7:30 p.m. Welcoming Remarks
7:40 Ralph McInerny
"From Shadows and Images to the Truth"
9:00-10:30 a.m. Colloquium Sessions
Session 1: Teaching Ethics to Undergraduates: A Panel Discussion
Chair: John O’Callaghan
Karen Stohr
Robert Miner
Patrick Paul Kain
Ruth Groenhout
Session 2: Moral Responsibility and Justice
Chair: Matt Ashley
Fred van Iersel
"Attributing meaning to life after experiences of violence: A Christian Perspective"
Sarah Harper
"Institutional Immorality and the Crisis of Moral Sense"
Session 3 : Healthcare Reform
Chair: John Robinson
Robert Barnet, M.D., M.A.
"The Gospel Message. Health Care with Justice and Compassion"
John M. Miller, M.D.
"Health Insurance for the Poor"
Session 4: Roads to Conversion and Reform
Chair: Phil Sloan
Peter Carney, M.D. and Mary Yoder Holsopple
"Neuroplasticity as a Paradigm for Peace"
Msgr. Stuart W. Swetland
"Evangelium Vitae and its Ramifications for American Culture"
Daniel Groody, C.S.C.
"Border of Death, Valley of Life: An Immigrant Journey of Heart and Spirit"
Session 5: Resources in the History of the Church
Paul Sigmund
"The Continuing Relevance of the Reform Proposals of Nicholas of Cusa at the Council of Basel (1433)"
E. Michael Jones
"Benedict's Rule, the Rise of Ethnicity, and the Fall of the Roman Empire"
Eugene McCarraher
"The Liturgical Consummation of Labor: The 'New Economy,' Worker Self-Management, and a Political Economy of Life"
Session 6: Virtues of Parenthood
Chair: Margaret Watkins Tate
Jason T. Eberl
"Cultivating the Virtue of Responsibility"
John Feeney and Thomas Feeney
"Did you not know that I must be in my father's house? Revitalizing family through a rereading of Classical and Biblical Father-Son Narratives"
Gregory R. Beabout and Randall Colton
"If you Want Justice, Work for Chastity"
Session 7: Working for Life at the End of Life
Chair: Amy McInerny
Carol Hogan
"Embracing Our Dying: A Concrete Proposal for Building the Culture of Life"
Scott Davison
"Hospice Volunteers and the Object of Love"
Catherine Mclaughlin
"Terminal Sedation and Euthanasia"
Session 8: Responsibilities towards the Poor and Oppressed
Chair: Charles Wilber
David Endres
"Let us go to the poor: Fréédééric Ozanam and the Society of St. Vincent De Paul"
Isaac M. T. Mwase
"AIDS, Darwin, and Africa"
Sarah Smith
"From 'Having' to 'Being': A Proposal for Reform"
10:45 a.m.-12:00 p.m. Invited Papers
Session 1: The Sacred as Reflected in Life-Giving Architecture
Chair: Mark Roche
Thomas Gordon Smith
Session 2: "Hegel, Nietzsche, Vattimo, and John Rawls: Religious Discussion in the Public Forum after the Death of God"
Chair: Cyril O'Regan
H. Tristram Engelhardt
1:30-2:45 p.m. Invited Papers
Session 1: The Future of Christian Higher Education: A Panel Discussion
Chair: John Cavadini
Charles Dougherty, President, Duquesne University
Robert Sloan, President, Baylor University
Edward A. Malloy, C.S.C., President, University of Notre Dame
Session 2: Catholic Feminism: Creating a Culture of Life
Chair: Ruth Groenhout
Laura Garcia
Margaret Monahan Hogan
Session 3: Defending Just War Theory: Three Views
Chair: Mark Poorman
Gilbert Meilaender
James Toner
Russell Hittinger
3:15-4:45 p.m. Colloquium Sessions
Session 1: The Relationship between Philosophy and Theology
Chair: Alfred Freddoso
Corinna Delkeskamp-Hayes
"The Culture of Life and Hierotheos Vlachos: An Orthodox Christian Account of an Agenda for Reform"
John F. X. Knasas
"Fides et Ratio and the Metaphysical Basis of Aquinas' Natural Law"
Seán M. Connolly
"Recovering Philosophical Propaedeutics"
Session 2: Reforming Catholic Institutions
Chair: Robert Miner
David H. Carey
"The Diocesan Seminary as the Local Seedbed of the Culture of Life"
Rebecca Bremberg, presenter; Mary Jeremiah, O.P., author
"Holiness: Source of a Culture of Life"
Kaitlyn Dudley
"Building the Culture of Life by Reforming Catholic Parishes"
Session 3: Abortion: Strategies for Future Reform
Chair: Bernard A. Gendreau
Jessica Lomanno
"Changing the Image of the Pro-Life Movement: A New, More Effective Strategy"
Denise Mackura
"Bringing Hope to the Marketplace"
Keith Cassidy
"Pro-Life Direct Action Campaigns: A Very Preliminary Assessment of Their Impact"
Session 4: Just War
Chair: Richard Garnett
J. Daryl Charles
"Between Pacifism and Jihad: The Just War Tradition and Its Contemporary Implications"
Christopher H. Toner
"Just War and the Culture of Life"
Session 5: Virtue and Popular Culture
Chair: Fred Crosson
Elena Maltis, C.S.C.
