The Jeanie Graustein Lecture on Environmental Justice

Saint Thomas More Chapel and Center at Yale

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The Jeanie Graustein Lecture on Environmental Justice

September 29, 2024 • Allen Ottaro, CYNESA

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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).

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.

Professor Volker Leppin | Brother Sun, Mother Church: The Mysticism of St. Francis of Assisi

September 26, 2024

Yale Divinity School Professor Volker Leppin will open our series by exploring Saint Francis of Assisi’s (d. 1226) creation mysticism, its relationship with Church authorities, and its reception in his time. Leppin will also discuss its enduring influence on Catholic environmentalism under Pope Francis. Volker Leppin is the Horace Tracy Pitkin Professor of Historical Theology at Yale Divinity School. Professor Leppin was trained in theology at Marburg, Jerusalem, and Heidelberg where he graduated with his doctorate in 1997. He held the chair in Church History at the University of Jena in Germany and a similar chair at the University of Tübingen, the most prestigious in Germany.