Center for Catholic Studies

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The Literary Catholic is a program dedicated to exploring life-changing stories from centuries of Catholic literature. The podcast is a collaboration with the Guild of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus, the Center for Catholic Studies at Sacred Heart University and the John Paul II Center for Evangelizing Communications, Diocese of Bridgeport.

The Center for Catholic Studies Spring Speaker Series presents lecturers who bring cutting edge topics and issues that demonstrate the intersection of Catholic thought and imagination with the contemporary culture.

Named for Pope Francis, the Bergoglio Lecture Series brings to campus renowned lecturers who speak about the Catholic intellectual and social traditions, as represented by Pope Francis’ vision and his work in the world.

Heart Challenges Hate aims to respond with knowledge, informed and reasoned discourse, faith and reason to the prevalence of hatred, bigotry and violence we are experiencing in America today. It is our assumption and responsibility as a Catholic university to speak against the injustice and violence.

The Human Journey Colloquia Series offers lectures on topics that relate to fundamental questions about God, humanity, nature and society and that illustrate the relationship of the Catholic intellectual tradition to the world today. The Human Journey Colloquia Series is an integral part of the University’s core The Human Journey Seminars: Great Books in the Catholic Intellectual Tradition.

SHU Catholic studies faculty attended the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Subcommittee on Aid to the Church in Central and Eastern Europe in Warsaw, Poland. The event focused on Catholic social teaching. SHU Fellow Michael Sean Winters helped organize the event and Dan Rober, SHU associate professors, presented a paper there.