Last Updated: December 9, 2008
Watch the videos of this fall's Catholic Culture Series online.
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Vatican on Nutrition to Patients in Vegetative State [Zenit]
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Notre Dame Fund to Protect Human Life
An exciting new initiative, to be administered by the Center for Ethics and Culture, is The Notre Dame Fund to Protect Human Life. The Fund, together with the five person committee which will oversee it, will provide a proactive impetus for pro-life activity on the Notre Dame campus, including support of the student right to life clubs as well as involvement of the faculty and administration. For a summary description of the scope and plans for the Fund, click here. To donate, please visit Notre Dame Department of Development http://supporting.nd.edu/make-a-gift/.
The Center for Ethics and Culture's 9th Annual Fall Conference, The Family: Searching for Fairest Love, took place November 6-8, 2008 at the University of Notre Dame. Please check back for streaming videos of the invited speaker lectures, and for digital copies of presented papers.
Catholic Voters and the 2008 Presidential Election
On Wednesday, October 8, the Notre Dame Center for Ethics & Culture sponsored a conversation between Gerard Bradley, Notre Dame Professor of Law and member of the Catholics for McCain National Steering Committee, and Vincent Rougeau, Notre Dame Associate Professor of Law and member of the steering committee for Obama's Catholic National Advisory Council. In particular, these participants were asked to address the question: "What constitutes, for an otherwise pro-life voter, a sufficient 'proportunate' reason to justify a vote for a pro-choice candidate?" It is the Center's hope that this event will provide a meaningful opportunity for students and the larger University community to focus on how Catholics should think abou the upcoming election, particularly in terms of life issues. The video of this event is now available.
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This event was funded by the Notre Dame Fund to Protect Human Life.
We proudly announce the 2008-09 holders of our two visiting fellowships: the Myser Fellowship, and the Mary Ann Remick Senior Visiting Fellowship. The fellowship winners are Sarah Borden, Professor of Philosophy at Wheaton College, who will hold the Myser Fellowship, and Francis Beckwith, Professor of Philosophy & Church-State Studies at Baylor University, who will hold the Remick Fellowship. The Center is proud of its 2008-09 visiting fellows, and looks forward to Professors Beckwith and Borden joining our intellectual community. Their presence at the Center will no doubt also enrich the Notre Dame community.
Fall 2008 Catholic Culture Series - Wit's Way to Wisdom: Four Catholic Satirists
This fall's Catholic Culture Series focused on four Catholic satirists: Oscar Wilde, Evelyn Waugh, Hillaire Belloc, and Baron Corvo.
Miss a lecture? Watch the video online.
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Ethics & Culture Newsletter - Summer 2008
Read about past events and news of upcoming events in the Summer 2008 edition of the Center's newsletter, Ethics & Culture.
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Elizabeth Kirk, Associate Director of the Notre Dame Center for Ethics and Culture, on EWTN
Elizabeth Kirk, Associate Director of the Notre Dame Center for Ethics and Culture, appeared on ETWN's Faith and Culture in a four-part series on the 20th anniversary of Pope John Paul II's apostolic letter, Mulieris Dignitatem (On the Diginity and Vocation of Women). To view the episodes, visit here.
An Evening of Angelus at Notre Dame
On May 1, 2008, in the Browning Cinema in the DeBartolo Performing Arts Center, the Center for Ethics and Culture hosted some of the winning student filmmakers from the Angelus Awards Student Film Festival (sponsored by Family Theater Production in Hollywood). The evening began with a screening of the award-winning short films (lasting about an hour), followed by a Q&A with the directors moderated by the director of the Angelus Awards, Monika Moreno.
An Evening of Angelus at Notre Dame was featured in the Intermission section of the South Bend Tribune. [Read]
David Solomon, Director of the Notre Dame Center for Ethics and Culture, on NPR
David Solomon, W.P. and H.B. White Director of the Notre Dame Center for Ethics and Culture, discussed the status of abortion rights in the United States in light of the 35th anniversary of Roe v. Wade. The discussion originally aired January 28, 2008.
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