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SUMMARY:Rooftop Theology on Tap: Friendship
DESCRIPTION:TAPtalk 1: We are Family by Fr. Rick Kramer\nDirector for the Office for Family Life\, Fr. Rick Kramer will share with us the ridiculously obvious answer to the meaning of family life. He will challenge us to celebrate the gift and joy of family and will share 5 time-tested tools\, no matter your state in life\, to purposefully build a culture of family life. \nTAPtalk 2: Friendship on Death Row by Dani Clark\nFriendship between members of the Catholic Community of Sant’Egidio and prisoners on death row form the foundation of the community’s work to end the death penalty around the world. As advocates for peace\, the Community believes that capital punishment–as a symbol of the involvement of the state in a process of death\, in the destruction of human life–must be overcome. Washington\, DC community member Dani Clark will share her personal story of friendship with Texas death row inmate Ivan Cantu\, the unexpected gifts of this unlikely relationship\, and what faith has to do with it. \nDani Clark has been a member of the Community of Sant’Egidio in Washington since 2000\, after having met the community while living in Rome as a volunteer in a L’Arche community. A writer and editor for an international development organization\, Dani lives in Washington with her husband and seven year old son. \n  \nDCCatholic and the Catholic Information Center present their rooftop Summer Theology on Tap series: Theology on TAPTalks. Join us Tuesday evenings July 7\, 14\, 21\, 28 August 4 and August 11 at the Catholic Information Center rooftop! All young adults (21-late 30s) are invited for Happy Hour from 6-7pm with a talk and Q/A to follow from 7-8pm. \nRAIN LOCATION: Catholic information Center bookstore on the street level. \n+Must have valid 21+ ID to enter
URL:https://cicdc.org/event/rooftop-theology-on-tap-friendship/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20150714T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20150714T190000
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SUMMARY:Rooftop Theology on Tap: Discernment
DESCRIPTION:DCCatholic and the Catholic Information Center present their rooftop Summer Theology on Tap series: Theology on TAPTalks. Join us Tuesday evenings July 7\, 14\, 21\, 28 August 4 and August 11 at the Catholic Information Center​ rooftop! All young adults (21-late 30s) are invited for Happy Hour from 6-7pm with a talk and Q/A to follow from 7-8pm. \n\nTAPtalk 1: Becoming a Discerning Person by Megan McCleneghen\nDiscerning a vocation doesn’t have to be scary or traumatic; God desires your happiness more than you do. In this talk\, Megan will make the connection between vocational discernment and becoming a discerning person\, in the context of the mayhem of daily life. This talk with explore the dynamic of opening yourself up to God while developing a whole new relationship of trust with Him along the way! \nMegan McCleneghen has been a lay consecrated woman in the Regnum Christi movement for 7 years. She moved to the DC metro area last August and is a current student at the John Paul II Institute for Studies on Marriage and Family. Previous to that she was a youth minister within the archdiocese of Galveston-Houston where she also served in various vocations events within the archdiocese. \nTAPtalk 2: A Restless Heart…\nWe have all been made for greatness\, with a specific plan designed by God for our lives.  As Christians\, each of us walks our own faith journey through life seeing to discern that plan and God’s will for us.  In this talk\, we will explore the meaning of discernment and how to listen to the voice of God amid the “noise” and busyness of daily life. \nRobert Boxie is a seminarian for the Archdiocese of Washington\, is currently in his 4th year of Theology at the Pontifical North American College in Rome. Originally from Lake Charles\, Louisiana\, Robert moved to the Washington area for a federal clerkship after completing his law degree. Later\, while working at a law firm in Washington\, Robert realized that God was calling him to the priesthood\, and he put aside his law career to enter the seminary. \nRAIN LOCATION: Catholic information Center bookstore on the street level. \n+Must have valid 21+ ID to enter
URL:https://cicdc.org/event/rooftop-theology-on-tap-discernment/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20150707T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20150707T190000
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SUMMARY:Rooftop Theology on Tap: Communication
DESCRIPTION:DCCatholic and the Catholic Information Center present their rooftop Summer Theology on Tap series: Theology on TAPTalks. Join us Tuesday evenings July 7\, 14\, 21\, 28 August 4 and August 11 at the Catholic Information Center rooftop! All young adults (21-late 30s) are invited for Happy Hour from 6-7pm with a talk and Q/A to follow from 7-8pm. \n\nTAPtalk 1: How to be a Catholic Influencer by Catherine Szeltner\nFrom commercials to conversations\, we all have the ability to influence others. And in a unique way\, Catholics can become walking billboards for the Church. Acknowledging this opens up the door for evangelization opportunities and should call the faithful to live out authentically Christian lives. \nCatherine Szeltner is a Reporter/Producer for “EWTN News Nightly”\, an international evening news program from a Catholic perspective. As a founding news team member\, she’s assisted with St. John XXIII and St. John Paul II canonization coverage in Rome\, and reported on topics ranging from Supreme Court hearings to pro-life issues in D.C. She graduated from Florida State University with a degree in Advertising and previously worked at The Zimmerman Agency\, where she assisted coordinating digital content for national brands\, such as Pilot Pen\, Club Med\, and Nature’s Own. \nTAPtalk 2: Making Mistakes Well in Prayer by Leah Libresco\nHow do you find your way through a new and challenging prayer practice or an old one that’s gone stale? Learn a few habits and strategies for beginning prayers badly in order to learn how to engage in them well in the future. As a convert\, Leah took her cue from St. Peter\, whose frequent struggles with Christ’s commands and teachings offer a model in how to be a heartfelt follower of Christ\, even when we’re plagued with uncertainty. \nLeah Libresco grew up as an atheist\, picked fights with the most interesting wrong people she knew\, and wound up being recieved into the Catholic Church. She writes about faith and ethics for Patheos at unequally-yoked.com and on statistics for FiveThirtyEight. Her first book\, Arriving at Amen: Seven Catholic Prayers That Even I Can Offer came out this year. \nRAIN LOCATION: Catholic information Center bookstore on the street level. \n+Must have valid 21+ ID to enter
URL:https://cicdc.org/event/rooftop-theology-on-tap-communication/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20150701T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20150701T190000
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SUMMARY:After Obergefell: The Future of Marriage in America
DESCRIPTION:A panel discussion on the Supreme Court’s ruling on Obergefell v Hodges.
URL:https://cicdc.org/event/after-obergefell-the-future-of-marriage-in-america/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20150625T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20150625T190000
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SUMMARY:Caring for Our Common Home: Understanding Francis' Encyclical
DESCRIPTION:A panel discussion on Laudato Si’\, an encyclical by Pope Francis released on June 18th. \n  \n  \n  \n  \nAbout the Speakers:\nDr. C.C. Pecknold is Associate Professor of Theology at The Catholic University of America in Washington\, DC.  He is the author of “Christianity and Politics: A Brief Guide to the History” (2010)\, and is a frequent commentator on the relationship between the Catholic Church\, society and politics. He’s appeared as an invited guest on such shows as NPR’s “All Things Considered\,” BBC World News\, FoxNews\, and EWTN News Nightly. \nDr. Jay W. Richards is Assistant Research Professor in the School of Business and Economics at The Catholic University of America\, a Senior Fellow at the Discovery Institute\, and Executive Editor of The Stream. He has authored and co-authored many books\, including the New York Times bestsellers Infiltrated and Indivisible\, as well as Money\, Greed\, and God\, The Privileged Planet and The Untamed God. \nMark Rohlena is the Director of the Office of Domestic Social Development in the Department of Justice\, Peace and Human Development at the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops. He serves as a resource to the bishops on domestic social policy\, and works to advance Catholic social teaching in federal policymaking on a host of issues\, including environmental stewardship. Before joining the USCCB\, Rohlena served as the President and CEO of Catholic Charities of Central Colorado in the Diocese of Colorado Springs\, CO. He is an attorney who previously practiced in the area of legal ethics. Rohlena lives in Virginia with his wife\, Danielle\, and five children.
