Past Events
The Color of Christ and the Politics of Race in Twentieth-Century America
February 28, 2013
Presented by Edward J. Blum
Professor of History, San Diego State University
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Telling Herstory: Women religious in the American Catholic Past
March 1, 2011
Presented by Dr. Kathleen Sprows Cummings
Assistant Professor, Department of Religious Studies, University of Notre Dame.
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How Ursulines Overcame Nativism, Feminized Higher Education, and Helped Catholics Become Americans
A lecture by Scott Appleby
November 9, 2010
Scott Appleby is Professor of History and the John M. Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies at the University of Notre Dame. A historian who studies modern religions and their capacity for both violence and peacebuilding, Appleby is the author or editor of several books, a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and the recipient of three honorary doctorates.
This lecture is part of the Sr. Alice Gallin Lecture Series.
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Women & Spirit: The Ursulines and Catholic Sisters in America
A lecture by Sr. Karen Kennelly, CSJ
October 6, 2010
Sr. Karen Kennelly is a Sister of St. Joseph of Carondelet. She holds a Ph.D. in History from the University of California, Berkeley and an M.A. in History from the Catholic University of America. Her research interests include women in religion with a focus on Roman Catholic sisters in the United States and higher education.
The lecture was part of the Sr. Alice Gallin Lecture Series.
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Fool for Christ
Presented by Sarah Melici
April 27, 2010
An exploration of the life of Dorothy Day including her loves, her spirituality and her politics. This one-woman performance introduces us to Dorothy, late in her life, when she is in jail, not for the first time, but it does become her last. She was arrested for taking part in a picket line with striking farm workers in California. Dorothy becomes alive again as she is portrayed brilliantly by Sarah Melici. The audience is “visiting her in prison,” as she recalls other times in jail and relates highlights in the story of her life.
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A Celebration of the Life of Dorothy Day
Presented by Robert Ellsberg
March 23, 2010
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Madonnas at the Met
Presented by Leo O'Donovan, SJ
December 8, 2010
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Fall 2009 Faculty Panel on Caritas and Capitalism
Read the full presentations of Dr. Roblyn Robins and Fr. Joseph Flynn, OFM cap
Follow The Women: Charting Paths to Economic Justice for All
Presented by Dr. Christine Firer Hinze
Professor of Theology, Fordham University
October 22, 2009
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Issues of Catholic Social Justice
Presented by Cardinal Oscar Andres Rodriguez Maradiaga, SDB
October 23, 2009
Read the full text of Cardinal Maradiaga's speech.
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