"Alumni Stories: Lives That Inspire" featuring Sr. Colleen Gibson, SSJ '09
Channel: Fairfield University
Date: 2023-02-17

"Alumni Stories: Lives That Inspire" is a virtual series that explores the lives of alumni whose varied paths following their time at Fairfield can inform and inspire our own lives as men and women for others. This event features a conversation between Rev. Gerald Blaszczak, S.J., alumni chaplain and special assistant to the president, and Sr. Colleen Gibson, SSJ '09. Special thanks to Carolyn Rusiackas for being the inspiration behind this series.

Sister Colleen Gibson, SSJ is an award-winning writer whose work has been published in various periodicals, including America, Commonweal, Give Us This Day, and the National Catholic Reporter. She is currently pursuing graduate studies at Boston College School of Theology and Ministry and is the co-host of Beyond the Habit, a podcast seeking to move beyond everyday assumptions of what it means to be Catholic and live the Gospel. A member of the Sisters of Saint Joseph of Philadelphia, Sister Colleen professed final vows in 2019. She was a member of the founding ministry team of the Sisters of St. Joseph Neighborhood Center in Camden, New Jersey and throughout her religious life has served as a college campus minister, pastoral associate, and case worker.

Her firm belief that each person’s story has the ability to reveal God’s presence in the world directs her efforts to bring people into dialogue with their own personal experiences, the stories of others, and the grace of God at work in the world. In addition to her writing, Sister Colleen shares her gifts as a speaker and retreat director, inviting participants to explore issues of call, spirituality, and culture from an Ignatian perspective.

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