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Pastoral issues in Science and Human Dignity February 12 - 14, 2014 | McKenna Hall Auditorium The Institute for Church Life is the heart of the University of Notre Dame’s direct service to the Church. This service reaches parishes and dioceses, as well as the whole spectrum of Church leaders - bishops, clergy, religious, and laity - in the form of theological education, pastoral scholarship and research, and faith formation. www.icl.nd.edu The Gospel of Christ and the teachings of his Church guide the work of the USCCB. The work of the Conference is rooted in three general mission goals and organized into three key areas of responsibility. • To act collaboratively and consistently on vital issues confronting the Church and society • To foster communion with the Church in other nations, within the Church universal, under the leadership of its supreme pastor, the Roman Pontiff • To offer appropriate assistance to each bishop in fulfilling his particular ministry in the local Church www.usccb.org The Purpose of this symposium is to help bishops and their diocesan educational officials explore some of the fundamental theoretical issues in the relationship between science and religion, and some of the practical issues that flow from the interaction be- tween science and religion. It will also include special presentations in the University Planetarium (Notre Dame’s Digital Visualization Theater) and on materials and methods available to diocesan, parish and school educators. SCHEDULE Of Events (All events will take place in the McKenna Hall Auditorium unless otherwise noted.) Wednesday, February 12 5:15 p.m. | Reception (Morris Inn, Private Dining Room) 6:00 p.m. | Opening Dinner (Morris Inn, Private Dining Room) 7:30 p.m. | Welcome & Introduction His Eminence Donald Cardinal Wuerl Archdiocese of Washington 7:45 p.m. | Bridging Science and Faith: Strengthening the Sense of Human Dignity Today His Eminence Marc Cardinal Ouellet, P.S.S. Prefect of the Congregation for Bishops Thursday, February 13 8:30 a.m. | Morning Prayer 9:00 a.m. | Science, Creation, and the Image of God Stephen Barr, Ph.D. Professor, Department of Physics & Astronomy, University of Delaware Director, Bartol Research Institute 10:45 a.m. | The Explanatory Limits of Modern Science for Public Bioethics O. Carter Snead, J.D. Professor, Law School, University of Notre Dame Director, Center for Ethics and Culture 11:45 p.m. | Lunch (McKenna Hall, Lower Level) 1:00 p.m. | Responding to the False Conflict Between Faith and Science Fr. Robert J. Spitzer, S.J., Ph.D. Magis Center of Reason and Faith, Irvine CA Bus to Jordan Hall of Science 3:00 p.m. | Presentation - All Creation Gives Praise (Digital Visualization Theater, Jordan Hall of Science) Leonard DeLorenzo, Ph.D. (Candidate) Director, Notre Dame Vision, University of Notre Dame Philip Sakimoto, Ph.D. Professor, First Year of Studies, University of Notre Dame Bus to Basilica of the Sacred Heart 5:15 p.m. | Mass (Basilica of the Sacred Heart) 6:15 p.m. | Reception (Morris Inn, Private Dining Room) 7:00 p.m. | Dinner (Morris Inn, Private Dining Room) Friday, February 14 8:00 a.m. | Morning Prayer 8:30 a.m. | How American Youth (Mis)Understand Science and Religion Christian Smith, Ph.D. The William R. Kenan, Jr. Professor of Sociology, University of Notre Dame 9:45 a.m. | Pastoral Antidotes to the New Atheism John C. Cavadini, Ph.D. McGrath-Cavadini Director, Institute for Church Life Professor, Department of Theology 10:45 a.m. | Panel: Educational Resources and Strategies Christopher T. Baglow, Ph.D. Professor of Dogmatic Theology, Notre Dame Seminary, Los Angeles Kenneth N. Garcia, Ph.D. Associate Director, College of Arts & Letters, University of Notre Dame Philip Sakimoto, Ph.D. Professor, First Year of Studies, University of Notre Dame 12:00 p.m. | Lunch & Conference Conclusion (Morris Inn, Private Dining Room) KEYNOTE SPEAKER Cardinal Marc Ouellet, P.S.S. Cardinal Marc Ouellet, P.S.S., Prefect of the Congregation for Bishops and President of the Pontifical Commission for Latin America, Archbishop emeritus of Québec, was born on June 8, 1944 in Lamotte, near Amos, Canada. He was ordained a priest for the Diocese of Amos on May 25, 1968. He holds licentiates in theology and philosophy, and a doctorate in dogmatic theology. Cardinal Ouellet served as consultor to the Sulpicians’ Provincial Council of Canada, and then director and teacher at the Major Seminary of Montreal, where he became rector in 1990. He also served briefly as rector of St Jo- seph’s Seminary, Edmonton. He was consultor to the Congregation for the Clergy, then to the General Council of the Priests of Saint Sulpice. He later taught at the John Paul II Institute at the Pontifical Lateran University, where in 1997 he was appointed to the chair of dogmatic theology. On March 3, 2001 he was named titular Bishop of Agropoli and