2005-2006 Academic Year

Unless otherwise indicated, all events are held at Catholic Theological Union, 5416 S. Cornell Ave., Chicago.

September - 05 

Tuesday, September 13 
Bernardin Scholars Welcome
6 p.m.

Thursday, September 15
Fall Shapiro Lecture
The 40th Anniversary of Nostra Aetate, the Vatican II Statement on Non-Christian Religions
Participants: Rev. Donald Senior, C.P., CTU president; Rev. John Pawlikowski, O.S.M., professor of ethics and president of the International Council of Christians and Jews; Dr. Scott Alexander, professor of Islam, and Rabbi David Sandmel, Crown Ryan Professor of Jewish Studies; Moderator: Sheila McLaughlin, Bernardin Center director.
4:30 p.m.

September 6-30
Courtyard Gallery Exhibit
Wings of Prayer: Celebrating the 40th Anniversary of Nostra Aetate
Fiber artist Laurie Wohl
The Courtyard Gallery is open weekdays 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Weekends by appointment.

October - 05 

Wednesday, October 12
Semana de la Raza Lecture
Hispanic Ministry Lecture Series
4:30 p.m.

Thursday-Friday, October 27-28
Catholics On Call Partners Conference

November - 05 

Wednesday, November 9
Sankofa Lecture
Black Catholic Lecture Series
4:30 p.m.

Friday-Sunday, November 11-13
Bernardin Center Life Ethics Seminar

Tuesday, November 15
Bernardin Memorial Lecture
A Conversation with John Allen
Vatican Correspondent for National Catholic Reporter
5:30 p.m., at DePaul University, Lincoln Park Campus

December - 05 

Sunday, December 4
Advent Lessons and Carols
4:30 p.m.

Monday, December 5
Luzbetak Lecture
Universal and Local?  Power, Piety, and Paradox in Developing Christianity
Rev. Anthony Gittins, C.S.Sp., Bishop Frances X. Ford, M.M. Professor of Catholic Missiology
4:30 p.m.

Thursday, December 8
Immaculate Conception Misa, Celebrating Maria
4:30 p.m.

Monday, December 12
Serenata Guadalupana
4:30 p.m.

February - 06 

Wednesday, February 15
Scherer Lecture
Annual Mission Lecture highlighting prominent missiologists
At Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago

Tuesday, February 21
Winter Shapiro Lecture In cooperation with the Tolton Pastoral Ministry Program.

Wednesday, February 22
Mensaje y Mesa Lecture
4:30 p.m.

Tuesday, February 28
Judaism in the Afro-American Community
Rabbi Capers Funnye, Spiritual Leader, the African-American Jewish Congregation, Beth Shalom B'nai Zaken E.h.C.; speaker at the 2004 Parliament of the World's Religions in Barcelona
4:30 p.m

March - 06 

Wednesday, March 8
Tolton Lecture
Contact the Tolton Program for details at 773.753.7478.
4:30 p.m.

Monday, March 13
11th Annual World Mission Lecture

Friday, March 24
Oscar Romero 26th Anniversary Celebration
4:30 p.m.

April - 06 

Friday, April 7
Peacebuilders Initiative Adult Workshop
9 a.m.

Thursday-Friday, April 20-21
World Mission Institute
The Challenges and Possibilities of the Multi-Cultural Congregation/Parish
At Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago

Thursday-Saturday, April 20-22
Bernardin Center Hope & Healing Retreat
Held offsite

May - 06 

Thursday-Saturday, May 4-6
Catholic-Muslim Conference
http://www.catholic-muslim-dialogue.com/

Monday, May 8
Shapiro Lecture
Judaism in Asian Christian Theology
Rev. Peter Phan, Ellacuria Chair of Catholic Social Thought, Georgetown University. Author, Christianity with an Asian Face: Asian American Theology in the Making.
4:30 p.m.

Thursday, May 18
Graduation
7:30 p.m., KAM Isaiah-Israel Congregation