Pastoral issues in Science and Human Dignity February 12-14, 2014 McKenna Hall Auditorium
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The Purpose of this symposium is to help bishops and their diocesan educational officials explore some of the fundamental theoretical issues in the relationship between science and religion, and some of the practical issues that flow from the interaction between science and religion. It will also include special presentations in the University Planetarium (Notre Dame s Digital Visualization Theater) and on materials and methods available to diocesan, parish and school educators.
SCHEDULE Of Events (All events will take place in the McKenna Hall Auditorium unless otherwise noted.) Wednesday, February 12 5:15 p.m. Reception (Morris Inn, Private Dining Room) 6:00 p.m. Opening Dinner (Morris Inn, Private Dining Room) 7:30 p.m. Welcome & Introduction His Eminence Donald Cardinal Wuerl Archdiocese of Washington 7:45 p.m. Bridging Science and Faith: Strengthening the Sense of Human Dignity Today His Eminence Marc Cardinal Ouellet, P.S.S. Prefect of the Congregation for Bishops Thursday, February 13 8:30 a.m. Morning Prayer 9:00 a.m. Science, Creation, and the Image of God Stephen Barr, Ph.D. Professor, Department of Physics & Astronomy, University of Delaware Director, Bartol Research Institute 10:45 a.m. The Explanatory Limits of Modern Science for Public Bioethics O. Carter Snead, J.D. Professor, Law School, University of Notre Dame Director, Center for Ethics and Culture 11:45 p.m. Lunch (McKenna Hall, Lower Level) 1:00 p.m. Responding to the False Conflict Between Faith and Science Fr. Robert J. Spitzer, S.J., Ph.D. Magis Center of Reason and Faith, Irvine CA
Bus to Jordan Hall of Science 3:00 p.m. Presentation - All Creation Gives Praise (Digital Visualization Theater, Jordan Hall of Science) Leonard DeLorenzo, Ph.D. (Candidate) Director, Notre Dame Vision, University of Notre Dame Philip Sakimoto, Ph.D. Professor, First Year of Studies, University of Notre Dame Bus to Basilica of the Sacred Heart 5:15 p.m. Mass (Basilica of the Sacred Heart) 6:15 p.m. Reception (Morris Inn, Private Dining Room) 7:00 p.m. Dinner (Morris Inn, Private Dining Room) Friday, February 14 8:00 a.m. Morning Prayer 8:30 a.m. How American Youth (Mis)Understand Science and Religion Christian Smith, Ph.D. The William R. Kenan, Jr. Professor of Sociology, University of Notre Dame 9:45 a.m. Pastoral Antidotes to the New Atheism John C. Cavadini, Ph.D. McGrath-Cavadini Director, Institute for Church Life Professor, Department of Theology 10:45 a.m. Panel: Educational Resources and Strategies Christopher T. Baglow, Ph.D. Professor of Dogmatic Theology, Notre Dame Seminary, Los Angeles Kenneth N. Garcia, Ph.D. Associate Director, College of Arts & Letters, University of Notre Dame Philip Sakimoto, Ph.D. Professor, First Year of Studies, University of Notre Dame 12:00 p.m. Lunch & Conference Conclusion (Morris Inn, Private Dining Room)
KEYNOTE SPEAKER Cardinal Marc Ouellet, P.S.S. Cardinal Marc Ouellet, P.S.S., Prefect of the Congregation for Bishops and President of the Pontifical Commission for Latin America, Archbishop emeritus of Québec, was born on June 8, 1944 in Lamotte, near Amos, Canada. He was ordained a priest for the Diocese of Amos on May 25, 1968. He holds licentiates in theology and philosophy, and a doctorate in dogmatic theology. Cardinal Ouellet served as consultor to the Sulpicians Provincial Council of Canada, and then director and teacher at the Major Seminary of Montreal, where he became rector in 1990. He also served briefly as rector of St Joseph s Seminary, Edmonton. He was consultor to the Congregation for the Clergy, then to the General Council of the Priests of Saint Sulpice. He later taught at the John Paul II Institute at the Pontifical Lateran University, where in 1997 he was appointed to the chair of dogmatic theology. On March 3, 2001 he was named titular Bishop of Agropoli and Secretary of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity; Pope John Paul II ordained him a Bishop on March 19 of that year. On November 15, 2002, Cardinal Ouellet was appointed Metropolitan Archbishop of Quebec. Cardinal Ouellet is a member of the Pontifical Academy of Theology; Relator General of the XII Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops, The Word of God in the Life and Mission of the Church (October 5-26, 2008). On June 30, 2010 he was nominated Prefect of the Congregation for Bishops and President of the Pontifical Commission for Latin America. Created and proclaimed Cardinal by John Paul II in the Consistory of October 21, 2003, of the Title of S. Maria in Traspontina (Holy Mary in Transpontina). Member of: Secretariat of State (second section); Congregations: for Divine Worship and the Discipline of Sacraments; for Catholic Education; for the Clergy; for the Doctrine of the Faith for the Oriental Churches; Pontifical Councils for Culture; for Promoting New Evangelization; for Legislative Texts; Pontifical Committee for International Eucharistic Congresses.
