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	Lecture: "The Evangelizing Parish: Rhetoric or Reality" with Allan Figueroa Deck, SJ, Executive Director of the Office for Cultural Diversity in the Church, United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, Washington, DC. He co-founded and served as first president of the Academy of Catholic Hispanic Theologians of the United States (ACHTUS) as well as of the National Catholic Council for Hispanic Ministry (NCCHM). Gasson Hall, Jenks Honors Library, 7:00 PM Wednesday, April 9, 2008
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	Lecture: "Excellent Ministry in Exceptional Parishes: How?" with Rev. Pat Brennan, Pastor of the Holy Family Parish in Inverness, IL, as well as the former Director of the Office for Evangelization of the Archdiocese of Chicago, take an up-close look at excellent ministry in an exceptional parish, confident that these examples of accomplishment are not meant to be curiosities, but rather to be effective signs of hope. Gasson Hall, Jenks Honors Library, 7:00 PM Tuesday, April 8, 2008
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	Presentation and Q & A: Agape Latte Series for Undergraduates "Discernment: It's about More thatn your Vocation," with Catherine Brunell Hillside Cafe, 8:30 PM Tuesday, April 1, 2008
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	Presentation and Q & A: Tim Muldoon, Assistant to the Vice-President for University Mission and Ministry, addresses the issues involved in welcoming young adults effectively to a local parish community. See also Tim's article on "Parish Ministry to Young Adults Today," in Church magazine, Spring 2008. McGuinn Hall, 5th Floor Lounge, 5:30 PM Wednesday, March 26, 2008
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	Panel Discussion: "American Catholics and Election 2008: Issues of Conscience" (US Bishops’ Election Year Statement) Panelists: Maria Teresa Davila, Assistant Professor of Christian Ethics, Andover Newton Theological School; Alexia Kelley, Executive Director of Catholics in Alliance for the Common Good; Paul Manuel, Chairperson of the Department of Politics at Saint Anselm College, Manchester, NH; D. Reginald Whitt, O.P., Professor of Law at the School of Law of the University of Saint Thomas, St. Paul, MN; and Thomas Massaro, SJ, Director of the S.T.L. degree program at Weston Jesuit School of Theology. Moderator: Gregory Kalscheur, SJ, of the faculty of the BC Law School Cushing Hall 001, 4:30 PM Tuesday, March 25, 2008
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	Panel Discussion: "Voice of the Faithful: Impact and Prospects" Panelists: James E. Post, a co-founder of VOTF, Alan Wolfe, Director of BC’s Boisi Center for Religion and American Public Life, James O'Toole, Professor, Charles I Clough Chair, History Department at BC and Monsignor Dennis Sheehan, priest of the Archdiocese of Boston Moderator: Patricia DeLeeuw, Vice Provost for Faculties, Office of the Provost and Dean of Faculties at BC Gasson Hall 100, 7:00 PM Wednesday, February 27, 2008
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	Presentation and Q & A: Agape Latte Series for Undergraduates "Abroad-er Education" with Francis P. Kilcoyne, Adjunct Associate Professor, Theology Department, Boston College Hillside Cafe, 8:30 PM Tuesday, February 5, 2008
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	Panel Discussion: "Foremothers in Faith - Historic Women for Our Time" Panelists: Lisa Sowle Cahill, Professor; J. Donald Monan, S.J. Chair, Theology Department, Boston College; M. Shawn Copeland, Associate Professor, Theology Department, Boston College; Patricia DeLeeuw, Vice Provost for Faculties, Office of the Provost and Dean of Faculties, Boston College; Colleen Griffith, Faculty Director of Spirituality Studies, IREPM; Adjunct Associate Professor, Theology Department, Boston College; Ruth Langer, Associate Professor, Theology Department, Associate Director, Center for Christian-Jewish Learning, Boston College Heights Room, Corcoran Commons 5:30-7:00 pm Wednesday, February 6, 2008
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	Presentation and Q & A: Agape Latte Series for Undergraduates "The Intellectual Life as Friendship with God" with Brian J. Braman, Adjunct Associate Professor, Philosophy Department, Boston College Hillside Cafe, 8:30 PM Tuesday, December 4, 2007
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	Lecture: “The Clergy Crisis: Thinking Theologically”, with Paul Kolbet, Assistant Professor, Theology Department, Boston College Fulton 511, 7:00 PM Thursday, November 29, 2007
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	Lecture: “The Hopes and Challenges of Parish Leadership in the 21st Century”, with Marti Jewell, Director, Emerging Models of Pastoral Leadership Project Gasson Hall 100, 7:00-9:00 PM Wecnesday, November 28, 2007
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	Presentation and Q & A: Agape Latte Series for Undergraduates “Catholic Jeopardy”, with Bill Neenan, SJ Hillside Cafe, 8:30 PM Tuesday, November 6, 2007
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	Panel Discussion: "Handing on the Faith: Catholic Education in the 21st Century - A Global Perspective" Moderated by Michael J. Himes, Director, Boston College Center for Catholic Education; presented by Joseph M. O'Keefe, SJ, Dean, Boston College Lynch School of Education; Respondants were Gerald Grace, International Handbook of Catholic Education: Challenges for School Systems in the 21st Century; Karen Ristau, President, National Catholic Education Association; Susan Martinelli Shea, Special Education Teacher, Tredyffrin/Easttown Middle School. Heights Room, Corcoran Commons, 4:30-6 PM Monday, November 5, 2007
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Presentation/Conversation: In Dialogue -“Lay Pastoring of the Parish: Prospering the Mission”
Presenter: Debra Hintz, Parish Director, Saint Catherine of Alexandria Catholic Church (Milwaukee, WI)

