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NAMING THE HOLY LECTURE SERIES
Lecture 3: "The Evolving Universe" - Tuesday, March 16, 2010, 7:30 p.m.
Jose Funes, SJ
Director, The Vatican Observatory
Location: Newman Centre Chapel
Sponsored by the Newman Centre and the Regis College Jesuit Community
Special thanks to Dr. Peter Warrian for his generous support
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Over
the years, the Newman Centre has sponsored several major lecture
series that have allowed the church to dialogue with the modern
world via the university. The Lecture Series have been on the
themes of the Legacy of Vatican II; The Jurisdiction of the
Church; The Dream of Cardinal Newman. The Newman Centre has
brought in renowned guest speakers in an attempt to present
and engage the important issues of our day. Speakers of the
past have included:
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His
Beatitude Michel Sabbah, the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem
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Archbishop
Renato Martino, Vatican Nuncio to the United Nations
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The
late Fr. Henri Nouwen
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Fr.
Donald Senior, C.P.
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Bishop
Matthew Clark
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Sr.
Margaret Brennan, I.H.M.
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Sr.
Ellen Leonard, C.S.J.
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Sr.
Helen Prejean, C.S.J., (author of Dead Man Walking)
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His
Eminence Pio Cardinal Laghi, head of the Vatican Congregation
for Catholic Education
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His
Eminence William Cardinal Keeler
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Renowned
liturgist and composer Fr. Michael Joncas
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Fr.
Philip Murnion
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Italian
President Oscar Luigi Scalfaro
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Fr.
Ron Rolheiser, O.M.I.
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Fr.
Justin Taylor, S.M.
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Noted
Canadian Journalist, Richard Gwyn
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Fr.
Scott M. Lewis, S.J.
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Sr.
Nuala Keys, S.C.
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Emmy
Award Filmmaker, Ann Petrie
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Vatican
Correspondent, John Allen Jr.
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Rabbi
Dow Marmur, Holy Blossom Temple, Toronto
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Myles
Sheehan, Gerontologist, Professor of Medicine
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Michael
Czerny, SJ, African Jesuit AIDS Network
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Dr.
Kate Gillespie, MD, Clinical Director, Northern Ireland
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Sue
Mosteller,
CSJ, L'Arche Toronto coordinator
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Prof. George V. Coyne,
S.J., Astronomer, Vatican Observatory
- For an interview and additional commentary by Fr. Coyne, please click here
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Sr. Elaine MacInnes, O.L.M., Spiritual Author and Prison Activist
And
many Canadian Bishops, Jewish Rabbis, Muslim leaders and
people from the worlds of the arts, culture and politics,
to name but a few.
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