Lectures - Spring 2008

Wednesday, April 2nd
Dolan School of Business Dining Room, 8 p.m.
Commonweal Lecture
"Two Cheers for a Democratic Church!"
George Dennis O'Brien, President Emeritus of the University of Rochester & Bucknell University; Chair of the Board of the Commonweal Foundation

Thursday, April 3rd
Dolan School of Business Dining Room, 8 p.m.
Phi Beta Kappa Visiting Scholar
"Endless Forms Most Beautiful: Creation in an Evolutionary World"
Alejandro Garcia Rivera

Thursday, April 10th
John A. Barone Campus Center Oak Room, 8 p.m.
"Religious Literacy"
Dr. Stephen Prothero, Chair, Department of Religious Studies at Boston University

Wednesday, April 16th
John A. Barone Campus Center Oak Room, 8 p.m.
2nd Annual Lecture on Jewish-Christian Engagement
Co-Sponosored by the Carl and Dorothy Bennett Center for Judaic Studies
"Jew or Christian: Who Wrote the Book of Revelation?"
Elaine Pagels, Professor of Religion at Princeton University


Special Events

Saturday, April 26th
John A. Barone Campus Center Oak Room, 9:30 a.m.-Closing Liturgy 4 p.m.
Annual Catholic Studies/Voice of the Faithful (VOTF) Conference
Who Owns Our Chuch?
Keynote Speakers: David O'Brien, Professor Emeritus from Holy Cross & Paul Lakeland from Fairfield University's Center for Catholic Studies

Saturday, May 24th
Dolan School of Business Dining Room, 10:30 a.m.
"Confronting Power and Sex in the Catholic Church: Recovering the Spirit of Jesus"
Bishop Geoffrey Robinson, retired auxiliary Archbishop of Sydney, Australia

June 20th-21st
Wisdom House, Retreat and Conference Center, Litchfield, CT
Exploring Catholic Culture: Interpreting Scripture
Presenter: John R. Donahue, S.J.
Program Begins: 3-6 p.m. Registration (June 20)
Program Ends: 3:15 p.m. Blessing (June 21)
To register visit:
http://www.wisdomhouse.org/PDF/ECC.pdf
or call (860) 567-3163