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Past Activities of the Institute

Ethics and Economics Forum

The Ethics and Economics Forum was an interdisciplinary effort sponsored by the Center for Catholic Studies that brought faculty and others together for conversations on economic justice. Activities included guest speakers, book reviews and faculty presentations. The archived Ethics and Economics Forum website, provides resources for interdisciplinary study of economic justice.

Webinars: Lonergan on Economics

The Bernard J. Lonergan Institute is hosting a webinar series to communicate Bernard Lonergan's economic theories through bringing scholars together online. During the webinars, there will be a presentation, a response, and open discussion.

  • April 9, 2014 - "Cosmopolis and Economy: Toward a Critical Human Science of Macroeconomics"
  • May 22, 2014 - "Lonergan's Economics and the Economy of the Basque Country" by Paul Hoyt-O'Connor.  Listen to this webinar »

Lonergan Institute Faculty Development Programs

Through these programs, the Bernard J. Lonergan Institute, on its own and in collaboration with other units of the University concerned with mission and values, sponsors comprehensive faculty development. These programs provide opportunity for in depth reflection and training, scholarship and research, on topics central to the core mission of the university, through a unique approach focusing on method and specialization.

Lonergan Research Scholars

The Center sponsors faculty research scholars such as:

Past Lonergan Graduate Fellowships were awarded to support scholarship on a graduate level, for scholars preparing a thesis on Lonergan's work.

Lonergan Reading Group

Ongoing Lonergan Reading Groups for Seton Hall faculty and administrators
Meeting multiple times throughout each semester, faculty and administrators gather to discuss the writings of Bernard J. Lonergan. Learn more »

Mentoring

Insight into Insight: Mentoring Available
Reaching the insight into insight, and going beyond that to what Lonergan calls rational self-appropriation, can be an arduous journey. Most of us who have reached the goal have done so with the help of one or more people who have made the journey before us. Learn more about obtaining assistance in your journey.

Seton Hall Health Care Forum

Trinity Health Ministry Leadership Academy
In November 2010, Seton Hall University, through the Center for Catholic Studies' Bernard J. Lonergan Institute, partnered with Catholic Health East (CHE), now Trinity Health, one of the nation's largest Catholic health care systems, to develop a unique educational program focusing on the development and cultivation of the health system's next generation of Catholic healthcare leaders. Learn more »

Past Conferences

Major International Conference - Oxford, England, June 2013
The "Journey of Transformation: Perspectives from Bernard Lonergan" was co-sponsored by the Bernard J. Lonergan Institute and the Maryvale Institute, Birmingham, England. Read more about this conference »

Recent Lectures: International Scholarship
On September 13 and 14, 2016 in Piacenza, Italy, Msgr. Richard Liddy lectured on "Lonergan and Maritain on St. Thomas' View of Understanding", at the annual conference of Lonergan on Education, "Bernard Lonergan and Jacques Maritain on Education", University of the Sacred Heart, Piacenza, Italy.

Rome Conference - November 2013
The Bernard J. Lonergan Institute is pleased to co-sponsor the "Revisiting Lonergan's Anthropology" Conference in Rome on November 27-30, 2013.  More information on Conference »