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SUSTAINABILITY 2008-2009
We all know the ramifications of running out of gas. Through miscalculation or
negligence we end up by the side of the road, hoping that with a bit of luck and the kindness of
strangers we can continue on our way. Gauges show that our use of the planet's limited resources is
increasing faster and faster. Both science and faith urge us to assess the present situation and
make urgent practical changes.
Sustainability is about balancing our own perceived needs with those of future generations and the health of the planet. Sustainability is about much more than concern about global warming and one's carbon footprint. Sustainability is ultimately about our place on the tiny planet on which we travel through the solar system. Sustainability is about living in right relationship with creation, both the natural world and our social world.
This year, the Siena Center presents the witness of the Catholic tradition, the larger Christian tradition, and our common human heritage to explore the concept and the practice of sustainability.
- How can our faith traditions inform what we do for the earth and its future?
- What does our relationship with the planet say about our relationship with our Creator?
- What specific actions can we take to leave the planet better than the way we found it?
FALL 2008 SERIES: SUSTAINABILITY AND THE CHRISTIAN TRADITION
Our fall series will connect the Christian tradition to the issue of sustainability in its many dimensions-from political action to poetry, from cultural critique to ecological concerns and inter-religious dialogue. What do stewardship of the planet and care of creation demand of us? How does sustainability relate to the larger struggle for social justice and faithful witness in the world?Caring for Creation: Human Dignity and the Common Good
Small Is Not Enough: A Cultural and Political Critique of Sustainability
Listen to the Universe
The Field and the Force: Religion and Ecology Meet
MAZZUCHELLI LECTURE
The Heart of the Catholic Story (Free)ALBERTUS MAGNUS LECTURE
Ethics After DarwinSPECIAL EVENT
Journey into LoveADVENT LECTURE
Sustaining Hope in a Dark DawnCARITAS ET VERITAS LECTURE
Discipleship and Transformation: A Dominican Perspective (Free)SPRING 2009 SERIES: GLOBALIZATION, SUSTAINABILITY, AND US
Globalization reflects our ever-expanding connectedness. As the world grows "smaller' and more homogenous, the demand for key resources rises. What responsibility do we have for the unintended consequences of globalization? How can we offer the next generation a healthier planet and more sustainable way of life? This series will explore the relationship between globalization and sustainability, concluding with an emphasis on actions we can all take now.Globalization and Sustainability
Recasting the Bottom Line
Taking Action for a Healthy Planet
Tending Our Garden
LENTEN LECTURE
Forgiveness: Doorway to the House of PeaceCATHERINE OF SIENA LECTURE
Catherine and the Voice of the Laity (Free)FALL 2008 SERIES: SUSTAINABILITY AND THE CHRISTIAN TRADITION
Caring for Creation: Human Dignity and the Common Good
Tuesday, September 16, 2008, 7:30 p.m.
Auditorium, Priory Campus
Admission is $10 – DU students, faculty, and staff admitted free
Alexia Kelley will
connect care for creation to the struggle to promote and protect human dignity and justice. She
will show how the Catholic social tradition and the commitment to the common good speaks to
ecological issues today. Kelley is executive director and co-founder of Catholics in Alliance for
the Common Good, Washington, DC and co-author of A Nation for All: How the Catholic Vision of the
Common Good Can Save America from the Politics of Division (2008).
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Small Is Not Enough: A Cultural and Political Critique of Sustainability
Thursday, October 2nd, 2008, 7:30 p.m.
Auditorium, Priory Campus
Admission is $10 – DU students, faculty, and staff admitted free
Eugene McCarraher will
examine the Christian theological and spiritual foundations of sustainability. McCarraher contends
that sustainability as it is often understood can divert our attention from even more important
matters: democracy in the workplace, redistribution of wealth, and the assumption of "scarcity"
underlying capitalist economics. The Christian socialist tradition offers a way of expanding
discussion of sustainable economic and ecological practices. McCarraher teaches at Villanova
University and is author of Christian Critics: Religion and the Impasse in Modern American Social
Thought (2000).
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Listen to the Universe
Tuesday, October 14, 2008, 7:30 p.m.
Auditorium, Priory Campus
Admission is $10 – DU students, faculty, and staff admitted free
Elizabeth Michael Boyle,
OP, brings the vision and sensitivity of a poet to an exploration of the spiritual link between
theology and science. What does it mean to embody a spirituality of sustainability in an
increasingly secular world? What can poetry teach us about science? How can science enhance our
idea of God? Boyle is a poet who teaches at Caldwell College. She wrote Science as Sacred Metaphor:
An Evolving Revelation (2006) and Preaching the Poetry of the Gospels: A Lyric Companion to the
Lectionary (2003).
