The 2009 Philip J. Murnion Lecture
Free and open to the public. Reception following the lecture.

Friday, June 26, 8 PM   |  Pryzbyla University Center  |  The Catholic University of America  |  Washington, D.C.

 
 

Social Justice Certificate ProgramDr. Jim D. Davidson, who will deliver this year's Murnion Lecture


THE 2009 LECTURE

Dr. Jim D Davidson
Carol Keehan, DC  

"How American Catholics Think About the Church"

Dr. Jim D. Davidson, Professor of Sociology at Purdue University gives the keynote address.

Panel responders include:

  • Amy Hoey, RSM, Lay Ecclesial Ministry Consultant
  • Mario Paredes, Presidential Liaison, American Bible Society
  • Mike Hayes, Co-founder, BustedHalo.com
  • Melissa Cidade, Research Associate, CARA, Georgetown University


Presentation of the Annual Cardinal Bernardin Award to

Carol Keehan, DC
President and CEO, Catholic Health Association of the United States



PAST LECTURES: 2003-2008

2008
Brian Williams "Tim Russert, the Political Process, and the Common Ground for the Catholic Church"
Full coverage, including video of lecture, transcripts, and photos available on our 2008 Murnion Lecture page.
Lecture by: Brian Williams, anchor and managing editor, NBC Nightly News
Response by: Rev. J. Cletus Kiley, president, the Faith & Politics Institute
Most Rev. Gerald F. Kicanas, Bishop of Tucson, Arizona, recipient of the Annual Cardinal Bernardin Award

 

2007
Jill Ker Conway "Where to Look for Common Ground"
Lecture by: Jill Ker Conway, Author and lecturer
read full text of lecture
Response by: Rev. James Bacik
read full text of response
Eugene Fisher, Associate Director of USCCB, Jewish-Catholic Relations
recipient of the Annual Cardinal Bernardin Award


2006: Tenth anniversary lecture and celebration
Most Rev. Ricardo Ramirez, C.S.B. "The Role of Dialogue in the Pastoral Life of the Diocese"
Lecture by: Most Rev. Ricardo Ramirez C.S.B., Bishop of Las Cruces, NM
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Bishop Ramirez was a member of the original consultors' group that met Cardinal Bernardin and he continues as a member of the initiative Steering Committee. Other members of the Steering Committee joined Bishop Ramirez for a time of dialogue with the audience after the lecture.
Roberto S. Goizueta "Put Your Finger Here. . .Reconiliation and the Refusal to Cease Suffering"
Lecture by: Roberto S. Goizueta, Boston College
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Response by: Margaret Pfeil, University of Notre Dame
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Wilton D. Gregory, Associate Director of USCCB, Jewish-Catholic Relations
recipient of the Annual Cardinal Bernardin Award
read the citation


2005
Archbishop James Weisgerber "Building a Church of Communion"
Lecture by: Archbishop James Weisgerber, Archbishop of Winnipeg, Canada
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Response by: James Post, President, Voice of the Fathful
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Boston College, recipient of the Annual Cardinal Bernardin Award for its Church in the 21st Century Initiative
read the citation

 

2004
John Allen, Rome Correspondent, NCR "Common Ground in a Global Key:
International Lessons in Catholic Dialogue"
Lecture by: John Allen, Rome Correspondent, NCR
read full text of lecture at NCR Online
Response by: Mary Ann Glendon, Harvard Law School
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Delores Leckey, Executive Director of the USCCB Committee on Family, Laity, Women and Youthrecipient of the Annual Cardinal Bernardin Award
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2003
John Allen, Rome Correspondent, NCR "Dealing With Diversity and Disagreement
Vatican II and Beyond"
Lecture by: Joseph A. Komonchak, The Catholic University of America
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Response by: Most Rev. Daniel E. Pilarczyk, Archbishop of Cincinnati
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Archbishop Harry J. Flynn, Archbishop of Minneapolis and St. Paul, recipient of the Annual Cardinal Bernardin Award
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