Past Events
October 2009
"God, Darwin, and Design- America's Continuing Problem with Evolution"
Ken Miller, Ph.D.
Professor of Biology, Brown University
Friday, October 30th, 2009
7:30pm
University of San Diego Campus:
Shiley Theatre in Camino Hall
Overflow in Warren Auditorium in Mother Rosalie Hill Hall and the Joan B. Kroc Institute for Peace & Justice Theatre
Cost: $10 general public,
$5 non-USD students with ID,
free for USD faculty, staff, and students
with USD ID card
Ken Miller is professor of biology at Brown University and a practicing Roman Catholic. He has coauthored four high school and college biology textbooks and published numerous articles in leading scientific journals. In 2007, he received the Exploratorium’s Outstanding Educator Award and was named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Reminiscent of the Scopes Monkey Trial, he was called to the witness stand in 2005 in Dover, PA where one of his textbooks had become the center of controversy when the local school board reacted against teaching the theory of Evolution in favor of Intelligent Design. He is the best-selling author of Finding Darwin’s God: A Scientist’s Search for Common Ground Between God and Evolution and Only a Theory: Evolution and the Battle for America’s Soul. After the lecture, autographed copies of both will be available in the back of Shiley Theater at a discount rate.
Please click here for Dr. Miller's website.
April 2009
God and the Mystery of the Universe:
What Science Can Teach Us About God
Guy J. Consolmagno, S.J., Ph.D.
Tuesday April 7, 2009
Time: 7:30 – 9 p.m.
Place: Mother Rosalie Hill Hall (SOLES) Warren Auditorium
In collaboration with the Science Departments
From the campus of MIT to classrooms in Kenya, from the Blue Ice of Antarctica to the observatory atop Castel Gandolfo, Prof. Consolmagno has found that as his understanding of the Universe and its workings deepens, so does his awe of its Creator.
Prof. Consolmagno obtained his B.S. and M.S. from MIT in Earth and Planetary Sciences, and his Ph.D. in Planetary Science from the University of Arizona. He has taught at the Harvard College Observatory and MIT and since 1993 works at the Vatican Observatory as curator of the Vatican’s Meteorite Collection.
Prof. Consolmagno has authored/coauthored five books, numerous scholarly articles and has served on the governing boards of various astronomical societies. In 2000, the International Astronomical Union named an asteroid in his honor: “4597 Consolmagno”.
March 2009
Forum 2009: Catholic Health Care and Health Care Ethics
Mother Rosalie Hill Hall
Room 102
March 25 and 26
Times: 3:30pm - 5:30pm
Participants in the Health Care Ethics Seminar in Rome in January 2009, the inaugural Faculty Travel Seminar through the CCTC, will present papers generated by the seminar experience.
Wednesday, March 25th, 2009 Presentations:
“Want Fries With That?:
The Catholic Church and Moral Dilemma in Individual Health Care”
Prof. Sandra Sgoutas-Emch, College of Arts and Sciences
“The Conundrum of Reproductive Technology”
Prof. Kathy James and Prof. Cynthia Connelly, Hahn School of Nursing
“Facets of the Nurse’s Role and Catholic Social Teaching”
Prof. Sally Brosz Hardin, Hahn School of Nursing
Thursday, March 26th, 2009 Presentations:
“Social Justice in Health Care: The Church’s View”
Prof. Diane Fatica, Hahn School of Nursing
“Preparing USD Pre-Med Students”
Prof. Debbie Tahmasebbi, College of Arts and Sciences
“Genetic Intervention: Ethical and Scientific Challenges”
Prof. Tammy Dwyer, College of Arts and Sciences
“Religious Influences on the Reproductive Health Decisions
of HIV+ Latinas Living on the Border”
Prof. Susan Instone and Prof. Mary-Rose Mueller, Hahn School of Nursing
February 2009
Making Peace With the Earth:
A Celebration of Healing and Reconciliation
Thursday, Feb. 26, 2009
Time: 12:30pm – 1:30pm
Place: Joan B. Kroc Center for Peace & Justice Theater, USD campus
All staff and faculty are invited to take time out to consider our responsibility for and our shortcomings with regard to creation. Join in song and readings from the Jewish, Christian, and Islamic traditions that speak to our relationship with our world.
The Religious Foundations of
the Mystical-Prophetic Character of Christianity
David Tracy, S.T.L, S.T.D.
Sunday, Feb. 22, 2009
Time: 4 p.m.
Place: Mother Rosalie Hill Hall (SOLES) Auditorium
David Tracy is the Andrew Thomas Greeley and Grace McNichols Greeley Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus of Catholic Studies and Professor of Theology and the Philosophy of Religion in the Divinty School at the University of Chicago.
Please click here for more on David Tracy, S.T.L., S.T.D.
Obsession with the Veil
Bahar Davary, Ph.D.
Second Annual Humanities Lecture
Feb. 17th, 2009
Time: 5:30pm
Place: Joan B. Kroc Institute for Peace and Justice Theater
presented by USD's College of Arts and Sciences
Please click here for more information.
The Devout Life in Modern Dress:
Lay Spirituality in a Contemporary World
Wendy Wright, Ph.D.
Feb. 9th, 2009
Time: 7:30pm-9:00pm
Place: Shiley Theatre in Camino Hall, University of San Diego
Cost: $10, $15 at the door, free to USD students w/ID, faculty/staff half price.