URL:https://cicdc.org/event/caring-for-our-common-home-understanding-francis-encyclical/
CATEGORIES:CIC Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20150520T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20150520T190000
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SUMMARY:Spring Rooftop Happy Hour: Drinking with the Saints
DESCRIPTION:Join us for the Young Professionals Program Happy Hour for the spring season! Open to those between the ages of 21-35.  \n$15 admission includes beer\, wine\, and food–plus one ticket for a speciality cocktail! \n\n\nAbout the Book\nPub crawl your way through the sacred seasons with this entertaining and useful collection of cocktail recipes\, distilled spirits\, beer\, and wine for virtually every occasion on the Catholic liturgical calendar. One part bartender’s guide\, one part spiritual manual\, a dash of irreverence\, and mixed with love: Drinking with the Saints is a work that both sinner and saint will savor. \n  \n  \n  \nAbout the Author\nMichael P. Foley holds a doctorate in Catholic systematic theology and is an associate professor of Patristics in the Great Texts Program at Baylor University. Foley lives in Waco\, Texas\, with his wife Alexandra and their six children.
URL:https://cicdc.org/event/spring-rooftop-happy-hour-drinking-with-the-saints/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20150513T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20150513T190000
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SUMMARY:Arriving at Amen with Leah Libresco
DESCRIPTION:About the Book\nIn 2012\, media outlets from CNN to EWTN announced that Leah Libresco\, a gifted young intellectual\, columnist\, and prolific blogger on the Atheist channel on Patheos\, was converting to Catholicism. In Arriving at Amen\, Libresco uses the rigorous rationality that defined her Atheism to tell the story behind that very personal journey and to describe the seven forms of Catholic prayer that guided her to embrace a joyful life of faith. \nAs a Yale graduate\, Libresco launched her writing career by blogging about science\, literature\, mathematics\, and morality from a distinctively secular perspective. Over time\, encounters with friends and associates caused her to concede the reasonableness of belief in God in theory\, though not yet in practice. \nIn Arriving at Amen\, Libresco uniquely describes the second part of her spiritual journey\, in which she encountered God through seven classic Catholic forms of prayer—Liturgy of the Hours\, lectio divina\, examen\, intercessory prayer\, the Rosary\, confession\, and the Mass. Examining each practice through the intellectual lens of literature\, math\, and art\, Libresco reveals unexpected glimpses of beauty and truth in the Catholic Church that will be appreciated by the curious and convinced alike. \nAbout the Author\nLeah Libresco is a blogger for Patheos who also works as a statistician in Washington\, DC. She is a 2011 graduate of Yale University\, where she earned a bachelor’s degree in political science. \nIn 2012\, Libresco was featured on media outlets ranging from CNN to EWTN when she announced on her blog\, Unequally Yoked\, that she was converting from atheism to Catholicism. \nLibresco\, a Mineola\, New York\, native\, previously worked as an editorial assistant at theAmerican Conservative. She also has served as a curriculum developer\, research associate\, and research analyst. She has appeared on CNN’s American Morning\, and CNN Newsroom\, as well as National Public Radio\, The Drew Mariani Show\, Unbelievable with Justin Brierley\, WOR’s In the Arena\, and A Closer Look with Sheila Liaugminas. She has also contributed toThe American Conservative\, First Things\, and The American Interest.
URL:https://cicdc.org/event/arriving-at-amen-with-leah-libresco/
CATEGORIES:CIC Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20150427T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20150427T190000
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SUMMARY:An Interview with William Peter Blatty
DESCRIPTION:Bestselling author and Oscar Award winning screenwriter of The Exorcist\, William Peter Blatty\, discusses his recent book\, Finding Peter: A True Story of the Hand of Providence and Evidence of Life after Death with Raymond Arroyo\, EWTN Host of The World Over. \n\nAbout the Book\n“For those who have lost a loved one to that liar and fraud named Death.” \nSo reads the dedication of William Peter Blatty’s Finding Peter\, a deeply moving memoir that tests the bounds of grief\, love\, and the soul. Blatty\, the bestselling author and Oscar Award–winning screenwriter of The Exorcist\, lived a charmed life among the elite stars of Hollywood. \nHis son Peter\, born over a decade after The Exorcist\, grew from an apple-cheeked boy into an “imposing young man with a quick\, warm smile.” But when Peter died very suddenly from a rare disorder\, Blatty’s world turned upside down. \nAs he and his wife struggled through their unrelenting grief\, a series of strange and supernatural events began occurring—and Blatty became convinced that Peter was sending messages from the afterlife. \nA true and unabashedly personal story\, Finding Peter will shake the most cynical of readers—and it will remind those in grief that our loved ones do truly live on. \nAbout the Author\nWilliam Peter Blatty is the bestselling author of The Exorcist\, which he turned into an Academy Award-winning screenplay. The son of immigrant parents\, he was a comic novelist before embarking on a four decade career as a Hollywood writer\, penning the screenplays for A Shot in the Dark\, What Did You Do in the War\, Daddy\, the Julie Andrews romantic comedy Darling Lili\, and The Ninth Configuration (which he also directed)\, among many other films. A graduate of Georgetown University\, he lives with his wife\, Julie\, in Bethesda\, Maryland.
URL:https://cicdc.org/event/an-interview-with-william-peter-blatty/
CATEGORIES:CIC Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20150422T180000
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SUMMARY:Oasis: Conversion Stories of Hollywood Legends
DESCRIPTION:Highlighting legends such as Mary Astor\, John Wayne\, Alfred Hitchcock\, Spencer Tracy\, Lana Turner\, Gary Cooper\, Patricia Neal\, Betty Hutton\, and Bob Hope\, Oasis: Conversion Stories of Hollywood Legends uncovers stories of recovery and conversion—intimate portraits that often contrast with the more common profiles of these all-too-human stars. Many were touched by infidelity\, alcoholism\, unbridled ambition\, or other moral failings that often seem to characterize life in Hollywood. Some had deathbed conversions\, others underwent a gradual process of conversion; each found solace in embracing the Catholic faith. \nWhile taking nothing from their fame\, Oasis: Conversion Stories of Hollywood Legends shows that even those who seem to have it all need the hope\, strength\, and fortitude provided by faith. \n Followed by a wine & cheese reception\nMary Claire Kendall\nMary Claire Kendall is a Washington-based writer. She is a columnist on Hollywood\, having regularly contributed to Forbes and Breitbart. She has written features and commentaries for the Chicago Tribune\, Chicago Sun-Times\, New York Daily News\, New York Post\, The Washington Times\, Our Sunday Visitor\, and Catholic New World.
