ACCU 10th Annual Peace and Justice Meeting: January 15-17, 2010 ~ Register Today!
Transcending Borders: Catholic Social Thought in Teaching, Research and Action

3:45-5:15 pm

Shuttles from Hotel

4:00-5:30 pm:

Registration and Refreshments

5:30-7:00 pm:

Opening Prayer, Dinner and Introductions

7:00-8:30 pm:

Principles of Catholic Social Thought in our work for Peace and Justice
Keynote: Kathleen Maas Weigert, PhD, Executive Director of the Center for Social Justice Research, Teaching and Service at Georgetown University

7:15-8:15 am:

Shuttles from Hotel

7:30-8:30 am:

Continental Breakfast and Morning Prayer

8:30-10:00 am:           

I: Catholic Social Thought on Wealth and Poverty
Speaker: Charles M. A. Clark, PhD, Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs, Tobin College of Business; Senior Fellow, Vincentian Center for Church and Society; and Professor of Economics at St. John’s University. / Respondent: Stephen Conroy, PhD, Associate Professor of Economics at the University of San Diego

10:15-11:45 am:

II: Catholic Higher Education in the 3rd Millennium: Race and Ethnicity in the U.S.
Speaker: David T. Abalos, PhD, Professor Emeritus of Religious Studies and Sociology at Seton Hall University / Respondent: Alberto Pulido, PhD, Chair of the Department of Ethnic Studies at the University of San Diego

11:45am–12:30 pm:

Lunch Buffet

12:45-3:15 pm:

III: Border Excursion
*Pants and tennis shoes required. **Passport not required.

3:30-5:30 pm:

IV: Immigration on the U.S.-Mexico Border
Keynote: Orlando Espin, ThD, Professor of Systematic Theology and Director of the Center for the Study of Latino/a Catholicism at the University of San Diego

7:15-8:15 am:

Shuttles from Hotel

7:30-9:30 am:

Continental Breakfast and Morning Prayer

8:15-9:15 am:

V: Faculty Poster/Paper Presentations

9:30-10:30 am:

VI: Catholic Social Thought in Action: Pedagogy, Service-Learning, and Reflection

10:45-11:45 am:

Mass:

11:45am-12:30 pm:

Closing Brunch Reception and Return Shuttles

2:00pm           

Courtyard Marriott Check-out time