7:30 p.m. Welcoming Remarks
Monk Malloy, C.S.C., President of the University of Notre Dame
7:40 p.m. Keynote Address
Francis Cardinal George, Archbishop of Chicago
"The Legacy of Pope John Paul II"
9:00-10:15 a.m. Colloquium Sessions
Session 1: Panel Discussion: "The Role of Faith-Based Organizations in Improving Health Outcomes: A Practical Approach to Community Renewal"
Chair: Jennifer Herdt, University of Notre Dame
Jarett Berry, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Mark DeHaven, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
James Walton, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Session 2: Political Renewal
Chair: Walter Nicgorski, University of Notre Dame
“Neither Democrat nor Republican: The Confused and Bifurcated State of the Catholic Voter”
George Wesolek, Archdiocese of San Francisco
“Maritain and the ‘Necessity of New Political Formations’”
Catherine Wilson, University of Pennsylvania
“Formation Through Political Engagement”
Liam Monahan, University of Notre DameSession 3: Christian Feminism
Chair: Deirdre McQuade, Feminists for Life
“Regina Patriarcharum: True Devotion to Mary as the Touchstone of Christian Feminism”
David Carey, Whitman College
“The Christian Feminist Revolution”
Alexandra Fox, Montrose School
“The “F” Word: Defining a Catholic Feminism”
Birgitta Sujdak, Michigan State University
Session 4: Restoring Broken Lives
Chair: Mary O’Callaghan, University of Notre Dame
“Crime and Mercy”
Dan Moloney, University of Notre Dame
“Is ‘God as we understand Him’ Go(o)d Enough?”
Mark Jenkins, University of Puget Sound
Session 5: Formation and Renewal at Home
Chair: Amy McInerny, Attorney
“Preserving Marriage: A Radical Proposal”
Marian Crowe, University of Notre Dame
“Catholic Spirituality and Ethics in Pregnancy and Childbirth”
Sarah Smith Bartel, The Catholic University of America
“Teenagers Need to Reclaim Sundays”
Theresa Keeley, Montrose School
Session 6: Formation through Literature
Chair: David Fagerberg, University of Notre Dame
“‘Large and Startling Figures’: Flannery O’Connor’s Prophetic Voice and Formative Vision”
Thomas Wetzel, Marquette University
“Renewal, Reform and Formation in Harry Potter”
Michael Sharkey, Elmhurst College
“Shakespearean Ethics: Conscience and Tragic Choice”
Travis Curtright, Liberty Fund, Inc.
Session 7: Strategies for Renewal
Chair: George Howard, University of Notre Dame
“Ethics and Psychoanalysis: A Method for Transformation of the Self”
Britt-Marie Schiller, Webster University
“Developing Solidarity through Individuality: Kierkegaard on Forming and Strengthening Community”
J. Michael Tilley, University of Kentucky
“Teaching Atheists to Christians”
Margaret Watkins Tate, Baylor University
Session 8: Renewing Philosophy and Theology in the Catholic Tradition
Chair: Fred Crosson, University of Notre Dame
“From Aeterni Patris to Fides et Ratio: The Call for the Renewal of Catholic Philosophical Theology”
Harold Ernst, University of Notre Dame
“The Renewal of Catholic Natural Theology: Some Philosophical Reflections as to ‘Dos and Don’ts’”
Patrick Flynn, Benedictine University
“Walker Percy’s Refutation of Metaphysical Naturalism”
Tom Harmon, Intercollegiate Studies Institute
10:15-10:45 a.m. Break, Refreshments
10:45 a.m.-12:00 p.m. Invited Papers
Session 1: Author Meets Critic Panel: Catholicism and American Freedom: A History
Chair: Philip Gleason, University of Notre Dame
John McGreevy, University of Notre Dame
Alasdair MacIntyre, University of Notre Dame
Michael Baxter, C.S.C., University of Notre Dame
Session 2: “Civic Virtue and Public Discourse: Pursuing the Good in a Postmodern Age”
H. Tristram Engelhardt, Rice University
Chair: Margaret Monahan Hogan, University of Portland
Session 3: Formation and Renewal in the University
“After Vice: The Cultural and Intellectual Predicament of the Modern University”
Michael Beaty, Baylor University
“Teaching Virtue, Schooling Minds: Cultural Transformation and a Brief History of the University”
Douglas Henry, Baylor University
“Beyond Worldviews: Praxis, Formation and Renewal”
Scott Moore, Baylor University
12:15-1:15 p.m. Lunch
1:30-2:45 p.m. Invited Papers
Session 1: “The Road Not Taken”
Ralph McInerny, University of Notre Dame
Chair: John O’Callaghan, University of Notre Dame