Higgins Hall 300, 5:30 pm
October 24, 2007

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	Panel Discussion: “Handing On an Inclusive and Just Faith: Parents Reflect” Panelists: Jane Regan, Associate Professor, Boston College Institute of Religious Education and Pastoral Ministry; Karen Kennedy, Director, Boston College Urban Catholic Teaching Corps.; Daniel P. Leahy, Co-Director, Office of Service and Spirituality, Boston College Alumni Association Heights Room, Corcoran Commons, 5:30 pm October 22, 2007
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	Lecture: “Faith, Reason, and Culture in Christianity and Islam” Presenter: David B. Burrell, CSC, Professor, University of Notre Dame McGuinn 121, 7:00 pm October 18, 2007
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	Lecture: “The Parish of Tomorrow: Storefront or MegaChurch?” Presenter: Cardinal Theodore McCarrick, Archbishop Emeritus of Washington (DC) Gasson Hall 100, 7:00 October 16, 2007
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	Panel Discussion:“Catholic Faith and Cooperation in a Pluralistic Society” Presenters: M. Cathleen Kaveny, John P. Murphy Professor of Law and Professor of Theology, University of Notre Dame Law School; Edward A. Hartnett, Richard J. Hughes Professor for Constitutional and Public Law and Service, Seton Hall University School of Law; James F. Keenan, SJ, Professor, Boston College Theology Department; Very Rev. Russell E. Smith, Senior Director, Ethics, Catholic Health Association October 11, 2007
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	Lecture: “A Church for All, Especially a Church of the Poor”, Presenter: Marco Impagliazzo, Professor, University of Perugia; International President, Community of Sant'Egidio. Respondant: Cardinal Sean O'Malley, Archbishop of Boston Gasson Hall 100, 7:00 PM October 4, 2007
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	Presentation and Q & A: Agape Latte Series for Undergraduates “The Hidden Life of Undergraduates: Prayer on Campus”, with James J. Fleming, SJ Hillside Cafe, 8:30 PM Tuesday, October 2, 2007
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	Presentation and Q & A: Agape Latte Series for Undergraduates “Being Catholic and American: Compatible or Conflicted?”, with Kenneth R. Himes, O.F.M. Hillside Cafe, 8:30 PM Tuesday, May 1, 2007
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	Panel discussion: “Democrat Christopher Dodd and Republican Sam Brownback: Catholic Senators and Presidential Candidates: Their Faith and Public Policy,” moderated by Tim Russert, host of NBC's “Meet the Press.” Conte Forum, 7:00 PM Monday, April 23, 2007
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	Lecture:“Speaking as a Woman: Reflections on Contemporary Catholicism", with Colleen Griffith, Faculty Director of Spirituality Studies, IREPM Fulton 511, 7:00 PM April 18, 2007
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	Presentation and Q & A: Agape Latte Series for Undergraduates “Choosing the Church: My Story of Conversion and Faith", with Dr Marina Mc Coy Hillside Cafe, 8:30 PM Tuesday, April 3, 2007
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	Lecture: "Does Religion Cause Violence?", with William T. Cavanaugh Fulton Hall 511, 4:00 PM - 6:00 PM Thursday, March 22, 2007
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	Panel Discusion: "Called to be Catholic: Religious Practices that Nourish Women's Spirituality", with Kate Carter, Sr. Mary Sweeney, S.C., and Nancy Pineda-Madrid Heights Room, 5:30 PM Monday, February 26, 2007
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	Lecture: "Believing in the Global South," with Philip Jenkins Gasson Hall 100, 7:30 PM Thursday, February 22, 2007
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	Presentation and Q & A: Agape Latte Series for Undergraduates "Family Dynamics of the Church:Love and Disagreement" with Rev. Jim Keenan, SJ Hillside Cafe, 8:30 PM Tuesday, February 6, 2007
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	Conversation: Cardinal Sean O'Malley, OFM, visited Boston College to speak with undergraduate students Jenks Honors Library Tuesday, January 30, 2007
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	Presentation and Q & A: Agape Latte Series for Undergraduates "Poverty, Chastity, and Obedience: Religious life; why?" with Jack Butler, SJ Hillside Cafe, 8:30 PM Tuesday, December 5, 2006
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	Lecture: Finding out what we believe: The "Sense of the Faithful" in 19th Century Catholic Theology, with Michael J. Himes McGuinn Hall 121 Thursday, November 30, 2006
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A Symposium on the Catholic Intellectual Traditions
"The Unbearable Lightness of Being: Re-Sourcing Catholic Intellectual Traditions for Higher Education" with Stephen Schloesser, SJ
Heights Room
Tuesday, November 21, 2006

