天美传媒视频无限制观看鈥檚 Center for Catholic Studies Announces Fall 2014 Schedule
天美传媒视频无限制观看鈥檚 Center for Catholic Studies will begins its fall season of events on September 17 th at 8 p.m. with a talk by Christiana Peppard, an expert on fresh water ethics in an era of global resource scarcity and climate change. The event speaks to the dire importance of water 鈥 a 天美传媒视频无限制观看 theme for interdisciplnary study this year.
All the Center鈥檚 events are free and open to the public.
Also among the intriguing events planned is a November 4th talk at 8 p.m. by the new Bishop of Bridgeport, the Rev. Frank J. Caggiano. He will speak about how the Diocese of Bridgeport has begun its fourth diocesan synod, in the hope that it will be a catalyst for pastoral discernment and renewal.
There also will be lectures by New York Times best-selling author Mary Karr, and Natalia Imperatori-Lee, whose research focuses on the intersection of popular religion, devotion, and ecclesial identity.
The Living Theology Workshops will each explore interfaith questions by interfaith panels.
The director of the Center for Catholic Studies鈥 director is Paul Lakeland, Ph.D., the Aloysius P. Kelley, S.J. Chair in Catholic Studies. An award winning author, he is an internationally recognized Catholic theologian.聽For more information, call (203) 254-4000, ext. 3415, or visit .
The calendar of events is as follows:
鈥淛ust Water: Theology, Ethics, and the Global Water Crisis鈥
Christiana Z. Peppard, Ph.D., a ssistant professor of theology, science, and ethics, Fordham University
Wednesday, September 17, 2014, 8 p.m.
Dolan School of Business Dining Room
The 14 th Annual Anne Drummey O鈥機allaghan Lecture
on Women in the Church - 鈥 Cu茅ntame: Counting (and Recounting) the Latino Presence in U.S. Catholicism鈥
Natalia Imperatori-Lee, Ph.D., associate professor of religious studies, Manhattan College
Wednesday, October 1, 2014, 7:30 p.m.
Dolan School of Business Dining Room
The 2014 Catholicism and the Arts Lecture - 鈥淚magination and Passion in Christian Spirituality: Lessons for Writers from the Ignatian Exercises鈥
Mary Karr, poet, memoirist, and author of 鈥淭he Liars Club,鈥 鈥淐herry,鈥 and 鈥淟it.鈥
Tuesday, October 7, 2014, 8 p.m.
Dolan School of Business Dining Room
The 21st Annual Christopher F. Mooney, S.J. 聽Lecture in Theology, Religion & Society - 鈥淥n Calling a Diocesan Synod: Hopes and Dreams鈥
Bishop Frank J. Caggiano, Bishop of Bridgeport
Tuesday, November 4, 2014, 8 p.m.
Quick Center for the Arts
This fall鈥檚 Living Theology Workshops will explore interfaith questions by an interfaith panel. Each will take place in the DiMenna-Nyselius Library Multimedia Room, and are free and open to the public.
鈥淲hat is Religious Freedom?鈥
Saturday September 20, 9:30 a.m. to noon.
鈥淚s There Life After Death?鈥
Wednesday October 22, 4:30 p.m. to 5:45 p.m.
*Note change from usual day and time
鈥淕iving Up Religion: Why do People Do It?鈥
Saturday November 15, 9:30 a.m. to noon.