Center for Religion, Ethics and Culture

October 3, 2001 - "Understanding Islam:" Prof. Jimmy Jones, Manhattanville College, Prof. Qamar al-Huda, Boston College, and Profs. Todd Lewis, Laury Silvers-Alario, and Vickie Langohr, College of the Holy Cross.

October 24, 2001 - "Holding the Tension: Brain-Psyche-Spirit " a symposium examining the implications of recent brain research on the ways we understand spirituality and spiritual experience. William Fortier will discuss research related to religious experience, and a panel of commentors will discuss its implications for teaching, aging and pastoral care. The panelists are David Doiron of Worcester Pastoral Counseling Center and Profs. Andrew Futterman and Christopher Dustin of Holy Cross. 3:30-6:00 PM, Rehm Library

October 31, 2001 - Breakfast Discussion for Religious Leaders on Stem-Cell Research featuring Prof. Thomas Shannon, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Prof William Stempsey, College of the Holy Cross, and (tba) a representative of the biotech industry. Coffee and Baked goods provided. Contact CREC for Registration Information. 7:45 AM, Rehm Library, Smith Hall.

November 15, 2001 - "Forgiveness and the Aftermath of Contemporary Crimes Against Humanity" - Marguerite Feitlowitz, Independent Scholar, "Argentina: Forgiveness(?) in the Face of Impunity;" Prof. Anita Isaacs, Stinnes Professor of Global Studies Haverford College, "Guatemala and the Challenges of Forgiveness." 4:00-5:30 PM, Rehm Library in Smith Hall.

November 16, 2001 - "Emotions in Black and White and Color," Ronald deSousa, Philosophy Department, University of Toronto. Co-sponsored by College Honors Program and Center for Religion, Ethics, and Culture.4:00 PM Smith Hall 501.

November 28, 2001 - 'Experiencing Advent' Luncheon Reflection Series : "Our Longing for God" - Praying the psalms, guided meditation, and reflection . Led by Elizabeth Johns, Visiting Fellow, CREC. Lunch at noon on the 4th floor lounge of Smith Hall; Reflection from 12:15-12:45 in the Rehm Library.

November 29, 2001 - Book Publication Panel Discussion and reception for As Leaven in the World: Catholic Perspectives on Faith, Vocation and the Intellectual Life, edited by Tom Landy. 4:30 PM, Rehm Library.

December 5, 2001 - 'Experiencing Advent' Luncheon Reflection Series : "God's Longing for Us" - Praying the psalms, guided meditation, and reflection . Led by Elizabeth Johns, Visiting Fellow, CREC. Lunch at noon on the 4th floor lounge of Smith Hall; Reflection from 12:15-12:45 in the Rehm Library.

December 12, 2001 - 'Experiencing Advent' Luncheon Reflection Series : "Our Repentance and God's Assurance" - Praying the psalms, guided meditation, and reflection . Led by Elizabeth Johns, Visiting Fellow, CREC. Lunch at noon on the 4th floor lounge of Smith Hall; Reflection from 12:15-12:45 in the Rehm Library.

December 13, 2001 - The Catholic Community Forms Its Conscience on
War and Terrorism - Featuring Suzanne Shanley, Agape Community ,
Kristin Heyer, Boston College, Scott Schaeffer-Duffy, St. Francis and Therese House, Ward Thomas, College of the Holy Cross. 3:30-5:30, Rehm Library of Smith Hall

December 19, 2001 - 'Experiencing Advent' Luncheon Reflection Series : "We Wait for the Light" - Praying the psalms, guided meditation, and reflection . L ed by Elizabeth Johns, Visiting Fellow, CREC. Lunch at noon on the 4th floor lounge of Smith Hall; Reflection from 12:15-12:45 in the Rehm Library.

Spring Semester, 2002

January 21, 2002 - "The Moral Legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.: A Student-led Teach-in and Debate." Panelists: Allison Bell, '05 , Kristen Cortiglia, '02 , Alix Dejean, '04 , Sarah Dalton, '02 , Nikia Kelly, '03 , Katie Li, '05, Patrick Tigue, '03. Sponsored in cooperation with the Office of Multicultural Education. 7:30 - 9:00 PM, Rehm Library.

January 29, 2002 - Jesuits and Their Influence on German Renaissance Churches, a discussion with Jeffrey Chipps Smith, the Kay Fortson Chair in European Art, University of Texas at Austin. Lecture at 4:00 PM, Rehm Library. The Catholic Studies Reading Group meets with Prof. Smith at 6:00 PM.

January 31, 2002 - Flanagan Lecture - Rev. J. Bryan Hehir, Director, Catholic Charities, USA, and former Dean, Harvard Divinity School- "The Church and Public Life: A Pastoral Question," 7:30 PM, Rehm Library in Smith Hall.

