Religion and Philosophy
Reawakening the American Heart
The Center for Social Concerns’ 2018–19 annual theme was “Moving Margins: Living the Option for the Poor,” which examined how God calls us to give priority to the most...
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Teacher and Author Matthew Mehan on His First Children’s Book
Matthew Mehan is a teacher at The Heights School in Washington, D.C. and The Worsham Teaching Fellow of Hillsdale College’s Washington DC Allan P. Kirby, Jr., Center for...
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Chiara Lubich: A Saint for a New Global Unity
Peter Casarella, Associate Professor of Theology at the University of Notre Dame, presents on Chiara Lubich, founder of the Focolare Movement. This lecture is the third of seven...
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Catholic Education with Eric Buell
Leonard DeLorenzo for Church Life Today welcomes Eric Buell to talk about Catholic education, Catholic identity, teaching theology, and some of the cultural shifts he has noticed...
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Center Staff Member Pete Hlabse on the Sorin Fellows Program
Pete Hlabse is the Student Program Manager in the de Nicola Center for Ethics and Culture. He oversees the Sorin Fellows Program for undergraduate and graduate students at Notre...
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Martyrs of Dialogue: The Monks of Tibhirine
Sr. Ann Astell, Professor of Theology at the University of Notre Dame, presents on the Monks of Tibhirine, the seven Trappist monks depicted in the film “Of Gods and Men.”...
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Ethical Technology with Dr. Luis Vera
Leonard DeLorenzo for Church Life Today welcomes Dr. Luis Vera to talk about technology. How do we prepare ourselves, as Catholics, to engage with technology as it develops? Dr....
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The Cross: When and Why It Became the Church’s Central Symbol
Visual depictions of the cross and crucifixion are rare before the sixth century and initially refer to Christ’s triumph and glory rather than his suffering and death. This talk...
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St. John of the Cross: Silences and the Spiritual Life
Cyril O’Regan, Huisking Professor of Theology at the University of Notre Dame, presents on St. John of the Cross. This lecture is the first of seven lectures in the 2018...
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The Church in the US with Dr. Susan Reynolds
Leonard DeLorenzo for Church Life Today welcomes Dr. Susan Reynolds to talk about transformations in the U.S. Catholic Church, in terms of ethnic makeup, geographic shifts, and...
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Can Changing Our Views on Death Improve How We Live Our Lives?
Life is not possible without death and yet, modern medicine has waged an unending war against death. Now, a Notre Dame Institute for Advanced Study (NDIAS) residential fellow is...
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Living “In-Between” with Medi Volpe
Leonard DeLorenzo for Church Life Today welcomes Medi Volpe to talk about how one can creatively and faithfully abide “in-between”, and avoid the trap of having to fit either...
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