2020 Summer Programs
When and Where?
Interfaith Lectures :
2:00 PM Monday - Friday @ Hall of Philosophy
Catholic Community Seminars :
12:45 PM Thursdays and Fridays @ United Methodist House Chapel
Programs
Week 1 : June 22-29
Week Theme :
Uncommon Ground: Communities Working Toward Solutions
Interfaith Lecture Theme :
Common Good Change Agents
Catholic Community Seminars :
1. Thursday (6/27) Seminar
"Thomas - the Millennial Among the Apostles"
Father James Vacco, OFM
Vicar-Forane: Southern Cattaraugus County
Pastor: St. Bonaventure Parish, Allegany, NY
2. Friday (6/28) Seminar
"Theology in Fiction"
Father Dan Cozzens
Diocese of Cleveland, OH, Retired
Week 2 : June 29–July 6
Week Theme :
A Planet in Balance: A Week in Partnership with National Geographic Society
Interfaith Lecture Theme :
What Archaeology Tells Us about Biblical Times
Catholic Community Seminars:
1. Thursday (7/4) Seminar
"Immigration: A Catholic and Pastoral Perspective"
Father Steven Vellenga
Pastor: St. Mary Parish, Painesville, OH
Director of Mission Office and Propagation of the Faith, Diocese of Cleveland, OH
2. Friday (7/5) Seminar
"Elyria Works Now"
The response of the civic, business and faith-based communities to the Bloomberg Philanthropy's challenge for cities
Father Charles Diedrick
Diocese of Cleveland, OH, Retired
Week 3 : July 6–13
Week Theme :
A Planet in Balance: A Week in Partnership with National Geographic
Interfaith Lecture Theme :
What Archaeology Tells Us About Biblical Times
Catholic Community Seminars :
1. Thursday (7/11) Seminar
"The Catholic Worker and the Social Gospel"
Father Paul Milanowski
Diocese of Grand Rapids, MI, Retired
2. Friday (7/12) Seminar
"A.I. Artificial Intelligence for Today's Believers (Apostolic Inspiration)"
Father James Daprile
Diocese of Youngstown, OH, Retired
Week 4 : July 13-20
Week Theme :
The New Map of Life: How Longer Lives are Changing the World —
A Week in Collaboration with the Stanford Center on Longevity
Interfaith Lecture Theme :
Falling Upward: A Week with Richard Rohr, OFM
Catholic Community Seminars :
1. Thursday (7/18) Seminar
"Finding Peace in the Midst of Chaos"
Father Anthony Rigoli, OMI
Pastor: Our Lady of Guadalupe/ Shrine of St. Jude, New Orleans, LA
2. Friday (7/19) Seminar
"The Grand Opinion"
How Ignatius Loyola, Teilhard de Chardon, and Pope Francis give us a vision
for communities working toward solutions
Father William (Liam) Murphy
Coordinator: Mother of Mercy House, Philadelphia, PA
Week 5 : July 20-27
Week Theme :
The Life of the Spoken Word
Interfaith Lecture Theme :
Chautauqua: Rising from the Ashes of the Burned-Over District
Catholic Community Seminars:
1. Thursday (7/25) Seminar
"Revisiting the RCIA"
Starting Over After the Scandal
Father Raymond Kemp
Special Asst. to the President: Georgetown University Diocese of Washington D.C.
2. Friday (7/26) Seminar
"Why a Servant Church?"
Father John Mudd
Diocese of Washington D.C., Retired
Week 6 : July 27- August 3
Week Theme :
What's Funny? In Partnership with the National Comedy Center
Interfaith Lecture Theme :
What's So Funny About Religion
Catholic Community Seminars:
1. Thursday (8/1) Seminar
"Comedy in the Book of Job"
Father Daniel Quinn
Pastor, St. Paul the Apostle Church, Hancock, NY
2. Friday (8/2) Seminar
"Two Priests Walked Into a Bar; The Third Ducked!!!!"
Humor is a great gift from our God
Father Chris Welch
Pastor: St. Cecilia, Fonda, NY and Sacred Heart, Tribes Hill, NY
Week 7 : August 3-10
Week Theme : Grace: A Celebration of Extraordinary Gifts - A Week in Partnership with Krista Tippett and "On Being"
Interfaith Lecture Theme : Grace: A Celebration of Extraordinary Gifts
Catholic Community Seminars :
1. Thursday (8/8) Seminar
"Catholic Social Doctrine for the Rest of US"
Father Christopher Lowe
Administrator: St. Michael Parish, North Andover, MA
2. Friday (8/9) Seminar
"Grace and Prayer" What the Lord's Prayer Teaches Us to Pray For
Father Robert Kennedy
Diocese of Rochester, NY, Senior Priest
Week 8 : August 10-17
Week Theme :
Shifting Global Power
Interfaith Lecture Theme :
The Power of Soft Power
Catholic Community Seminar :
1. Thursday (8/15) Seminar
"The Jewish Jesus and Christ Today"
Father Anthony Randazzo
Pastor: Holy Trinity Catholic Church, Westfield, NJ
2. Friday (8/16) Seminar
"The Meeting of St. Francis of Assisi and the Sultan al-Malek al-Kamil"
Father Samuel Monaco
Parochial Vicar: St. Anne Catholic Church, Fair Lawn, NJ and Director of Campus Ministry: Bergen Catholic High School, Oradell, NJ
Week 9 : August 17-25
Week Theme :
Exploring Race and Culture in America with Wynton Marsalis and Jazz at Lincoln Center
Interfaith Lecture Theme :
Exploring Race, Religion and Culture
Catholic Community Seminars :
1. Thursday (8/22) Seminar
An Extraordinary Month of Mission and the October Synod on the Pan-Amazon - Are they connected?"
Father Patrick Cahill
Pastor: St. Eugene Parish, Asheville, NC and Mission Office Director for the Diocese of Charlotte, NC
2. Friday (8/23) Seminar
"Freedom and Democracy: Egypt"
A Reflection on Egypt since theme week at Chautauqua - August 2014
Father Doug May, MM
Maryknoll Mission Promotion/Education, Asheville, NC
Due to the COVID 19 Pandemic, all Chautauqua Catholic Community
Masses, Seminars, and Social gatherings are CANCELLED
during the 2020 Chautauqua Season.
We look forward to welcoming you in June 2021.