When and Where?

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Interfaith Lectures :

2:00 PM Monday - Friday @ Hall of Philosophy

 

Catholic Community Seminars :

12:45 PM Thursdays and Fridays @ United Methodist House Chapel

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Programs

Week 1 : June 22-29

Week Theme : 

Uncommon Ground: Communities Working Toward Solutions

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Interfaith Lecture Theme : 

Common Good Change Agents

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Catholic Community Seminars :

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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

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2. Friday (6/28) Seminar

"Theology in Fiction"

Father Dan Cozzens

Diocese of Cleveland, OH, Retired

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Week 2 : June 29–July 6

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Week Theme : 

A Planet in Balance: A Week in Partnership with National Geographic Society

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Interfaith Lecture Theme : 

What Archaeology Tells Us about Biblical Times

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Catholic Community Seminars:

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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

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​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

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   Week 3 : July 6–13

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Week Theme :

A Planet in Balance: A Week in Partnership with National Geographic

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Interfaith Lecture Theme : 

What Archaeology Tells Us About Biblical Times

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Catholic Community Seminars :

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1. Thursday (7/11) Seminar

"The Catholic Worker and the Social Gospel"

Father Paul Milanowski

Diocese of Grand Rapids, MI, Retired

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​2. Friday (7/12) Seminar

"A.I. Artificial Intelligence for Today's Believers (Apostolic Inspiration)"

Father James Daprile

Diocese of Youngstown, OH, Retired 

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Week 4 : July 13-20

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Week Theme : 

The New Map of Life: How Longer Lives are Changing the World —

A Week in Collaboration with the Stanford Center on Longevity

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Interfaith Lecture Theme : 

Falling Upward: A Week with Richard Rohr, OFM

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Catholic Community Seminars :

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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

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Week 5 : July 20-27

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Week Theme :

The Life of the Spoken Word

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Interfaith Lecture Theme :

Chautauqua: Rising from the Ashes of the Burned-Over District

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Catholic Community Seminars:

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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.

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​2. Friday (7/26) Seminar

"Why a Servant Church?"

Father John Mudd

Diocese of Washington D.C., Retired​

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Week 6 : July 27- August 3

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Week Theme :

What's Funny? In Partnership with the National Comedy Center

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Interfaith Lecture Theme :

What's So Funny About Religion

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Catholic Community Seminars:

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1. Thursday (8/1) Seminar

"Comedy in the Book of Job"

Father Daniel Quinn

Pastor, St. Paul the Apostle Church, Hancock, NY

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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

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Week 7 : August 3-10

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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

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Week 8 : August 10-17

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Week Theme :

Shifting Global Power

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Interfaith Lecture Theme :

The Power of Soft Power

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Catholic Community Seminar :

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1. Thursday (8/15) Seminar

"The Jewish Jesus and Christ Today"

Father Anthony Randazzo

Pastor: Holy Trinity Catholic Church, Westfield, NJ

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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

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Week 9 : August 17-25

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Week Theme :

Exploring Race and Culture in America with Wynton Marsalis and Jazz at Lincoln Center

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Interfaith Lecture Theme :

Exploring Race, Religion and Culture 

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Catholic Community Seminars :

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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

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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