Additional SPEAKERS Christopher T. Baglow Christopher T. Baglow is from New Orleans, Louisiana. He received his B.A. in Theology from Franciscan University in 1990, his M.A. in Theology in 1996 from the University of Dallas, and his Ph.D. in Systematic Theology from Duquesne University in 2000. He serves Notre Dame Seminary (New Orleans, Louisiana) as a Professor of Dogmatic Theology and Director of the M.A. Program in Theological Studies. He also serves as Director of the Pope Benedict XVI Institute for Faith, Ethics and Science of McGill-Toolen Catholic High School (Mobile, Alabama), which offers seminars on faith and science (the Steno Learning Program) for Catholic educators. In May 2012, Baglow was elected to be a member of the Academy of Catholic Theology. Dr. Baglow s publications include: Modus et Forma: A New Approach to the Exegesis of Saint Thomas Aquinas (Pontifical Biblical Institute, 2002); Faith, Science, Reason: Theology on the Cutting Edge (Midwest Theological Forum, 2010); and several articles on the thought of St. Thomas Aquinas. Dr. Baglow s family includes his wife Christine, his daughter Margaret and his sons John, Peter George and William. Stephen m. barr Stephen M. Barr is a professor of physics at the University of Delaware. He received his Ph.D. from Princeton University in 1978. He does research in theoretical particle physics, with emphasis primarily on grand unified theories and the cosmology of the early universe. He also writes and lectures extensively on the relation of science and religion. Many of his articles and reviews have appeared in First Things, on whose Advisory Council he serves. He is the author of the book Modern Physics and Ancient Faith (Univ. of Notre Dame Press, 2003), A Student s Guide to Natural Science (Intercollegiate Studies Institute, 2006), and Science and Religion: The myth of conflict (Catholic Truth Society, 2011). He was elected to the Academy of Catholic Theology in 2010, and a Fellow of the American Physical Society in 2011.
John C. Cavadini John C. Cavadini is a Professor in the Department of Theology, having served as Chair of the Department from 1997-2010 and led the Department to a top 10 ranking in the recently released NRC rankings of doctoral programs. He is also the McGrath- Cavadini Director of the Institute for Church Life. His main areas of research and teaching are in patristic and early medieval theology, with special interests in the theology of Augustine and in the history of biblical exegesis. His publications include, Explorations in the Theology of Benedict XVI. Ed. by John C. Cavadini (Notre Dame: Notre Dame Press: 2012); The Charism of Priestly Celibacy, Ed. by John C. Cavadini (Notre Dame: Ave Maria Press: 2012); Who Do You Say That I Am? : Christology for a New Millennium, Ed. by John C. Cavadini with Laura Holt, (University of Notre Dame Press, 2004); Miracles in Christian and Jewish Antiquity: Imagining the Truth, (University of Notre Dame Press, 1999); Gregory the Great: A Symposium, (University of Notre Dame Press, 1996); The Last Christology of the West: Adoptionism in Spain and Gaul, 785-820, (University of Pennsylvania Press, 1993). Leonard DeLorenzo Ministering with the Notre Dame Vision program since its inception in 2002, Lenny s role as program director started in August 2004. His involvement in Notre Dame Vision includes two summers as an undergraduate Mentor-in-Faith, two summers as a keynote presenter, one year as the program s Coordinator of Outreach projects, and now more than eight years as director. He also edits Notre Dame Vision s blog, Full of Grace, and is a regular contributor and columnist for the Institute for Church Life s online journal, Church Life: A Journal for the New Evangelization. Leonard is concurrently a doctoral candidate in Notre Dame s Department of Theology, where he previously earned his master s (systematic theology) and bachelor s degrees (theology and philosophy). Specializing in systematic theology and the history of modern religious thought, Leonard s doctoral research concerns theological anthropology, communication, and the communion of saints.