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The Field and the Force: Religion and Ecology Meet
Thursday, October 30, 2008, 7:30 p.m.
Auditorium, Priory Campus
Admission is $10 – DU students, faculty, and staff admitted free
Mary Evelyn Tucker and
John Grim conclude the fall series by moving us toward the interreligious dimension of
sustainability. How does the care of creation connect with contemporary creation spiritualities,
ancient native traditions, and the worldviews of the major world religions? Mary Evelyn Tucker and
John Grim co-direct the Forum on Religion and Ecology at Yale University, where they also teach.
Together they directed ten conferences on World Religions and Ecology at Harvard, which resulted in
the Religions of the World and Ecology series. Besides these volumes, Tucker has written Worldly
Wonder: Religions Enter Their Ecological Phase (2003) and Grim is author of The Shaman (1983).
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MAZZUCHELLI LECTURE
The Heart of the Catholic Story
Thursday, November 6, 2008, 5:00 p.m.
Eloise Martin Recital Hall, Fine Arts Building, Main Campus
Admission is free
Michael J. Himes will explore the sacramental tradition within
Catholicism. How can the sacramental imagination move us toward building a more sustainable future
for ourselves and our children? Himes is a priest of the diocese of Brooklyn, New York and a
professor of theology at Boston College. He is author of The Mystery of Faith: An Introduction to
Catholicism, other books and numerous articles, as well as recipient of numerous honorary
doctorates and awards.
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ALBERTUS MAGNUS LECTURE
Ethics After Darwin
Thursday, November 13, 2008, 7:30 p.m.
Auditorium, Priory Campus
Admission is $10 – DU students, faculty, and staff admitted free
Stephen J. Pope will
examine what it means to be human in light of evolutionary science. What does it mean to talk of
ethics after Darwin? How does Christian ethics reflect the nature of the human as understood within
this changed landscape? Pope is professor of theology at Boston College. He is author of The
Evolution of Altruism and the Ordering of Love (1994) and more recently Human Evolution and
Christian Ethics (2007).
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SPECIAL EVENT
Journey Into Love
Wednesday, November 19, 2008, 7:30 p.m.
Bluhm Lecture Hall, Parmer Hall, Main Campus
Admission is $10 – DU students, faculty, and staff admitted free
Mary Clemente Davlin,
OP, will invite us to experience Piers Plowman, a masterpiece of the English Middle Ages. Many
twenty-first century concerns are foreshadowed in this poem, such as social justice, the importance
of marriage and the body, and an ecological spirituality. Sister Clemente, the author of numerous
works on this text, will read from her new book, A Journey into Love: Meditating with Piers
Plowman, focusing on passages that highlight incarnational Advent spirituality and a Thanksgiving
spirit.
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ADVENT LECTURE
Sustaining Hope in a Dark Dawn
Tuesday, December 2, 2008, 7:30 p.m.
Auditorium, Priory Campus
Admission is $10 – DU students, faculty, and staff admitted free
Kathy Kelly will help us
enter into the spirit of Advent by reflecting on how we can sustain hope over the long haul. She
will share experiences of how people caught in war zones, refugee communities, and prisons somehow
maintain ways to build a better future for their children. Her reflections will illuminate the
Advent scriptures. Kelly co-founded the Voices in the Wilderness campaign and currently
co-coordinates Voices for Creative Nonviolence. She has written numerous articles and in 2005
published Other Lands Have Dreams: From Baghdad to Pekin Prison.
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CARITAS ET VERITAS LECTURE
Discipleship and Transformation: A Dominican Perspective
Wednesday, January 28, 2009, 5:00 p.m.
Eloise Martin Recital Hall, Fine Arts Building, Main Campus
Admission is free
Colleen Mallon, OP, will take us into a conversation about change
within the church and larger society. In what way is Dominican University's motto, Caritas et
Veritas, a call to discipleship? How can we be faithful to the service of truth? Sister Colleen is
a Mission San Jose Dominican sister and theologian who specializes in the work of Yves Congar, OP,
a Dominican friar whose vision of Church was foundational to the Second Vatican Council.
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Globalization and Sustainability
Tuesday, February 10, 2009, 7:30 p.m.
Auditorium, Priory Campus
Admission is $10 – DU students, faculty, and staff admitted free
John Coleman, SJ will
explore the paradox of globalization which makes possible an ever-widening relationship of mutual
support and enrichment, while leading to unsustainable environmental and social practices. How can
we globalize our moral and ethical understanding at a time of increasing planetary threat-and
interconnection? Coleman is the Cassasa Professor of Social Values at Loyola Marymount University,
Los Angeles, and author of more than a hundred articles and books, including Globalization and
Catholic Social Thought: Present Crisis, Future Hope (2005).
