Catholic Minds, Catholic Matters Lecture Series
Past Lectures
October 29, 2009
Reawakening to the Relationship Between Study and Worship
Fr. John C. Haughey, S.J., Senior Fellow, Woodstock Theological Center, Georgetown University
September 17, 2009
Paths to Muslim-Christian Dialogue: The Role of Forgiveness in Islamic Jurisprudence
Dr. Russell Powell, Associate Professor of Law, Seattle University School of Law
February 16, 2009
“God, if you are up there, prove it”: Eugene O’Neill and the Absence of God”
Lecture by Jonathan C. Wilson, Professor, Department of Fine and Performing Arts, Loyola University Chicago
Illustrative scenes performed by students from the Department of Fine and Performing Arts. Watch video of this lecture.
January 29, 2009
“Of Elves and Angels: J.R.R. Tolkien as a Catholic Thinker”
Mark McIntosh, Professor, Department of Theology, Loyola University Chicago. Watch video of this lecture.
October 23, 2008
"Augustine on the Legacy of Plato's Academy"
Dr. Blake Dutton, Dept. of Philosophy, Loyola University Chicago. Watch video of this lecture.
October 16, 2008
"Sexually Abusive Priests and Church Law: A Study in Institutional Meltdown"
Dr. Nicholas P. Cafardi, Duquesne University School of Law. Watch video of this lecture.
March 26, 2008
“Pedro Arrupe and the Faith that Does Justice”
Dr. Kevin Burke, S.J. of the Jesuit School of Theology at Berkeley. Watch video of this lecture.
February 7, 2008
"Don Quijote de la Mancha: Conflicted Catholic? Miguel de Cervantes and Baroque Catholicism in Spain"
Dr. Carole Holdsworth, Dept. of Modern Languages, Loyola University Chicago. Watch video of this lecture.
November 26, 2007
"The Catholic Intellectual University and the Contemporary University”
Rev. Robert Barron, Faculty of Theology, University of St. Mary of the Lake
October 30, 2007
“Faithful Architecture: Catholic Thought, Catholic Buildings”
Dr. Denis R. McNamara, Liturgical Institute, University of St. Mary of the Lake
March 29, 2007
“Science and Worship: God, Time, and the Vatican Oberservatory”
Dr. William Stoeger, S. J., Astrophysicist, Vatican Observatory. Watch video of this lecture.
November 15, 2006
“Dissonance or Harmony? The Symphonic Theology of Hans Urs von Balthasar”
Dr. Susan A. Ross, Dept. of Theology, Loyola University Chicago
October 19, 2006
“Denise Levertov: The Poet as Pilgrim, the Pilgrim as Poet?”
Dr. Albert Gelpi, Emeriti, Dept. of English, Stanford University