Session 2: “The Infinite Horizon of Vocation”
Gilbert Meilaender, Valparaiso University
Chair: Gerry McKenny, University of Notre Dame
Session 3: “Gustavo Gutierrez and Liberation Theology”
Paul Sigmund, Princeton University
Chair: Paul Weithman, University of Notre Dame
2:45-3:15 p.m. Break, Refreshments
3:15-4:45 p.m. Colloquium Sessions
Session 1: Panel Discussion: Craft, Art and the Humanities: A Call to Practice Leisure in our Colleges and Universities
Chair: Margaret Watkins Tate, Baylor University
Kathleen Glenister-Roberts, Duquesne University
Janie Harden Fritz, Duquesne University
John Prellwitz, Duquesne University
Eric Grabowsky, Duquesne University
Annette Holba, Duquesne University
Session 2: Formation and the Law
Chair: Chris Green, University of Notre Dame
“Judicial Despotism and the Judicial Review Amendment to the U.S. Constitution”
Randall Smith, University of St. Thomas
“Part of Being a Good Catholic is Going Home: The Formation of Young Lawyers at Elite Law Firms”
Amy Monahan, University of Notre Dame
“Keep Friendship Unregulated”
Richard Stith, Valparaiso University Law School
Session 3: Renewal and Human Dignity
Chair: Michael Coulter, Grove City College
“The Pro-Life Movement: Renewal, Reform or Reaction?”
Keith Cassidy, University of Guelph
“Community and Transformation of Our Conception of Dying”
Jon Moran, Southwest Missouri State University
“Reflections on and Applications of the Work of Michel Foucault”
David Dudrick, Colgate University
Session 4: Cultures in Conflict
Chair: Daniel McInerny, University of Notre Dame
“Muslim Anti-Semitism and Zionist Orientalism: The Mechanics of a Vicious Cycle”
Irfan Khawaja, The College of New Jersey
“Social Engineering and the Destruction of Catholic Communities 1947-1957: From the Cicero Project in Chicago to the Destruction of the West End in Boston”
E. Michael Jones, Editor, Culture Wars
“The Culture Wars and Moral Renewal”
Terence Pell, Center for Individual Rights
Session 5: Diverse Models of Christian Renewal
Chair: Michael Foley, University of Notre Dame
“Vicissitudes and Conditions of Spirituality: A Traditional Christian Perspective on Formation and Renewal”
Corinna Delkeskamp-Hayes, International Studies in Philosophy and Medicine, Inc.
“Formation and Renewal in the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church”
Ken Kemp, University of St. Thomas
Session 6: Ethical Theory
Chair: Tom Kelly, University of Notre Dame
“Love, Deontology and Double Effect”
Alexander Pruss, Georgetown University
“Virtue and the Modes of Responsibility”
Robert Matava, Mount St. Mary’s College and Seminary
“Ethical Subjectivism, The Question of the Good and the Culture of Death”
Martin Gallagher, Baylor University
Session 7: Philosophy/Theology of the Body
Chair: Denise Mackura, Ohio Right to Life
“On Human Dignity: The Ugandan AIDS Epidemic and John Paul II’s Theology of the Body”
Catherine Bateson, University of Notre Dame
“Human Suffering and John Paul II’s ‘Theology of the Body’”
Adrian Reimers, University of Notre Dame
“Run So As to Win: The Role of Physical Exercise in Spiritual Renewal”
Kevin Haley, University of Notre DameSession 8: Renewal in Education
Chair: Michael Beaty, Baylor University
“A Modest Proposal for the Organization of Higher Education”
David Deavel, University of St. Thomas
“The Necessity of Religion for Applied Ethics Education”
James Krueger, University of Notre Dame
“A People Without History: Moral Imagination and the Tyranny of the Present”
Peter Wicks, University of Notre Dame
Session 9: Philosophical Sources of Formation
Chair: William Stevenson, University of St. Thomas
“Acedia and the Burdens of Commitment: Aquinas on the Vice of Sloth”
Rebecca Konyndyk DeYoung, Calvin College
“Renewing Wisdom: Looking Back to Augustinian Notions of Virtue”
Rob Miner, Baylor University
6:00-7:15 p.m. Dinner
7:30-9:00 p.m. “Edward Sorin: The French Connection and the American
Dream”
Marvin O’Connell, University of Notre Dame
Chair: Theodore Hesburgh, C.S.C., President Emeritus, University of Notre
Dame
9:00 p.m. Reception
9:00-10:15 a.m. Colloquium Sessions
Session 1: Panel Discussion: Practice as a Pathway Towards Peace
Chair: Gerry Bradley, University of Notre Dame Law School
Peter Carney, M.D., Elkhart General Hospital
Ted Koontz, AMBS, Inc.
