'Healing and Hope in the Wake of Clergy Sex Abuse' the topic of free lecture at 7 p.m. Oct. 10 in the Science Auditorium

Release Date: 10/06/06

DULUTH, MN – “What Do Catholics Think About …” – a free lecture series sponsored by The College of St. Scholastica – will present “Healing and Hope in the Wake of Clergy Sex Abuse” at 7 p.m. in the Science Auditorium on campus.

 

The event will feature a panel discussion chaired by Dr. David Baraga, chair of the External Review Board at Saint John’s Abbey in Collegeville, MN; Dr. Mary Tanner, associate professor of nursing at St. Scholastica; and Dr. Jerry Henkel-Johnson, associate professor and chair of psychology at St. Scholastica. The public is welcome to the event, which is free of charge.

 

Future events in the series:

 

Thursday, Nov.  9
“What Do Catholics Think About Going Off to the Seminary
in a Conflicted Age?”

7 p.m. Somers Lounge

Panel discussion featuring Zach Bennett and Ben Hadrich of St. John Vianney Seminary at the University of St. Thomas, and Bryan Simon at United Theological Seminary of the Twin Cities. All three seminarians graduated from St. Scholastica in 2006.

           

Tuesday, Nov. 28

“What Do Catholics Think About a Consistent Ethic of Life and How to Live It?
6 p.m. Somers Lounge

Featuring the Rev. Timothy Backous, OSB, head of school at St. John’s Preparatory School in Collegeville, MN. He is co-author with the Rev. William C. Graham, director of Catholic Studies and professor of theology at St. Scholastica, of “Common Good, Uncommon Questions: A Primer in Moral Theology” (Michael Glazier Books, 1997).

 

“What Do Catholics Think About …” is sponsored by St. Scholastica’s Braegelman Catholic Studies Program and by the offices of Campus Ministry and Residential Life. Catholic Studies at St. Scholastica is a program that explores the Catholic intellectual tradition with students and the larger community.

 

For more information contact Father Graham at (218) 723-6699 or wgraham@css.edu