Public Catholicism Issue Panels
Public Catholicism issue panels are half-day, audience-participation events featuring speakers and panelists who address a current social topic connected to concerns within the Catholic intellectual heritage. To propose a panel topic or receive information on upcoming panels, contact the Center.
Past Panels
April 1, 2008
"Mother Teresa’s Long Dark Night"
Luncheon panel discussion with Fr. Bob Sprott, O.F.M. of Chicago’s St. Peter’s in the Loop Church and Fr. Michael Sparough, S.J., Director, Charis Ministries, Chicago Province of the Society of Jesus.
March 27, 2008
“Pedro Arrupe: His Life and Legacy”
Luncheon viewing of new film “Pedro Arrupe: His Life and Legacy”
Discussion with Kevin Burke, S.J. of the Jesuit School of Theology at Berkeley and Dan Hartnett, S.J., rector of the Loyola University Chicago Jesuit community
November 8, 2007
“Homelessness: A Material and Spiritual Crisis”
Felicia Gaithers, St. Martin DePorres House of Hope
Joanne Cimbalo, St. Martin DePorres House of Hope
Jordan Skarr, Ignatian Spirituality Project
Georgia Machell, Interfaith House
October 24, 2007
“Nature, Science, and Religion: Is There Any Future for Natural Theology?”
Dr. J. Wentzel van Huyssteen, Princeton Theological Seminary
Dr. Ralph McInerny, University of Notre Dame
Dr. Michael Ruse, Florida State University
Jeremy Campbell, Author and former Washington correspondent for the London Evening Standard
October 4, 2007
“My Life – And Faith – On Death row”
Juan Melendez
March 30, 2007
“Just a Second Now! Who Tells a Clock When to Tick” (A Panel on the History, Physics, and Theology of What Clocks ‘Say’ When They Tell Time)
Dr. William Stoeger, S. J., Astrophysicist, Vatican Observatory
Dr. Dennis McCarthy, Director, Directorate of Time, U.S. Naval Observatory
Dr. John McCarthy, Dept. of Theology, Loyola University Chicago
March 14, 2007
“Acting on Faith”
Neil Giuntoli, Hollywood Film Actor
Dr. Ann M. Shanahan, Dept. of Theatre, Loyola University Chicago
Michael J. Sparough, S. J., Charis Ministries, Loyola University Chicago
Sandra Kaufmann, Dept. of Theatre, Loyola University Chicago
November 9, 2006
“Immigration: Testing a State’s Moral Boundary”
Donna M. Adler, J.D., Ph.D., Adler Law, L.L.C. and Dept. of Theology, Loyola University Chicago
Alejandro Olayo, S.J., MSW, Jesuit First Studies Program, Loyola University Chicago
Elena Segura, Office for Peace and Justice, Archdiocese of Chicago
Fred Tsao, Policy Director, Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights