialogue, and love.” Pope Leo’s call for a missionary church emphasizing and promoting dialogue resonates with the mission of Global Ministries University. Pope Leo unites North and South America in his personal and pastoral experience. His message of peace amplifies the needs of our world today…

President Grudzen’s Reflection on His Journey to Nigeria

President Grudzen’s Reflection on His Journey to Nigeria

Had I read the travel advisory from the US State Department before going to Nigeria in February of 2025, I might not have made the journey given the danger of Boko Haram still being present in that country and particularly in the region of Kaduna where there is still a presence of Boko Haram.
During my travel from Abuja, the capital of Nigeria, to Kaduna State University for a major interfaith conference, I was accompanied by four Nigerian policemen driving in front of our caravan as my security detail.
Providentially, I made this trip, and upon reflection, it fulfilled a prophetic message that came to me 24 years ago when our daughter, Corita Grudzen, MD, was beginning her medical residency at Bellevue Hospital in New York. The attack on the World Trade Center and Pentagon on 9/11/2001 were emblematic of the tangible divide between Christianity and Islam in the modern world. At that time, I dedicated the remainder of my life to help heal the divide between these great spiritual traditions by completing my doctoral studies at Columbia University in NYC on the history of Christianity and Islam and the founding of Global Ministries University in 2001…

February 2025 Global Update

February 2025 Global Update

View the closing of the online international conference and listen to Fr. Dan Groody’s inspiring words on the Theology of Migration. Read President Grudzen’s statement on the USAID cuts. View Bishop Bridget Mary’s interview with Italian media. Learn how to spot online scammers and spammers. Travel to Nigeria and India with President Grudzen. “Spring” into Creation Spirituality with discounted courses. Read a rave review for the Center for Celebrant Training. Give up patriarchy for Lent with Freedom Fridays!