"Discovering Theology in Films"
Thomas A. Cavanaugh
"Temperance in an Intemperate Climate""
Daniel McInerny
"It's A Wonderful Life: The Film Industry as Source of Renewal"
Session 6: Community and Diversity
Chair: Don Briel
Myron A. Penner
"Yoder's Caution and Plantinga's Advice: Two Views of Religious Belief and Trans-Tribal Obligation"
Kevin McDonnell
"Do Diverse Schools Build a Diverse Society?"
Marian Crowe
"Back to the Ghetto?"
Session 7: Leisure and the Reform of Culture
Chair: Daniel Grimm
Randall Smith
"Re-consecrating Public Space: Churches in the Naked Public Square"
Justine Berti
"A Reexamination of Leisure"
Donald Jacob Uitvlugt
"Leisure, the Basis of the Culture of Life?"
Session 8: On the Edges of Human Life
Chair: Teresa Collett
John Berkman
"Sustaining a Culture of Life towards Embryonic Life"
John Henry Crosby
"Building a Culture of Life: A Call to Respect Human Dignity in America"
William M. Joensen
"The Promise of Human Life in the Face of Potential Genetic Alterations"
7:30-9:00 p.m. Abolitionism: A Christian Response to War?: A Panel Discussion
Chair: George Lopez
Stanley Hauerwas
Enda McDonagh
Michael Baxter, C.S.C.
9:00-10:30 a.m. Colloquium Sessions
Session 1: Perspectives on Abortion
Chair: David Denz
John Pisciotta
"Advancing the Culture of Life in Washington Waco"
James Jacobs
"A Defense of Life Founded on Concepts of Justice"
Alexander Pruss
"Maternal Love and Abortion"
Session 2: The Requirements of Democracy
Chair: Denis Goulet
Juan Alberto Améézquita
"The Road to a Virtuous and Free Society in Mexico: Emergent Democracy as a Moral Project for University Education"
Richard Stith
"Toward Legal Pluralism"
Jon S. Moran
"Spiritual Renewal in a Liberal Democracy: State Action or Civil Society?"
Session 3: Youth for Reform
Chair: William Lies, C.S.C.
Anna Halpine
"From Death to Life: Building a Culture of Life"
Tom Harmon
"Networking Catholic College Students"
Katie Freddoso
"Promoting a Culture of Life on American University Campuses: A Student's Perspective on Teaching"
Session 4: Building a Language and Literature of Life
Chair: Alasdair MacIntyre
Arthur Madigan
"A Proposal for a Journal of Reviews"
William Brennan
"John Paul II on Challenging and Replacing the Language Powering the Culture of Death"
David Deavel and Catherine Jack Deavel
"A Two-Fold Strategy for a Literature of Life"
Session 5: Lessons of the Liturgy
Stephen M. Matuszak, S.T.L.
