The More House Lecture: Sr. Helen Prejean C.S.J. | Apr 2, 2023 - Saint Thomas More Chapel and Center at Yale

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The More House Lecture: Sr. Helen Prejean C.S.J. | Apr 2, 2023

April 2, 2023

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Our guest, Sr. Helen Prejean C.S.J. presents The More House Lecture: River of Fire: A journey into the Gospel of Justice.

Sister Helen Prejean C.S.J. is a leading American advocate for the abolition of the death penalty. She has been instrumental in sparking national dialogue on capital punishment and in shaping the Catholic Church’s vigorous opposition to all executions. Her best-selling book, Dead Man Walking, is based on her experiences with two convicts on death row for whom she served as spiritual adviser before their executions. She is the founder of “Survive,” a victim’s advocacy group in New Orleans, and continues to counsel not only inmates on death row, but the families of murder victims, as well. She has served on the board and as Chairperson of the Board of the National Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty. She is also a member of Amnesty International and an honorary member of Murder Victim Families for Reconciliation.

Rev. Robert L. Beloin Lecture on Contemporary Theology | 2024 Focus: Black Catholicism

February 25, 2024 • Shannon Wimp Schmidt

Join Shannon Wimp Schmidt for her lecture: "Awake, O Sleeper: A Black Catholic’s Journey of Decolonizing and Reconstructing Faith". Shannon Wimp Schmidt is Parish Vitality Coordinator for the Archdiocese of Chicago, author and co-host of the podcast Plaid Skirts and Basic Black. Shannon holds a M.A. in Pastoral Studies from Catholic Theological Union. She has more than a decade of experience in youth and pastoral ministry and has served in various capacities, including director of RCIA, adult faith formation coordinator, diversity educator, interfaith ministry leader, and theology teacher. She co-authored "Fat Luther, Slim Pickin’s: A Black Catholic Celebration of Faith, Tradition, and Diversity" (Ave Maria Press, 2022) with Marcia Lane-McGee and is a regular contributor to FemCatholic and the National Catholic Reporter's Sunday Scripture video reflections. Her work has been featured on CatholicTV’s "This is the Day" and in "The Catholic Moment" and "Common Horizon". She is the founding member of Catholics United for Black Lives.

More House Lecture | Kristin Colberg ’00 M.Div, Ph.D. | Feb 18, 2024

February 18, 2024

Join our guest speaker, Kristin Colberg ’00 M.Div, Ph.D., for her lecture on "The Synod on Synodality: An Insider's View. Dr. Colberg earned an M.Div. from Yale University Divinity School and a Ph.D. from the University of Notre Dame. Her doctoral work focused on systematic theology with an emphasis in ecclesiology and her dissertation examined the relationship between Vatican I and Vatican II. She serves as the only theologian from the United States on the theological commission supporting the current Synod on Synodality and has worked on the Synod at every stage on the local, national, continental, and universal levels. She is also active in ecumenical dialogue and was appointed by the Vatican to the Anglican-Roman Catholic International Commission (ARCIC). Dr. Colberg is the author of Vatican I and Vatican II: Councils in the Living Tradition (Collegeville: Liturgical Press, 2016) along with an edited volume and numerous scholarly articles on Vatican II, ecumenism, and major developments in Catholic thought. She is a member of the official Reformed-Catholic dialogue in the United States.

Latinx Lecture | Neomi DeAnda, Ph.D. | Dec 3 @ 6PM

December 3, 2023

Neomi DeAnda, Ph.D. speaks on Eucharist and World Hunger: Mary, Breast Milk, Synodality, and Lo Cotidiano. Neomi De Anda, is a tenured Associate Professor in the University of Dayton Department of Religious Studies. She earned M.A. in Theology from the Oblate School of Theology and a M.A. in Educational Leadership from St. Mary’s University, San Antonio. She also earned a Ph.D. in Constructive Theology from Loyola University, Chicago. Dr. De Anda’s intersectional scholarly research focuses on Latinx Christology; theology and breast milk; chisme; the intersection of race and migrations in conjunction with the Marianist Social Justice Collaborative Immigrant Justice Team; and a border theology at the intersections of the environment, migrations, labor and women. She has served as “Scholar in Residence” for the North American Center for Marianist Life (NACMS).