URL:https://cicdc.org/event/oasis-conversion-stories-of-hollywood-legends/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20150413T180000
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SUMMARY:Religious Freedom
DESCRIPTION:Ryan Anderson and Ed Whelan will discuss the recent Indiana law and examine what the future holds for religious freedom in the United States. \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n \nRyan Anderson\nFellow\, Heritage Foundation\nEditor\, Public Discourse\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n \n  \nEdward Whelan\nPresident\, Ethics and Public Policy Center\n  \n  \n  \n 
URL:https://cicdc.org/event/religious-freedom/
CATEGORIES:CIC Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20150319T180000
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SUMMARY:Richard John Neuhaus: A Life in the Public Square
DESCRIPTION:Richard John Neuhaus (1936-2009) was one of the most influential figures in American public life from the Civil Rights era to the War on Terror. His writing\, activism\, and connections to people of power in religion\, politics\, and culture secured a place for himself and his ideas at the center of recent American history. William F. Buckley\, Jr. and John Kenneth Galbraith are comparable — willing controversialists and prodigious writers adept at cultivating or castigating the powerful\, while advancing lively arguments for the virtues and vices of the ongoing American experiment. But unlike Buckley and Galbraith\, who have always been identified with singular political positions on the right and left\, respectively\, Neuhaus’ life and ideas placed him at the vanguard of events and debates across the political and cultural spectrum. For instance\, alongside Abraham Heschel and Daniel Berrigan\, Neuhaus co-founded Clergy Concerned About Vietnam\, in 1965. Forty years later\, Neuhaus was the subject of a New York Review of Books article by Garry Wills\, which cast him as a Rasputin of the far right\, exerting dangerous influence in both the Vatican and the Bush White House. This book looks to examine Neuhaus’s multi-faceted life and reveal to the public what made him tick and why. \nAbout Randy Boyagoda\nRandy Boyagoda is a professor of American Studies at Ryerson University in Toronto. His latest novel\, Beggar’s Feast\, was selected as a New York Times Book Review Editor’s Choice\, nominated for the 2013 IMPAC Dublin Literary Prize\, and has been published to critical acclaim around the world. His debut novel\, Governor of the Northern Province\, was nominated for the 2006 ScotiaBank Giller Prize. He has written for a variety of publications\, including The New York Times\, The Wall Street Journal\, First Things\, The Paris Review\, and Harper’s. He lives in Toronto with his wife and four daughters.
URL:https://cicdc.org/event/richard-john-neuhaus-a-life-in-the-public-square/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20150306T180000
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SUMMARY:NEW DATE-From Sacred Space to the Bunker and the Spaceship
DESCRIPTION:DATE CHANGE\nThis event was originally scheduled for Thursday\, March 5th. Due to inclement weather\, it has been rescheduled for Friday\, March 6th. \nWhat Campus Libraries Can Teach us about Education\, Liberty\, Culture and the Divine\nProfessor Patrick J. Deneen from the University of Notre Dame will explore the transformation in architectural style of libraries over time and what these changes indicate philosophically\, pedagogically\, and theologically.\n\n\n  \nPatrick J. Deneen\nAssociate Professor\, University of Notre Dame\nPatrick Deneen holds a B.A. in English literature and a Ph.D. in Political Science from Rutgers University.  From 1995-1997 he was Speechwriter and Special Advisor to the Director of the United States Information Agency.  From 1997-2005 Deneen was Assistant Professor of Government at Princeton University.  From 2005-2012 he was Tsakopoulos-Kounalakis Associate Professor of Government at Georgetown University\, before joining the faculty of Notre Dame in Fall 2012. He is the author and editor of several books and numerous articles and reviews and have delivered invited lectures around the country and several foreign nations. Published books include: The Odyssey of Political Theory\, 2000 (Rowman and Littlefield) Democratic Faith\, 2005 (Princeton) Democracy’s Literature (ed.)\, 2005 (Rowman and Littlefield) The Democratic Soul (ed.)\, 2011 (University Press of Kentucky) Redeeming Democracy in America (ed.)\, 2011 (University Press of Kansas). \nProfessor Deneen is also a lecturer for the Catholic Information Center’s Leonine Forum.
URL:https://cicdc.org/event/new-date-from-sacred-space-to-the-bunker-and-the-spaceship/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20150224T180000
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SUMMARY:The Hobbit Party
DESCRIPTION:This event was originally scheduled for Monday\, January 26th.  Due to weather conditions\, it has been postponed until Tuesday\, February 24th.\n\nAnyone who has read The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings can gather that their author hated tyranny\, but few know that the novelist who once described himself as a hobbit “in all but size” was—even by hobbit standards—a zealous proponent of economic freedom and small government. There is a growing concern among many that the West is sliding into political\, economic\, and moral bankruptcy. In his beloved novels of Middle-Earth\, J.R.R. Tolkien has drawn us a map to freedom. \nScholar Joseph Pearce\, who himself has written articles and chapters on the political significance of Tolkien’s work\, testified in his book Literary Giants\, Literary Catholics\, “If much has been written on the religious significance of The Lord of the Rings\, less has been written on its political significance—and the little that has been written is often erroneous in its conclusions and ignorant of Tolkien’s intentions…. Much more work is needed in this area\, not least because Tolkien stated\, implicitly at least\, that the political significance of the work was second only to the religious in its importance.” \nSeveral books ably explore how Tolkien’s Catholic faith informed his fiction. None until now have centered on how his passion for liberty and limited government also shaped his work\, or how this passion grew directly from his theological vision of man and creation. The Hobbit Party fills this void. \nThe few existing pieces that do focus on the subject are mostly written by scholars with little or no formal training in literary analysis\, and even less training in political economy. Witt and Richards bring to The Hobbit Party a combined expertise in literary studies\, political theory\, economics\, philosophy\, and theology. \nJay W. Richards\, Ph.D.\, is Assistant Research Professor in the School of Business and Economics at The Catholic University of America\, a Senior Fellow at the Discovery Institute\, and Executive Editor of The Stream. He has authored and co-authored many books\, including the New York Times bestsellers Infiltrated and Indivisible\, as well as Money\, Greed\, and God\, The Privileged Planet and The Untamed God.
URL:https://cicdc.org/event/the-hobbit-party/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20150212T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20150212T190000
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SUMMARY:Getting MORE out of Lent
DESCRIPTION:The Thomas More Society of America cordially invites you to a\nPre-Lenten Reflection\nwith\nFr. Justin Huber\nChaplain and Board Member\nThomas More Society of America\nWine and cheese reception to follow. \nSuggested Donation of $10 \nThis event is sponsored by the Thomas More Society of America. Visit their website to learn more about their work.
