Topics

The Moral Life

Basements, Potlucks, and the Orange Line: Listening for God in an Urban Parish

Susan Bigelow Reynolds

The Bible and Human Rights

John J. Collins, Ph.D.

The Sacred and the Secret: Lessons from Movements Like MeToo and ChurchToo

Dr. Natalia Imperatori-Lee

Catholic Social Teaching

Do THE WORK: Toward a Catholic Anti-Racism

Tia Noelle Pratt

Imagination and Faithful Practices of Resistance

L. Callid Keefe-Perry

The Sacred and the Secret: Lessons from Movements Like MeToo and ChurchToo

Dr. Natalia Imperatori-Lee

The Spiritual Exercises: A Reflection on Human Suffering from the Underside of History

Fr. Peter Gyves, S.J.

The Whole Language: The Power of Extravagant Tenderness

Fr. Greg Boyle, S.J.

Immigration 101 for Catholics: Welcome The Suffering Neighbor

Linda Dakin-Grimm

Catholic Social Thought, Direct Trade, and Engaged Scholarship

Anthony Vinciguerra

Faith Based Community Organizing: Social Justice in Massachusetts and the United States

Lewis Finfer

Stand Together: A Conversation About Jesuit Refugee Service in the Middle East and North Africa

Daniel Corrou, S.J., and Thomas D. Stegman, S.J.

Spiritual and Religious Development in Neurodivergent Children and Adolescents

Jessica Black

Catholic End of Life Ethics and the Covid Crisis

Daniel J. Daly

Do Black Lives Matter to God?

Amey Victoria Adkins-Jones

Public Faith and Public Health: Life During a Pandemic

Michael Rozier, SJ

Faith and Citizenship: Catholic Perspectives on American Politics

Matt Malone, S.J., Sam Sawyer, S.J., and Kerry Weber, with Dr. Cathleen Kaveny

Nevertheless, She Persisted: Women’s Religio-Political Witness for Love and Justice

Rosemary Carbine

The Bible and Justice

Carol Dempsey, O.P., Andrew R. Davis

Liturgy and Solidarity: Beyond Frontiers

Marcus Mescher & Susan Reynolds

The Fierce Urgency of Now

M. Shawn Copeland

Human and Church Community and the Evil of Economic Inequality

Rev. Kenneth Himes, O.F.M. & Rev. Michael Himes

Kinship Across Borders: Catholic Ethics and Migration

Kristin E. Heyer

A Tapestry of Needs and Strengths: Ministering to Older People with Realism and Hope

Myles N. Sheehan, S.J., M.D.

The Catholic Voter and the Signs of Our Times

Kenneth Himes, O.F.M.

Theology of Pope Francis: Real Reform or Window Dressing?

James Bretzke, S.J., Kristin E. Heyer, Susannah Heschel, M. Cathleen Kaveny, Thomas Reese, S.J., and Michael Sean Winters; Moderator: Mark Massa, S.J.

Latin American Intellectual Roots of Pope Francis’s Pontificate

Rev. Carlos Maria Galli

My Faith Story within the Story of Liberation Theology

Gustavo Gutiérrez, O.P.

Our Common Home: An Ethical Summons to Tackle Climate Change

Multiple Panelists

Why Libertarianism Isn't Liberal

Multiple Panelists

Dead Man Walking: A Conversation with Sr. Helen Prejean

Helen Prejean, C.S.J.

Politics, Faith, and Prophetic Witness

Simone Campbell, S.S.S.

The Message of Mercy and Its Importance Today

Cardinal Walter Kasper

The Transformative Power of Faith: Responding to Pope Francis’s Call

Mary Susanne Dziedzic, C.S.S.F., José Lopez, Digna R. López, John Hatcher, S.J., Mark Massa, S.J. (Moderator)

Beyond Ignorance, Hostility, and Fear: Organizing for Justice by Embracing Religious and Ethnic Passion

John Baumann, S.J.