Keynote Lecture for USD's Center for Christian Spirituality
Wendy Wright, Ph.D., is the John C. Kenefick Faculty Chair in the Humanities at Creighton University. She has been invited by USD's Center for Christian Spirituality to be this year's keynote speaker. Wright has authored several books and articles and is a frequent contributor to Weavings. She will offer her insights on contemporary lay spirituality, drawing on Francis de Sales' Introduction to the Devout Life."
Click here for more information on USD's Center for Christian Spirituality.
January 2009
Religion, Migration, and National Identity
Archbishop Agostino Marchetto, J.C.D.
Apostolic Nuncio
Secretary of the Pontifical Council
for the Pastoral Care of Migrants and Itinerants
Wednesday January 28th, 2009
Time: 7pm
Place: Joan B. Kroc Institute for Peace and Justice Theatre
Free admission, no RSVP necessary
sponsored by the Joan B. Kroc Institute for Peace and Justice
and the Transborder Institute
Archbishop Marchetto will visit the United States from January 19th to February 5th to promote The Love of Christ Towards Migrants (Erga Migrantes Caritas Christi), the 2004 Instruction from the Pontifical Council concerning the role of the Catholic Church in extending hospitality to all "mobile persons". He will offer his reflections on religion, migration, and national identity at the University of San Diego as a prelude to the international conference on these issues sponsored by the University's Joan B. Kroc School of Peace Studies and the Trans-Border Institute.
For more information, please click here.
Inaugural Faculty Travel Seminar
Rome, Italy
Jan. 2-8, 2009
Brian Johnstone, internationally renowned scholar and author in the field of Christian ethics, will conduct the seminar on Catholic Health Care and Health Care Ethics. Catholic perspectives on a variety of topics, e.g., human genome project, justice and health care resources, will be explored. Ten faculty, 3 from College of Arts & Sciences and 7 from the Hahn School of Nursing and Health Science, were invited to participate in this inaugural seminar.
Please see also "Post Seminar Public Forum" under March events.
Annual Conference on Christian Legal Thought
Date and Time: January 10th, 9am-5pm
Place: Hilton Gaslamp Quarter, 401 K St., San Diego, CA
presented by The Lumen Christi Institute
and The Law Professors' Christian Fellowship
"The Annual Conference on Christian Legal Thought, cosponsored by the Lumen Christi Institute and The Law Professors’ Christian Fellowship, brings scholars from across the country to present papers and consider questions that address the intersection of law and the Christian tradition. Each year, panels are selected that focus on contemporary legal issues that engender philosophical and theological reflection. Occasionally drawing on experts in academic disciplines outside of law, the conference enriches thought and broadens understanding as Christian legal academics examine the role that law plays in shaping our common culture."
-from the conference brochure
Professor Steven D. Smith, advisory board member for the Center for Catholic Thought and Culture, and Warren Distinguished Professor of Law at the University of San Diego's School of Law,, will speak on "Pluralism, Democracy and the Christian Citizen".
For more information on the conference and The Lumen Christi Institute, please click here.
December 2008
Lessons and Carols: A Festival of Word and Song to Prepare for Christmas
Thursday, Dec. 4, 7:30 p.m.
Friday, Dec. 5, 8:00 p.m.
Sunday, Dec. 7, 2:00 p.m.
Place: Founders Chapel (all performances)
All are welcome! Free of charge.
"Lessons and Carols" is a Christmas service that dates back over one hundred years. Through poignant readings from the Old and New Testaments interspersed with beautiful music, the congregation is invited to reflect on the birth of Jesus in the context of its significance in salvation history. The celebration begins with the Magnificat, the Blessed Virgin Mary's response to her cousin Elizabeth's praise of her faith. The Magnificat sets the theme for the entire celebration: indeed, God has done great things for us through the child He sent to us through Mary; "His mercy is from age to age on those who fear Him"; He has remembered His covenant with Israel and the promise of a Messiah.
The celebration continues with the readings from the Old Testament, "The Promises", which explain the Fall of Man, the need for a Saviour, and foretell the coming of one. The New Testament readings, "The Promises Fulfilled", tell the story of the Nativity of Jesus. The carols and hymns between the readings include "Lo, How a Rose E're Blooming", "O Come, O Come Emmanuel", "Joy to the World", "Angels We Have Heard on High", and "What Child is This".
The celebration will conclude with a homily by Fr. Thomas O'Meara, O.P., Portman Chair in Roman Catholic Systematic Theology, and a silent reflection. A light reception of cookies and apple cider will follow the Sunday celebration.
For more information, please call 619-260-7936 or email cctc@sandiego.edu.
November 2008
“The Explosion of Ministry in the Local Church Since Vatican II"
Presenter: Thomas O’Meara, O.P., Portman Chair in Roman Catholic Systematic Theology
Friday, Nov. 7
Time: 3:30 p.m., (refreshments) lecture at 4 p.m.
Place: Hill Reading Room in Copley Library
All are welcome!
"Ministry of the Pope"
Presenter: Thomas O’Meara, O.P., Portman Chair in Roman Catholic Systematic Theology
Tuesday, November 18
Time: 7 p.m.
Place: Joan B. Kroc Institute for Peace & Justice Theatre
Admission: Free
All are welcome!