Events

2009 Urbi et Orbi Lecture
Integral Human Development:  The Challenge of Caritas in Veritate

Monday, November 9, 2009
12:00 pm
McLaren 250
Part of the USF Mission Conversations series.

In his 2009 encyclical Caritas in Veritate (Charity in Truth), Pope Benedict XVI reminds us that integral human development requires that “moral evaluation and scientific research…go hand in hand, and…charity must animate them in a harmonious interdisciplinary whole.” How do social science, theology, metaphysics and science come together in a collaborative effort in the service of humanity at a Jesuit Catholic university? How do we broaden the dialogue between economics and ethics, science and theology, reason and faith, to fill out a picture of and strategy for holistic and authentic human development that we are still so far from achieving? Join us for a conversation on these and other questions posed by Benedict in his recent encyclical focusing on the economy and human development. Download flyer.

Jim Stormes, SJ serves as Lo Schiavo Chair in Catholic Studies and Social Thought, a joint appointment between the department of theology and religious studies and the Lane Center. More

Ignatian Spirituality and the Martyrs of El Salvador

Monday, November 16, 2009
9:00-10:00 am
Maraschi Room, Fromm Hall
Part of the USF Mission Conversations series.
A conversation with USF President Stephen Privett, SJ on the 20th anniversary of the death of six Jesuits and their two coworkers at the University of Central America, San Salvador.

This is part of the Stand 4 Justice Conference (more) a full day of events at USF commemorating the 20th anniversary of the UCA martyrs. 

10:30 AM - Mass of Commemoration (St. Ignatius Church)

12:30 PM - Keynote Speaker - Kevin Burke, S.J., Academic Dean, JSTB, and author of "The Ground Beneath the Cross: The Theology of Ignacio Ellacuria." (St. Ignatius Church)

1:45 PM - Workshops: A series of workshops focusing on lobbying and advocacy, civil rights and litigation. Presented by the Leo T. McCarthy Center for Public Service and Common Good, CARECEN and the Center for Justice and Accountability. (McLaren Complex)

6:00 PM - Candle Light Vigil: Procession from St. Ignatius Church to Lone Mountain.

For more information please contact:  Paul McWilliams, Associate Director, University Ministry, at x5779.

 

Uwem Akpan, S.J., author of Say You're One of Them

Book reading and discussion. Wednesday, November 18 4:00 pm Xavier Hall, inside of Fromm Hall on the USF campus Uwem Akpan was born in Ikot Akpan Eda in southern Nigeria. After studying philosophy and English at Creighton and Gonzaga Universities, he studied theology for three years at the Catholic University of Eastern Africa. He was ordained as a Jesuit priest in 2003 and received his MFA in creative writing from the University of Michigan in 2006.  Say You're One of Them is on the top of the NY Times bestseller list and the recipient of several international awards. This event is free and open to the public.

2010 Summer Lecture Series
July 7, 14, 21, 2010
5:00 pm
with Fr. Agbonkhianmeghe E. Orobator, SJ

Fr. Agbonkhianmeghe E. Orobator, SJ, Jesuit priest from Nigeria and author of From Crisis to Kairos:  The Mission of the Church in the Time of HIV/AIDS, Refugees and Poverty.