There are 2 midday lectures on Feb 29 at 1:30 PM and March 5th at 12:30 pm. Please note the special times and locations below.
Abortion: the Legal Issue
Abstract:
The moral and legal issues of abortion are distinct though related. Should abortion be illegal? Would making abortion illegal violate the rights of women? Does the legalization of abortion violate the dignity of unborn human beings? Do the major Supreme Court cases on abortion square with reasonable interpretation of the Constitution? How should Catholics make the legal and Constitutional cases on this crucial debate, and do Christians have a special responsibility on this issue?
Date/Time: February 29, 2012 @ 1:30 pmLocation: Old Main Chapel
Speaker: Patrick Lee
Bio:
Patrick Lee holds the John N. and Jamie D. McAleer Chair of Bioethics, and is the Director of the Institute of Bioethics, at Franciscan University of Steubenville. He is known nationally as a speaker and author on contemporary ethics, especially on such hot-button bioethical issues as abortion, embryonic stem-cell research, euthanasia, sexual morality, and same-sex unions. He is the co-author (with Robert P. George) of Body-Self Dualism in Contemporary Ethics and Politics (New York: Cambridge University Press, 2008). The second edition of his Abortion and Unborn Human Life (Washington, D.C.: Catholic University of America Press) appeared in 2010. He has written numerous articles and reviews in such publications as Bioethics, Philosophy, The Thomist, and Theological Studies.
Breaking the Bread: a Fresh Approach to the New Testament
Abstract:
Non Catholics often ask, "Where in the New Testament do you find the sacrifice of the Mass?" This talk is designed to enable Catholics to answer this question and others about the Scriptural basis of the Eucharist.
Date/Time: March 5, 2011 @ 12:30pmLocation: Glenn Miller Ballroom at UMC
Speaker: Dr. Scott Hahn
Bio:
Dr. Scott Hahn was born in 1957, has been married to Kimberly since 1979, and has six children—and five grandchildren. An exceptionally popular speaker and teacher, Dr. Hahn has delivered numerous talks nationally and internationally on a wide variety of topics talks related to Scripture and the Catholic faith.
He is currently a Professor of Theology and Scripture at Franciscan University of Steubenville, where he has taught since 1990, and is the founder and president of the Saint Paul Center for Biblical Theology. From 2005 to 2011, he held the Pope Benedict XVI Chair of Biblical Theology and Liturgical Proclamation at St. Vincent Seminary in Latrobe, Pennsylvania.
Author or co-author of more than 40 books, his newest titles include the Catholic Bible Dictionary; Many are Called; and Signs of Life.
Scott received his Bachelor of Arts degree with a triple-major in Theology, Philosophy and Economics from Grove City College, Pennsylvania, in 1979, his Masters of Divinity from Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary in 1982, and his Ph.D. in Biblical Theology from Marquette University in 1995. He was ordained in 1982 at Trinity Presbyterian Church in Fairfax, Virginia. He entered the Catholic Church at the Easter Vigil, 1986.
