Since 1982, the Lectures in Catholic Experience have brought leading scholars, activists, religious leaders and other professionals to St. Jerome’s to offer opportunities for us to engage with the critical issues of our time, particularly as they intersect with faith and the life of the Church. Previous speakers and subjects have included the Director of Springtide Research Institute, Sociologist Dr. Tricia Bruce, “Her Place in the Church: Gender, Power, and Authority in Contemporary Catholicism,” Archbishop Donald Bolen, Archbishop of Regina, Saskatchewan: “The Wounds of the Past, Truth-telling, and a Future of Hope: The Doctrine of Discovery and the Path of Reconciliation,” Dr. Tia Noelle Pratt, Villanova University: “Doing THE WORK: Anti-Racism and the Catholic Church,” Sister Helen Prejean, CSJ: Dead Man Walking: The Journey Continues...,” and Fr. James Martin, SJ, “Reaching out to our LGBTQ Friends, Building a Bridge.”
Each lecture is hosted in the Notre Dame Chapel on the St. Jerome’s campus and is free and open to the community to attend. Lectures can be attended in-person, streamed live online or viewed in perpetuity on our .
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Colleen Dulle, Associate Editor at America Magazine| September 18
Struck Down, Not Destroyed Keeping the Faith as a Vatican Reporter
Mark Gowen, Professor of History and Celtic Studies and Principal Emeritus at St. Michael's College in the University of Toronto| October 4
HistorianMark McGowan will speak at Feast as Sweeney Award Recipient
Joel Thiessen,Professor of Sociology, Ambrose University and Director of the Flourishing Congregations Institute |November 27
Planting Seeds: The Catholic Parish in the Religious Transmission Ecosystem
Dr. Gary J. Adler Jr.,Ph.D. University of Arizona; M.A. Jesuit School of Theology at Berkeley; B.A. University of Dayton | January 15
Catholic in Governing, not Catholicism in Government: How Local Government Officials’ Manage Interaction between Religion and State
Micah True,Professor of French and Folklore andAssociate Dean of the Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies atthe University of Alberta| March 12
Matthew Dunham | April 23