2021: We Belong to Each Other
2021 Winter Conference: "We Belong to Each Other"
January 12–14, 2021
Today, if we have no peace, it is because we have forgotten that we belong to each other.
—St. Teresa of Calcutta
The corporal and spiritual works of mercy in the tradition of the Church proclaim a Christian’s solemn duty toward his or her neighbor: We are called, quite literally, to “suffer with” the poor, the sick, the imprisoned, the stranger. What does it mean to say, in the words of Mother Teresa, that we belong to each other? What do we owe, as individuals and communities, to our ancestors and children, our neighbors and our nation? What is our responsibility to the created world, the political order, and to God?
Recordings of the 2021 Winter Conference proceedings are available on the de Nicola Center's YouTube channel, featuring keynote presentations by:
- Archbishop José Gomez (Archdiocese of Los Angeles)
- Alasdair MacIntyre (Notre Dame de Nicola Center for Ethics and Culture)
- Marcus Cole (Dean, Notre Dame Law School)
- Sarah Mustillo (Dean, Notre Dame College of Arts & Letters)
- Thomas Hibbs (President, University of Dallas)
-
Dana Gioia (California State Poet Laureate, USC)

Past Conferences
Find information regarding past conferences and lecture videos at the links below.
- 2021 (Winter): We Belong to Each Other
- 2019: I Have Called You Friends
- 2018: Higher Powers
- 2017: Through Every Human Heart
- 2016: You Are Beauty
- 2015: For Freedom Set Free
- 2014: Responding to the Cry of the Poor
- 2013: The Body and Human Identity
- 2012: Exploring the Many Facets of Justice
- 2011: Radical Emancipation
- 2010: Younger Than Sin
- 2009: The Summons of Freedom
- 2008: The Family
- 2007: Dialogue of Cultures
- 2006: Modernity
- 2005: Joy in the Truth
- 2004: Epiphanies of Beauty
- 2003: Formation and Renewal
- 2002: From Death to Life
- 2001: A Culture of Life
- 2000: A Culture of Death