Podcasts

Dr David Campbell - Losing My Religion

Dr. David Campbell is a John Cardinal O'Hara, C.S.C. Associate Professor at the University of Notre Dame and Director of Rooney Center for the Study of American Democracy. Campbell is the co-author (with Robert Putnam) of the book “American Grace: How Religion Divides and Unites Us”, which is based on two of the most comprehensive surveys ever conducted on religion and public life in America. Campbell has studied, written, and lectured on American politics, political participation, religion and politics, and education policy. In his lecture at St. Mary Student Parish on February 9th, 2012, he focused on trends specific to Catholic youth.

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Jobs Not Jail - by Fr Gregory Boyle SJ

Gregory Boyle is a Jesuit priest and the founder and executive director of Homeboy Industries. He makes approximately two hundred speaking appearances per year and has received numerous humanitarian awards, among them the California Peace Prize and the 2011 Opus Prize. His first book, Tattoos on the Heart: The Power of Boundless Compassion, was released in 2010 and was named as one of the Best Books of 2010 by Publishers Weekly. Fr. Boyle has been named a King-Chavez-Parks Visiting Professor. He lives in Los Angeles. The author is donating all his net proceeds from his book to Homeboy industries. For more info on Fr. Greg, visit homeboy-industries.org.

The Moral Imperative of Higher Education in an Ecumenical Century

John Sexton, the fifteenth President of New York University, also is the Benjamin Butler Professor of Law and NYU Law School's Dean Emeritus, having served as Dean for 14 years. He joined the Law School's faculty in 1981, was named the School's Dean in 1988, and was designated the University's President in 2001. He is an author of the nation's leading casebook on Civil Procedure. He also is the author of Redefining the Supreme Court's Role: A Theory of Managing the Federal Court System (a treatment of the Supreme Court's case selection process) in addition to several other books, numerous chapters, articles and Supreme Court briefs. Before coming to NYU, President Sexton served as Law Clerk to Chief Justice Warren Burger of the United States Supreme Court (1980-1981), and to Judges David Bazelon and Harold Leventhal of the United States Court of Appeals (1979-1980). For ten years (1983-1993), he served as Special Master Supervising Pretrial Proceedings in the Love Canal Litigation. From 1966 - 1975, he was a Professor of Religion at Saint Francis College in Brooklyn, where he was Department Chair from 1970-1975.

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Sr. Helen Prejean - Dead Men Walking: the Journey Continues

Sr. Helen Prejean has been instrumental in sparking national dialogue on the death penalty and helping to shape the Catholic Church’s newly vigorous opposition to state executions. Sr. Helen is a member of the Congregation of St. Joseph. She spent her first years with the Sisters teaching religion to junior high school students.  Realizing that being on the side of poor people is an essential part of the Gospel she moved into the St. Thomas Housing Project in New Orleans and began working at Hope House from 1984 – 1986. During this time, she was asked to correspond with a death row inmate Patrick Sonnier at Angola. She agreed and became his spiritual adviser. After witnessing his execution, she wrote a book about the experience. The result was Dead Man Walking: An Eyewitness Account of the Death Penalty in the United States. It became a movie, an opera and a play for high schools and colleges. Since 1984, Sister Helen has divided her time between educating citizens about the death penalty and counseling individual death row prisoners. She has accompanied six men to their deaths. In doing so, she began to suspect that some of those executed were not guilty. This realization inspired her second book, The Death of Innocents: An Eyewitness Account of Wrongful Executions, which was released. Sr. Helen is presently at work on another book - River of Fire: My Spiritual Journey.

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Br. Guy Consolmagno S.J -- "God's Mechanics: Religious Life of Techies" - Part 1: Talk

Dr. Consolmagno is curator of the Vatican meteorite collection in Castel Gandolfo, one of the largest collections in the world. He received his B.S. and M.S. degrees in Earth and Planetary Sciences from MIT, and his Ph.D. in Planetary Science from the University of Arizona. Dr. Consolmagno’s research explores the connections between meteorites and asteroids, and the origin and evolution of small bodies in the solar system. He has coauthored five astronomy books: Turn Left at Orion (with Dan M. Davis; Cambridge University Press, 1989); Worlds Apart (with Martha W. Schaefer; Prentice Hall, 1993); The Way to the Dwelling of Light (U of Notre Dame Press, 1998); Brother Astronomer (McGraw Hill, 2000); and God's Mechanics (Jossey-Bass, 2007).

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Br. Guy Consolmagno S.J -- "God's Mechanics: Religious Life of Techies" - Part 2: Q&A

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How Great Leaders Lead - Richard Lecture by Chris Lowney - Part 1

Chris Lowney is a one-time Jesuit seminarian who later served as a Managing Director of JP Morgan & Co. in Tokyo, Singapore, London, and New York. He will make the connection between effective self-leadership and career success, will challenge our assumptions about leadership, and will lay out a model of leadership that any of us can implement in any walk of life, whether just launching a career or already running a company. His first book, Heroic Leadership: Best Practices from a 450-Year-Old Company that Changed the World, was the #1 ranked bestseller of the Catholic Book Publishers Association and was named a finalist for a 2003 Book of the Year Award from ForeWord magazine. Mr. Lowney is a graduate of Fordham University, where he also received his M.A. and was elected to Phi Beta Kappa. He is holder of five honorary Doctoral degrees.

