Shannon Lecture Series

Past Lectures

2008

  • Charles E. Curran
    "Beyond Individualism: Human Rights in the Catholic Tradition"
    September 27, 2007, 7:00 p.m.
    Forum, Otto Shults Community Center

    "Loyal Dissent: What Does It Mean (To Me)?"
    Friday, September 28, 2007 at 1:30 p.m.
    Golisano Academic Center 38
  • Bishop Thomas J. Gumbleton
    " Pillar of Justice, Pillar of Peace"
    October 18, 2007, 7:00 p.m.
    Forum, Otto Shults Community Center

    "IRAQ: US Responsibility for PEACE"

    Friday, October 19, 2007 at 1:30 p.m.
    Golisano Academic Center 38
  • Mary Jo Leddy
    "Justice Has a Face and a Name"

    March 6, 2008, 7:00 p.m.
    Forum, Otto Shults Community Center
  • Carol Zinn, SSJ
    " Justice: A Way of Life, Matter of Faith and Affair of the Heart"
    April 3, 2008, 7:00 p.m.
    Forum, Otto Shults Community Center

2007

  • Diarmuid O'Murchu

    "Living by the New Spirituality: Skills for Discernment"
    Thursday, March 29 at 12:10 p.m.
    Golisano Academic Center, Room 38, at Nazareth College

    "Spirituality: Are We Birthing a New Paradigm?"
    March 29 at 7:00 p.m.
    Forum, Otto Shults Community Center at Nazareth College
  • James Alison
    "The Dawning Smile: Gay Contributions to Catholic Faithfulness"

    Friday, February 9 at 1:30 p.m.
    Golisano Academic Center, Room 38, at Nazareth College

    "Don't Run Away from Desire! Holiness Starting Where We Are"
    February 8 at 7:00 p.m.
    Forum, Otto Shults Community Center at Nazareth College

2006

  • David Tacey
    "The Spiritual Journey of Generation Y --
    Illustrated with Drawings and Cartoons"
    Friday, November 10 at 1:30 p.m.
    Golisano Academic Center 21 at Nazareth College

    "Spirituality as the Deepest Longing of the Heart"
    November 9 at 7:00 p.m.
    Forum, Otto Shults Community Center at Nazareth Colleg

  • Sandra M. Schneiders
    "Being Christian"
    Monday, October 23, 2006 at 11:00 a.m.
    Golisano Academic Center 151 at Nazareth College

    "I'm spiritual but not religious!" Spirituality and Religion?

    October 22 at 3:00 p.m.
    Forum, Otto Shults Community Center at Nazareth College

  • Ada María Isasi-Díaz
    "CATOLICA -- The Hispanic Face (and Fate) of the Catholic Church in the USA"
    April 6, 2006 at 7:00pm
    Forum, Otto Shults Community Center at Nazareth College

    "Understanding Justice in the 21st Century"
    April 7, 2006 at 1:30 p.m.
    Forum, Otto Shults Community Center at Nazareth College

  • William M. Shea
    "Crossing Boundaries: Catholics and Evangelicals"
    February 9, 2006 at 7:00 p.m.
    Forum, Otto Shults Community Center at Nazareth College

    "Evangelicals and Catholics Working Together"
    February 10, 2006 at 1:30 p.m.
    Forum, Otto Shults Community Center at Nazareth College

2005

  • "American and Catholic: New Tensions in an Old Marriage"
    R. Scott Appleby; Fall 2005

  • "What We Thought We Knew About Religious Fundamentalism"
    R. Scott Appleby; Fall 2000

  • "Catholic Faith and Human Rights: An Agenda for the 21st Century"
    Robert F. Drinan, S.J.; Fall 2005

  • "The Mobilization of Shame: A World View of Human Rights"
    Robert F. Drinan, S.J.; Fall 2005

  • "Keeping the Faith: The Ongoing Challenge of Vatican II for a Church in Crisis"
    Diana L. Hayes; Spring 2005

  • "Forged in the Fiery Furnace: African American Spirituality - A Conversation with Diana Hayes about a Work in Progress."
    Diana L. Hayes; Spring 2005

2004

  • "Vatican II: Achievement and Promise"
    Joseph A. Komonchak; Fall 2004

  • "My Long Road to a Global Ethic"
    Hans Küng; Fall 2004

  • "In the Wake of Vatican II: A People Adrift?"
    Peter Steinfels and Margaret O'Brien Steinfels; Fall 2004

  • "The Spirituality of Starbucks and the Swoosh: Integrating Who We Are With What We Buy"
    Dr. Thomas Beaudoin; Spring 2004

2003

  • "Catholic Theology of Peace -- And War"
    Fr. Drew Christiansen, S.J., Ph.D.; Fall 2003

  • "Human Cloning and Stem Cell Reseach: A Catholic Approach"
    Dr. David Adams, Dr. Thomas Shannon, Dr. Leslie Griffin; Spring 2003

2002

  • "9/11, 311 and 411: Making History and Imaging God"
    Dr. Maureen Tilley; Spring 2002

2001

  • "The Shape of Ministry in the 21st Century"
    Fr. Donald B. Cozzens, Ph.D.; Fall 2001

  • "Neither Left nor Right: The Challenge of Being Catholic in American Public Life"
    Dr. Clarke Cochran; Spring 2001

2000

  • "Thomas Merton's Vision of the Kingdom"
    Dr. Patrick F. O'Connell; Fall 2000

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