February 1, 2002 - Deitchman Family Lectures on Religion and Modernity
Dr. William Shea, Saint Louis University: "Evangelicals, Catholics and Modernity: Growing Up in the Brave New World." 3:30 PM, Rehm Library, Smith Hall.

February 2, 2002 - Student Interfaith Encounter visits Congregation Beth Israel, a Conservative synagogue in Worcester, MA. Rabbi Jay Rosenbaum and Prof. Patricia Bizzell host. Vans leave at 8:30 AM and return at 2:30 PM.

February 5, 2002 - The Worcester Interreligious Forum presents itsStatement on Shared Values and Beliefs for the Worcester Community, which arises from extended interfaith dialogue among local religious leaders. 3:00-5:30PM in the Ballroom of the Hogan Campus Center.

February 8, 2002 - Dramatic reading of an original play by Richard Cusack, '50, "The Judecca Exchange," a play about two academics in hell . The two academics are Edward Isser and Steve Vineberg. Lynn Kremer will be reading the stage directions and Joan Townsend is the maid. 8:00 PM, Rehm Library, Smith Hall.

February 10, 2002 - Kraft-Hiatt Fund for Jewish-Christian Understanding in cooperation with theJewish Federation of Central Massachusettsand the office of Student Programs and Leadership Development presents the Klezmer Conservatory Band . 3:00-6:00 PM, Ballroom, Hogan Campus Center . Free Admission.

February 11, 2002 - Deitchman Family Lectures on Religion and Modernity present "The Christian Critique of Societies: Just or Unjust?"
Fr. Jean-Yves Calvez, S.J. 4:00 PM, Rehm Library, Smith Hall.

February 11, 2002 - Religion, Spirituality, and Aging Series - Helen Black, "She Cried; He Cried?: Gender Differences in Elders' Expressions of Suffering" 7:00 PM, Rehm Library, Smith Hall.

February 19, 2002 - Catholic Studies Reading Group: What is Catholic Place?" A discussion led by John Schmalzbauer in conjunction with the Cantor Gallery exhibition, "Sacred Spaces: Legacy and Responsibility."

February 22, 2002 - Rev. J. Bryan Hehir, Director, Catholic Charities, USA, and former Dean, Harvard Divinity School, returns to speak on "The Ethics of the War on Terrorism." 1:00 PM, Rehm Library, Smith Hall.

February 22, 2002 - Student Interfaith Encounter visits The Islamic Society of Greater Worcester . The Community's religious director, Shaikh Hamid Mahmood, host. Buses leave Holy Cross at 4:00 PM and return at 6:45 PM.

February 24, 2002 - "Finding A Spiritual Home: Where Do Jewish Deaf Go?" An interactive dialogue workshop facilitated by Marla Berkowitz. 10:00 AM to Noon, with lunch to follow. Hogan 403.

February 28, 2002 - African American Spirituality Series - Farah Jasmine Griffin.Co-sponsored with African-American Studies program. 7:00 PM, Rehm Library, Smith Hall.

March 13, 2002 - "Jesuits in China: New Historical Perspectives" - Nicolas Standaert, S.J., Institute for Advanced Studies. 4:00-5:30 PM, Rehm Library, Smith Hall. Co-sponsored by the Jesuit Community and the Asian Studies program.

March 14, 2002 - "'To Make Men Whole': Faith and Social Consciousness in C.L. Franklin's Detroit Ministry 1946-1969" - Prof. Nick Salvatore, Cornell University, winner of the Bancroft Prize of the American Historical Association for the best book in US history for his biography of Eugene V. Debs. 4:00 PM, - Rehm Library in Smith Hall.

March 15, 2002 -Faculty/Staff Roundtable: Young Adult Catholics : Religion in the Culture of Choice . John Schmalzbauer, Tom Landy, Kim McElaney, Kristine Cyr-Goodwin. 2:30 - 4:00 PM, Rehm Library. Refreshments will be served.

March 19 - Packachoag and Mount Saint James: Worcester's Early Christian Indian Communities, Prof. Thomas Doughton, 7:00 PM, Rehm Library in Smith Hall. Co-sponsored with the Center for Interdisciplinary and Special Studies and Peace and Conflict Studies.

March 20 - Catholic Studies Reading Group: "The Poetry of Billy Collins: A Subject for Catholic Studies?" Registration Required.

April 5-6-7, 2002 - Conference: "Sacred Spaces: Legacy and Responsibility"

April 12-13, 2002 - Conference: "The Anatomy of Evil"

April 16, 2001 - Catholic Studies Faculty Reading Group discusses The Anatomy of Evil.