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LENTEN LECTURE
Forgiveness: Doorway to the House of Peace
Thursday, February 26, 2009, 7:30 p.m.
Auditorium, Priory Campus
Admission is $10 – DU students, faculty, and staff admitted free
Thomas J. Gumbleton will
examine the spiritual and personal dimensions of living in a truly sustainable, life-giving way. He
will share stories of his own journey and those of other wayfarers as he explores a critical Lenten
theme. How does one forgive? How can we be people of peace in our culture? What spiritual
disciplines can we learn from peacemakers today? Bishop Gumbleton, an auxiliary bishop in the
Catholic archdiocese of Detroit, is the founding president of Pax Christi USA and a ceaseless
campaigner for forgiveness and true peace in global, local, and ecclesial conflicts.
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Recasting the Bottom Line
Thursday, March 19, 2009, 7:30 p.m.
Auditorium, Priory Campus
Admission is $10 – DU students, faculty, and staff admitted free
Oliver Williams, CSC
will explore global sustainability in light of the triple bottom line: economic, social, and
environmental. How can everyday business life be truly attentive to sustainability, including the
needs of the poorest worldwide? Williams teaches management and directs the Center for Ethics and
Religious Values in Business at the University of Notre Dame. He has collaborated in the
development of the United Nations' Global Compact as well as a host of initiatives in South Africa.
His books include Economic Imperatives and Ethical Values in Global Business (2001).
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Taking Action for a Healthy Planet
Tuesday, March 31, 2009, 7:30 p.m.
Auditorium, Priory Campus
Admission is $10 – DU students, faculty, and staff admitted free
Sarah McFarland Taylor
will explore actions that promote sustainability based on her study of the pioneering role of
Catholic sisters in advocating and acting for environmentally sustainable practices and lifestyles.
What can we learn about the role of people of faith from this movement? How might we support and
learn from these sisters? Taylor is author of Green Sisters: A Spiritual Ecology (2007). She is
associate professor at Northwestern University and currently also a Senior Research Fellow at the
University of Chicago's Martin Marty Center.
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Tending Our Garden
Thursday, April 16, 2009, 7:30 p.m.
Auditorium, Priory Campus
Admission is $10 – DU students, faculty, and staff admitted free
Michael Howard will help
us connect sustainability to our own backyard, our families, and our faith. How can we better
mentor our children and serve our communities? What can we learn from our communities' leaders,
organizations and neighborhoods as we do our part? What does our faith have to do with all this?
Howard is a nationally recognized visionary who directs Eden Place, an educationally-oriented park
and nature center he built with the help of his community from an illegal dump site in the heart of
southside Chicago. A leader with a passion for sustainability and community change, his story is
told in Michael Howard's Eden Place: From Brownfield to Nature Preserve (DVD, 2006) and in Eden's
Lost and Found, part of the PBS series Chicago: City of Big Shoulders with Scott Simon.
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CATHERINE OF SIENA LECTURE
Catherine and the Voice of the Laity
Wednesday, April 29, 2009
7:00 p.m. Evening Prayer, Priory Chapel
7:30 p.m. Lecture, Priory Campus
Chapel and Auditorium, Priory Campus of Dominican University
Admission is free
Karen Scott is the featured speaker at the Siena Center's annual
celebration in honor of Catherine of Siena. A noted historian on Catherine, she will address themes
that the Medieval Dominican inspired in her time and continues to inspire in ours: reflection on
the voice of the laity and the role of women. Catherine's creative use of imagery taken from
ordinary life made her preaching and writing fruitful among varied audiences. While her time and
ours are very different, her courage, graceful expression, and spiritual depth offer us a model for
our own time. Scott, an associate professor of history and director of the Catholic Studies program
at DePaul University, is author of numerous articles on the Medieval mystic.
The Priory Campus Auditorium and Chapel are located at 7200 West Division Street in River Forest, IL. For more information contact the Siena Center at (708) 714-9105 or siena@dom.edu. Group discounts available.
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FALL 2007 SERIES: TRUTH AND CONSEQUENCES
What is the nature of truth? What are the consequences of telling or withholding, or failing to seek the truth?
In public debates, truth is sometimes seen as entirely subjective and socially constructed. Yet Christians know "Truth" as a name of God: "I am the Way, the Truth, and the Life."
The fall series will explore philosophical and theological implications of truth, and consider consequences in light of contemporary issues.
What's Truth Got to Do with It?