URL:https://cicdc.org/event/getting-more-out-of-lent/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20150120T180000
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SUMMARY:The Inside Story of Roe v. Wade with Clarke Forsythe
DESCRIPTION:Abuse of Discretion\nAbuse of Discretion: The Inside Story of Roe v. Wade  is a critical review of the behind-the-scenes deliberations that went into the Supreme Court’s abortion decisions and how the mistakes made by the Justices back in 1971-1973 have led to the turmoil we see today in law\, politics\, and public health.  The first half of the book looks at the mistakes made by the Justices\, based on the case files\, the oral arguments\, and the Justices’ papers.  The second half of the book critically reviews the unintended consequences of the abortion decisions in medicine\, public health\, and public policy. \nWhy do the abortion decisions remain so controversial after almost 40 years\, despite more than 50\,000\,000 abortions\, numerous presidential elections\, and a complete turnover in the Justices?   Why did such a sweeping decision—with such important consequences for public health\, producing such prolonged political turmoil—come from the Supreme Court in 1973?  Answering those questions is the aim of this book.  The controversy over the abortion decisions has hardly subsided\, and the reasons why are to be found in the Justices’ deliberations in 1971-1972 that resulted in the unprecedented decision they issued. \nAbout Clarke Forsythe\nClarke Forsythe is past-President and now Senior Counsel at Americans United for Life.  Clarke has been an attorney with Americans United for Life for nearly 28 years.  AUL’s mission is to change the law to protect human life\, state by state. Clarke has a B.A. from Allegheny College\, a J.D. from Valparaiso University\, and an M.A. in Bioethics from Trinity International University. Clarke has been co-counsel for parties in three U.S. Supreme Court cases\, has argued cases before federal and state appellate courts and has testified before Congress and state legislatures.  He has published more than a dozen professional legal articles on constitutional and bioethical issues. His latest is “A Road Map Through the Supreme Court’s Back Alley\,” 57 Villanova Law Review 45 (2012)\, on the subject of abortion clinic regulations and the Kermit Gosnell scandal.  His first book\, Politics for the Greatest Good: The Case for Prudence in the Public Square\, was published by InterVarsity Press (IVP) in 2009.  His next book\, entitled\, Abuse of Discretion:  The Inside Story of Roe v. Wade\, will be published by Encounter Books in September\, 2013.  Clarke and his wife\, Karen\, married for 31 years\, have five daughters. \nBook Endorsements\nWhen Roe v. Wade and Doe v. Bolton were first decided\, leading constitutional scholars like Paul Freund\, John Hart Ely\, and Archibald Cox were severely critical. Though unopposed to statutory reform of abortion law\, they expressed deep concerns about the legal foundations of those decisions\, and the likely consequences of the Supreme Court’s sweeping judicial over-reach. Now\, Clarke Forsythe has proved the worst fears of these legal titans were more than justified.  Abuse of Discretion not only exposes the legal and factual errors the Court made in 1972\, but meticulously documents the far-reaching and deleterious effects of the Court’s rush to judgment. \n– Mary Ann Glendon\nLearned Hand Professor of Law\, Harvard University \n  \nWhatever your opinions on abortion\, this book raises troubling questions about the lack of information\, and in some cases blatant misinformation\, on which the Court decided the abortion issue in 1973. If the courts take upon themselves the authority to decide moral and medical questions of this importance\, it is not too much to ask that they adhere to rigorous standards of evidence. \n– Michael W. McConnell\nRichard & Frances Mallery Professor and Director of the Constitutional Law Center\, Stanford Law School \n  \nThe Supreme Court’s creation of a constitutional right to abortion in the Roe v. Wade case is widely acknowledged to be completely indefensible as a matter of constitutional law.  In this fine book\, Clarke Forsythe\, one of our finest constitutional scholars writing on abortion jurisprudence\, explores not only the legal weaknesses of Roe and its progeny\, but also the astonishing medical and public policy errors on which the decision was based.  This is a landmark work on abortion\, the Constitution\, and the Supreme Court. \n-Stephen B. Presser\nRaoul Berger Professor of Legal History\, Northwestern University School of Law\nProfessor of Business Law\, Kellogg School of Management
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SUMMARY:Gay and Catholic with Eve Tushnet
DESCRIPTION:Eve Tushnet is proof that being gay doesn’t mean you can’t also be a faithfully practicing Catholic. \n\n\n\n\nIn her groundbreaking first book Gay and Catholic\, Tushnet\, a widely published writer and Catholic blogger\, recounts her unlikely conversion from atheism to Catholicism and the difficult reconciliation of her lesbian identity with her Catholic faith. With great sensitivity and insight\, Tushnet shares her story finding Catholicism and responding to God’s call to love through friendship\, community\, service and artistic creation. \nCandid about the struggles of being an openly lesbian and celibate Catho- lic\, Tushnet provides answers and her own interpretations of some difficult\, awkward questions for others in her situation\, as well as Catholics looking to better understand a Catholic community that includes homosexuals. \nWhile she shares many specifics of her challenging vocation\, Tushnet extends beyond her story to weigh in on the challenges and loneliness of accepting vocation from God—whatever it may be. Informed with both a solid grasp of Church teaching and realism\, Gay and Catholic is an extraordinary resource filled with incredible insight and practical tips that delves deep into the ques- tion of same-sex attraction and the crosses we all bear in our vocations. \nGay and Catholic provides a roadmap for a gay Catholic seeking to live faith- fully to Church teaching while also accepting his or her sexual orientation. \n  \n\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n\nAbout Eve Tushnet\nEve Tushnet lives in Washington\, D.C.\, where she was raised somewhere between atheism and Reform Judaism. She cofounded her high school’s gay/straight alliance and entered the Catholic Church in 1998\, during her sophomore year at Yale University. She is a freelance writer and in 2010\, she was profiled in the New York Times “Beliefs” column. \nTushnet blogs regularly at The American Conservative and Patheos. Her work has been published by The Atlantic\, Weekly Standard\, Commonweal\, and First Things\, and she has written for the Washington Post’s “On Faith” blog and the New York Times “Room for Debate.” She has spoken on being gay and Catholic at Carnegie-Mellon University\, Georgetown University\, Princeton University\, and Fordham University\, among others. She has also addressed a group of campus ministers in the Diocese of Pittsburgh and spoken with Interfaith Voices\, a syndicated public radio show. Tushnet contributed an essay on gay Catholic life to the 2008 anthology Faith at the Edge\, and has essays forthcoming in books from Fordham University Press and the University of Notre Dame Press.
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SUMMARY:Christmas Poetry in DC
DESCRIPTION:Enjoy eggnog and seasonal treats as local young professionals along with members of The Thomas More Society of America bring the spirit of the season to DC with their favorite Christmas poems. Festive attire encouraged! 100% Scrooge-Free: No cost to attend \n \n  \n  \nCo-sponsored by The Thomas More Society of America. \n 
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SUMMARY:Hope for Our Vets: The Healing Power of Creativity
DESCRIPTION:“Hope for Our Vets\,” ushers in Advent with a question: What gives hope to humanity in these complex times? What corresponds to our indomitable desire to live with meaning\, even when confronted with handicaps\, suffering\, and confusion? \nSmithsonian curator Jane Milosch\, who served as an advisor to the ambitious Arts\, Military + Healing (AMH) project\, will introduce us to the healing power of art and craft for U.S. veterans facing the challenges of returning to daily life\, and describe the artist workshops\, exhibitions\, and events held in 2012 at locations across Washington D.C.\, including the former Corcoran College of Art + Design\, Washington\, D.C. Jeremiah Holland\, a 14-year military veteran and Corcoran graduate\, will discuss his life as a returning Marine and his work as an artist and furniture craftsman. \n  \n\nJeremiah Holland\nJeremiah Holland is a 14-year military veteran and Corcoran graduate who works as an artist and furniture craftsman. His work was included in the award-winning PBS TV series\, Craft in America\, which features veteran artists from the Corcoran in FORGE and the newly released SERVICE episodes. \n  \nJane Milosch\nJane Milosch has been a curator of contemporary craft and decorative arts at the Smithsonian American Art Museum’s Renwick Gallery since October 2004. \nHer research interests include American craft\, decorative arts and contemporary art. Her most recent exhibition is “From the Ground Up: Renwick Craft Invitational 2007.” She was the curator of the landmark exhibition “Grand Wood’s Studio: Birthplace of ‘American Gothic’” that was on view at the Renwick in 2006. \nPreviously\, Milosch was curator of collections and exhibitions at the Cedar Rapids Museum of Art in Iowa (2000–2004) and a curator at the Davenport Museum of Art in Iowa (1995–1997). From 1998 to 2000 she worked as a project director and editor at Prestel Publishing in Munich\, Germany. \nMilosch earned a bachelor’s degree in art education with a concentration in art history and studio art/ceramics from Wheaton College in Wheaton\, Ill. (1987). In 1987 she received a Fulbright Scholarship to study art history and ceramics at the University of Munich and the Munich Art Academy in Germany. \nCo-Sponsored by:
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SUMMARY:The Little Oratory: A Beginner's Guide to Praying in the Home
DESCRIPTION:Leila Lawler\, co-author of The Little Oratory\, discusses how to make your home into a domestic church\n\nAbout the Book\nKeeping a faithful prayer life with your family isn’t easy. From herding distracted children to managing the seemingly endless litany of prayers and devotions\, our spiritual life all too often feels frantic and burdensome. \nThis isn’t the way it should be. Our prayer life\, our family life\, and our work life should — and can! — be in harmony. When they are\, our family is a powerhouse of grace\, and Our Lord transforms our home into a little Eden — a little bit of heaven on earth. \nWith simplicity and holy wisdom\, authors David Clayton and Leila Marie Lawler show you how to bring peace to your home by integrating your family into the calm\, truly joyful way of Mother Church. Her feasts and seasons\, prayers and devotions are gifts that draw us closer to God and unfold before us His marvelous plan of salvation. \nTo help you live the liturgical life of the Church more fully\, David and Leila reclaim here an almost lost tradition that families used for centuries to build a beautiful bridge between home and church: the little oratory. \nConsisting of a modest table and icons\, the little oratory is a visible sign of spiritual awareness and devotion. It extends the Eucharistic worship of the Mass into the heart of your home\, spiritually nourishing your family and preparing them to transform the world through prayer and charity. \nBuilding your own little oratory is simple\, and in these pages you’ll discover just how easy it is. In fact\, you likely have most of the pieces in your home already except\, perhaps\, the sacred art. That’s why we’ve included here seven full-colored icons that are ready for framing\, enabling you to get started right away! \nBy following the wise advice in this book\, you’ll discover the peace and love that flows from a home that is focused on Christ. You’ll also learn . . . \n\nHow to use sacred art to strengthen your prayer life\nHow to extend Catholic beliefs and devotions into every room of the house\nWhy the Liturgy of the Hours is important and how it can make your family holy\nHow to pray the Rosary with children and keep the rowdiest of them calm and reverent\nThe active role children can and should play in the prayer life of the family\nWhat to do when only one parent takes the spiritual life seriously\nHow to overcome the feeling that you’re too busy to pray\nPractical ways to extend the liturgical life into your workplace\nAnd countless other tips to help you practice your faith in the heart of your home\n\n\nThis is one of the most beautiful books I’ve ever seen. How I wish I’d had it when I first became a Catholic\, not just for myself\, as a husband and father\, but for my family\, too. It’s a commonplace of Christian tradition to call the home a sanctuary or “domestic church\,” but before a home can be a church\, it must become an oratory — a place of prayer. The authors of this book know that there are many obstacles\, and they show us how to overcome them. This book is inspiring yet practical\, realistic yet revolutionary. If one book has the potential to transform the Catholic family (and society)\, this is it.     -Scott Hahn \n\nAbout Leila Marie Lawler\n \nLeila Marie Lawler is a wife of one\, mother of seven\, and grandmother of five (and counting)\, living in central Massachusetts. Leila encountered Christianity as a high school student and entered the Catholic Church in 1979\, the year she married Philip Lawler\, a noted Catholic journalist. Her own journey of learning the Faith has given her an appreciation for the difficulties and excitement today’s family faces in living its Christian calling. She encourages audiences of all kinds to commit to the renewal of family life. Leila practices “kitchen-sink philosophy” at Like Mother\, Like Daughter (www.likemotherlikedaughter.org)\, a website offering practical and theoretical insight into all aspects of daily life. She writes on everything from cooking and knitting to education and recovering what she and her daughters call “the collective memory.”
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SUMMARY:Human Dignity & International Development: Reflections from a Catholic Perspective
DESCRIPTION:As the saying goes\, money doesn’t buy happiness\, and similarly\, most people agree that “development” is more than just aggregate economic growth. Instead\, many people use the concept of well-being which is convenient as a multi-faceted target\, integrating health\, education\, security\, etc. Yet many organizations go further and articulate their mission with an appeal to human dignity. The banner of human dignity can be seen as a slogan\, obscuring the variations of meaning and implications in practice. The deep reflections on human dignity and broad experience in the practice of human development from the Catholic tradition are an invaluable resource for this dialogue across sectors\, public and private\, secular and faith-based. \n \nThe Kellogg Institute at Notre Dame University\, under the leadership of Paolo Carozza\, has recently embarked on a multi-year\, inter-disciplinary initiative to explore these topics and to seek out examples of genuine experience of human dignity and human development. Through short presentations and moderated Q&A\, this event will engage a diverse audience to consider the contribution of the Catholic tradition to this field and to reflect on practical examples from the work of the AVSI foundation globally. \n  \nPaolo Carozza\, Director of the Kellogg Institute for International Studies at the University of Notre Dame\nPaolo Carozza is the director of the Kellogg Institute for International Studies and professor of law and concurrent professor of political science at the University of Notre Dame. With expertise in comparative constitutional law\, human rights\, law and development\, and international law\, he focuses his research on Latin America\, Western Europe\, and international themes more broadly. \nHis current work revolves around the relationships between law\, human rights\, and integral human development\, in addition to the book project “Constitutional Justice in Italy in Global Context.” Formerly the director of Notre Dame’s Center for Civil and Human Rights\, he continues to direct its JSD in International Human Rights Law. \nWidely published\, Carozza’s most recent works include “Human Rights\, Human Dignity\, and Human Experience\,” in Christopher McCrudden\, ed.\, Understanding Human Dignity (Oxford University Press\, 2013) and Regional Protection of Human Rights (with Dinah Shelton) (Oxford University Press\, 2nd ed.\, 2012). \nA member of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (2006–10)\, Carozza served as its president in 2008–09. In 2012\, he received the Order of Merit of Bernardo O’Higgins\, Chile’s highest state honor awarded to foreign citizens\, in recognition of his service to the Inter-American system. \nCarozza holds an AB from Harvard University and a JD from Harvard Law School. He pursued graduate studies at Cambridge University and at Harvard Law School as a Ford Foundation Fellow in Public International Law. \n\nAndreas Widmer\, Professor of Entrepreneurship at the Catholic University of America School of Business and Economics\nAndreas Widmer is Director of Entrepreneurship Programs at The Catholic University of America and President of The Carpenter’s Fund. He was previously the co-founder of SEVEN Fund\, a philanthropic organization run by entrepreneurs who invested in original research\, books\, and films to further enterprise solutions to poverty. \nHe is the author of The Pope & The CEO: Pope John Paul II’s Lessons to a Young Swiss Guard\, a book exploring leadership lessons that Widmer learned serving as a Swiss Guard protecting Pope John Paul II and refined during his career as a successful business executive. \nHe is a frequent speaker around the world on issues related to business ethics\, entrepreneurship\, business leadership\, productivity\, and the challenges of executive management. \nAndreas works closely with top entrepreneurs\, investors\, and faith leaders around the world to foster enterprise solutions to poverty and promote virtuous business practices. He has developed entrepreneurial initiatives at the intersection of business and faith such as the Catholic Mental Models Project\, a research effort through his social science research firm GSPEL LLC. \nAndreas is the Chairman of the board of advisors of WQOM\, Bostons’ Catholic Radio station\, a Research Fellow in Entrepreneurship at the Acton Institute and an advisor to the Zermatt Summit\, an annual business leadership event that strives to humanize globalization. He also serves as an advisor to Transforming Business\, a research and development project at the University of Cambridge. He currently serves on the advisory boards of the Templeton Foundation\, Global Adaptation Institute\, Spring Hill Equity Partners\, Karisimbi Business Partners\, and Catholics Come Home. He is on the board of directors at the New Paradigm Research Fund\, Virtual Research Associates and the World Youth Alliance. \n  \n\n       