April 21, 2002 - Student Interfaith Encounter visits Salem Covenant Church, a Swedish-American Protestant church founded in 1880. Pastor Mark Frykholm and Prof. John Schmalzbauer will host. Buses leave Holy Cross at 10:00 AM and return by 2:30 PM. Lunch will be provided.

April 24, 2002 - Thomas More Lecture on Faith, Work and Civic Life presents Joseph E. Murray, MD, class of 1940, and 1990 winner of the Nobel prize for his pioneering work on kidney transplantation and the prevention of organ rejection. 4:00 PM in Rehm Library.

May 2, 2002 - Report on the Middle East - Local Catholic Worker Scott Schaeffer-Duffy '80 visited the West Bank during the heaviest fighting two weeks ago. He will report on his trip with a slide lecture "From Suffering to Peace" 11:00AM, Smith Hall , Rehm Library

Fall 2002

September 17 2002, Catholic Studies Faculty Reading Group discusses work in progress by Prof. Mat Schmalz. Open to Holy Cross faculty by pre-registration.

September 23 2002, "Hindu Goddesses and Mary the Mother of God" Francis X. Clooney, S.J. Professor of Comparative Theology, Boston College, 4:30-5:30 PM, Rehm Library in Smith Hall. Deitchman Lectures on Religion and Modernity Lecture Series, co-sponsored by Asian Studies and the Center for Religion, Ethics and Culture

September 25, 2002, Professor Howard Zinn, "America's War on Terrorism," co-sponsored with Peace and Conflict Studies, 4:00 PM, Rehm Library in Smith Hall.

September 25, 2002, Rev. Tadeusz Pacholczyk, PhD, "Human Embryos: Science, Ethics and the Cloning Debte" co-sponsored with John Courtney Murray Circle, COMPASS, and Students for Life, 7:30 PM, Rehm Library in Smith Hall.

September 30, 2002, "Last Lecture Series," Larry Cahoone, Associate Professor of Philosophy, 8:00 PM Rehm Library

October 4, 2002, "The Moral and Spiritual Costs of a Culture of War" Bishop Thomas Gumbleton, 7:00 PM, Hogan Ballroom.

October 8th, 2002, "Forging New Perspectives in the Sex Abuse Crisis," talk by William Fortier, Worcester Pastoral Counseling Center, with responses by Rabbi Seth Bernstein and Rev. Barbara Merritt, 1:30 - 3:00 PM, Rehm Library in Smith Hall.

October 18-20, 2002, Conference: "Practicing Catholic: Body, Performance and Constestation in Catholic Faith."

October 22, 2002, Lecture: James O'Toole: "Passing for White: Race, Religion, and the Healy Family, 1820-1920" 4:00 PM in Rehm Library in Smith Hall.

October 22, 2002, Catholic Studies Faculty Reading Group discusses James O'Toole's Passing for White: Race, Religion, and the Healy Family, 1820-1920. Open to Holy Cross faculty by pre-registration.

October 24, 2002, Dr. Svetlana Broz, granddaughter of Josep Broz Tito, longtime ruler of Yugoslavia, and author of Good People in an Evil Time, will present "The Fall of Yugoslavia and the War in Bosnia." Co-sponsored with Peace and Conflict Studies. 4:00 PM in Rehm Library in Smith Hall.

October 28, 2002 "From Vatican II to the Next Papacy" - a talk on the 40th anniversary of Vatican II by Robert Kaiser and John Allen. 7:30 PM in Rehm Library in Smith Hall.

November 5, 2002 - Exploring Vocation: Five Responses to God's Call - Dialogue with five men and women who share their vocation stories to priesthood, religious life and other forms of ministry. Co-sponsored by the Chaplains' Office under the Lilly Vocation Initiative. 7:30 p.m. in Rehm Library in Smith Hall.

November 7, 2002 - "A Woman in Love," a one woman performance on the life of Catherine Doherty, foundress of Friendship House and the Madonna House Apostolate. Performed by Cynthia Donnelly, actress with Indiana Repertory, Hartford Stage Company and New York Shakespeare Festival. 7:30 PM, Rehm Library in Smith Hall.

November 12, 2002- "Last Lecture Series," Vickie Langohr, Assistant Professor of Political Science, 7:30 PM, Rehm Library, Smith Hall.

November 13, 2002 - Visiting Fellow Bruce Morrill, S.J. will lead a discussion for the Catholic Studies Faculty Reading Group on the balance between practice and objectivity in Catholic studies. Open to Holy Cross faculty by pre-registration.

November 20, 2002 - International Visiting Jesuit Fellow Fr. Paul Wiryono, S.J. will discuss "Catholic Higher Education in the Reform Era: Indonesia after the Fall of Soeharto." 4:00 PM, CREC conference room (Smith 303).