Hidden Truth of the American War Machine
Truth-Telling in Christian America: Globalization, Poverty, and the Environment
Ethical Eating for Everyday People
Festival of Food and Faith
MAZZUCHELLI LECTURE
ALBERTUS MAGNUS LECTURE
ADVENT LECTURE
CARITAS ET VERITAS LECTURE
SPRING 2008 SERIES: THE COMMON GOOD
How should people of faith make political decisions? As we move toward the upcoming elections,
it is appropriate to consider what we mean by the "common good." Our explorations will offer an
opportunity for clarity and focus as each of us makes our own political decisions, and our
political voice heard, in the public square.
Missionaries to our Children (Lenten Lecture)
The Common Good? Responsibility for the Public Square
The Common Good, Faith, and Global Citizenship
Pursuing the Good We Share in Common
The Common Good: Will We Ever Hear About It in a Campaign?
Missionaries to our Children (Lenten Lecture)
The Common Good? Responsibility for the Public Square
The Common Good, Faith, and Global Citizenship
Pursuing the Good We Share in Common
The Common Good: Will We Ever Hear About It in a Campaign?
CELEBRATING CATHERINE
FALL 2007 SERIES: TRUTH AND CONSEQUENCES
What's Truth Got to Do with It?
Tuesday, September 11, 2007, 7:30 p.m.
Auditorium, Priory Campus
Admission $10
William Cahoy will explore the understanding of truth in the Catholic tradition and in our
society. These distinctions have great consequences for contemporary issues and lead to
critical questions. What does it mean to say God is the source of all Truth? In a world of
spin, what happens to truth? How do we pursue truth in a world of competing perspectives.
Cahoy is dean of the School of Theology Seminary at Saint John's University, where he teaches both graduate and undergraduate classes. He received his undergraduate degree from St. John's, and has a Master of Arts in Religion and a Ph.D. in Systematic Theology from Yale Divinity School. He has also studied at Duke University and at the University of Copenhagen, Denmark.
Cahoy's research has focused on the work of Søren Kierkegaard, feminist theology, the identity of church-related colleges, the Catholic intellectual tradition, and theological education. He was a founding member of the Rhodes Consultation on Church-related colleges in which he worked with approximately 90 colleges to help the faculties address what it means to teach at a church-related college. He currently serves on the boards of the Louisville Institute, the Society for Arts in Religious and Theological Studies, and Catholic Charities for the Diocese of Saint Cloud. He has given lectures, workshops and retreats for groups across the country.
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Cahoy is dean of the School of Theology Seminary at Saint John's University, where he teaches both graduate and undergraduate classes. He received his undergraduate degree from St. John's, and has a Master of Arts in Religion and a Ph.D. in Systematic Theology from Yale Divinity School. He has also studied at Duke University and at the University of Copenhagen, Denmark.
Cahoy's research has focused on the work of Søren Kierkegaard, feminist theology, the identity of church-related colleges, the Catholic intellectual tradition, and theological education. He was a founding member of the Rhodes Consultation on Church-related colleges in which he worked with approximately 90 colleges to help the faculties address what it means to teach at a church-related college. He currently serves on the boards of the Louisville Institute, the Society for Arts in Religious and Theological Studies, and Catholic Charities for the Diocese of Saint Cloud. He has given lectures, workshops and retreats for groups across the country.
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Hidden Truth of the American War Machine
Thursday, September 27, 2007, 7:30 p.m.
Auditorium, Priory Campus
Admission is $10
James Carroll will explore the reality of truth and spin in wartime. Is truth truly among the
first casualties of war? In the case of the war in Iraq, many commentators have accused American
journalists of having shirked their responsibilities as truth-tellers.
Carroll is an award-winning columnist for the Boston Globe who has written over a dozen works of fiction, including three New York Times bestsellers and two Notable Books of the Year. He has recently turned to non-fiction work. His memoir, An American Requiem: God, My Father, and the War that Came Between Us, focuses on his father, an Air Force general who served as the Director of the Defense Intelligence Agency. Constantine's Sword: The Church and the Jews: A History, received numerous awards and is the basis of a 2007 documentary film. Responding to the Catholic sex abuse crisis, Carroll wrote Toward A New Catholic Church: The Promise of Reform. Crusade: Chronicles of an Unjust War, based on his Boston Globe columns since 9/11. His award-winning House of War: The Pentagon and the Disastrous Rise of American Power, was called by the Chicago Tribune "the first great non-fiction book of the new millennium." An HBO dramatic series based on House of War is in preparation. Carroll's essays and articles have appeared in The New Yorker, Daedalus, and other publications. His award-winning op-ed page column runs weekly in the Boston Globe.
Carroll participates in Jewish-Christian-Muslim encounters at the Shalom Hartman Institute in Jerusalem, is a member of the Council of PEN-New England, and has been a Shorenstein Fellow at the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard and a Fellow at the Center for the Study of Values in Public Life at the Harvard Divinity School where he is a member of the Dean's Council.
