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Past Lectures and Events (2013/2014)

  • Ecological Footprints

    Nothwehr

    on April 23, 2014, 3:00 pm

    This lecture will explore the Franciscan Intellectual Tradition and raise key questions about Christian environmental ethics.

    Venue: Emmaus South Lounge, School of Theology and Seminary

    Categories: Lecture

  • Sex and other Matters

    Timothy Sedgwick

    on April 14, 2014, 3:00 pm

    This lecture untangles the history of moral teaching in the church and asks whether differences in moral teaching should be church-dividing.

    Venue: Emmaus South Lounge, School of Theology and Seminary

    Categories: Lecture

  • Artfully Engaged in God’s Redemptive Purposes for the World

    Mary Schertz

    on April 7, 2014, 3:00 pm

    In this lecture and discussion, we will explore how Scripture brings us together and opens us up to the world that God loves.

    Venue: Emmaus South Lounge, School of Theology and Seminary

    Categories: Lecture

  • Lumen Gentium, Ecumenism & The Pope Francis Factor

    Bishop Denis Madden

    on March 27, 2014, 7:30 pm

    Bishop Madden will reflect on the significance of Lumen Gentium, Vatican II’s Constitution on the Church.

    Venue: Pellegrene Auditorium, SJU Science Center

    Categories: Lecture

  • Trying to Be Perfect

    Robert Kitchen

    on March 26, 2014, 4:00 pm

    This lecture will unveil a perfectly intriguing, yet secluded episode of Late Antique Christianity as described in The Book of Steps.

    Venue: Lower Alcuin Library

    Categories: Lecture

  • Glamour, a Sense of Place, and Young People

    Gerald Schlabach

    on March 20, 2014, 4:00 pm

    Co-sponsored by the Benedictine Institute of Saint John’s University. More details to follow.

    Venue: Quadrangle Building 264

    Categories: Lecture

  • Christian Peace Theology

    Gerald Schlabach

    on March 1, 2014, 12:00 pm

    This lecture, held at the 2014 Nobel Peace Prize Forum, will survey theological debates over war and violence within the Christian tradition in a way that assumes others are listening in.

    Venue: Minneapolis Convention Center

    Categories: Lecture

  • Paul, the Apostle

    Paul, the Apostle

    on February 17, 2014, 8:00 pm

    Fr. Michael Patella and Fr. František will offer two perspectives on Saint Paul in this presentation: Paul as mystic and Paul as practical theologian.

    Venue: Abbey Chapter House

    Categories: Lecture

  • The Embodiment of Love

    Driscoll, Michael

    on February 13, 2014, 1:15 pm

    This lecture will discuss the Eucharist as a mystery to be believed, a mystery to be celebrated, and a mystery to be lived.

    Venue: Emmaus South Lounge, School of Theology and Seminary

    Categories: Lecture

  • Liturgy as the Heart of Pope John Paul’s Social Encyclicals

    Pope John Paul II

    on February 3, 2014, 3:00 pm

    Presented by Charlotte Joy Martin, Collegeville Institute Resident Scholar.
    Cosponsored by the School of Theology·Seminary.

    Venue: Emmaus South Lounge, School of Theology and Seminary

    Categories: Lecture

  • Thomas Schönberg in concert

    Thomas Schonberg

    on December 13, 2013, 8:00 pm

    This concert by Resident Scholar Thomas Schönberg will feature 3 cello suites by Bach—No. 2, 3 and 5.

    Venue: Emmaus Hall Chapel, School of Theology and Seminary

    Categories: Concert

  • Sacrosanctum Concilium

    Vatican II & Ecumenism

    on December 4, 2013, 3:45 pm

    The Collegeville Institute and the Saint John’s School of Theology·Seminary explore the convocation, spirit, and events of Vatican Council II.

    Venue: Stephen B. Humphrey Auditorium, Saint John’s University

    Categories: Lecture

  • The Deep South

    on November 20, 2013, 4:30 pm

    Gallery opening for Barb Matz, Collegeville Institute Artist-in-Residence.

    Venue: Quadrangle Building 235

    Categories: Gallery Opening

  • Keeping the Catholic in Catholic Higher Education

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    on November 13, 2013, 3:30 pm

    Resident scholar Fr. William Graham led us in an exploration of Catholicism’s role in the academy.

    Venue: Quadrangle Building 264

    Categories: Lecture

  • The Arpeggione Duo

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    on November 11, 2013, 7:30 pm

    The Arpeggione Duo presents a new and rare sound, combining two of the most ancient string instruments—the cello and the guitar.

    Venue: Stephen B. Humphrey Auditorium, Saint John’s University

    Categories: Concert

  • The Way of Discernment

    Elizabeth Liebert

    on November 8, 2013, 8:30 am

    Join Elizabeth Liebert, SNJM for a day devoted to learning about discernment through actually discerning. In this retreat/workshop participants worked through a decision they face in their life, approaching it through memory, imagination and thinking.

    Venue: Emmaus South Lounge, School of Theology and Seminary

    Categories: Retreat

  • Interactive Art Experience with Thomas Schönberg

    Thomas Schonberg

    on November 5, 2013, 8:00 am

    Thomas Schönberg, Artist in Residence at the Collegeville Institute, played selections of the Bach Cello Suites from at St. John’s Preparatory School.

    Venue: Weber Center, St. John's Preparatory School

    Categories: Art, Drama & Music

  • Real Life Management of Endangered Species

    on October 28, 2013, 5:00 pm

    Steve McKelvey, a resident scholar at the Collegeville Institute and Professor of Mathematics and Computer Science at St. Olaf College in Northfield, speaks about red cockaded woodpeckers, old growth forests and the power of old fashioned arithmetic.

    Venue: Peter Engel 269

    Categories: Lecture

  • The Contemporary Ecumenical Movement in Relation to the Black Church

    Beverly Goines

    on October 23, 2013, 1:00 pm

    Beverly Goines, a resident scholar at the Collegeville Institute, a Ph.D. candidate at The Catholic University of America, and an assistant pastor at National City Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) in Washington, D.C., presents her research on the ecumenical vision of the Black Church in the theologies of Thomas Hoyt, Jr., Fredrick Ware, and Kortright Davis.

    Venue: Camphor United Methodist Church in Saint Paul

    Categories: Lecture

  • Married Saints? Come to know Georges and Pauline Vanier

    Mary Frances Coady

    on October 3, 2013, 4:00 pm

    Mary Frances Coady introduces us to this remarkable couple— Georges and Pauline Vanier—who have had a profound impact on Canadian institutions, history, politics, and culture.

    Venue: Quadrangle Building 170, Founders Room

    Categories: Lecture

  • Dark Night of the Soul

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    on September 16, 2013

    Presented by resident scholar, Jenell Paris, and Collegeville Institute Associate Director, Janel Kragt Bakker. Based on their research about parents’ lives of faith following stillbirth and neonatal death, Paris and Bakker consider the religious dimensions of this particular type of loss.

    Venue: Quadrangle Building 264

    Categories: Lecture

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