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How Great Leaders Lead - Richard Lecture by Chris Lowney - Part 2

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Addressing Poverty in Troubled Times: the U.S. , North America and the World

Mary Jo Bane is the Thornton Bradshaw Professor of Public Policy and Management, Academic Dean, and Chair of the Management and Leadership area at Harvard Kennedy School. Previously, Dr. Bane was Assistant Secretary for Children and Families at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, and she was Commissioner of the New York State Department of Social Services. She is the author of a number of books and articles on poverty, welfare, families, and the role of churches in civic life. She is currently doing research on poverty in the United States and international context. Dr. Bane received her Doctor of Education from Harvard University. She lives in Dorchester, Massachusetts, with her husband, Kenneth Winston, and enjoys hiking, gardening, and reading novels. Co-Sponsored By: Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy School of Social Work

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Can Ethics Really Be Taught?

Carolyn Y. Woo is the Martin J. Gillen Dean of the Mendoza College of Business and the Ray and Milann Siegfried Chair in Entrepreneurial Studies at the University of Notre Dame. Dean Woo's specific interests include strategic management entrepreneurship, technological innovation and organizational change. She has served on editorial boards for numerous publications, and has engaged in consulting for a number of corporate and other organizations. She serves on the boards of three Fortune 400 companies and was elected to the Board of Governors of Beta Gamma Sigma and to the International Association for Management Education, the accreditation association for business schools. Dr. Woo received her Ph.D. from Purdue University. She is married to David E. Bartkus and they have two sons. Co-Sponsored By: Center for Ethics in Public Life Stephen M. Ross School of Business Notre Dame Club of Ann Arbor

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What Happened at Vatican II? The author comments

Rev. John O'Malley, S.J., PhD., Professor, Georgetown University John W. O'Malley, S.J., is Professor of Theology at Georgetown University. One of the most respected and widely recognized church historians in North America, he has held a number of prestigious fellowships including ones from the Guggenheim Foundation and the National Endowment for the Humanities. His books have won major prizes, and his best known work, The First Jesuits, has been translated into ten languages. Fr. O'Malley's research interest is the councils of the Christian church, with special attention to the Council of Trent and the Second Vatican Council. His latest book, What Happened at Vatican II, was published in 2008. Fr. O'Malley received his doctorate in history from Harvard University and has taught and lectured at a number of institutions, including Harvard and Oxford.

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Is Bioethics Stupid?

Fr. Myles Sheehan S. J., M.D., Professor of Medicine at Loyola University Health Systems spoke and answered questions on medical/ethical issues that surface in the context of modern health care practices.

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Religious Identiy in a Pluralistic World: Liberal, Conservative or Just Catholic

Paul Baumann joined Commonweal magazine in 1990. He serves as editor, writes editorials, and solicits and edits articles. His writing has appeared in The New York Times, The Boston Globe, Newsday, The Philadelphia Inquirer, and other publications. Before coming to Commonweal, he worked as a newspaper editorial writer, reporter, and movie reviewer at The Day, a Connecticut newspaper. He was educated at Wesleyan University and Yale Divinity School. He and his wife, Vivian Segall, a teacher, have three children and live in Connecticut.

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War, Politics and Ethics: Choices for the Country and the Citizenry in an Election Year. -- Rev. J.Bryan Hehir

Rev. J. Bryan Hehir is the Secretary for Social Services and the President of Catholic Charities in the Archdiocese of Boston. He is also the Parker Gilbert Montgomery Professor of the Practice of Religion and Public Life at the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University.

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Connecting your Faith with Everyday Actions -- Fr. Tom Massaro, SJ

"Our faith in Jesus Christ calls us to moral and just decisions in our daily choices." Fr. Moassaro invites us to look at ways of doing this through principles offered by the former General Superior of the Jesuits, Fr. Pedro Arrupe, SJ.

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Disparity of Access to Quality Education

Detroit's school system faces many problems. The budget has been cut drastically and the graduation rate is among the worst in the nation. Loyola High School is an independent high school for young men who face the challenges of an urban environment and who are serious about their future. Fr. Dave Mastrangelo, S.J. has been President of Loyola High School for over 15 years.  Fr. Dave, along with parents and students of Loyola High School in Detroit, will speak about their experiences with the education system in Detroit. How does race affect access to quality education in Detroit? What signs of hope can we find? How can we support Detroit in the goal to provide quality education for all?

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Economic Justice or Injustice in Flint

Flint is a city in the midst of significant change. Factories and parishes have closed. Resources are restrained and competing interests fight over what remains. A “Consistent Ethic of Life” requires that all people have an opportunity for authentic development through access to adequate resources. How are resources prioritized between city and suburb? How does race play a factor in this allocation? What signs of hope can we find? How is St. Mary Student Parish involved in supporting economic justice initiatives within Flint? Fr. Tom Firestone was pastor of St. Mary Student Parish until January of 2005. He currently serves as pastor of St. John Vianney and his parish boundary includes the north side of Flint. He serves as chairperson of FACT (Flint Area Churches Together) an interfaith effort to improve life for residents of Flint through projects on school improvement and blight elimination. He is also instrumental in the ongoing service project for SMSP students with the St. Luke New Life Center.

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Health Care Reform and the Poor

Physician, and St. Mary’s parishioner, Tim Florence MD, addresses the issues of health care as they impact the poor in Washtenaw County. Tim is a member of PORT, The Project Outreach Team, an intensive community outreach team that serves the homeless, mentally ill population in Washtenaw County. With the current debate about health care reform, how will the poor and mentally ill benefit or suffer? The evening's presentation including Q and A is broken into two parts to ease download time.

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Health Care Reform and the Poor - Part 2

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Promoting the Dignity of Life from Womb to Tomb

Fr. Brian Daley, S.J., from the University of Notre Dame spoke and took questions in Donnelly Hall at the parish. Cardinal Joseph Bernardin introduced the concept of a "consistent ethic of life" that emphasized the inherent connection between the life issues: abortion, war, poverty, euthanasia, death penalty, and many others. 'Success in any one of the issues threatening life requires a concern for the broader attitude in society about respect for human life.' --Bernardin.

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