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Carroll is an award-winning columnist for the Boston Globe who has written over a dozen works of fiction, including three New York Times bestsellers and two Notable Books of the Year. He has recently turned to non-fiction work. His memoir, An American Requiem: God, My Father, and the War that Came Between Us, focuses on his father, an Air Force general who served as the Director of the Defense Intelligence Agency. Constantine's Sword: The Church and the Jews: A History, received numerous awards and is the basis of a 2007 documentary film. Responding to the Catholic sex abuse crisis, Carroll wrote Toward A New Catholic Church: The Promise of Reform. Crusade: Chronicles of an Unjust War, based on his Boston Globe columns since 9/11. His award-winning House of War: The Pentagon and the Disastrous Rise of American Power, was called by the Chicago Tribune "the first great non-fiction book of the new millennium." An HBO dramatic series based on House of War is in preparation. Carroll's essays and articles have appeared in The New Yorker, Daedalus, and other publications. His award-winning op-ed page column runs weekly in the Boston Globe.
Carroll participates in Jewish-Christian-Muslim encounters at the Shalom Hartman Institute in Jerusalem, is a member of the Council of PEN-New England, and has been a Shorenstein Fellow at the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard and a Fellow at the Center for the Study of Values in Public Life at the Harvard Divinity School where he is a member of the Dean's Council.
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Truth-Telling in Christian America: Globalization, Poverty, and the Environment
Tuesday, October 16, 2007, 7:30 p.m.
Auditorium, Priory Campus
Admission is $10
Brian McLaren will examine how Christian America sometimes finds truth-telling difficult when
faced with the big issues of our time—issues such as globalization, poverty and the environment. He
will examine how religious resources can be misused and yet offer a critical base from which to see
and to tell the truth about global poverty and environmental concerns.
Brian D. McLaren, a member of the board of Sojourners magazine, is an author, speaker, pastor, and Christian leader of great originality. He was named by Time as one of American's 25 most influential evangelicals. He has appeared on Larry King Live, Religion and Ethics Newsweekly, and Nightline. His work has been covered in Time, Christianity Today, Christian Century, the Washington Post, and many other print media.
McLaren received his BA (summa cum laude), and MA from the University of Maryland, and a Doctor of Divinity Degree (honoris causa) from Carey Theological Seminary in Vancouver, BC, Canada. He served as the founding pastor of Cedar Ridge Community Church, an innovative, nondenominational church in the Baltimore-Washington region. He is active in mentoring church leaders, and speaks nationally and internationally on topics such as postmodern thought and culture, Biblical studies, evangelism, leadership, global mission, spiritual formation, worship, pastoral survival and burnout, inter-religious dialogue, ecology, and social justice.
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Brian D. McLaren, a member of the board of Sojourners magazine, is an author, speaker, pastor, and Christian leader of great originality. He was named by Time as one of American's 25 most influential evangelicals. He has appeared on Larry King Live, Religion and Ethics Newsweekly, and Nightline. His work has been covered in Time, Christianity Today, Christian Century, the Washington Post, and many other print media.
McLaren received his BA (summa cum laude), and MA from the University of Maryland, and a Doctor of Divinity Degree (honoris causa) from Carey Theological Seminary in Vancouver, BC, Canada. He served as the founding pastor of Cedar Ridge Community Church, an innovative, nondenominational church in the Baltimore-Washington region. He is active in mentoring church leaders, and speaks nationally and internationally on topics such as postmodern thought and culture, Biblical studies, evangelism, leadership, global mission, spiritual formation, worship, pastoral survival and burnout, inter-religious dialogue, ecology, and social justice.
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Ethical Eating for Everyday People
Wednesday, October 24, 2007, 7:30 p.m.
Parmer Hall, Lecture Hall, Dominican University Main Campus
Admission is $10
Anna Lappé and Bryant Terry will explore compelling contemporary issues about one of our daily
actions: eating. What is the truth about our food supply? What are the consequences of eating the
way we do? What can be done at a personal and family level to prepare and consume food in a more
just, sustainable manner?
Anna Lappé and Bryant Terry co-authored Grub: Ideas for an Urban Organic Kitchen. Called " ingenious" by The New York Times, Grub offers an exposé on industrial food and chemical agriculture along with hands-on tools and menus to create healthier lives for individuals and communities. Anna and Bryant have traveled the country speaking about food politics, sustainable agriculture, globalization, and social change. They serve as consultants to foundations, media projects, and non-profit organizations.