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	Presentation and Q & A: Agape Latte Series for Undergraduates "Mass Appeal: Why do we go and what do we do?", with Kerry Cronin Hillside Cafe, 8:30 PM Tuesday, November 7, 2006
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	Lecture: “The future of Catholic parish ministry” with Bishop Gerald F. Kicanas, Diocese of Tucson Higgins Hall 300 Wednesday, November 1, 2006
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Co-Workers in the Vineyard of the Lord
A symposium on the U.S. Bishops’ statement on lay ecclesial ministry

October 22, 2006

	Rev. Paul Ritt
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	Sr. Amy Hoey
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	Karen Sue Smith
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	Lecture: "From John Paul II to Benedict XVI: The Social Ministry of the Church," with Rev. J. Bryan Hehir Gasson Hall 100 Tuesday, October 10, 2006
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	Lecture: “Catholic Higher Education in the United States and the Holy See" with Archbishop J. Michael Miller Gasson Hall 100 Monday, September 11, 2006
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	Panel Discussion: “State of Mind: The Intellectual Life of American Catholics" with Michael Buckley, SJ, M. Cathleen Kaveny, and Eugene McCarraher Heights Room, Corcoran Commons Sunday, April 30, 2006
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	Lecture: “The state of the Catholic Church in Ireland at the start of the 21st century" with Garret FitzGerald McGuinn Hall 121 Thursday, April 20, 2006
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	Panel discussion: "Catholic Politicians in the U.S.: Their Faith and Public Policy" moderated by Tim Russert, host of NBC's "Meet the Press." Featuring James Carville, E.J. Dionne, Ed Gillespie, and Peggy Noonan Conte Forum, 7:00 PM Monday, February 27, 2006
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	Lecture: “Wojtyla Among the Philosophers” with George Weigel Devlin Hall 008 Friday, February 20, 2006
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	Lecture: "Alone or Together: A Justice of Faith for a Globalizing World," with Paul L. Locatelli, SJ, President, Santa Clara University Devlin Hall 008 Thursday, February 2, 2006
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	“Working for Justice/Handing on the Faith," with Edwina Gateley, Founder, Volunteer Missionary Movement, Chicago, IL Gasson Hall 100 Wednesday, December 14, 2005
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	“Our Faith, Our Church, Our Future,” with Sr. Rosemary Mulvihill, RSM, Regis College Boston College Saturday, November 5, 2005
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	“Economics as a Vocation: Lessons for the Church in the 21st Century,” with Francis McLaughlin McGuinn 121 Thursday, October 27, 2005
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VOTF SYMPOSIUM

Voice of the Faithful: Findings from a Study of
a Social Movement within the Catholic Chuch

October 23, 2005

	"Lay Catholic Responses to the Scandal and Cover-up: Class, Education, Age and Ethnicity" with Dr. Michelle Dillon and Dr. Nancy T. Ammerman
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	"VOTF as a Social Movement with the Catholic Church" with Rev. Dr. Robert Imbelli and Dr. Mary Hines
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	"VOTF and its Future" with Dr. John McCarthy and Dr. William Gamson
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	“Communications Strategies for Building Parish Community,” with Jay Cormier, Editor/Publisher of Connections Saturday, October 22, 2005
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	Lecture: “The Faith That the Church Hands On,” with Avery Cardinal Dulles, SJ, Fordham University Gasson Hall 100 Wednesday, October 12, 2005
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	Panel Discussion: "The Church in the 21st Century: Why Women Choose to Stay," with Alice McDermott, M. Shawn Copeland, Meghan Dougherty, and Kathleen Power. Co-sponsored by the Council for Women of Boston College. Robsham Theatre Thursday, September 15, 2005
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A Conference on the Roman Catholic Priesthood
June 15-17, 2005