December 9, 2002 - Fr. Paul Wiryono, S.J. our International Visiting Jesuit Fellow, will discuss "Over-Application of Pesticides and the Environmental Situation in Indonesia." 3:00-4:15 PM, Haberlin 103.

Spring 2003

January 22, 2003 - AIDS in Africa and its Effect on Children: What Can We Do? A Presentation by Ellen McCurley, '82, of The Pendulum Project. 4:00-5:30 PM, Rehm Library in Smith Hall.

January 27, 2003 - Kraft-Hiatt Lecture Series: "Israel Today: Five Zionist Voices" Hannah Rosenthal, Executive Director of the Jewish Council for Public Affairs and four Holy Cross faculty - Daniel Bitran, Patricia Bizzell, Edward Isser, and Amy Wolfson - will speak about what Israel means to them. 4:00-5:30 PM, Rehm Library in Smith Hall.

January 29-30, 2003 - Catholic Common Ground Initiative at Holy Cross presents a discussion, Restoring the Moral Integrity of the Church: the Response of Catholic Higher Education to the Current Crisis in the Church (by invitation only).

January 29, 2003 - Responding to the Crisis of Integrity in the Church: What Should Catholic Colleges Do? a public dialogue featuring Monika Hellwig, President of the Association of Catholic Colleges and Universities; Matthew Clark '59, Bishop of Rochester, NY; HC President Michael C. McFarland, S.J., David Gregory, Cardinal Newman Society, and Voice of the Faithful President Jim Post. Beyond Brokenness: Healing, Renewal and the Church series 7:30-9:00 PM, in the Ballroom of the Hogan Campus Center.

February 3, 2003 - "Abortion and the Law" - Cathy Cleaver, an attorney and pro-life spokeswoman for the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops marks the 30th anniversary of the Supreme Court decision in Roe v. Wade. Co-sponsored by Compass, Students for Life, and the John Courtney Murray Circle. and the Center for Religion, Ethics and Culture. 8:00 PM, Rehm Library in Smith Hall.

February 4, 2003 - Flanagan Lecture - Dr. Mary Brabeck, Dean, Lynch School of Education, Boston College - "Transformative Hope for Hard Times: The Role of the Catholic University in a Civil Society" - 7:30 PM, Rehm Library in Smith Hall.

February 10, 2003 - Reception for New Faculty, 4:00-5:30 PM, Moran Lounge, Smith Hall.

February 12, 2003 - "Israel Today: Young People's Perspectives" Tsee'la Shmuely and Ayelet Handler, two young Israeli women living in Worcester, will meet with students to talk about Israeli life today from their perspectives. Sponsored by Kraft-Hiatt Lecture Series 4:30 PM, Rehm Library.

February 18, 2003 - Catholic Studies Faculty Reading Group - Jim McCartin discusses his research, "The Love of Things Unseen: Catholic Prayer and the Moral Imagination in Twentieth Century United States." Open to Holy Cross faculty by pre-registration.

February 19, 2003 - Susan A. Eisenhandler, "Keeping the Faith in Late Life" - Aging, Ethics and Spirituality Lecture Series co-sponsored with the Consortium Gerontology Studies Program. 7:00 PM, Hogan 519.

February 25, 2003, Music Department Colloquium with International Visiting Jesuit Fellow Fr. Christopher Willcock, S.J. "Sacred and Secular: What's This Composer Think He's Doing?" 4:00 PM, Music seminar room, 133 Brooks.

February 25, 2003, 7:30 PM - "Last Lecture Series," Helen Whall, Associate Professor of English.

Monday, March 10, 2003, "The University: Before, After, and Beyond" - Dennis O'Brien, President Emeritus of the University of Rochester. Sponsored by The Phi Beta Kappa Fellows, The Holy Cross Chapter of Phi Beta Kappa and the Center for Religion, Ethics and Culture. 7:00 PM, Rehm Library in Smith Hall.

March 12, 2003 - Deitchman Family Lectures in Religion and Modernity - Fr. Michael Buckley, S.J. "Newman and the Restoration of the Interpersonal in Higher Education." 4:00 PM, Rehm Library.

March 13, 2003 - Beyond Brokenness: Healing, Renewal and the Church series - Rev. Donald Cozzens, author of The Changing Face of the Priesthood and Sacred Silence, 7:30 PM, Rehm Library.

March 15, 2003 - War, Peace, and Conscientious Objection - A workshop on conscientious objection led by Brenna Cussen '00, Fr. Michael Baxter, C.S.C. and Tom Cornell of the Catholic Peace Fellowship. Co-sponsored with Peace and Conflict Studies and the College Chaplains. 9:00 AM - 5:30 PM, Rehm Library.