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SUMMARY:2014 New Evangelization Award Dinner
DESCRIPTION:  \nThe 2014 Saint John Paul II New Evangelization Award Dinner\n  \n[one_half]\n\n[/one_half]\n[one_half last=last]\nhonoring\nCarl A. Anderson\nSupreme Knight of the Knights of Columbus\nand\nDorian Anderson\nOctober 29\, 2014\nThe Mayflower Hotel\nWashington\, DC\n[button type=”simple_button_link” url=”http://www.cicdc.org/jp2awarddinner” target=”” button_color_fon=”#173C5C” ]Learn More![/button]
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SUMMARY:Battling for the Heart and Soul of a Catholic University
DESCRIPTION:Rev. Wilson Miscamble\, author and professor at the University of Notre Dame\, discusses Catholic higher education \n \nAbout the Book\nFor Notre Dame gathers together the important contributions of a devoted Holy Cross priest to the continuing debate over the mission and identity of the University of Notre Dame. Read together\, these essays and addresses by one of the most consistent and committed participants in this ongoing discussion serve to cast vital light on many of the major issues that Notre Dame has confronted in the past two decades. \nFr. Bill Miscamble’s spirited essays in For Notre Dame cover a range of topics and reflect his multiple roles at Notre Dame\, where he has taught for a quarter century. An award-winning scholar and a noted teacher Miscamble writes thoughtfully of the place of teaching and research in Catholic universities. Crucially\, he also is unafraid to explore more contentious subjects like the composition of the faculty and the responsibilities of faculty members who serve in a Catholic university like Notre Dame. Nor has he backed away from the controversies that have beset Notre Dame in recent years. In this volume a reader can learn how he courageously addressed such matters as academic freedom and The Vagina Monologues and\, of course\, how he protested the Notre Dame decision to honor President Barack Obama at its 2009 Commencement. \nThroughout this engaging volume\, Miscamble’s distinctive voice rings clear. His passion for Notre Dame’s Catholic mission is evident on every page. Also evident is his deep concern for the moral and spiritual well-being of Notre Dame’s students and his deep commitment to the priesthood and to the Congregation of Holy Cross. For Notre Dame is essential reading for all those who love Notre Dame and who are interested in its past\, present\, and future. It is a book that asks its readers to reflect deeply about the ongoing struggle to determine the university’s present mission and its future course. Readers – including faculty\, students\, administrators\, trustees and alumni – will surely discover through its pages how they too might stand more truly for Notre Dame. \n\nAbout Rev. Wilson (Bill) Miscamble\n\n  \nRev. Wilson D. (Bill) Miscamble\, C.S.C. joined the permanent faculty at Notre Dame in 1988. The Australian native was born on July 23\, 1953\, and educated at the University of Queensland\, from which he graduated in 1973 and obtained a master’s degree three years later.  In 1976 he came to Notre Dame to pursue graduate studies in history.  He received his doctoral degree in 1980.  He then served for two years as North American analyst in the Office of National Assessments\, Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet\, Canberra\, Australia. In August of 1982 he returned to Notre Dame and entered the priestly formation program of the Congregation of Holy Cross.  He was ordained a priest on April 9\, 1988.  In the History Department he teaches at all levels from first year courses to doctoral seminars.  He chaired the History Department from 1993 to 1998.  In addition to his responsibilities on the history faculty\, he has served (2000-04) as Rector and Superior of Moreau Seminary\, the principal formation site for the Congregation of Holy Cross in North America.  Fr. Miscamble’s primary research interests are American foreign policy since World War II and the role of Catholics in 20th century U.S. foreign relations and political life.  His book entitled George F. Kennan and the Making of American Foreign Policy\, 1947-1950 was published in 1992 by Princeton University Press and received the Harry S. Truman Book Award.  He also has authored Keeping the Faith\, Making a Difference (2000)\, and edited American Political History: Essays on the State of the Discipline [with John Marszalek] (1997)\, and Go Forth and Do Good: Memorable Notre Dame Commencement Addresses (2003).  His 2007 book From Roosevelt to Truman: Potsdam\, Hiroshima and the Cold War was published by Cambridge University Press and received the Harry S. Truman Book Award in 2008. More recently Father Miscamble has published  The Most Controversial Decision: Truman\, the Atomic Bombs and the Defeat of Japan (2011) and For Notre Dame: Battling for the Heart and Soul of a Catholic University (2013).  He also has published a number of other articles\, essays and reviews. Father Miscamble has notable interests in the areas of Catholic higher education and Catholics and public life and he lectures and writes on these topics.  During the 2013-14 academic year he holds a visiting appointment as the J.S. Paluch Chair in Theology at Mundelein Seminary of the Archdiocese of Chicago.
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SUMMARY:"Breeders" Documentary Film Screening
DESCRIPTION:Breeders: A Subclass of Women?\n\nSurrogacy is fast becoming one of the major issues of the 21st century—celebrities and everyday people are increasingly using surrogates to build their families. But the practice is fraught with complex implications for women\, children\, and families. What is the impact on the women who serve as surrogates and on the children who are born from surrogacy? In what ways might money complicate things? What about altruistic surrogacy done for a family member or close friend? Is surrogacy a beautiful\, loving act or does it simply degrade pregnancy to a service and a baby to a product? Can we find a middle ground? Should we even look for one? \nFrom The Center for Bioethics and Culture\, producers of the award-winning Eggsploitation (2010\, 2013)\, and Anonymous Father’s Day (2011)\, Breeders: A Subclass of Women? explores this important issue\, talking with surrogates\, physicians\, psychologists\, and activists across the political and ideological spectrum. \nThe film will be presented by Jennifer Lahl\, president of The Center for Bioethics and Culture Network. \nAdmission is free.  \nWatch the Trailer\n \n\nJennifer Lahl\nMs. Lahl is founder and president of The Center for Bioethics and Culture Network. Lahl couples her 25 years of experience as a pediatric critical care nurse\, a hospital administrator\, and a senior-level nursing manager with a deep passion to speak for those who have no voice. Lahl’s writings have appeared in various publications including the San Francisco Chronicle\, the Dallas Morning News\, and the American Journal of Bioethics. As a field expert\, she is routinely interviewed on radio and television including ABC\, CBS\, PBS\, and NPR. She is also called upon to speak alongside lawmakers and members of the scientific community\, even being invited to speak to members of the European Parliament in Brussels to address issues of egg trafficking. \nShe serves on the North American Editorial Board for Ethics and Medicine and on the Board of Reference for Joni Eareckson Tada’s Institute on Disability. In 2009\, Lahl was associate producer of the documentary film\, Lines That Divide: The Great Stem Cell Debate\, which was an official selection in the 2010 California Independent Film Festival. She made her writing and directing debut producing the documentary film Eggsploitation\, which has been awarded Best Documentary by the California Independent Film Festival and has sold in more than 30 countries. An updated and expanded version of Eggsploitation was released in the Fall of 2013. She is also Director\, Executive Producer\, and Co-Writer of Anonymous Father’s Day\, a documentary film exploring the stories of women and men who were created by anonymous sperm donation. Her latest film\, Breeders: A Subclass of Women? on surrogacy\, was released January 2014\, and completes the trilogy of films exploring the ethics of third-party reproduction.
