Previous Catholic Studies Events - Spring 2009

The Bellarmine Lecture:
Laughing with the Saints: Joy, Humor, and Laughter in the Spiritual Life
Rev. James Martin, S.J., author of My Life with the Saints and Associate Editor of America Magazine
Wednesday, February 4, 8:00 p.m.
Dolan School of Business Dining Room

Lenten Reflections
Rev. Leo O'Donovan, S.J. President Emeritus, Georgetown University
Wednesdays: March 4, March 18, March 25, & April 15
6:00-7:00 p.m.
Egan Chapel

2nd Annual Commonweal Lecture:
Conservative, Liberal, or Just Catholic? Religious Identity in a Pluralistic Age
Paul Baumann, Editor, Commonweal Magazine
Thursday, March 26, 8:00 p.m.
Dolan School of Business Dining Room

3rd Annual Lecture in Jewish-Christian Engagement
Benedict XVI and the Jews: Change or Continuity?
Rev. John Pawlikowski, Professor of Social Ethics at the Catholic Theological Union, Director of the Catholic-Jewish Studies Program at the Cardinal Joseph Bernardin Center, Chicago
Monday, March 30, 8:00 p.m.
Dolan School of Business Dining Room

Women and the World: Putting Women Back in the Biblical Picture at the 2008 Synod
Sr. Christine Schenk, CSJ, Executive Director, FutureChurch
Wednesday, April 1, 8:00 p.m.
Dolan School of Business Dining Room

Mary of Magdala Celebration
Thursday, April 16, 5:00 p.m.
Egan Chapel

Previous Catholic Studies Events - Fall 2009

September 11-12, 2009
Exploring Catholic Culture Workshop
Wisdom House, Litchfield, CT
Friday 6 p.m.-3:30 p.m. Saturday
Jesus and the Culture of Peace
Presenter: John Dear, S.J., Peace Activist and lecturer

Tuesday, September 22
Dolan School of Business Dining Room, 8 p.m.
16th Annual Mooney Lecture
James Alison, Theologian and Writer
Something for Everyone: Gay Catholics as Good News for a Changing Church
Co-sponsored by Office of Student Diversity Programs and ALLIANCE

Wednesday, October 7
Quick Center for the Arts, Kelley Theatre, 7:30 p.m.
9th Annual O'Callaghan Lecture (co-sponsor)
Margaret Farley, Professor of Christian Ethics Emerita, Yale University Divinity School
Agenda for Women in the 21st Century Church
There will be a reception and book signing following the lecture

Wednesday, October 28
Dolan School of Business Dining Room, 8 p.m.
4th Annual Catholicism and the Arts Lecture
Patricia Hampl, University of Minnesota
Sacrament of Self: Catholic Roots of Contemporary Memoir

Wednesday, November 4
Dolan School of Business Dining Room, 8 p.m.
John O'Malley, S.J., University Professor, Georgetown University
What Happened at Vatican II