March 17, 2003 - "Islam and Christianity in the 21st Century" - Seyyed Hossein Nasr, University Professor of Islamic Studies at George Washington University, 4:00 PM, Rehm Library in Smith Hall. Co-sponsored with the Department of Religious Studies and the Asian Studies Program.

March 18, 2003 - Deitchman Family Lectures in Religion and Modernity: "Whose History?--Spinoza's Critique of Religion as an Other 'Modernity'" - Idit Dobbs-Weinstein, Associate Professor of Philosophy, Vanderbilt University 4:00 PM, Rehm Library.

March 20, 2003 - Kraft-Hiatt Lecture Series presents Who Owns The Bible? A Judaeo-Christian Argument with Jacob Neusner and Bruce D. Chilton of Bard College, 7:30 PM, Rehm Library.

April 2, 2003 - Beyond Brokenness: Healing, Renewal and the Church series - Sr. Katarina Schuth, OSF, will speak on "Seminaries and the Future of Ministry" 7:30 PM, Rehm Library.

Tuesday, April 8, 2003 - Deitchman Family Lectures in Religion and Modernity: Psychologist Robert Jay Lifton, Harvard Medical School, Terrorism and War: Struggles with Apocalyptic Violence" 4:00 PM, Rehm Library.

Tuesday, April 8, 2003 - Beyond Brokenness: Healing, Renewal and the Church - "Reading the Signs of the Times: Insights from Catholic Feminists" Bernadette Brooten, Brandeis University, Christine Gudorf, Florida International University, and MaryBeth Kearns Barrett. 4:00 PM, Hogan Suites B&C. Co-sponsored with Women's Studies.

Tuesday, April 8, 2003 - "Last Lecture Series," Rick Murphy, Professor of Religious Studies, 7:30 PM, Rehm Library.

Wednesday, April 9, 2003 - Condé Nast Lectures on Media, Ethics and Values: "Media Coverage of the Crisis in the Church: Three Views" featuring Walter Robinson, Lead Investigative Reporter, Globe Spotlight Team, Boston Globe, Peter Steinfels, "Beliefs" Columnist, The New York Times, and Joseph Bergantino (HC '73), Investigative Reporter, WBZ-TV, Boston. 8:00 PM, Rehm Library.

Saturday, April 12, 2003 - Robert Kennedy, SJ, Roshi and author of "Zen Spirit, Christian Spirit" and "Zen Gifts to Christians," will lead a meditation in the Zen tradition. Co-sponsored by the Asian Studies Concentration and the Holy Cross Meditation Society. 9:00 AM - 12 Noon, Rehm Library.

Wednesday, April 23, 2003 - Rev. Raymond Bucko, S.J., an Anthropologist from Creighton University, speaks on "Teaching Black Elk: Promise and Pitfalls of Cross-cultural Education." 4:00 PM, Rehm Library.

Wednesday, April 23, 2003 - Francis Bok, a one-time slave from Sudan, speaks on human rights and slavery in the world today. Co-sponsored with Amnesty International, The Black Student Union, and the Model UN. 7:30 PM, Hogan 401.

Thursday, April 24, 2003 - Boston's Chinatown: A Legacy of Environmental Injustice - Prof. Andrew Leong, College of Public & Community Service, University of Massachusetts/Boston. Co-sponsored by A.S.I.A. 4:00 PM, Stein 129.

Thursday, April 24, 2003 - Amnesty or Amnesia? Commemorations of the Great Irish Famine - Prof. Margaret Kelleher, National University of Ireland. Co-sponsored by the Department of History ad the Women's Forum. 6:00 PM, Hogan 304.

Wednesday, April 30, 2003 - "The Eliot School Rebellion, Boston, 1859: Education, Slavery and the Nineteenth Century Catholic Revival" - John McGreevey, University of Notre Dame, will explore a little known incident: the rebellion of Catholic schoolchildren against their Protestant teachers in a Boston school, and how this incident also sheds light on the simultaneous debate over slavery. The talk is taken from McGreevy's new study, Catholicism and American Freedom: A History. Co-sponsored by the History Department. 4:00 PM, Rehm Library.

Wednesday, April 30, 2003 - Catholic Studies Faculty Reading Group meets with Notre Dame historian John McGreevey to discuss his forthcoming book, Catholicism and American Freedom: A History. Open to Holy Cross faculty by pre-registration.

Summer 2003

May 18-21, 2003 - "Ethics, Science and Policy: Environmental Education for a Transnational World," a national faculty development workshop co-sponsored with the Carnegie Council on Ethics and International Affairs. By Registration; Rehm Library.

June 14 - June 28, 2003 - Erasmus Institute Summer Seminars for faculty and for graduate students. Seminars led by Geoffrey Hartman, Elizabeth Johns, and Margaret Anderson. By Registration.

