College of Arts & Sciences

Center for Catholic Studies Program 2011/2012

Including the Bernard J. Lonergan Institute, the G.K. Chesterton Institute for Faith & Culture, and the Micah Institute for Business and Economics

* The Center for Catholic Studies is now in association with the Celtic Theatre *

Winter/Spring 2012

  • Ongoing Woodstock Business Conference/Seton Hall Chapter monthly meetings, through May
  • Ongoing Catholic Health East Leadership Ministry Academy program
  • Ongoing Micah Stillman Seminars for Business Leadership Students, undergraduate sessions
  • January 20, 21 and 27,28 --Saints and Sleuths VI – Catholic Life in Literature Program
  • February 2 – Lecture by Prof. Dermot Quinn on "Chesterton & Italy", co-sponsored by GK Chesterton Institute and the Alberto Italian Studies Institute
  • February 16 --Faculty Colloquium with Fr. John Radano on "The World Council of Churches"
  • February 27 – Guest lecture by Fr. Ian Boyd of the GK Chesterton Institute, on "Chesterton and the Bible," at the American Bible Society, NYC
  • February 29 – Bernard J. Lonergan Institute Speaker Series: Prof. Paul St. Amour on Lonergan and Economics, "Income Inequality" -- Seminar for Stillman School of Business students
  • April 24, 4 pm (TBD) – Guest Lecture by Prof. Andrea Bartoli on Conflict Resolution, co-sponsored with the Whitehead School of Diplomacy
  • March 9-17 -- Spring Course/Study Abroad, Foundations of Christian Culture:Rome
  • March 22 –Guest lecture by Tim Goeglein, sponsored by GK Chesterton Institute and the Immaculate Conception Seminary:  "Moral, Legal and Cultural Challenges for the Family:The Need for Economic and Cultural Renewal"
  • March 30 - Conference on The Origins and Goal of Scientific Vocation, co- sponsored with Center for Vocation and Servant Leadership
  • May 12- GK Chesterton Conference "Chesterton as a Journalist", Rome, at la Civilta Cattolica
  • May 15 -GK Chesterton Conference "Chesterton as a Journalist", Malta, at University of Malta
  • May 22, 23 --Annual Faculty Summer Seminar:"Critical Thinking" with Prof. Richard Grallo of Metropolitan College, NY. 

Fall 2011:

  • Bernard Lonergan Institute sponsors  Lonergan Grants to support Master's level theses focusing on Lonergan's work.
  • Sept 16,17 -  Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Marquette University -- "Lonergan on the Edge" conference for young scholars, Msgr. Richard Liddy participating.
  • September 21,22 -- Ongoing Catholic Health East program – Leadership development for health care professionals, led by Seton Hall faculty
  • September 28 – Center for Catholic Studies Welcome Mass, University Chapel, 5 p.m.
  • September 28, November 30, December 21 and thru May 2012 --  Ongoing Woodstock Business Conference/Seton Hall Chapter monthly meetings.
  • Reading Newman series, with Prof. James McGlone, Theatre in the Round, 4 p.m.:
        • September 29 – "Vanity of Human Glory",  Plain and Parochial Sermons
        • October 19   – "Love of Relations and Friends",  Plain and Parochial Sermons
        • November 10  – "Faith and Obedience", Plain and Parochial Sermons.
  • October 4, 18, 25, Nov 1,8 - Ongoing Micah Stillman Seminars for Graduate Business Students, Jubilee 677, 5:30 – 8 p.m.
  • October 11 –  GK Chesterton Institute sponsors Centenary of Father Brown celebration, George Bernanos Centre,  Paris, France
  • October 13,14 – GK Chesterton Institute program - Centenary of Fr. Brown, Barcelona, Spain
  • October 20-23, Samford University, Alabama – 21st annual Conference, Lilly Fellows Program in Humanities and the Arts, Msgr. Richard Liddy and Prof. Marian Glenn participating. 
  • October 27 --  Micah Institute Fall Lecture Series:  "And You Welcomed Me:  Catholic Teaching, Immigrants, and US Immigration Policy", by Don Kerwin and Jill Gershutz, authors of And You Welcomed Me…, 6 p.m.
  • October 27, 28; Nov 1,2 – GK Chesterton Institute annual conferences in South America – Centenary of Fr. Brown, Chile, Argentina
  • November 10 – Center for Catholic Studies Lecture Series:  Catholicism and Art:  Guest lecture on "Caravaggio & St. Peter's", Prof. Catherine Osborne, Fordham University, 4 p.m.
  • November 12 –  4 p.m., Commonweal Conversations 2011 Panel Discussion, "The Writing Life:  What's Faith Got to Do with It?" -  select students led by Prof. Nancy Enright

Co-sponsored with the Center for Vocation and Servant Leadership: 

  • Sept 14 and 28; Oct 12 and 26; November 9 -- Integrating Wisdom – Advanced Mission Seminar Series, led by Msgr. Richard Liddy, 2:30 – 4:30 p.m.

Ongoing Publications:

  • The Chesterton Review: published bi-annually in English; French and Spanish annually; Portuguese Supplement annually
  • Arcadia: annual student journal published in the fall

Contact Us

Center for Catholic Studies
(973) 275-2525
(973) 275-2175
Fax (973) 275-2594
catholicstudies@shu.edu
Walsh Library Rm. 429