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The Dead Sea Scrolls - An Introduction
Tuesday, May 12, 2009, 7:30 p.m.
Newman Centre Chapel, 89 St. George Street
A free public lecture
Speakers:
His Grace, Most Rev. Thomas Collins,
Archbishop of Toronto
Dr. Julian Siggers,
ROM Vice President of Programmes and Content Development
Dr. Robert Mason,
ROM and U of T Archeologist
The Dead Sea Scrolls are coming to the Royal Ontario Museum at the end of June. The University of Toronto’s Newman Centre Catholic Chaplaincy, Multi-Faith Centre, and the Centre for Jewish Studies, in collaboration with the Royal Ontario Museum are coordinating a series of dialogues about the Dead Sea Scrolls with spiritual leaders and experts who have studied the Scrolls. The aim of these talks is to explore with the community, especially students, the significance of these important writings. The first of these talks will be a general introduction to the Scrolls. Subsequent talks to be scheduled over the next few months, including a talk by leaders of the three Abrahamic faiths in Toronto. Dates and location sites to be announced.
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 eight years 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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Vactican
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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