Fall 2003

September 10 2003, - Condé Nast Lectures on Media, Ethics and Values: Fast Food Nation author Eric Schlosser 7:00 PM, Hogan Ballroom. Mr. Schlosser will speak in First-Year Program classes on September 10 and 11.

Tuesday, October 21, 2003 - Thomas More Lectures on Faith, Work and Civic Life - Miguel Satut, '72, Program Director, W.K. Kellogg Foundation. 4:00 PM Rehm Library.

Thursday, October 23, 2003 - Beyond Brokenness: Healing, Renewal and the Church series - Mark Jordan, Asa Griggs Candler Professor, Department of Religion, Emory University: "Beyond Scandal: Catholics Rethink Homosexuality." 4:00 PM, Rehm Library.

Thursday, October 23, 2003 - Catholic Studies Faculty Reading Group discusses Mark Jordan's The Ethics of Sex with the author. Open to Holy Cross faculty by pre-registration.

Wednesday, November 5, 2003 - "Remote Justice: Tuning In to Citizenship" Prof. Valerie Karno, JD, PhD considers ways in which small claims court TV shows--"Judge Judy," "Judge Joe Brown," "The People's Court," and so on--reimagine our relationships to law, race, class, and gender, and our notions of a democratic citizenry. 7:00 PM, Rehm Library. Co-sponsored by the English and Political Science Departments, with support from the Condé Nast Lecture fund.

Thursday, November 6, 2003 - "A Spirit in Love with the Earth: The Meaning and Promise of Religious Environmentalism" Prof. Roger Gottlieb, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, 7:00 PM, Rehm Library. Co-sponsored with The Environmental Studies Concentration and CISS.

Sunday, November 9, 2003 - Student Interfaith Encounter visits the Jesuit Urban Center / Church of the Immaculate Conception in Boston for Sunday mass and a discussion of issues facing gay Catholics today. 8:45 AM - 3:00 PM. By pre-registration - contact the CREC office.

Tuesday, November 11, 2003 - "Veils and Ecstasy: Stories and Images of Female Migrants in the Indonesian Borderlands," lecture by Dr. Johan Lindquist, an anthropologist at Cornell University, on the situation of women factory workers and prostitutes in Indonesian Batam. 2:00 PM, Rehm Library. Co-sponsored with Asian Studies and Women's Studies.

Wednesday, November 12, 2003 - Symposium on the Life and Work of Walter Ong, S.J., one of the most widely admired Jesuit intellectuals of the twentieth century. 12:00-1:30 PM, location TBA.

Thursday, November 13, 2003 - "Anxieties of a Career Diplomat: Reflections on America's Role in the World," lecture by Ambassador Peter Burleigh discusses how regional expertise (especially in the Middle East and South Asia) and power intersect in making US foreign policy. 7:00 PM, Rehm Library. Co-sponsored with Asian Studies, Peace and Conflict Studies, and CISS.

Monday, December 8, 2003, Deitchman Family Lectures on Religion and Modernity - "Pragmatism and the Modern Self" - Michael J. Lacey, Emeritus Director, Center for American Society and Culture, Woodrow Wilson Center, Smithsonian Institution. 4:00 PM, Rehm Library.

Wednesday, December 10, 2003 -"So I will Disappear:" Insights into the Writings of Thomas Merton" on the 35th anniversary of Merton's death. Rehm Library.

Spring 2004

January 21 - February 20 , 2004 co-sponsor of the Cantor Art Gallery exhibition, Vision Quest: Men, Women and Sacred Sites of the Sioux Nation - Photographs by Rev. Don Doll S.J.

January 28 , 2004 - Susan H. McFadden, "Growing Old Together: Sources of Meaning in Relationality and Reciprocity " - Aging, Ethics and Spirituality Lecture Series co-sponsored with the Gerontology Studies Program. 7:00 PM, Rehm Library.

Thursday February 5, 2004 - Deitchman Family Lectures on Religion and Modernity Rev. Joseph A. Komonchak, Professor, Catholic University: "The Jesuits and Modernity: the Case of John Courtney Murray" 4:00 PM, Rehm Library.

Monday, February 9, 2004 - Flanagan Lecture Series presents Prof. Richard L. Wood University of New Mexico, "Religious Congregations, Community Organizing, and Democratic Renewal" 4:00 PM, Rehm Library.

Tuesday, February 10, 2004 - Kraft-Hiatt Fund for Jewish-Christian Understanding presents Ithamar Gruenwald, one of the foremost authorities on Jewish mysticism and philosophical thought; Professor of Jewish Mysticism, Department of Jewish Philisophy, Tel Aviv University, "Early Jewish Mysticism" 4:00 PM, Rehm Library.

Tuesday, February 17, 2004 - "Last Lecture Series," - Mary Lee Ledbetter, Professor of Biology. 8:00 PM, Rehm Library.