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SUMMARY:The Seven Big Myths about Marriage
DESCRIPTION:What Science\, Faith\, and Philosophy Teach Us about Love and Happiness\nAbout the Book\nThe Seven Big Myths about Marriage:  What Science\, Faith\, and Philosophy Teach Us about Love and Happiness explores some of the most interesting and vexing problems in contemporary life. Appealing to reason rather than religious authority\, the book tackles the most controversial and talked about positions of the Catholic Church – on contraception\, on marriage\, on reproductive technologies\, on cohabitation\, and on divorce – arguing for the reasonableness of the Church’s views on these issues. \nThe book’s interdisciplinary approach\, following the precedent of Thomas Aquinas\, looks to human happiness and fulfillment\, properly understood\, in seeking the answers to questions about how to live. It aims to show to skeptical readers that what the Catholic Church teaches about controversial issues is rationally justified by considering evidence from psychology\, sociology\, and philosophy. \n\nAbout Dr. Christopher Kaczor\nDr. Christopher Kaczor is William E. Simon Visiting Fellow in Religion and Public Life in the James Madison Program  at Princeton University. He graduated from the Honors Program of Boston College and earned a Ph.D. four years later from the University of Notre Dame. He did post-doctoral work in Germany at the University of Cologne as a Federal Chancellor Fellow and returned as a Fulbright Scholar. His eleven books include The Seven Big Myths about Marriage\,  A Defense of Dignity\,  The Seven Big Myths about the Catholic Church\, The Ethics of Abortion\, O Rare Ralph McInerny: Stories and Reflections on a Legendary Notre Dame Professor\, Thomas Aquinas on the Cardinal Virtues; Life Issues-Medical Choices;Thomas Aquinas on Faith\, Hope\, and Love; The Edge of Life\, and Proportionalism and the Natural Law Tradition. Dr. Kaczor’s research on issues of ethics\, philosophy\, and religion has been inThe New York Times\, The Wall Street Journal\, The Los Angeles Times\, the Huffington Post\, National Review\, NPR\, BBC\, EWTN\, ABC\, NBC\, FOX\, CBS\, MSNBC\, TEDx\, and The Today Show.
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SUMMARY:Something Other Than God
DESCRIPTION:Jennifer Fulwiler told herself she was happy. Why wouldn’t she be? She made good money as a programmer at a hot tech start-up\, had just married a guy with a stack of Ivy League degrees\, and lived in a twenty-first-floor condo where she could sip sauvignon blanc while watching the sun set behind the hills of Austin. \nRaised in a happy\, atheist home\, Jennifer had the freedom to think for herself and play by her own rules. Yet a creeping darkness followed her all of her life. Finally\, one winter night\, it drove her to the edge of her balcony\, making her ask once and for all why anything mattered. At that moment everything she knew and believed was shattered. \nAsking the unflinching questions about life and death\, good and evil\, led Jennifer to Christianity\, the religion she had reviled since she was an awkward\, sceptical child growing up in the Bible Belt. Mortified by this turn of events\, she hid her quest from everyone except her husband\, concealing religious books in opaque bags as if they were porn and locking herself in public bathroom stalls to read the Bible. \nJust when Jennifer had a profound epiphany that gave her the courage to convert\, she was diagnosed with a life-threatening medical condition-and the only treatment was directly at odds with the doctrines of her new-found faith. Something Other Than God is a poignant\, profound and often funny tale of one woman who set out to find the meaning of life and discovered that true happiness sometimes requires losing it all. \nJennifer Fulwiler\nJennifer Fulwiler is a programmer-turned-writer who chronicles her experiences of faith and family life on her popular blog\, ConversionDiary.com. Her articles have also appeared in America\, Our Sunday Visitor\, Envoy and National Review Online. She has been a guest on the television showsFox and Friends\, Life on the Rock\, and The Choices We Face\, and and was also the subject of the reality show Minor Revisions. She and her husband\, Joe\, live in Austin\, Texas\, with their six young children.
URL:https://cicdc.org/event/something-other-than-god/
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SUMMARY:Desire of the Everlasting Hills (film)
DESCRIPTION:Three intimate and candid portraits of Catholics who try to navigate the waters of self-understanding\, faith\, and homosexuality:\nDan\, a gregarious artist who spent his life hiding a deep sense of isolation from those who loved him; \nRilene\, a successful businesswoman who realized that twenty-five years with her partner did not provide the fulfillment she had hoped for; \nand Paul\, an international model who\, after a life of self-indulgence\, found grace in the last place he expected. \nLook at the face of the other…discover that he has a soul\, a history\, and a life\, that he is a person\, and that God loves that person. -Benedict XVI\n \nThis film will be introduced by: \n\n Kathryn Lopez\nEditor-at-large\, National Review Online\nDirector\, Catholic Voices USA
URL:https://cicdc.org/event/desire-of-the-everlasting-hills-film/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20140923T180000
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SUMMARY:Got Religion? A Young Professionals Happy Hour with Naomi Schaefer Riley
DESCRIPTION:Got Religion?\nWhy are young people dropping out of religious institutions? Can anything be done to reverse the trend? In Got Religion?\, Naomi Schaefer Riley examines the reasons for the defection\, why we should care\, and how some communities are successfully addressing the problem. \nThe traditional markers of growing up are getting married and becoming financially independent. But young adults are delaying these milestones\, sometimes for a full decade longer than their parents and grandparents. This new phase of “emerging adulthood” is diminishing the involvement of young people in religious institutions\, sapping the strength and vitality of faith communities\, and creating a more barren religious landscape for the young adults who do eventually decide to return to it. Yet\, clearly there are some churches\, synagogues\, and mosques that are making strides in bringing young people back to religion. \nGot Religion? offers in-depth\, on-the-ground reporting about the most successful of these institutions and shows how many of the structural solutions for one religious group can be adapted to work for another. \nThe faith communities young people attach themselves to are not necessarily the biggest or the most flashy. They are not the wealthiest or the ones employing the latest technology. Rather\, they are the ones that create stability for young people\, that give them real responsibility in a community and that help them form the habits of believers that will last a lifetime. \nNaomi Schaefer Riley\nNaomi Schaefer Riley is a weekly columnist for the New York Post and a former Wall Street Journal editor. She is the author of Til Faith Do Us Part: How Interfaith Marriage Is Transforming America\, God on the Quad\, and The Faculty Lounges. She lives with her husband\, Jason\, and their three children in suburban New York City. \nYoung Professionals Happy Hours are open to those between the ages of 21-35. $15 admission covers food and beverages.
URL:https://cicdc.org/event/got-religion-a-young-professionals-happy-hour-with-naomi-schaefer-riley/
CATEGORIES:Young Professional Program
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SUMMARY:The Feasts with Cardinal Wuerl
DESCRIPTION:How the Church Year Forms Us as Catholics\nEvery day is a holiday in the Catholic Church. In their latest collaboration\, Cardinal Wuerl and Mike Aquilina examine the history and traditions behind both favorite and forgotten holidays\, from Christmas to Easter\, from the Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity to the Feast of the Holy Angels\n\nCatholic faith is festive\, and the Catholic faithful count their days by celebrating the mysteries of Jesus’ life. There is a message to be found in the passing of days\, weeks\, and seasons. Through the feasts\, ordinary Christians learn the life of Christ\, share it\, and come to imitate it. \nThis book continues the work the authors began in their books The Mass and The Church\, exploring the meaning and purpose of the most basic and beloved aspects of Catholic life. Each chapter uncovers the biblical origins and development of one of the great feasts or fasts — Advent\, Epiphany\, the Holy Angels\, all the Marian feasts\, and even this very day. The calendar can be a catechism for Catholics who know how to live it. \n“The feasts form us\,” write the authors\, “They help to make us and remake us according to the pattern of the life of Jesus Christ. We number our days as we walk in his footsteps\, from his birth to his baptism\, from his passion to his resurrection\, from his Ascension to his sending of the Spirit to make us saints. We do this faithfully every year\, and it defines us as who we are.”
