Reception and Talk on "The Human Condition"
Held on July 11, 2018 at the Monastery Gallery of Art
The Initiative of Pope Francis - A Three-Part Evening
Reflections on the Human Condition
Presented by current exhibit artist
Sr. Helen David Brancato - Associate Professor, Villanova University
Sharing the Journey… by Loving your Neighbor
Presented by
Lynn Campbell - Executive Director of the Office of Catholic Social Justice &
MaryJoan Picone, LCSW - Creator of Emmaus Migrant Advocacy Project
Central American Migrants Fleeing Terror: a Honduran Experience in Connecticut
Presented by
Dario Euraque, Ph.D. - Professor, Trinity College
Reflections on the Human Condition
Presented by current exhibit artist
Sr. Helen David Brancato - Associate Professor, Villanova University
Sharing the Journey… by Loving your Neighbor
Presented by
Lynn Campbell - Executive Director of the Office of Catholic Social Justice &
MaryJoan Picone, LCSW - Creator of Emmaus Migrant Advocacy Project
Central American Migrants Fleeing Terror: a Honduran Experience in Connecticut
Presented by
Dario Euraque, Ph.D. - Professor, Trinity College
About the Presenters

Sr. Helen David Brancato - Associate Professor, Villanova University
Sister Helen David is a painter, printmaker and illustrator whose work carries themes of justice, peace and homelessness. She is is an Associate professor of Art at Villanova University. She has presented many workshops around the country on spirituality and art, and on creativity and compassion. Her studio Gatehouse Studio, is located at the gatehouse of St. Aloysius Academy in Bryn Mawr, PA.
Sister Helen David is a painter, printmaker and illustrator whose work carries themes of justice, peace and homelessness. She is is an Associate professor of Art at Villanova University. She has presented many workshops around the country on spirituality and art, and on creativity and compassion. Her studio Gatehouse Studio, is located at the gatehouse of St. Aloysius Academy in Bryn Mawr, PA.

Lynn Campbell - Executive Director of the Office of Catholic Social Justice
Lynn accepted the position of Executive Director in February, 2012 following five years at OCSJM in the position of Parish Social Ministry Coordinator. Lynn brings a wealth of experience working with parishes throughout the Archdiocese, as well as intimate knowledge of the challenges of parish social ministry from over 20 years of involvement in her own parish, St. Patrick Church in Farmington.
A passionate advocate and practitioner of social justice, Lynn is a graduate of the JustFAITH program and has a Master’s Degree in Non-Profit Management and a Graduate Certificate in Pastoral Administration from Regis University. Lynn and her husband Tom have three sons and are members of St. Patrick Church in Farmington.
Lynn accepted the position of Executive Director in February, 2012 following five years at OCSJM in the position of Parish Social Ministry Coordinator. Lynn brings a wealth of experience working with parishes throughout the Archdiocese, as well as intimate knowledge of the challenges of parish social ministry from over 20 years of involvement in her own parish, St. Patrick Church in Farmington.
A passionate advocate and practitioner of social justice, Lynn is a graduate of the JustFAITH program and has a Master’s Degree in Non-Profit Management and a Graduate Certificate in Pastoral Administration from Regis University. Lynn and her husband Tom have three sons and are members of St. Patrick Church in Farmington.
MaryJoan Picone, LCSW - Creator of Emmaus Migrant Advocacy Project
MaryJoan has been a licensed clinical social worker in the Hartford area, for 28 years. She has worked in a variety of community and clinical settings, including the UConn Health Center; the Institute of Living, outpatient clinics, and the court system; serving diverse populations. In addition to mind, body, and spirit work, her passion is social justice, focusing on Mexico and Central America. She works with different organizations helping migrants on both sides of the U.S. and Mexico border and advocating for humane and just immigration reform.
MaryJoan created the Emmaus Migrant Advocacy project- to promote awareness of the economic, health and psycho-social plight of our brothers and sisters in Mexico, El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras and to build community with migrant and seasonal farm workers here in central CT; joining in grassroots efforts to prevent deportations and to assist with access to medical care, legal aid and psycho-social assimilation.
MaryJoan has been a licensed clinical social worker in the Hartford area, for 28 years. She has worked in a variety of community and clinical settings, including the UConn Health Center; the Institute of Living, outpatient clinics, and the court system; serving diverse populations. In addition to mind, body, and spirit work, her passion is social justice, focusing on Mexico and Central America. She works with different organizations helping migrants on both sides of the U.S. and Mexico border and advocating for humane and just immigration reform.
MaryJoan created the Emmaus Migrant Advocacy project- to promote awareness of the economic, health and psycho-social plight of our brothers and sisters in Mexico, El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras and to build community with migrant and seasonal farm workers here in central CT; joining in grassroots efforts to prevent deportations and to assist with access to medical care, legal aid and psycho-social assimilation.

Dario Euraque, Ph.D. - Professor, Trinity College
Dr. Dario A. Euraque (b. 1959, Tegucigalpa, Honduras) has taught at Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut since 1990, when he received his Ph.D in Latin American and Caribbean history from the University of Wisconsin in Madison. Dr. Euraque has published articles and reviews in many academic journals in the U.S., Europe, Latin America and the Caribbean. He has also written six books, many focused on his work on the economic and social history of Honduras and Latin American.
He is currently working on two biographies: one of Armando Mendez Fuentes (1925-2003), a Honduran gay poet, essayist, and critic, another of Rafael Lopez Padilla (1875-1963), a Honduran banana cultivator, and critic of the monopolistic stranglehold of the United Fruit Co. in his country.
Dr. Dario A. Euraque (b. 1959, Tegucigalpa, Honduras) has taught at Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut since 1990, when he received his Ph.D in Latin American and Caribbean history from the University of Wisconsin in Madison. Dr. Euraque has published articles and reviews in many academic journals in the U.S., Europe, Latin America and the Caribbean. He has also written six books, many focused on his work on the economic and social history of Honduras and Latin American.
He is currently working on two biographies: one of Armando Mendez Fuentes (1925-2003), a Honduran gay poet, essayist, and critic, another of Rafael Lopez Padilla (1875-1963), a Honduran banana cultivator, and critic of the monopolistic stranglehold of the United Fruit Co. in his country.
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