Wednesday, February 18, 2004 - Kathryn Slanski, Post-Doctoral Fellow in Assyriology, Yale University and Visiting Professor, Fairfield University, addresses the challenges to preservation of Iraqi antiquities in a talk titled "After Babylon: The Loss of Cultural Heritage and the Future of Iraq's Past" 4:00 PM, Rehm Library.

Wednesday, February 18, 2004 - Catholic Studies Faculty Reading Group Paige Reynolds leads a discussion of the Kate O'Brien novel The Land of Spices. Open to Holy Cross faculty by pre-registration. 6:00 PM, Hogan.

Friday, February 27, 2004 - "Science, Religion and the Quest for Cosmic Purpose"- Lecture by John F. Haught, Georgetown University. 3:00 PM, Rehm Library. Co-sponsored by the Chemistry and Religious Studies Departments.

Monday, March 1, 2004 - Campus forum: Sex Abuse in the Church: What have the revelations of abuse meant for your faith? In light of the Feb. 27 release of the bishops' summary report on sexual abuse by priests, this is an opportunity to discuss the report and what it means to our faith and commitment to the church. Open to Holy Cross students, faculty, and staff. 7:00 PM, Rehm Library.

Tuesday, March 2, 2004 - Catholic Studies Faculty Reading Group John O'Malley, S.J. joins us to discuss his forthcoming Four Cultures of Catholicism (Harvard University Press). Open to Holy Cross faculty by pre-registration. 6:00 PM, Hogan.

Thursday, March 18, 2004 - Kraft-Hiatt Fund for Jewish-Christian Understanding presents "Holocaust Denial: the Argument and the Evidence" - Robert Jan van Pelt, Visiting Professor at the Strassler Family Center for Holocaust Research, Clark University, and author of The Case for Auschwitz. 7:00 PM, Rehm Library.

Monday, March 22, 2004 - Leon Botstein, president of Bard College in New York delivers the Phi Beta Kappa lecture, “Confronting the Adolescent: The Abolition of High School” 7:30 PM, Rehm Library.

Tuesday, March 23, 2004 - "The Passion of Christ": A Faculty Panel Reviews a Controversial Film - Profs. Patricia Bizzell (English), Bruce Herzberg (Bentley College) Frederick Murphy (Religious Studies), William Reiser SJ (Religious Studies), Steve Vineberg (Theater). 7:00 PM, Rehm Library.

Wednesday, March 24, 2004 -Deitchman Family Lectures on Religion and Modernity Terrence Tilley, Professor of Religous Studies, University of Dayton - "The Falsification Challenge Revisited: Religious Principles and Historical Evidence." 4:00 PM, Rehm Library.

Monday, March 29, 2004 - Faith, Fasting and Festivals: A panel discussion on how different religious traditions view and practice fasting, self-discipline, and celebration. Co-sponsored with Student Affairs and Religious Studies. 5:00-6:30 PM, Rehm Library.

Wednesday, March 31, 2004 "Aftermath: The Abuse Crisis and the Ministry of Priests" - Three priests -- William Kremmell '61, Kenneth Brown, and William Campbell, SJ, '87, discuss how abuse by fellow priests has affected their work and life as priests, and how in the aftermath of the crisis they see their own future. Part of the series, Beyond Brokenness: Healing, Renewal and the Church. 7:00 PM, Rehm Library.

Tuesday, April 6, 2004 - Fr. Ageng Marwata, S.J., who led the Jesuits in East Timor at the time of the Independence referendum, when two young Jesuits were among the many civilians killed by Indonesian troops in retaliation, will speak about the human rights challenges the East Timorese faced. Co-sponsored by Asian Studies. 2:00-3:15 PM, Rehm Library.

Monday April 19, 2004 - Calvin College Professor Paul Freston, one of the world's leading experts on Latin American evangelical Christianity, speaks on "Evangelicals and Catholics in Latin America: Together or Apart?" 4:00 PM, Rehm Library.

Tuesday April 20, 2004 - Catholic Studies Faculty Reading Group Gauvin Alexander Bailey of Clark University joins us for a discussion of his new book, Between Renaissance and Baroque: Jesuit Art in Rome, 1565-1610 (University of Toronto Press, 2003). Open to Holy Cross faculty by pre-registration. 6:00 PM, Hogan.

Wednesday, April 21, 2004 - Kraft-Hiatt Fund for Jewish-Christian Understanding presents Prof. José Sanchez, Saint Louis University - "Pope Pius XII and the Historians: Who will Win?" 4:00 PM, Rehm Library.

Thursday, April 22, 2004 - "Last Lecture Series," - Stephanie Yuhl, Assistant Professor of History. 8:00 PM, Rehm Library.

