Kennedy Lecture
The Kennedy Lecture is an annual event that is the gift of Thomas and Richard Kennedy, in memory of their parents, Keith and Joan Kennedy. This series aims to challenge us and to stimulate thinking by engaging prominent persons in the field of religion and ethics. It is held on a Saturday morning and is open to all at no charge.
Next Lecture
January 15, 2011 9:30 a.m.− 12 Noon
Fr. William O’Neill, S.J.
Jesuit School of Theology at Santa Clara University
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Fr. William O'Neill, SJ, will present the 11th Annual Kennedy Lecture on Saturday morning, January 15th, 2011. The lecture will explore Catholic Social Teaching on Immigration and its theological origins. Fr O'Neill will discuss the biblical heritage of Catholic Social Teaching, how the US Catholic Bishops have incorporated the teachings into current day discipleship, and what concerned Catholics can do to promote Christian attitudes and approaches to immigration.
General Outline of the Lecture:
• Biblical heritage of Catholic Social Teaching
• Theological View on Migration
• Ethical and Political Framework
• Catholic teaching
• Questions that arise
• Teaching of the Bishops
• What we as Catholics can do
About the Speaker
Fr. O'Neill is Associate Professor of Social Ethics at the Jesuit School of Theology, Santa Clara University and a visiting professor of ethics at the Jesuit School of Theology, "Hekima" in Nairobi. His writings address questions of human rights, ethics and hermeneutical theory, social reconciliation and conflict resolution, and refugee policy.
He has worked with refugees in Tanzania and Malawi; done research on human rights in South Africa and Rwanda. He received a Newcombe Fellowship, a Lilly Theological Research Grant, and held the Jesuit Chair, Georgetown University (2003-2004). He has served on the Editorial Board of The Journal of the Society of Christian Ethics, and serves on the Board of the Society of Christian Ethics and of the journal, Theological Studies. He is a contributor to the 2009 book, And You Welcomed Me, Migration and Catholic Social Teaching, authoring the chapter entitled, "Christian Hospitality and Solidarity with the Stranger." Fr O'Neill holds a Ph. D, M. Phil, and MA from Yale University's School of Religious Studies, and a BA from St. Louis University.
Location (handicap accessible)
St. Peter’s Catholic Church
Biss Hall (lower church hall)
501 S. Tryon Street
Between Stonewall and 2nd St. (now M.L. King Jr. Blvd.)
Charlotte, NC 28202
Parking
There is free parking for all St. Peter events in the underground parking lot, “The Green,” to the left of the church, on S. Tryon Street. Look for signs and for people to direct you. There are elevators from all the parking levels.
Past Lecturers
2000 Sidney Callahan Tomorrow’s Church: New Roles for Men and Women
2001 Megan McKenna Parables: Visiting the Kingdom
2002 Stanley Hauerwas Why the American Way of Death is not the Christian Way
2003 James F. Keenan, S.J. Living With an Adult Conscience
2004 Susan A. Ross Women’s Work as Unopened Gift
2005 Luke Timothy Johnson Faith and Possessions
2006 Thomas J. Reese, S.J. Survial Guide for Thinking Catholics
2007 Shawn Copeland Who is My Neighbor?
2009 Edward Kessler Challenges in Jewish-Christian Relations
2010 Margaret O'Brien Steinfels Reinventing Catholic
Kennedy Lecture Committee
Cynthia Aziz
Lou Bonaiuto, Co-Chair
Clint Hunsche
Stephen Keener
Jan Valder Offerman
Martha Schmitt, Co-Chair
Ann Weber
Missy Weld