Income Inequality and Our Responsibility to the Poor

Rev. J. Bryan Hehir, Susannah Heschel, Mohamed Lazzouni, Rev. John K. Stendahl, Alan Wolfe

Accompaniment: Liberation Theology, Solidarity, and a Life of Service

Paul Farmer, Roberto Goizueta

The Challenge of Catholic Teaching on War and Peace in the Present Moment

Most Rev. Robert W. McElroy

Taking Flight: When Jesus was a Refugee

Leo O'Donovan, S.J.

Suffering and Salvation in Ciudad Juárez

Nancy Pineda-Madrid

Cultural Identity and Interreligious Dialogue

Peter C. Phan, Susan Abraham, Kwok Pui-Lan

Comforting Jesus Christ in Combating Hunger, Sickness, and Poverty

Ken Hackett

The World Hunger Crisis

Rev. David Beckmann

Meeting Jesus in the Voting Booth: Faith and the 2008 Election

Rev. Kenneth Himes, O.F.M.

Civic Life

Theological Writing and The Power of Place

Benjamin Valentin

The Bible and Human Rights

John J. Collins, Ph.D.

Immigration 101 for Catholics: Welcome The Suffering Neighbor

Linda Dakin-Grimm

Faith Based Community Organizing: Social Justice in Massachusetts and the United States

Lewis Finfer

Stand Together: A Conversation About Jesuit Refugee Service in the Middle East and North Africa

Daniel Corrou, S.J., and Thomas D. Stegman, S.J.

Faith and Citizenship: Catholic Perspectives on American Politics

Matt Malone, S.J., Sam Sawyer, S.J., and Kerry Weber, with Dr. Cathleen Kaveny

Engaging the Liberal State - Cardinal Manning and Irish Home Rule

Jeffrey P. von Arx, S.J.

The Fierce Urgency of Now

M. Shawn Copeland

Contributions of Migrants to Development and Social Innovation in Boston

Multiple Panelists

Human and Church Community and the Evil of Economic Inequality

Rev. Kenneth Himes, O.F.M. & Rev. Michael Himes

Kinship Across Borders: Catholic Ethics and Migration

Kristin E. Heyer

Deepening Catholic Citizenship Today: Drawing from Scripture and Tradition

Richard J. Clifford, S.J. & Thomas Massaro, S.J.

The Catholic Voter and the Signs of Our Times

Kenneth Himes, O.F.M.

Principle and Practice: René Girard, Politics, Religion, and Violence

Rev. James Alison and Duncan Morrow; Moderator: Sheelah Treflé Hidden

Our Common Home: An Ethical Summons to Tackle Climate Change

Multiple Panelists

Why Libertarianism Isn't Liberal

Multiple Panelists

Dead Man Walking: A Conversation with Sr. Helen Prejean

Helen Prejean, C.S.J.

Poverty: What did Jesus Preach? What does the Church Teach?

Rev. Kenneth Himes, O.F.M.

The World Hunger Crisis

Rev. David Beckmann

Meeting Jesus in the Voting Booth: Faith and the 2008 Election

Rev. Kenneth Himes, O.F.M.

Contemporary Families

Contributions of Migrants to Development and Social Innovation in Boston

Multiple Panelists

From Barriers to Belonging: The Church and People with Disabilities

Erik W. Carter

Managing Connections or Building Relationships? Teens and Digital Technology

Theresa A. O'Keefe

Rereading the Roman Tea Leaves: The Francis Effect in the Synods on the Family

James Bretzke, S.J. & Susan Reynolds

Sowing the Seeds of Faith: It is (Almost) All in the Family

Thomas H. Groome

Life Matters: Reflections on the Synod on the Family

James Bretzke, S.J.

Families with Disabilities: Recipients or Agents of the New Evangelization?

Margaret E. Guider, O.S.F., with Maria Cataldo-Cunniff

Mixed Marriages: A 40-year Retrospective

James J. Conn, S.J.