URL:https://cicdc.org/event/the-feasts-with-cardinal-wuerl/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20140915T180000
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SUMMARY:Diplomacy & the Holy See
DESCRIPTION:Former U.S. Ambassadors to the Holy See\, R. James Nicholson and Francis Rooney\, discuss the position of the Holy See in the current international order\nThe Holy See’s relationship with the international community has been the focus of debate this year. Recently\, the United States announced that it would relocate the U.S. Embassy to the Holy See. In February\, the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child released a report chastising the Holy See\, alleging that the Holy See has not complied with the Convention on the Rights of the Child. In light of these developments\, the CIC will host a panel of two former U.S. Ambassadors to the Holy See to discuss the role of the Holy See as a diplomatic institution and its position in the current international order.\nR. James Nicholson\nR. James “Jim” Nicholson\, Senior Counsel for the law firm of Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck\, is former Secretary of Veterans Affairs. He was sworn into that office in February 2005 and served through September 2007. As Secretary of Veterans Affairs\, Mr. Nicholson was the principal advocate for veterans in the U.S. government\, ensuring that they received the care\, support\, recognition and dignity they deserve for their service to our country. As VA Secretary\, Nicholson also directed the federal government’s second largest Cabinet Department\, responsible for a nationwide system of hospitals\, health care clinics\, benefits programs\, and national cemeteries for America’s twenty-five-million veterans. The VA employs over 240\,000 people with a budget of approximately 100 billion dollars. \nPrior to serving in the Cabinet\, Mr. Nicholson served as U.S. Ambassador to the Holy See from 2001 to 2005. In that position he becamse a well-known advocate in Rome for the elevation of human dignity\, giving special emphasis to human trafficking\, religious freedom\, starvation and bio-tech food\, HIV-AIDS\, and international terrorism. He was knighted by Pope John Paul II in October 2003 for his work representing the U.S. to the Vatican. \nMr. Nicholson was born in 1938 and grew up on a tenant farm in norwest Iowa in a family of seven children. He is a 1961 graduate of the United States Military Academy at West Point\, N.Y. He served eight years on active duty as a paratrooper and Ranger\, then 22 years in the Army Reserve\, retiring with the rank of colonel. While serving in Vietnam\, he earned the Bronze Star Medal\, Combat Infantryman Badge\, the Meritorious Service Medal\, Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry and two Air Medals. \nMr. Nicholson earned a master’s degree from Columbia University in New York and a law degree from the University of Denver. He practiced law in Denver\, specializing in real estate\, municipal finance\, and zoning law. In 1978 he founded Nicholson Enterprises\, Inc.\, a developer of master planned residential communities\, and in 1987 he bought Renaissance Homes\, which became an award-winning builder of quality custom homes. \nIn January 1986\, Mr. Nicholson was elected to be the Republican National Committeeman from Colorado. In 1993 he was elected vice-chairman of the RNC\, and in January 1997 he was elected chairman of the RNC\, where he served for four years\, overseeing the elections of 2000\, including the election of President George W. Bush. \nMr. Nicholson has been awarded ten honorary doctor degrees\, and was named a Distinguished Graduate from his alma mater\, West Point\, in 2005. He currently serves on the board of directors of the Daniels Fund\, the Consortium of Catholic Academics and the Horatio Alger Association. He is a member of the Advisory Board of Capgemini North America and is a Fellow at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. He is married to the former Suzanne Marie Ferrell of Highland Falls\, New York\, who is an accomplished artist. They are the parents of three adult children. \n\n\n \nFrancis Rooney\nAmbassador Francis Rooney is the Chief Executive Officer of Rooney Holdings\, Inc. and is Chairman of Manhattan Construction Group\, a diversified construction organization based in Tulsa\, Oklahoma. \nFrom 2005 through 2008\, he served as the United States Ambassador to the Holy See\, appointed by President George W. Bush. \nAfter government service\, Ambassador Rooney rejoined the Board of Advisors of the Panama Canal Authority\, Republic of Panama\, on which he served previously; is a member of the Board of the Florida Gulf Coast University Foundation and former chairman of the Board of Visitors for the College of International Studies of the University of Oklahoma. \nHe is a Trustee of The Center for the Study of the Presidency and Congress\, a member of the Council of American Ambassadors\, a Director of The Trust for the National Mall and Crossroads GPS\, all in Washington\, D.C. He is also a member of the Board of Directors for The Forum Club of Southwest Florida\, Naples\, Florida. \nAmbassador Rooney currently serves on several corporate boards – Helmerich & Payne\, Inc. (NYSE: HP)\,  Laredo Petroleum\, Inc.\, (NYSE: LPI)\, both in Tulsa\, Oklahoma; VETRA Energy Group\, Bogota\, Colombia; and Mercantil Commercebank\, Coral Gables\, Florida. \nAmbassador Rooney is a graduate of Georgetown University (A.B. 1975) and Georgetown University Law Center (J.D. 1978)\, and has honorary degrees from the University of Notre Dame (2006) and the University of Dallas (2010).  He is a member of the District of Columbia and Texas Bars\, and holds a U.S. Coast Guard 100 Ton Masters License (Sailing Endorsement).   He and his wife\, Kathleen\, live predominately in Naples\, Florida\, and the Rooney’s have three children\, Larry\, who is married to Porscha\,  Michael and Kathleen\, and one grandson\, Beckett.
URL:https://cicdc.org/event/diplomacy-the-holy-see/
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SUMMARY:A Church on the Streets
DESCRIPTION:In Evangelii Gaudium\, Pope Francis told us that he preferred “a Church which is bruised\, hurting\, and dirty because it has been out on the streets\, rather than a Church which is unhealthy from being confined and from clinging to its own security.” This discussion will examine what it means to be a Church on the streets and will feature panelists who are all involved with different forms of evangelization work.\n\nLouis Brown\nAttorney\nBoard Member\, St. Paul Street Evangelization\nRaised Catholic\, Louis obtained his undergraduate degree from Michigan State University and his juris doctorate from Howard University School of Law.  He practiced law before joining the DNC\, later resigning in protest over the prospect of federal funding of abortion through the healthcare bill.  By God’s grace\, in 2010\, Louis became associate director\, social concerns at the Maryland Catholic Conference.  He later worked as legislative counsel to then U.S. Rep. Dan Lungren (R-CA) and his staffer to the House Judiciary Committee.  After the Congressman’s 2012 election loss\, Louis returned to private practice.  He serves on the Board of St. Paul Street Evangelization (SPSE) a Catholic lay apostolate that evangelizes on the streets of 130 cities globally.  The Holy Spirit has changed thousands of lives through SPSE.  Louis also volunteers on the prayer ministry team at Christ the King Catholic Church in Ann Arbor\, MI.  He is totally dependent on God. \n\n\nElise Italiano\nFormer Theology and Bioethics Teacher\nGeorgetown Visitation Preparatory School\nElise Italiano taught for six years at Georgetown Visitation Preparatory School in Washington\, DC and is a volunteer with Catholic Voices USA.  Her writing has appeared in National Review Online\, The National Catholic Register\, Catholic News Agency\, Acculturated.com\, and Verily Magazine.  She is a contributor to Breaking Through: Catholic Women Speak for Themselves\, ed. Helen Alvare.\n \nNathan Stanley\nRegional Director\, FOCUS\nNathan Stanley is the Regional Director of the Atlantic Region with FOCUS (Fellowship of Catholic University Students).  Nathan is in his 11th year of serving with FOCUS and has served on various campuses throughout the United States during this time: including campuses in New Mexico\, Nebraska\, and Wisconsin.  He has served for the past 5 years on the East Coast as the Regional Director.  Nathan has a Masters in Theology from the Augustine Institute in Denver.  He serves on the Alliance of Campus Ministry committee at the USCCB\, where he represents FOCUS among a group of US campus ministries. Nathan and his wife\, Lauren\, reside outside of Philadelphia in Drexel Hill\, PA.
URL:https://cicdc.org/event/a-church-on-the-streets/
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