"The State of the Questions:
Forty Years after Vatican II"

"The Sociology of the Current Situation in the Catholic Priesthood"

Susan K. Wood

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Dean Hoge

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"The Priest as Sacramental Minister:
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"The Priest as Pastor: History and Theology"

John Baldovin, SJ

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James Bacik

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"One Priestly People:
Ordained and Lay Ministries in the Church"

"The Future of Catholic Ministry:
Our Best Hopes"

Edward Hahnenberg

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Thomas Groome

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"The Rights of Priests"

"The Priest’s Relationship to the Bishop"

Jim Keenan, SJ

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John Strynkowski

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"Preaching for Americans in a World of Grace"

"The Charism of the Priesthood in the
21st Century"

Thomas O'Meara, O.P.

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Eugene Lauer

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	Lecture: “The Loss of Effective Authority: A Crisis in Trust and Credibility,” with Professor Michael E. McCarthy, Vassar College McGuinn Hall 121 Thursday, May 5, 2005
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	Lecture: "The Church and Human Sexuality: An Ecclesiological Perspective," with Professor Richard P. McBrien, University of Notre Dame McGuinn Hall 121 Thursday, April 28, 2005
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	Boston College Press Conference: The Conclave Process and the Process of Papal Succession Wednesday, April 20, 2005
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	Lecture: “Wisdom, Freedom, Community, Truth: Faith with the Works,” with David Lyle Jeffrey, Provost, Baylor University; Author of People of the Book: Christian Identity and Literary Culture McGuinn Hall 121 Thursday, April 14, 2005
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	Lecture: "A Commitment to Life: The Church’s Position on Abortion," with Professor Helen Alvare, Catholic University Law School (please note: a portion of the middle of the tape has low audio due to a technical error) McGuinn Hall 121 Wednesday, March 16, 2005
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	Lecture: “Vatican II and Ecumenism after Forty Years: Whence Have We Come; Where Are We Going?” with Professor Dietmar Winkler, University of Graz, Austria, Visiting Professor, Boston University School of Theology Fulton Hall 511 Wednesday, February 23, 2005
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	Discussion: Vatican II: A Historical Perspective, with Professor John O’Malley, Weston Jesuit School of Theology, moderated by Dr. Patricia Deleeuw, Associate Academic Vice President Gasson Hall 100 Monday, February 21, 2005
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Adventure of Faith Series: 2003-2004

"The Trinity as the Shape of Faith"	"Faith in the God Who Creates"
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"Truly Divine and Truly Human: Believing in the Incarnation"	"Reflections on the Contradictory Sign of the Crucified Christ"
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"Love that Transforms: How the Resurrection Challenges Us"	"The Holy Spirit"
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"Why the Church?"	"What Dare We Hope for? The Resurrection of the Body and Life Everlasting"
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	"A Faith That Does Justice: A Brief Account of Recent Catholic Social Teaching," with Kenneth Himes, OFM. Co-sponsored by the Lonergan Center. McGuinn 121 Thursday, December 2, 2004
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	"The Role of the Church in the Rwandan Genocide," with Roméo Dallaire. Co-sponsored by Globalization and Inequality Series, Office of Mission and Ministry, Undergraduate Government of Boston College; Global Justice Project, Archdiocesan Office for Ethnic Apostolates. Heights Room Tuesday, November 30, 2004
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	Student Panel: "Dude, Where's My Faith?" A Church in the 21st Century Student Panel Lyons Basement Tuesday, November 16, 2004
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	Lecture: "Dostoevsky, Camus, and the Problem of Suffering," with James Wood, literary critic for The London Review of Books and The New Republic Devlin Hall 008 Wednesday, November 3, 2004
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	Lecture: "How Rome Views the American Church," with John L. Allen, Rome correspondent for the National Catholic Reporter Gasson Hall 100 Monday, October 18, 2004
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	Lecture: "Handing on the Faith," with Archbishop Sean O'Malley, O.F.M. Cap., Archbishop of Boston St. John The Evangelist Parish Wellesley Hills, MA Friday, September 17, 2004
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	Lecture: "The Church in Transition: Opportunities in Europe and in America," with Hermann J. Pottmeyer, Bochum University, Germany McGuinn Hall 121 Thursday, May 6, 2004
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Conference: "Envisioning the Church Women Want", April 16-17, 2004

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	Presentation: "A Different Church in the Twenty-first Century: the Asian and Latino/a Presence in the Church Today," with Rev. Peter Phan, Georgetown University; and Prof. Roberto Goizueta Devlin Hall 008 Wednesday, April 14, 2004
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	Lecture: “Catholicism and American Freedom,” with Prof. John McGreevy, University of Notre Dame McGuinn Hall 121 Wednesday, March 31

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