Anna Lappé is a speaker, writer and advocate of social change in favor of the poor and the planet. She has been profiled in Time, The New York Times and Gourmet, and has appeared on NBC, PBS, NPR's Weekend Edition, The Diane Rehm Show, and Talk to America. With her mother, Frances Moore Lappé, Anna leads the Small Planet Institute, a network for research and popular education, and the Small Planet Fund, which has raised more than a quarter of a million dollars for eight democratic social movements worldwide, two of which have won the Nobel Peace Prize. Mother and daughter co-wrote Hope's Edge, on movements around the world which address root causes of hunger and poverty.
Chef Bryant Terry, is committed to illuminating the connections between poverty, malnutrition, and institutional racism. He founded b-healthy! (Build Healthy Eating and Lifestyles to Help Youth), a New York City-based organization made up of adult and youth social justice activists, chefs, and mothers working to strengthen the food justice movement. He does cooking demonstrations and also caters events, providing delicious, healthful food, and education about the personal and environmental benefits of a Grub diet. His work has been noted in Newsweek and Vibe. Organic Style named him one of "Tomorrow's Environmental Power Players." He graduated from the Chef's Training Program at the Natural Gourmet Cookery School in New York City, and holds an M.A. in History from New York University.
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Anna Lappé and Bryant Terry co-authored Grub: Ideas for an Urban Organic Kitchen. Called " ingenious" by The New York Times, Grub offers an exposé on industrial food and chemical agriculture along with hands-on tools and menus to create healthier lives for individuals and communities. Anna and Bryant have traveled the country speaking about food politics, sustainable agriculture, globalization, and social change. They serve as consultants to foundations, media projects, and non-profit organizations.
Anna Lappé is a speaker, writer and advocate of social change in favor of the poor and the planet. She has been profiled in Time, The New York Times and Gourmet, and has appeared on NBC, PBS, NPR's Weekend Edition, The Diane Rehm Show, and Talk to America. With her mother, Frances Moore Lappé, Anna leads the Small Planet Institute, a network for research and popular education, and the Small Planet Fund, which has raised more than a quarter of a million dollars for eight democratic social movements worldwide, two of which have won the Nobel Peace Prize. Mother and daughter co-wrote Hope's Edge, on movements around the world which address root causes of hunger and poverty.
Chef Bryant Terry, is committed to illuminating the connections between poverty, malnutrition, and institutional racism. He founded b-healthy! (Build Healthy Eating and Lifestyles to Help Youth), a New York City-based organization made up of adult and youth social justice activists, chefs, and mothers working to strengthen the food justice movement. He does cooking demonstrations and also caters events, providing delicious, healthful food, and education about the personal and environmental benefits of a Grub diet. His work has been noted in Newsweek and Vibe. Organic Style named him one of "Tomorrow's Environmental Power Players." He graduated from the Chef's Training Program at the Natural Gourmet Cookery School in New York City, and holds an M.A. in History from New York University.
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Festival of Food and Faith
Saturday, October 27, 2007, 8:30 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Parmer Hall, Atrium, Dominican University Main Campus
Admission is $20 adults, $5 students/children
How can breaking bread with others extend welcome and be a source of mutual delight? What
wisdom does Christian faith offer to guide eating practices and promote environmental justice? How
might our children learn the values of healthy, faith-filled, hospitable and sustainable eating?
Celebrate the sacred gift of food through creative presentations, workshops, activities and worship. Learn what others are doing by hearing a range of nationally and locally known speakers, including activities for all ages. "Earth friendly" breakfast and lunch. Presented by the Siena Center in collaboration with Advocate Health Care and the Valparaiso Project on the Education and Formation of People in Faith. Advance registrants admitted free to the October 24 lecture.
For more information visit "Practicing Our Faith": http://www.practicingourfaith.com/news.html
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Celebrate the sacred gift of food through creative presentations, workshops, activities and worship. Learn what others are doing by hearing a range of nationally and locally known speakers, including activities for all ages. "Earth friendly" breakfast and lunch. Presented by the Siena Center in collaboration with Advocate Health Care and the Valparaiso Project on the Education and Formation of People in Faith. Advance registrants admitted free to the October 24 lecture.
For more information visit "Practicing Our Faith": http://www.practicingourfaith.com/news.html
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MAZZUCHELLI LECTURE
Hungry for Leadership: The Challenge of Our Time
Thursday, November 8, 2007, 5:00 p.m.
Fine Arts Building, Martin Recital Hall, Dominican University Main Campus
Admission is free
Susan Secker will explore the leadership vacuum in contemporary society. Why are government,
community, corporate, and religious organizations seemingly starving for creative leaders? What's
missing? How can leaders best bring vision to the organizations they serve? What does the Catholic
tradition offer to inspire a new generation of responsible leaders?
Secker, a consultant in leadership development, is a professor of ethics and former provost of Seattle University in Seattle, Washington.
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Secker, a consultant in leadership development, is a professor of ethics and former provost of Seattle University in Seattle, Washington.
