Schedule

Thursday, September 14, 2023

Time Schedule Location
4:30 p.m. Shuttle departs from the Trumbull Marriott Trumbull Marriott
5:15 p.m. Registration West Campus Guest House
6 p.m. Vespers Service West Campus Guest House
6:30 p.m.
  • Evening Social with Heavy Hors d'Oeuvres
  • University Welcome: Dr. John Petillo, President, Sacred Heart University
  • Conference Welcome: Dr. Michelle Loris, Sacred Heart University
  • Co-Host Welcome: Dr. Ken Parker, Duquesne University
 West Campus Guest House
8:30 p.m. Shuttle departs to Trumbull Marriott West Campus Guest House

Friday, September 15, 2023

Time Schedule Location
7:15 a.m. Shuttle departs from the Trumbull Marriott Trumbull Marriott
8 a.m. Buffet Breakfast West Campus Guest House
9 a.m.

Session 1: Pedagogy and Best Practices Author Presentations

  • Dr. June-Ann Greeley, “Integrating Catholic Studies into the Wider Curriculum: Teaching ‘Gen Ed’ with a ‘Catholic Imagination’”
  • Dr. Ann Brodeur, “Newman, Inter/Multidisciplinarity, and the Catholic Studies Classroom: ‘Sex and Gender in the Christian Tradition’ at the University of Mary”
  • Dr. Philipp Rosemann, “Courses, Curriculum, and Pedagogy: Reflections in Light of the Current Crisis”
 West Campus Guest House
9:15 a.m. Round Table Discussion West Campus Guest House
9:45 a.m. Break  
10 a.m.

Workshop One: Launching & Growing Catholic Studies Programs

  • Dr. John Boyle, University of St. Thomas
  • Dr. Michelle Loris, Sacred Heart University
  • Dr. Ken Parker, Duquesne University
 West Campus Guest House
11:15 a.m.

Break

  
11:30 a.m.

Workshop Two: Catholic Studies Programs & Relationships Within the University

  • Dr. Michael Murphy, Loyola University Chicago
  • Dr. Greg Floyd, Seton Hall University/Boston College
 West Campus Guest House
12:30 p.m.

Buffet Lunch

 West Campus Guest House
1:30 p.m.

Bus Leaves for Mass

 West Campus Guest House
2 p.m.

Mass

  • Presider: Most Revered Frank J. Caggiano, Bishop, Diocese of Bridgeport, CT
 Chapel of the Holy Spirit (Main Campus)
3:30 p.m.

Bus returns to West Campus Guest House

 Main Campus
4 p.m.

Workshop Three: The Future of the Catholic Studies Consortium

  • Dr. Michael Murphy, Loyola University Chicago, Facilitator
 West Campus Guest House
6 p.m.

Dinner

 West Campus Guest House
8:30 p.m.

Shuttle departs to Trumbull Marriott

 West Campus Guest House

Saturday, September 16, 2023

Time Schedule Location
7:15 a.m. Shuttles leave from the Trumbull Marriott Trumbull Marriott
8 a.m. Buffet Breakfast West Campus Guest House
9 a.m.

Session Two:  Curricular Innovation 
Author Presentations

  • Dr. Antony Nicotera, Dr. Ines Murzaku, Dr. Dawn Apgar, “Seton Hall University’s Catholic Social Thought in Action Academy: A Model of Creative and Innovative Interdisciplinary Pedagogy”
  • Dr. Michael Tomko, “‘Great Questions’ and Living Thoughts: Syllabus Building in Villanova University’s Department of Humanities”
  • Dr. Dawn Apgar, “From Tradition to Innovation: Navigating Challenges, Seizing Opportunities in Catholic Studies”
 West Campus Guest House
9:15 a.m. Round Table Discussion West Campus Guest House
9:45 a.m. Break  
10 a.m.

Session Three: Catholic Studies Across the Disciplines Author Presentations

  • Dr. Erika Kidd, “Catholic Studies and Mary”
  • Dr. James Keating, “The Catholic Studies Moment”
  • Dr. James Swindal, “Catholic Studies: Questions About Interdisciplinary Research and Publishing”
 West Campus Guest House
10:15 a.m.

Round Table Discussion

 West Campus Guest House
10:45 a.m.

Break

  
11 a.m. Final Conversation/Next Steps West Campus Guest House
12 p.m. Lunch West Campus Guest House
1 p.m. Shuttle departs to Trumbull Marriott West Campus Guest House