Last Updated: September 7, 2008
Dr. Daniel Sulmasy, O.F.M., M.D., Ph.D. on "Is Health Care a Spiritual Discipline?"
Vatican on Nutrition to Patients in Vegetative State [Zenit]
For more information on the events below, see the complete Ethics Bulletin.
September 11
7:00 pm – DeBartolo Auditorium (Rm. 101)
Michael Novak, Director of Social and Political Studies and George Frederick Jewett Chair in Religion, Philosophy, and Public Policy, American Enterprise Institute
Business As A Calling
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The Center for Ethics and Culture is pleased to announce that registration for the 9th Annual Fall Conference, The Family: Searching for Fairest Love is now available. This conference will take place November 6-8, 2008 on the campus of the University of Notre Dame.
September 11, 2008 Lecture - Michael Novak: Business As A Calling
Michael Novak will speak on Thursday, September 11 at 7:00 p.m. in DeBartolo Auditorium (Rm. 101) on the topic (also the title of his book), Business As A Calling. Novak is the Director of Social and Political Studies and George Frederick Jewett Chair in Religion, Philosophy, and Public Policy at the American Enterprise Institute and sits on the Board of Advisors for the Notre Dame Center for Ethics and Culture.
Fall 2008 Catholic Culture Series - Wit's Way to Wisdom: Four Catholic Satirists
This fall's Catholic Culture Series will focus on four Catholic satirists: Oscar Wilde, Evelyn Waugh, Hillaire Belloc, and Baron Corvo. The series will begin September 23 on the campus of the University of Notre Dame.
Elizabeth Kirk, Associate Director of the Notre Dame Center for Ethics and Culture, on EWTN
Catch Elizabeth Kirk, Associate Director of the Notre Dame Center for Ethics and Culture, on ETWN's Faith and Culture Sunday, August 24 at 10:30 a.m. (Eastern) in the final episode of 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). This episode focuses on women in society and can be viewed live online at http://origin.ewtn.com/tv/index.asp. The episode will re-air Wednesday, August 27 at 11:00 p.m. (Eastern).
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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We proudly announce the 2007-08 holders of our two visiting fellowships: the Myser Fellowship, and the Mary Ann Remick Senior Visiting Fellowship. The fellowship winners are Rev. Michael Sherwin, O.P., the French Language Chair in Fundamental Moral Theology at the University of Fribourg in Switzerland, who will hold the Myser Fellowship, and Professor Ralph Wood, University Professor of Theology and Literature at Baylor University, who will hold the Remick Fellowship. The Center is justly proud of its 2007-08 visiting fellows. Their research and writing will not only enrich the scholarship in their respective fields, but their presence at the Center will no doubt also enrich the Notre Dame community.