Mary Yoder Holsopple, The Peace and Justice Collaborative
David Fast, The Peace and Justice Collaborative
Melanie Neufeld, The Peace and Justice Collaborative
Jerry Thayer, Andrews University
Julie Reese, Goshen College
Session 2: Looking for Virtue in Unlikely Places
Chair: Ellen Rice, Author, Catholic Schools Textbook Project
“Killing Spiders and the Exercise of Dominion: A Call for Gentleness”
Karen Stohr, Georgetown University
“Healing the Machines of the World: Restoring a Fading Art”
Scott Davison, Morehead State University
“Can Nietzsche’s übermensch Possess the Virtues?”
Edwin Bagley, Wingate University
Session 3: War and Peace
Chair: Jeff Langan, University of Notre Dame
“How the Military Can Contribute to a Culture of Life”
Chris Toner, U.S. Army
“Improving the Moral Formation of Catholic Youth Faced with Decisions about Draft Registration and Participation in War”
John Feeney, University of Detroit Jesuit High School
“Faith-Based Diplomacy: A Model for Peacebuilding in a World Where Religion Matters”
Dan Philpott, University of Notre Dame
Session 4: Renewing Natural Law
Chair: Rob Miner, Baylor University
“Neo-Thomism, Medical Ethics, and Natural Law: A Comparison Between Aquinas and Some Manualists”
Matthew Lomanno, University of St. Thomas
“Renewing the Theology of the Declaration of Independence”
Edward Furton, National Catholic Bioethics Center
“Returning to Moral ‘First Things’: The Natural-Law Tradition and Its Contemporary Application”
J. Daryl Charles, Taylor University
Session 5: Looking to the Social Sciences
Chair: Vaughn McKim, University of Notre Dame
“Religion and Globalization in the 20th Century: W(h)ither the Sacred Canopy?”
Thomas Burns, University of Oklahoma
“Recovering from the Past, Rediscovering History: The Role of History and Historians in Formation and Renewal”
Robert Ventresca, King’s College, University of Ontario
“Reform and Renewal of the Professions of Psychology: The catholic and Catholic Challenge”
Philip Sutton, Licensed Psychologist
Session 6: Formation and Renewal through Small Christian Communities
Chair: Margaret Pfeil, University of Notre Dame
“Christian Church as Ethical Center of Rural Community”
Brent Sleasman, Duquesne University
“Parish or Perish: The Role of Catholic Communities in the Culture of Life”
Rev. Trevor Murry, Diocese of Bellville, Ill.
Session 7: Justice and the Market
Chair: Denis Goulet, University of Notre Dame
“Alternative Marketing: Seeking Just Compensation and Cultural Preservation”
John Haddox, University of Texas at El Paso
“Catholic Education and Free Market”
Miguel Rumayor, Universidad Panamericana
“The Poor as a Person: Roots of the Roads Against Poverty”
Pedro Pallares, Universidad Panamericana
Session 8: Past Voices on Formation and Renewal, Part I
Chair: Adrian Reimers, University of Notre Dame
“The Message of Ivan Illich and Its Meaning for Today”
Robert Barnet, University of Nevada, Reno
“Vincent McNabb, OP and Catholic Distributism”
Joseph Piccione, OSF Healthcare System
“Who was Felix Varela? Pope John Paul II and Cuban Culture”
Derek Jeffreys, University of Wisconsin, Green Bay
10:15-10:45 a.m. Break, Refreshments
10:45 a.m.-12:00 p.m. Invited Papers
Session 1: “John Courtney Murray: Two Views on the Fate of His Project”
Joseph Bottum, The Weekly Standard
Thomas Hibbs, Baylor University
Chair: Ralph McInerny, University of Notre Dame
Session 2: Formation and Renewal through Secondary Education
Karen Bohlin, Montrose School
Rich Clark, St. Martin de Porres High School
Kerry Koller, Trinity Schools
Chair: Mary Jane Rice, Montrose School
Session 3: Formation for Life
“Reason and Respect for Persons”
Laura Garcia, Boston College
“The Limits of Embryonic Obligation”
Margaret Monahan Hogan, University of Portland
Chair: Kevin McDonnell, Saint Mary’s College
12:15-1:15 p.m. Lunch -
Lower Level
