Center for Spirituality Presents Lecture Series on Holy Year of Mercy

February 3, 2016 (Notre Dame, Ind.) – The Center for Spirituality (CFS) at Saint Mary’s College proudly announces the Spring 2016 Endowed Lecture Series titled A Holy Year of Mercy. The series is an exploration of Pope Francis’s proclamation for the season of mercy, which is a time of grace, peace, conversion, and joy.

“I am convinced that the whole Church will be able to find in this Jubilee the joy of rediscovering and making fruitful the mercy of God, with which we are all called to give consolation to every man and every woman of our time.” ~Pope Francis

CANCELLED DUE TO WEATHER (MAY BE RESCHEDULED)
Thursday, February 25, 2016, 7:30 p.m., Vander Vennet Theater, Student Center
Walter Kasper’s “Theology of Mercy”: Ecclesial and Pastoral Implications
William Madges, Ph.D.
Professor of Theology and Religious Studies, Saint Joseph’s University

Tuesday, March 15, 2016, 7:30 p.m., Vander Vennet Theater, Student Center
Mercy: Unexpected Path to Joy in our Broken World
Marilyn Lacey, RSM
Founder and Executive Director of Mercy Beyond Borders

Thursday, March 31, 2016, 7:30 p.m., Vander Vennet Theater, Student Center
“We Have Family in Iraq”: Mercy and Justice in a Time of War
Durstyne Farnan, OP and Arlene Flaherty, OP
The sisters visited the Iraqi Dominicans and displaced Iraqi people in January 2015.
Response by Tobias Winright, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Theological Studies, Hubert Mäder Associate Professor of Health Care Ethics, Saint Louis University

Every year CFS invites world-renowned scholars to Saint Mary’s College to share their wisdom on contemporary religious issues, and to address broader issues of how faith and reason interact. The Saint Mary’s College Annual Endowed Lecture Series Fund sponsors the lectures. For more information on CFS and the lectures, please call (574) 284-4636 or visit the CFS web pages. 

About Saint Mary's College: Saint Mary’s College, Notre Dame, Ind., is a four-year, Catholic, residential, women’s liberal arts college offering five bachelor’s degrees and more than 30 major areas of study, such as business, nursing, art, chemistry, and social work. Saint Mary’s College also offers two graduate degrees: a Master of Science and a Doctorate. All programs that fall under these degrees are co-educational and include a Master of Science in Data Science, a Master of Science in Speech Language Pathology, and a Doctorate of Nursing Practice. Founded in 1844 by the Sisters of the Holy Cross, Saint Mary’s College seeks, according to its mission statement, to educate students, develop their talents, and prepare them to make a difference in the world. Saint Mary’s College ranks among the top 100 Best National Liberal Arts Colleges for 2016 published by U.S. News & World Report. Follow Saint Mary's College on Twitter @saintmarys and @saintmarysnews. 

Contact for News Media: Gwen O’Brien, director of media relations, Saint Mary’s College, gobrien@saintmarys.edu (574) 284-4579

~Press release written by Melissa Fitzpatrick ’16, media relations intern.