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ALBERTUS MAGNUS LECTURE
Science, Religion, and Teilhard's Textured Cosmos
Thursday, November 15, 2007, 7:30 p.m.
Parmer Hall, Lecture Hall, Dominican University Main Campus
Admission is $10
Kathleen Duffy, SSJ will explore Teilhard de Chardin's image of "the cosmic tapestry" from a
religious and scientific viewpoint. Teilhard, a Jesuit paleontologist, developed a synthetic view
of the cosmos by integrating evolutionary theory with Christian spirituality and theology. Members
of the Albertus Magnus Society for the Intersection of Religion and Science admitted free (annual
dues, $20).
Kathleen Duffy is Professor of Physics at Chestnut Hill College. She holds a Ph.D. in Physics from Drexel University. She has taught physics at Drexel University, Bryn Mawr College, Ateneo de Manila University and the University of the Philippines. She has published research in atomic and molecular physics as well as in nonlinear dynamics.
Kathleen is the President of the Board of Directors for the Metanexus Institute for Religion and Science. She is a member of the board of the American Teilhard Association and has recently been named editor of its bi-annual publication, Teilhard Studies. Kathleen's current research interest concerns the religious essays of Jesuit paleontologist, Pierre Teilhard de Chardin and the relationship of his synthesis to modern developments in science. She has published several book chapters and articles on these topics.
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Kathleen Duffy is Professor of Physics at Chestnut Hill College. She holds a Ph.D. in Physics from Drexel University. She has taught physics at Drexel University, Bryn Mawr College, Ateneo de Manila University and the University of the Philippines. She has published research in atomic and molecular physics as well as in nonlinear dynamics.
Kathleen is the President of the Board of Directors for the Metanexus Institute for Religion and Science. She is a member of the board of the American Teilhard Association and has recently been named editor of its bi-annual publication, Teilhard Studies. Kathleen's current research interest concerns the religious essays of Jesuit paleontologist, Pierre Teilhard de Chardin and the relationship of his synthesis to modern developments in science. She has published several book chapters and articles on these topics.
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ADVENT LECTURE
Waiting in Hope: Picturing the Christian Life
Wednesday, December 5, 2007, 7:30 p.m.
Auditorium, Priory Campus of Dominican University
Admission is $10
Martin Doblmeier will help us enter into the spirit of Advent with a lecture on the spiritual
insights he has gained through a life of documentary film-making on Catholic themes. He will
illustrate these themes with selected clips from his work.
Martin Doblmeier is president and founder of Journey Films in Alexandria, Virginia. He combines a lifelong interest in religion with a passion for journalism. Over the years he has traveled on location to more than forty countries to profile numerous religious leaders, religious communities, heads of state and Nobel Laureates. His films examine the ways belief can lead individuals to extraordinary actions, how spirituality creates and sustains communities and how faith is lived out in the most challenging times.
Martin enjoys discussing the film-making process and the themes raised by his documentaries. In the last few years Martin has been a featured speaker or presented films and led discussions in some 100 churches, synagogues and theaters across America, and has been a guest on numerous national and international programs.
Doblmeier's latest film, The Power of Forgiveness, is a powerful portrayal of persons and communities around the world who take seriously the vocation to forgive. It is being released through the Public Broadcasting System. His award-winning films on subjects of faith and spirituality include the following:
Martin Doblmeier is president and founder of Journey Films in Alexandria, Virginia. He combines a lifelong interest in religion with a passion for journalism. Over the years he has traveled on location to more than forty countries to profile numerous religious leaders, religious communities, heads of state and Nobel Laureates. His films examine the ways belief can lead individuals to extraordinary actions, how spirituality creates and sustains communities and how faith is lived out in the most challenging times.
Martin enjoys discussing the film-making process and the themes raised by his documentaries. In the last few years Martin has been a featured speaker or presented films and led discussions in some 100 churches, synagogues and theaters across America, and has been a guest on numerous national and international programs.
Doblmeier's latest film, The Power of Forgiveness, is a powerful portrayal of persons and communities around the world who take seriously the vocation to forgive. It is being released through the Public Broadcasting System. His award-winning films on subjects of faith and spirituality include the following:
- The Heart Has Its Reasons: the story of the L'Arche communities for men and women with mental handicaps.
- Taize: That Little Springtime: a profile of the ecumenical monastic community in France.
- Bernardin: the story of Chicago's Cardinal Joseph Bernardin.
- Final Blessing: a film about the spiritual issues of the terminally ill.
- BONHOEFFER: the critically acclaimed, theatrically released documentary about the famed pastor and Nazi resister.
CARITAS ET VERITAS LECTURE
Dominican Wisdom and the Dark Night
Monday, January 28, 2008, 7:30 p.m.
