Past Speakers
"Heal-ing, not Cured” Christian Spirituality in the Wake of Sexual Trauma
"Heal-ing, not Cured” Christian Spirituality in the Wake of Sexual TraumaApril 17, 2024
Julia Feder, Ph.D.
Assistant Director of the Center for the Study of Spirituality, Associate Professor of Religious Studies and Theology, Saint Mary’s College
Sustainability and Laudato Si
April 10, 2024
Kathleen Noone Deignan, CND, Ph.D.
Professor Emerita of Religious Studies at Iona University
Director, Kathleen Deignan, CND Institute for Earth and Spirit at Iona University
CoConvener, Thomas Berry Forum for Ecological Dialogue at Iona University
Dorothy Day and Jesus: Discipleship Today
April 3, 2024
Martha Hennessy
Granddaughter of Dorothy Day, founder of the Catholic Worker Movement
The Bible as a Contested Text: The Bible and Jewish Christian Understanding in the Middle Ages and Today
The Bible as a Contested Text: The Bible and Jewish Christian Understanding in the Middle Ages and TodayMarch 27, 2024
Rabbi Devorah Schoenfeld, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Theology (Judaism), Loyola University Chicago
Why Venerable Mother Mary Lange Matters
February 21, 2024
Shannen Dee Williams, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of History, University of Dayton
Was the Synod an earthquake, a mild tremor or a nothing moment?
Was the Synod an earthquake, a mild tremor or a nothing moment?February 7, 2024
Michael W. Higgins, Ph.D.
Distinguished Professor Emeritus at Sacred Heart University and
Senior Fellow, Massey College, University of Toronto
Transforming Power: Opposing Petro-Capitalism, Renewing the Earth
Transforming Power: Opposing Petro-Capitalism, Renewing the EarthApril 5, 2023
Erin Lothes Biviano
Associate Professor
Director of Graduate Theology
Saint Elizabeth University
Living & Practicing Justice in an Increasingly Hispanic Church
Living & Practicing Justice in an Increasingly Hispanic ChurchMarch 29, 2023
Hosffman Ospino
Associate Professor, Theology and Education
Chair, Department of Religious Education and Pastoral Ministry
Boston College
Love of Neighbor in Divided Times: Reproductive Justice, Personhood & Christian Love
Love of Neighbor in Divided Times: Reproductive Justice, Personhood & Christian LoveMarch 22, 2023
Maria Teresa Davila
Chair, Religious and Theologies Studies and Associate Professor of Practice
Merrimack College
Natural Law Epistemology: A Black Queer Perspective
Natural Law Epistemology: A Black Queer PerspectiveMarch 15, 2023
Craig A. Ford, Jr.
Assistant Professor of Theology and Religious Studies
Co-Director, Peace and Justice Interdisciplinary Minor
Saint Norbert College
Undoing the Knot of American Catholic Anti-Blackness: From Doubt to Commitment in Catholic Campus Communities
Undoing the Knot of American Catholic Anti-Blackness: From Doubt to Commitment in Catholic Campus CommunitiesMarch 1, 2023
Maureen O’Connell
Associate Professor Christian Ethics
Chair, Department of Religion
LaSalle University
Nostra Aetate and Theological Anti-Semitism: Consequences, Culpability & Responsibility
Nostra Aetate and Theological Anti-Semitism: Consequences, Culpability & ResponsibilityFebruary 15, 2023
Elena Procario-Foley
Br. John G. Driscoll Professor of Jewish-Catholic Studies
Director, Core Curriculum
Professor, Religious Studies
Iona College
The Catholic Imagination in a Suffering World
April 6, 2022
Phil Klay
Author: Redeployment; 2014 National Book Award
Journalist
Women’s Ordination and the Synodal Church
The Edward and Jacqueline Musante Endowed Center for Catholic Studies Lecture
March 2, 2022
Heidi Schlumpf
Executive Editor, National Catholic Reporter
Kate McElwee
Executive Director of the Women’s Ordination Conference
Women in Ministry: What About the Diaconate?
February 23, 2022
Phyllis Zagano
Award-winning Catholic Scholar
Author: Women: Icons of Christ
Senior Research Associate in Residence at Hofstra University
Uncovering Hidden Mercy: A Catholic Journalist’s Search for Stories of Compassion in the LGBTQ Community
February 2, 2022
Michael O’Loughlin
Award-winning Journalist
Author: Hidden Mercy: Aids, Catholics, and the Untold Stories of Compassion in the Face of Fear
Correspondent for America Media