A Garden of Grace: Spiritual Practices for Family Life

Kathy Hendricks

Environmental Stewardship

Rest’s Vital Place in Spirituality and the Work of Justice

Christine Firer Hinze

A Theology for the Church's Present Moment

Richard Lennan

Ecowomanist Spirituality in a Time of Climate Change

Dr. Melanie L. Harris

Hope in a Time of Climate Change

Carol A. Newsom

Evolution and the Primacy of Love

Ilia Delio, O.S.F.

Our Common Home: An Ethical Summons to Tackle Climate Change

Multiple Panelists

Sustainable Humanity, Sustainable Planet

Cardinal Peter Kodwo Appiah Turkson

Christ and the Pelican Chick

Elizabeth Johnson, C.S.J. & Susan Reynolds

The Emerging Alliance of Religion and Ecology

Mary Evelyn Tucker, John Grim

Meeting Jesus in the Voting Booth: Faith and the 2008 Election

Rev. Kenneth Himes, O.F.M.

Reconciliation and Healing

Father Ed: The Story of Bill W.'s Spiritual Sponsor

Dawn Eden Goldstein

Do THE WORK: Toward a Catholic Anti-Racism

Tia Noelle Pratt

Living Faithfully With Mental Health Challenges: Why Theology Matters

John Swinton

The Legacy of Óscar Romero: Conversion, Prophecy, and Martyrdom

Neto Valiente

Promoting a New Yes to Life: Religious Education Amidst the Decline in Religious Affiliation

Tom Beaudoin

Coping and Hoping with the Help of Jeremiah

Jaime L. Waters, Ph.D.

The Power to Preach: A Conversation About Ordaining Women as Deacons

Ellie Hidalgo, Casey Stanton, and Luke Hansen

The Sacred and the Secret: Lessons from Movements Like MeToo and ChurchToo

Dr. Natalia Imperatori-Lee

The Spiritual Exercises: A Reflection on Human Suffering from the Underside of History

Fr. Peter Gyves, S.J.

The Whole Language: The Power of Extravagant Tenderness

Fr. Greg Boyle, S.J.

Immigration 101 for Catholics: Welcome The Suffering Neighbor

Linda Dakin-Grimm

Catholic Social Thought, Direct Trade, and Engaged Scholarship

Anthony Vinciguerra

Faith Based Community Organizing: Social Justice in Massachusetts and the United States

Lewis Finfer

Stand Together: A Conversation About Jesuit Refugee Service in the Middle East and North Africa

Daniel Corrou, S.J., and Thomas D. Stegman, S.J.

Do Black Lives Matter to God?

Amey Victoria Adkins-Jones

Dealing with the Religious Other Within: Sunni-Shia Dynamics in the Islamic Tradition

Natana J. DeLong-Bas

Healing Through Pastoral Care

Melissa M. Kelley

Healing God’s People: Practical Skills and Pastoral Approaches

Margaret O’Brien Steinfels, Rodney L. Petersen, Robert C. Bordone, H. John McDargh, Thomas H. Groome

Healing: An Interfaith Perspective

Rodney L. Petersen

“Ambassadors of Reconciliation”: Confronting Sin and Moral Failure

James T. Bretzke, S.J.

The Road to Reconciliation: Healing the Past or Building the Future?

Robert Schreiter, C.PP.S.

Christian Virtues

Do THE WORK: Toward a Catholic Anti-Racism

Tia Noelle Pratt

The Bible and Human Rights

John J. Collins, Ph.D.

The Sacred and the Secret: Lessons from Movements Like MeToo and ChurchToo

Dr. Natalia Imperatori-Lee

The Spiritual Exercises: A Reflection on Human Suffering from the Underside of History

Fr. Peter Gyves, S.J.

The Whole Language: The Power of Extravagant Tenderness

Fr. Greg Boyle, S.J.

