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