Auditorium, Priory Campus of Dominican University
Admission is $10
Paul Murray, OP, will explore one of the most hidden but most
fascinating aspects of the Dominican contemplative experience. Murray is an Irish poet and
theologian. At the Dominican University in Rome - the Angelicum - he is President of the
Spirituality Institute. His published works include The New Wine of Dominican Spirituality: A Drink
Called Happiness (2006), T.S. Eliot and Mysticism (1991), and several books of poetry.
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SPRING 2008 SERIES: THE COMMON GOOD
Missionaries to our Children (Lenten Lecture)
Thursday, February 7, 2008, 7:30 p.m.
Auditorium, Priory Campus of Dominican University
Admission is $10
Ronald Rolheiser, OMI, will speak on the spiritual and personal
dimensions of the greatest missionary challenge many of us face —not being missionaries overseas
but instead missionaries to our children. What does it mean to be available to those whom we
encounter, sometimes our own family members, who are spiritually searching but yet without the
commitment to the church that we might have. Rolheiser is a widely published spiritual writer whose
works include Against an Infinite Horizon (1996), The Holy Longing (1999), and Secularity and the
Gospel (2006).
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The Common Good? Responsibility for the Public Square
Wednesday, February 20, 2008, 7:30 p.m.
Auditorium, Priory Campus of Dominican University
Admission is $10
Albino Barrera, OP, will explore contemporary understandings of the
common good, highlighting philosophical and theological foundations drawn from Thomas Aquinas and
Catholic social thought. This will help us reflect on how to take a stand on difficult social
issues, a task essential for responsible action within the public square. Barrera, a Dominican
friar, is professor of economics and theology at Providence College and author of numerous books,
including Globalization and Economic Ethics (2007), Modern Catholic Social Documents and Political
Economy (2007), and God and the Evil of Scarcity (2005).
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The Common Good, Faith, and Global Citizenship
Wednesday, March 12, 2008, 7:30 p.m.
Auditorium, Priory Campus of Dominican University
Admission is $10
Vincent Rougeau will explore how we can be responsible for a common good
that is both global and local. He will examine how Catholics, and people of faith in general, might
understand what it means to be part of a tradition that understands issues such as poverty relief,
immigration, globalization, and racial discrimination in ways very different from those typical in
American law and society. Rougeau is professor of law at the University of Notre Dame and author of
Christians in the American Empire: Faith and Citizenship in the New World Order (2007).
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Pursuing the Good We Share in Common
Thursday, April 3, 2008, 7:30 p.m.
Auditorium, Priory Campus of Dominican University
Admission is $10
Kristin Heyer will offer concrete guidelines for participation in the
public square based on the Church's self-understanding and the experiences of Catholic advocacy
organizations. What, indeed, constitutes faithful and responsible Christian public witness in
today's public square? Heyer is assistant professor of theological studies at Loyola Marymount
University and author of Prophetic and Public: The Social Witness of U.S. Catholicism (2006).
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The Common Good: Will We Ever Hear About It in a Campaign?
Tuesday, April 15, 2008, 7:30 p.m.
Fine Arts Building, Lund Auditorium, Dominican University main campus
Admission is $10
E.J. Dionne will reflect on what the common good means to politicians,
political observers, and ordinary citizens. His talk will share reflections from his decades of
observing the national political scene and his recent work on religion and American politics. He
will propose ways that the "common good" offers an agenda for political life and hope for the
future. Dionne, a columnist for the Washington Post, senior fellow at The Brookings
Institution and professor at Georgetown University, is also a frequent television commentator. He
is the author or co-author of over a dozen books, including Souled Out: Faith and Politics After
the Religious Right (Spring 2008) and Why Americans Hate Politics (1991, 2004).
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CELEBRATING CATHERINE
Gifted Women, Needful Church
Tuesday, April 29, 2008
7:00 p.m. Evening Prayer
7:30 p.m. Lecture
Chapel and Auditorium, Priory Campus of Dominican University
Admission is free
Zeni Fox is the featured speaker at the Siena Center's annual
celebration in honor of Catherine of Siena. She will address themes that this lay Dominican
inspires in our time: the role of women in ministry and the emerging understanding of lay ministry
within the Church. Fox, a professor at the Seminary of the Immaculate Conception, is the leading
U.S. theologian of lay ministry. She authored New Ecclesial Ministry: Lay Professionals Serving the
Church (1997) and Called and Chosen: Toward a Spirituality for Lay Leaders (2005). A
reception follows.
The Priory Campus Auditorium and Chapel are located at 7200 West Division Street in River Forest, IL. For more information contact the Siena Center at (708) 714-9105 or siena@dom.edu. Group discounts available.
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