Immigration 101 for Catholics: Welcome The Suffering Neighbor

Linda Dakin-Grimm

Reading Job in the Middle Ages: On God, Providence, and Evil

Franklin T. Harkins

Catholic Social Thought, Direct Trade, and Engaged Scholarship

Anthony Vinciguerra

Faith Based Community Organizing: Social Justice in Massachusetts and the United States

Lewis Finfer

Stand Together: A Conversation About Jesuit Refugee Service in the Middle East and North Africa

Daniel Corrou, S.J., and Thomas D. Stegman, S.J.

Theological Virtues and Psychological Wellness: Cultivating Practices of Well-Being

Dominic F. Doyle & William D. Roozeboom

Nurturing the Healing Power of Joy

Brita L. Gill-Austern

Hope: Promise, Possibility, and Fulfillment

Rev. Richard Lennan, Nancy Pineda-Madrid, Christopher R. Matthews, John R. Sachs, S.J.

Hope: The Church's Prophetic Challenge

M. Shawn Copeland, Dominic F. Doyle, Rev. Richard Lennan, Theresa O'Keefe

Hope in a Wintry Season

Rev. Michael J. Himes

Living a Christian Life in an Age of Distraction

Thomas Massaro, S.J.

Breathing with Both Lungs: Growth and Challenge in Orthodox-Catholic Relations since Vatican II

Brian Daley, S.J.

"A Future Full of Hope" - Sustaining the Church in Hard Times

Rev. Michael J. Himes

A Garden of Grace: Spiritual Practices for Family Life

Kathy Hendricks

Christian Spiritual Practices: Drawing from the Storeroom both the Old and the New

Colleen M. Griffith

Poverty

Basements, Potlucks, and the Orange Line: Listening for God in an Urban Parish

Susan Bigelow Reynolds

Theological Writing and The Power of Place

Benjamin Valentin

The Spiritual Exercises: A Reflection on Human Suffering from the Underside of History

Fr. Peter Gyves, S.J.

The Whole Language: The Power of Extravagant Tenderness

Fr. Greg Boyle, S.J.

Catholic Social Thought, Direct Trade, and Engaged Scholarship

Anthony Vinciguerra

Faith Based Community Organizing: Social Justice in Massachusetts and the United States

Lewis Finfer

Stand Together: A Conversation About Jesuit Refugee Service in the Middle East and North Africa

Daniel Corrou, S.J., and Thomas D. Stegman, S.J.

The Fierce Urgency of Now

M. Shawn Copeland

Human and Church Community and the Evil of Economic Inequality

Rev. Kenneth Himes, O.F.M. & Rev. Michael Himes

Kinship Across Borders: Catholic Ethics and Migration

Kristin E. Heyer

Deepening Catholic Citizenship Today: Drawing from Scripture and Tradition

Richard J. Clifford, S.J. & Thomas Massaro, S.J.

Latin American Intellectual Roots of Pope Francis’s Pontificate

Rev. Carlos Maria Galli

My Faith Story within the Story of Liberation Theology

Gustavo Gutiérrez, O.P.

Christ and the Pelican Chick

Elizabeth Johnson, C.S.J. & Susan Reynolds

Taking the Church to the Street

Rev. Debbie Little

Poverty: What did Jesus Preach? What does the Church Teach?

Rev. Kenneth Himes, O.F.M.

The Message of Mercy and Its Importance Today

Cardinal Walter Kasper

The Transformative Power of Faith: Responding to Pope Francis’s Call

Mary Susanne Dziedzic, C.S.S.F., José Lopez, Digna R. López, John Hatcher, S.J., Mark Massa, S.J. (Moderator)

Beyond Ignorance, Hostility, and Fear: Organizing for Justice by Embracing Religious and Ethnic Passion

John Baumann, S.J.

Income Inequality and Our Responsibility to the Poor

Rev. J. Bryan Hehir, Susannah Heschel, Mohamed Lazzouni, Rev. John K. Stendahl, Alan Wolfe

Taking Flight: When Jesus was a Refugee

Leo O'Donovan, S.J.