"The Critical Importance of the Lord's Day for a Culture of Life"
Tobias Winright and Allyne Smith
"From Death Penalty to Life: The Liturgy as a Source for Reform"
Michael Foley
"The Role of Weddings in Rebuilding the Culture of Life"
Session 6: Distinctively Catholic Healthcare
Chair: Margaret Monahan Hogan
Leonard J. Nelson
"Reemphasizing the Distinctive Religious Mission of the Catholic Hospital"
Maureen Kramlich
"Protecting the 'Health Care Right of Conscience' through Federal Legislation"
Joseph Piccione
"Renewal within Healthcare Organizations"
Session 7: Ends, Laws, and Principles
Chair: Walt Nicgorski
James Krueger
"Moral Faith and Transcendent Ends"
Darin Davis
"Moral Particularism and Moral Reform"
Scott FitzGibbon
"Reconstructing the Culture of Marital Obligation"
Session 8: Reforming Scientific Research
Chair: Joseph Incandela
Ana Iltis
"Roman Catholic Moral Philosophy and the Ethics of Human Research"
Tom Loughran
"Research Communities for Teachers as a Strategy for Promoting Civility"
10:45 a.m.-12:00 p.m. Invited Papers
Session 1: New Urbanism and Catholic Evangelism
Chair: Vincent D. Rougeau
Philip Bess
Session 2: From Outrageous Idea to Vocational Commitment: Christian Scholarship in the Trenches
Michael Scaperlanda
Ken Stephenson
Lowell Busenitz
Mike Strauss
George Marsden
Session 3: Healthcare Reform
Chair: Rudy Navari
H. Tristram Engelhardt
Charles Dougherty
1:30-2:45 p.m. Invited Papers
Session 1: Crisis in the Priesthood: Some Ways Forward
Chair: Margaret Monahan Hogan
Sidney Callahan
Wilson Miscamble
Jorge Garcia
John M. D’Arcy, S.T.D.
Session 2: Three Strategies for Revitalizing Christian Colleges and Universities
Chair: Thomas Levergood
Michael Beaty
Don Briel
Scott Moore
Session 3: Film as Evangelical Instrument: "American Beauty," "The Ice Storm," and Contemporary Sexual Mores
Chair: John Jenkins
Thomas Hibbs
3:15-4:45 p.m. Colloquium Sessions
Session 1: Authority and Exemplars
Chair: David O'Connor
Pedro Pallares
"The Hero: Architect and Worker of the Culture of Life"
Matthew Lomanno
"Faith, Reason, and Authority: The Cultural Crisis in Roman Catholicism"
Aaron Potter
"Culture, Meritocracy, and the Culture of Life"
Session 2: Political Liberalism and the Public-Private Distinction
Chair: Gloria Zúñiga
Fabrice Jotterand
"Responding to the Culture of Death: Reflections on Agendas for Reform"
Marty Gallagher
"Positive and Negative Freedoms: Rethinking Conceptions of Rights"
Derek Webb
"An American Liberalism for Life? The Political Thought of the Founders and the Social Thought of Pope John Paul II"
Session 3: Philosophy and Education
Chair: Mary Jane Rice
Patrick J. McCurry
"The Risk of a Philosophical Curriculum in American Public Schools"
Michael W. Maher, S.J.
"Metaphysics and Catholic Education"
Rebecca Konyndyk DeYoung
"Vocation and Virtue: The pedagogy and practice of virtue in Thomas Aquinas"
Session 4: Abortion: Toward Legal Reform
Chair: Laura Garcia
Jack Wade Nowlin
"Defending Fetal Rights: Protecting the Unborn from Third-Party Assaults"
Clarke D. Forsythe
"The Need for A Federalism Amendment on Abortion"
Teresa Collett
"Practical Strategies for Humanizing the Unborn"
Session 5: Making (American) Catholicism more Urban: A Panel Discussion
Chair: Philip Bess
Vincent D. Rougeau
Nicole Garnett
Eric N. Kniffin
Session 6: Interpretation and Communication
Chair: John Haddox
Kathleen Glenister Roberts
Janie Harden Fritz
Eric Grabowsky
John Prellwitz
"Interpreting Otherwise: A Philosophy of Communication for our Colleges and Universities"
Session 7: Human Dignity and Responsibility
Chair: John Pisciotta
Kevin Lee
"Educating Lawyers for the Culture of Life"
Edwin Bagley
"Why Stewardship May Not Be the Best Model for Environmental Ethics"
Brian Braman
"Through the Looking Glass: Identity and the Ethics of Recognition"
Session 8: A Culture of Life in the World of Business
Chair: Oliver Williams, C.S.C.
Ed Noonan
"Bringing a Culture of Life to Investment Management"
Tom Schreier
"A Framework for Ethical Investing"
Tom Abood
"Bulls and Bears and the Firm Employee: Brokerages can and do act ethically with their employees"
