More House Lecture | Kristin Colberg ’00 M.Div, Ph.D. | Feb 18, 2024 - Saint Thomas More Chapel and Center at Yale

Saint Thomas More Chapel and Center at Yale

Media

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

February 18, 2024

Give

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.

Join Archbishop Timothy Broglio

November 3, 2024

Elected President of the USCCB in 2022, Archbishop Broglio previously served as Secretary of the Conference and chaired multiple committees, including International Justice and Peace and Canonical Affairs. He has held diplomatic roles in Ivory Coast, Paraguay, and the Dominican Republic, and was ordained as an Archbishop by St. John Paul II in 2001. In 2007, he became the fourth Archbishop of the Military Services USA. Archbishop Broglio also serves on various boards, including Catholic Distance University and the National Catholic Bioethics Center.

Enrique M. De La Cruz, Ph.D. | Life as a Scholar and a Believer

October 27, 2024

Enrique M. De La Cruz, Ph.D. is the William R. Kenan Professor of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry and the Head of Branford College at Yale University. He is a first-generation Cuban-American who was raised in Newark, NJ. Dr. De La Cruz received his undergraduate degree from Rutgers University, Newark College of Arts and Sciences and his Ph.D. degree in Biochemistry, Cell & Molecular Biology at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. In 2020, he was honored as Cell Press’ 100 inspiring Hispanic/Latinx scientists in America. Dr. De La Cruz is actively involved outreach activities focused on enhancing minority participation, career development and retention in the sciences.

The Jeanie Graustein Lecture on Environmental Justice

September 29, 2024 • Allen Ottaro, CYNESA

Speaking from his experience as one of the leading African Catholic environmentalists active today, CYNESA founder Allen Ottaro will discuss how young Catholics around the world can effectively advocate for a just stewardship of Creation through the lens of Catholic social teaching and sacred tradition. Allen Ottaro is the Founder and Executive Director of the Catholic Youth Network for Environmental Sustainability in Africa (CYNESA). Based in Nairobi, Kenya, the organization currently has chapters in ten African countries. Allen is also a founding member of the Global Membership Council of the Laudato Si’ Movement. Since 2015, he has served as a member of the climate change working group of the Symposium of Episcopal Conferences of Africa and Madagascar (SECAM).