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The Braegelman Catholic Studies Program at St. Scholastica explores the Catholic intellectual tradition with students and the larger community. All events are open to the public and free of charge. Please note the times and locations for each event.For more information contact Graham at (218) 723-6699 or wgraham@css.edu.

Here Comes Everybody

Braegelman Catholic Studies Lecture Series
College of St. Scholastica
1200 Kenwood Ave.
Duluth, MN 55811
218.723-6699
218.723-6290, fax, WGraham@css.edu

What Do Catholic Think About...

Thursday, Oct. 9, 2008
What Do Catholics Think AboutFaithful Voting?
    A panel including:
          Patrice Critchley-Menor from the Diocese of Duluth, Department of Social Apostolate and
                                                                Campaign for Human Development.
          Kathy Langer, director of Social Concerns in the Diocese of St. Cloud.
          Steve O'Neil, St. Louis County Commissioner.
          Toby Pearson, executive director of Catholic Health Association-Minnesota.
     7:00 p.m. in Somers Lounge

Wednesday, Nov. 12, 2008

 What Do Catholics Think About...Cultivating a Spirituality of Christian Marriage in
                                                           North American Culture?

This talk by Dr. Richard R. Gaillardetz will attend to the cultural forces (e.g., consumerism, an obsession with romance, changing conceptions of households) that make keeping marital commitments more difficult today.
    3:00 p.m. in Somers Lounge

Also, on Nov. 12:
What Do Catholics Think About...Becoming a Community of Holy Conversation?

(Dr. Richard R. Gaillardetz  We live in a time in which public discourse is dominated by the politics of
demonization.  Unfortunately, many of these demonizing tendencies have been imported into the life of the church.
Our church desperately needs a theology of dialogue or, if you will, 'holy conversation' to help us become the com-
munity God wishes us to be.
    7:00 p.m.  in Somers Lounge

Thursday, Nov. 20, 2008

What Do Catholics Think About...Resolving Conflict?

Presented by Archbishop Harry J. Flynn of the Archdiocese of St.Paul/Minneapolis.
   7:00 p.m. in Somers Lounge

Thursday, Dec. 11

What Do Catholics Think About...Mary in the Americas?

Presented by Brother Mark McVann, FSC, professor at St. Mary's College in California. 

   7:00 p.m. in Somers Lounge