Kenneth Garcia Ken Garcia is Associate Director of the Institute for Scholarship in the Liberal Arts at the University of Notre Dame. He received his doctorate in Theology from Notre Dame in 2008. He is the author of the award-winning book Academic Freedom and the Telos of the Catholic University (Palgrave Macmillan, 2012), and articles in Theological Studies and Horizons: The Journal of the College Theology Society. He is a member of the American Academy of Religion, the Catholic Theological Society of America, the College Theology Society, and the Society for the Study of Christian Spirituality. Philip Sakimoto Dr. Philip Sakimoto is an astrophysicist and science educator, currently serving as Director of Academic Excellence for the University of Notre Dame s College of First Year of Studies. He was formerly employed at NASA Headquarters in Washington, D.C. as the Acting Director and Program Manager of NASA s Space Science Education and Public Outreach Program. Throughout his career, Dr. Sakimoto has been deeply concerned about the public understanding of science, relationships between faith and science, and environmental protection. He is a certified member of the International Climate Reality Leadership Corps, and is a parishioner at St. Pius X Catholic Church in Granger, Indiana. He holds a B.A. in physics from Pomona College, and an M.A. and Ph.D. in astronomy from the University of California, Los Angeles.
Christian SmitH Christian Smith is the William R. Kenan, Jr. Professor of Sociology at the University of Notre Dame, Director of the Center for the Study of Religion and Society, Director of the Notre Dame Center for Social Research, Principal Investigator of the National Study of Youth and Religion, and Principal Investigator of the Science of Generosity Initiative. Smith worked at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill from 1994 to 2006, where he served as Associate Chair of the Department of Sociology from 2000 to 2005. Smith holds an M.A. (1987) and Ph.D. (1990) in Sociology from Harvard University, and has studied Christian historical theology at Harvard Divinity School and other Boston Theological Institute schools. Smith s B.A. is in sociology (1983), from Gordon College, Wenham, Massachusetts. Before moving to UNC Chapel Hill in 1994, Smith taught for six years at Gordon College. Since 2006, Smith has brought in more than $7.5 million in research grant money to Notre Dame. During his years at UNC Chapel Hill, Smith brought in about $8 million of research grant money. For a complete list of Professor Smith s books, please visit his website, at https://www3.nd.edu/~csmith22/. O. Carter Snead Professor Carter Snead joined the faculty of the University of Notre Dame in 2005. His principal area of research is Public Bioethics the governance of science, medicine, and biotechnology in the name of ethical goods. His scholarly works have explored issues relating to neuroethics, enhancement, stem cell research, abortion, and end-of-life decisionmaking. Prior to joining the law faculty at Notre Dame, Professor Snead served as General Counsel to The President s Council on Bioethics (Chaired by Dr. Leon R. Kass), where he was the primary drafter of the 2004 report, Reproduction and Responsibility: The Regulation of New Biotechnologies. In 2006, he testified in the U.S. House of Representatives on regulatory questions concerning RU-486 (the abortion pill). In conjunction with the American Associa-
tion for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), he regularly lectures to state and federal judges on the uses of neuroimaging in the courtroom. He was recently appointed by the Director-General of UNESCO to a four-year term on the International Bioethics Committee (IBC), a 36-member body of independent experts that advises member states on bioethics, law, and public policy. The IBC is the only bioethics commission in the world with a global mandate. Professor Snead received his J.D., magna cum laude, from Georgetown University (where he was elected to the Order of the Coif), and his B.A. from St. John s College (Annapolis, MD). He clerked for the Hon. Paul J. Kelly, Jr. of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit. Fr. Robert Spitzer, S.J. Fr. Robert J. Spitzer, S.J., Ph.D. is the President of the Magis Center of Reason and Faith in Orange County, California (www. magisreasonfaith.org) and also the President of the Spitzer Center in Ann Arbor, Michigan (www.spitzercenter.org). As President of Gonzaga University from 1998 to 2009, he oversaw extensive growth in the student body and facilities, as well as the academic and faith programs. He held two distinguished academic chairs at Seattle University and Gonzaga University, and received awards for outstanding faculty member at Georgetown University and Seattle University. Fr. Spitzer received Gonzaga University s highest award, the Desmet Medal in 2009. Father writes extensively on the status of physical time, the intersection between physics and metaphysics, and the evidence for God from physics, logic, and philosophy of mathematics. He has published five books including the award winning New Proofs for the Existence of God: Contributions of Contemporary Physics and Philosophy. He is the author of many scholarly articles and a producer of documentaries in the field of contemporary cosmology and creation. He appears frequently on television shows like: The Larry King Live show (with Stephen Hawking), the History Channel, the Today Show, and the multiple-part PBS series Closer to the Truth. Fr. Spitzer has appeared on dozens of nationally syndicated radio programs and has produced eight series for Catholic television and radio.