Suffering and Salvation in Ciudad Juárez

Nancy Pineda-Madrid

"Almsgiving Delivers from Death”: Charity to the Poor Considered Theologically

Gary Anderson

The World Hunger Crisis

Rev. David Beckmann

Other "Moral Life"

Basements, Potlucks, and the Orange Line: Listening for God in an Urban Parish

Susan Bigelow Reynolds

The Bible and Human Rights

John J. Collins, Ph.D.

The Sacred and the Secret: Lessons from Movements Like MeToo and ChurchToo

Dr. Natalia Imperatori-Lee

The Spiritual Exercises: A Reflection on Human Suffering from the Underside of History

Fr. Peter Gyves, S.J.

The Whole Language: The Power of Extravagant Tenderness

Fr. Greg Boyle, S.J.

Immigration 101 for Catholics: Welcome The Suffering Neighbor

Linda Dakin-Grimm

Catholic Social Thought, Direct Trade, and Engaged Scholarship

Anthony Vinciguerra

Faith Based Community Organizing: Social Justice in Massachusetts and the United States

Lewis Finfer

Stand Together: A Conversation About Jesuit Refugee Service in the Middle East and North Africa

Daniel Corrou, S.J., and Thomas D. Stegman, S.J.

Catholic End of Life Ethics and the Covid Crisis

Daniel J. Daly

Do Black Lives Matter to God?

Amey Victoria Adkins-Jones

Public Faith and Public Health: Life During a Pandemic

Michael Rozier, SJ

Faith and Citizenship: Catholic Perspectives on American Politics

Matt Malone, S.J., Sam Sawyer, S.J., and Kerry Weber, with Dr. Cathleen Kaveny

Finding Faith in the Maelstrom - Storytelling as a Source of Hope

Mary Hess

Nevertheless, She Persisted: Women’s Religio-Political Witness for Love and Justice

Rosemary Carbine

Theological Education: The Next Ten Years

STM faculty panel

Confronting The Soul-Devouring Dragon - Sexual Abuse and the Mystery of Evil

Margaret Eletta Guider, O.S.F.

The Bible and Justice

Carol Dempsey, O.P., Andrew R. Davis

The Fierce Urgency of Now

M. Shawn Copeland

Theological Virtues and Psychological Wellness: Cultivating Practices of Well-Being

Dominic F. Doyle & William D. Roozeboom

Human and Church Community and the Evil of Economic Inequality

Rev. Kenneth Himes, O.F.M. & Rev. Michael Himes

Religious Education in the Age of Google, Facebook, Netflix, and SpaceX

Hosffman Ospino

Evolution and the Primacy of Love

Ilia Delio, O.S.F.

Principle and Practice: René Girard, Politics, Religion, and Violence

Rev. James Alison and Duncan Morrow; Moderator: Sheelah Treflé Hidden

A Rebellious Son? Jesus and His Mother at the Wedding in Cana (John 2)

Adele Reinhartz

The Emerging Alliance of Religion and Ecology

Mary Evelyn Tucker, John Grim

Income Inequality and Our Responsibility to the Poor

Rev. J. Bryan Hehir, Susannah Heschel, Mohamed Lazzouni, Rev. John K. Stendahl, Alan Wolfe

Accompaniment: Liberation Theology, Solidarity, and a Life of Service

Paul Farmer, Roberto Goizueta

The Challenge of Catholic Teaching on War and Peace in the Present Moment

Most Rev. Robert W. McElroy

Taking Flight: When Jesus was a Refugee

Leo O'Donovan, S.J.

Profits and Prophets: Economic Development and Interreligious Dialogue

Paul F. Knitter

Dead Man Walking: The Journey Continues

Helen Prejean, C.S.J.

"Almsgiving Delivers from Death”: Charity to the Poor Considered Theologically

Gary Anderson

"A Future Full of Hope" - Sustaining the Church in Hard Times

Rev. Michael J. Himes

Meeting Jesus Christ in the Search for Peace

Padraig O'Malley

Ethics in the Book of Job

Leong Seow

Where Does the School of Theology and Ministry Belong in the University?

Richard J. Clifford, S.J., Jill Ker Conway, Cutberto Garza