1:30-2:45 p.m. Invited Papers
Session 1: Baylor University: Being Christian in the New Millennium
Don Schmeltekopf, Baylor University
Ralph Wood, Baylor University
Chair: Wilson Miscamble, C.S.C., University of Notre Dame
Session 2: “White Night of the Soul: Nolan’s Insomnia and the Renewal of Moral Reflection in Film”
Jorge Garcia, Boston College
Chair: Alfred Freddoso, University of Notre Dame
Session 3: “The Catholic Worker: A Model for Church and World”
Mark Zwick, Editor, The Houston Catholic Worker
Louise Zwick, Editor, The Houston Catholic Worker
Chair: Michael Baxter, C.S.C., University of Notre Dame
2:45-3:15 p.m. Break, Refreshments
3:15-4:45 p.m. Colloquium Sessions
Session 1: Past Voices on Formation and Renewal, Part II
Chair: Phil Sloan, University of Notre Dame
“Simone Weil: Self-Perpetuating Force and Nemesis” E. Jane Doering, University of Notre Dame
“From the Margins: Yoshimitsu Yoshihiko’s Call to Faith in a Time of Crisis”
Kevin Doak, Georgetown University
“Questions of Truth and Falsehood Never Entered His
Imagination!: The Double Irony of Frank Turner’s John Henry Newman”
Josh Hochschild, Wheaton College
Session 2: The Role of Emotion in Renewal
Chair: Cristian Mihut, University of Notre Dame
“Value, Emotion and Edith Stein”
Sarah Borden, Wheaton College
“Reclaiming Reason”
Melissa Moschella, Harvard University
“Getting the Flower of Renewal to Bloom: Awakening Desire for Reform”
Christopher Lutz, Morgan State University
Session 3: Roles and Relationships
Chair: Rebecca Konyndyk DeYoung, Calvin College
“Slavery as the Eldest Child of Modernity”
A.J. Conyers, Baylor University
“Schooling Virtue through Friendship in Liberal Democracy”
John von Heyking, University of Lethbridge
“Roles and Renewal: Some Advantages of a Role-Centered Morality for a Culture of Life”
Sarah Harper, Boston College
Session 4: Renewal in Medicine and Bioethics
Chair: Rebecca Stangl, University of Notre Dame
“Formation and Renewal in Medicine and Bioethics”
Mark Cherry, St. Edward’s University
“A Thomistic Foundation for Reform within Medicine”
Jason Eberl, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis
“The (De)Professionalization of Medicine: The Search for a New Identity”
Fabrice Jotterand, Rice University
Session 5: Roads to Religious Renewal
Chair: Tom Flint, University of Notre Dame
“Attaining the Contemplative Outlook”
Louise Mitchell, National Catholic Bioethics Center
“Renewal and Wittgensteinian Philosophy of Religion”
Myron Penner, Purdue University
Session 6: Vocation
Chair: Randall Smith, University of St. Thomas
“Education Towards Vocation”
Catherine Jack Deavel, University of St. Thomas
“Recovering Vocation: Escaping Seductive Parodies, Embracing Subversive Practices”
Matthew Schobert, Baylor University
“The Secular Character of the Laity in the Church’s Mission ad intra and ad extra: Source for Renewal”
Aurelie Hagstrom, University of St. Francis
Session 7: Community and Formation
Chair: Georges Montillet, University of Notre Dame
“Reflections on the Very Idea of ‘Communities of Choice’”
Phil Shields, Beloit College
“Contemporary Threats to Community: The Erosion of Social Capital in Modern Culture”
Francis Tannian, University of Delaware
“Starting with Subsidiarity: Intermediary Associations as Communities of Virtue”
Gregory Beabout, St. Louis University
Session 8: Panel Discussion: The Church and the Tribe: Mormon Formation and Renewal
Chair: John Robinson, University of Notre Dame Law School
“The Challenge of Individual Service in a Holy Nation”
Ben Huff, University of Notre Dame
“Is Biology Destiny?: Female Identity Formation among the Latter-Day Saints”
Melissa Proctor, Brown University
“Adam and Eve: The Origin of Community and the Possibility of Renewal”
James Faulconer, Brigham Young University
5:00 p.m. Mass at the Basilica of the Sacred Heart
7:00 p.m. Banquet
