In celebration of the Lonergan Workshop's 30th anniversary, and as a Contribution to President Leahy's Initiative, 'The Church in the 21st Century' The Lonergan Workshop presents a series of lectures.

Nicholas Lash
[formerly Norris-Hulse Professor of Divinity, Cambridge University]
"Vatican II: of Happy Memory-and Future Hope?"
A tour d'horizon of what has and has not been done with the gifts of the Council, which views current ecclesiological issues against a far wider background than current crises.
October 3, Higgins 310, 7:00

John Haughey, SJ
[Department of Religious Studies, Loyola University of Chicago]
"Lonergan on Sexuality: Insights and Possible Implications."
An exploration of Bernard Lonergan's until now largely unexamined 1941 Theological Studies article, "Finality, Love, Marriage."
November 7, McGuinn 121, 7:00

Bernard J. McGinn
[Professor of Church History, University of Chicago]
"'He Wanted to Know More Than He Should': Meister Eckhart, His Followers, and the Magisterium"
The quotation is from the Church's official condemnation of Meister Eckhart. Its meaning and the efforts of Eckhart's great students and mystics, Suso and Tauler, to reconcile loyalty to their master with fidelity to Christ and his Church yield lessons for our present situation.
December 5, Devlin 008, 7:00

Joseph Komonchak
[Professor of Theology in the Department of Religious Studies, Catholic University of America]
"Vatican II and the Contemporary Crisis in the Church"
A reflection on modern ecclesiology before and after the Second Vatican Council illuminates the issues of the present church.
January 16 (times and locations to be announced)

Mary Ann Glendon
[Learned Hand Professor of Law, Harvard University]
"How the Church Failed to Read the Signs of theTime as Regards the Laity"
A critical reflection on the Church's main Documents concerning the role of the laity in the church in consideration of the question, What is to be done now?
February 6

Prof. Dr. J. Th. Joep Leerssen
[Department of Language and Literature, University of Amsterdam, Visiting Professor, Harvard University]
"The Invention of Authority in the Modern Church in the Age of Pope Pius IX"
A lecture on the evolution of papal authority during Pius IX's struggle against Modernism whose effects continue today.
March 13, Fulton 511, 7:00

Jon D. Levenson
[Professor of Jewish Studies, Harvard Divinity School]
"Covenant Violated, Covenant Restored"
Reflections on the history of the Jewish people that are pertinent for Christians now.
April 3

Prof. Peter Hunerman
title to be announced
April 11, McGuinn 121, 7:00

Timothy Radcliffe, OP
[Recent Master General of the Dominican Order]
"Why Is the Church Undergoing a Crisis of Affectivity and a Crisis of Governance?"
This talk applies lessons learned from 6 years leading the Dominicans into the new Millennium.
April 15