“Healing a Wounded World: The Miracle of Forgiveness and Sowing the Yeast of Leadership”

MONDAY, APRIL 7, 2025 | 7 p.m. Lecture | Kelley Center Presentation Room
 

April 7 is an International Day of Reflection on the 1994 Genocide Against the Tutsi in Rwanda. Thirty-one years ago, more than one million children, women, and men were killed during 100 days of horror. On this day of remembrance and reflection, Rev. Marcel Uwineza, S.J., a Boston College graduate and survivor of the 1994 Rwandan genocide, will offer a lecture at Fairfield University on the power of forgiveness and reconciliation.

Fr. Uwineza’s Biography:

Rev. Marcel Uwineza, S.J., is a Jesuit priest and university lecturer. He holds a PhD in systematic theology from Boston College. He also holds an MBA in leadership and management from York St. John University in the United Kingdom. He is currently the President of Hekima University College in Nairobi, Kenya.

Fr. Uwineza’s recent publications include Risen from the Ashes: Theology as Autobiography (2022) and Reinventing Theology in Post-Genocide Rwanda: Challenges and Hopes (2023). His forthcoming book is Healing a Wounded People: A Theology for a Divided World (Brill 2025). Among his public addresses, Fr. Uwineza spoke to the United Nations General Assembly on April 12, 2019, in remarks titled “25 Years After the Genocide in Rwanda: A Testimony.” Last year, he offered the plenary address to global leaders of Jesuit colleges and universities at the Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universities’ Assembly 2024 Conference in Chicago, Illinois.

This lecture event is sponsored by the Office of Mission & Ministry