Inauguration Special: President Kevin O'Brien [replay]

Fr. Kevin O’Brien is the president of Santa Clara
University, and former dean of SCU’s Jesuit School of Theology.
O’Brien served as Vice President for Mission and Ministry at
Georgetown for 8 years before coming to Santa Clara in 2016.
O’Brien wrote a book “The Ignatian Adventure” in 2011 which sold
over 40,000 copies and has been translated into three languages.


 


Check out this article for more background, but here are a
few fun facts:


O’Brien’s late father, Larry, spent 35 years as personal
manager to the legendary golfer Jack Nicklaus—for whom O’Brien’s
older brother Andrew still works.

During his Jesuit formation, O’Brien served as a chaplain for
the Jesuit Refugee Service in immigration detention centers in
Los Angeles and worked serving migrants on the Arizona-Mexico
border.

O’Brien was featured in a Mic video in
2017 debunking the “war on Christmas.” The video received
over 10 million views.



 


In this conversation, we discuss how Silicon Valley innovation
squares with Jesuit values, how students should choose a career,
the importance of what O’Brien calls “decentering experiences,”
why spirituality is like an adventure, O’Brien’s improbable
journey to becoming a Jesuit and more.


https://www.voicesofsantaclara.com/kevin-obrien


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