Fall 2004

Thursday, September 16, 2004 - Michael Moore's Film "Fahrenheit 9/11:" Political Documentary or Demagogic Propaganda? Panelists: Prof. David O'Brien, (History) Prof. Jeffrey Reno, (Political Science), Elizabeth Letak '06, Kenneth Olsen '05. Moderator: Professor Thomas Landy. Sponsored by the Department of Political Science and CREC. 7:30 PM, Rehm Library.

Sunday Sept. 26 - Friday Oct. 1, 2004 - Jesuit Heritage Week. Co-sponsored with the Chaplains' Office, the Office of the President, and the Jesuit Community.

Thursday September 30, 2004 - Presidential Colloquia: Jesuit Liberal Education and the Engaging of Cultures: "Ignatius of Loyola: The Man and his Time" - John O'Malley S.J., Distinguished Professor of Church History, Weston Jesuit School of Theology. Respondents: Profs. Francisco Gago-Jover and Susan Amatangelo; Moderator: Prof. Mary Lee Ledbetter. Public Lecture, 4:30 PM, Rehm Library; Faculty reception and dinner for dialogue with presenter and respondents, by reservation 6:00-8:30 PM, Hogan. Sponsored by the President's Office and CREC.

Monday October 4, 2004 - "Last Lecture Series," - David Chu, Associate Professor of Economics. 7:30 PM, Rehm Library.

Wednesday October 6, 2004 - Rev. Dr. John Polkinghorne, KBE, FRS - One of the world's most distinguished writers on religion and science, Sir John Polkinghorne is a mathematical physicist, an Anglican priest, a fellow of the Royal Society, and a winner of the Templeton Prize. He will deliver a lecture entitled "Science and the Soul" and be available two days for informal meetings with students and faculty. 7:30 PM, Rehm Library in Smith Hall.

Thursday October 7, 2004 - Rev. Dr. John Polkinghorne, KBE, FRS - will deliver a second lecture entitled "Ethical Problems in Human Genetics." 7:30 PM, Rehm Library in Smith Hall.

Thursday October 21, 2004 - Presidential Colloquia: Jesuit Liberal Education and the Engaging of Cultures: "Jesuits in Asia" - Nicolas Standaert S.J., Professor of Chinese Studies, University of Leuven, Belgium. Respondents: Rev. Stephen Chow, S.J., Harvard University, and Leila Phillip; Moderator: Thomas Gottschang. Public Lecture, 4:30 PM, Rehm Library; Faculty reception and dinner for dialogue with presenter and respondents, by reservation 6:00-8:30 PM, Hogan. Sponsored by the President's Office and CREC.

Thursday October 21, 2004 - Arun Gandhi, grandson of the Mahatma Gandhi, speaks at 7:00 PM in the Hogan Ballroom. Co-sponsored with I.N.D.I.A.

Wednesday, November 3, 2004 - Faculty Book Discussion Prof. David J. O'Brien will review Prof William Shea's The Lion and The Lamb: Evangelicals and Catholics in America (Oxford U.P., 2004). Prof. Shea will review Prof. Philip Rule S.J.'s Coleridge and Newman: The Centrality of Conscience (Fordham U.P., 2004) 4:30 PM, Rehm Library.

Sunday November 14, 2004 - "International Inaction in the Rwandan Genocide" Film and lecture by Rwandan Jesuit Fr. Elisee Rutagambwa

Monday November 15, 2004 - "Last Lecture Series," - Joe Lawrence, Associate Professor of Philosophy. 7:30 PM, Rehm Library.

November 18-21, 2004 - "Colloquium on Renewing the Church"

Wednesday December 1, 2004 - Presidential Colloquia: Jesuit Liberal Education and the Engaging of Cultures: "European Origins of Jesuit Education" - Thomas Worcester, S.J., and William Stempsey S.J.,
College of the Holy Cross. Respondents: Profs. Donald Brand and Nancy Andrews; Moderator: James Kee. Public Lecture, 4:30 PM, Rehm Library; Faculty reception and dinner for dialogue with presenter and respondents, by reservation 6:00-8:30 PM, Hogan. Sponsored by the President's Office and CREC.

Spring 2005

January 19 - March 18, 2005 - Drawings Exhibit: "Draw, What You See!": Drawings by Helga Weissova-Hoskova, the most famous child artist of the Terezin ghetto. Smith Hall Fourth Floor Lobby above Rehm Library. Co--sponsored by the Center for Religion, Ethics and Culture, the Center for Interdisciplinary and Special Studies, and the Cantor Art Gallery, in cooperation with the Strassler Family Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies at Clark University, and under the auspices of His Excellency Dr. Martin Palous, the Ambassador of the Czech Republic to the United States.

Monday, January 24, 2005 - Novelist Alice McDer