Secretary of the Pontifi- cal Council for Promoting Christian Unity; Pope John Paul II ordained him a Bishop on March 19 of that year. On November 15, 2002, Cardinal Ouellet was appointed Metro- politan Archbishop of Quebec. Cardinal Ouellet is a member of the Pontifical Academy of Theology; Relator General of the XII Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops, “The Word of God in the Life and Mission of the Church” (October 5-26, 2008). On June 30, 2010 he was nominated Prefect of the Congregation for Bishops and Presi- dent of the Pontifical Commission for Latin America. Created and proclaimed Cardinal by John Paul II in the Consistory of October 21, 2003, of the Title of S. Maria in Traspon- tina (Holy Mary in Transpontina). Member of: • Secretariat of State (second section); • Congregations: for Divine Worship and the Discipline of Sacraments; for Catholic Education; for the Clergy; for the Doctrine of the Faith for the Oriental Churches; • Pontifical Councils for Culture; for Promoting New Evangelization; for Legislative Texts; • Pontifical Committee for International Eucharistic Congresses. Additional SPEAKERS Christopher T. Baglow Christopher T. Baglow is from New Orleans, Louisiana. He received his B.A. in Theology from Franciscan University in 1990, his M.A. in Theology in 1996 from the University of Dallas, and his Ph.D. in Systematic Theology from Duquesne University in 2000. He serves Notre Dame Seminary (New Orleans, Louisiana) as a Professor of Dogmatic Theology and Director of the M.A. Program in Theological Studies. He also serves as Director of the Pope Benedict XVI Institute for Faith, Ethics and Science of McGill-Toolen Catholic High School (Mobile, Alabama), which offers seminars on faith and science (the Steno Learning Program) for Catholic educators. In May 2012, Baglow was elected to be a member of the Academy of Catholic Theology. Dr. Baglow’s publications include: Modus et Forma: A New Approach to the Exegesis of Saint Thomas Aquinas (Pontifical Biblical Institute, 2002); Faith, Science, Reason: Theology on the Cutting Edge (Midwest Theological Forum, 2010); and several articles on the thought of St. Thomas Aquinas. Dr. Baglow’s family includes his wife Christine, his daughter Margaret and his sons John, Peter George and William. Stephen m. barR Stephen M. Barr is a professor of physics at the University of Dela- ware. He received his Ph.D. from Princeton University in 1978. He does research in theoretical particle physics, with emphasis primarily on “grand unified theories” and the cosmology of the early universe. He also writes and lectures extensively on the relation of science and religion. Many of his articles and reviews have appeared in First Things, on whose Advisory Council he serves. He is the author of the book Modern Physics and Ancient Faith (Univ. of Notre Dame Press, 2003) , A Student’s Guide to Natu- ral Science (Intercollegiate Studies Institute, 2006), and Science and Religion: The myth of conflict (Catholic Truth Society, 2011). He was elected to the Academy of Catholic Theology in 2010, and a Fellow of the American Physical Society in 2011. John C. Cavadini John C. Cavadini is a Professor in the Department of Theology, having served as Chair of the Department from 1997-2010 and led the Department to a top 10 ranking in the recently released NRC rankings of doctoral programs. He is also the McGrath- Cavadini Director of the Institute for Church Life. His main areas of research and teaching are in patristic and early medieval theology, with special interests in the theology of Augustine and in the history of biblical exegesis. His publications include, Explorations in the Theology of Benedict XVI. Ed. by John C. Cavadini (Notre Dame: Notre Dame Press: 2012); The Charism of Priestly Celibacy, Ed. by John C. Cavadini (Notre Dame: Ave Maria Press: 2012); “Who Do You Say That I Am?”: Christology for a New Millennium, Ed. by John C. Cavadini with Laura Holt, (University of Notre Dame Press, 2004); Miracles in Christian and Jewish Antiquity: Imagining the Truth, (University of Notre Dame Press, 1999); Gregory the Great: A Symposium, (University of Notre Dame Press, 1996); The Last Christology of the West: Adoptionism in Spain and Gaul, 785-820, (University of Pennsylvania Press, 1993). Leonard DeLorenzo Ministering with the Notre Dame Vision program since its inception in 2002, Lenny’s role as program director started in August 2004. His involvement in Notre Dame Vision includes two summers as an undergraduate Mentor-in-Faith, two summers as a keynote presenter, one year as the program’s Coordinator of Outreach projects, and now more than eight years as director. He also edits Notre Dame Vision’s blog, Full of Grace, and is a regular contributor and columnist for the Institute for Church Life’s online journal, Church Life: A Journal for the New Evangelization.
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