Speaker Series

CATHOLICISM AND THE MODERN WORLD

All talks are at 7:00 P.M. at the St. John Francis Regis Chapel and are open to the public at no charge.

Thursday, September 17, 2009 -- "Catholic Literary Imagination," Ron Hansen, Gerard Manley Hopkins, S.J. Professor in the Arts and Humanities at Santa Clara University.
Thursday, October 6, 2009 -- "A Hunger for Peace: Nonviolence in an Age of Terror," Fr. Louis Vitale, OFM, a Franciscan priest who is a long-time social activist working to end nuclear testing, to close the School of the Americas/Whinsec at Fr. Benning, GA, and raise awareness about issues of torture and US involvement in it.
Thursday, October 29, 2009 -- "The University and the Church: Reflections on a 40 Year Journey," Professor John Kane, Religious Studies, Regis University. Dr. Kane has long been active in support of justice and peace concerns, ecumenism and inter-faith dialogue, and Catholic Church reform.
Thursday, November 5, 2009 -- "Choosing Peace: Embracing A New Journey," Sr. Peggy O'Neill, SC, a long-time peace activist who has been living in El Salvador since 1986, teaches at the University of Central America, and is the founder of Centro Arte Para la Paz.