Women and the Recovery of Culture

October 22-24, 2008

Sister Conferences at the University of St. Thomas in Minnesota

Hosted by the Siena Symposium for Personalist Feminism: an interdisciplinary group of faculty interested in establishing the new feminism called for by John Paul II in Evangelium Vitae.

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  2008 Oct. 22nd
Oct. 22nd—Conference on The Feminine Genius at Work in the World.

7:30 pm-Keynote by Mary Beth Bonacci, author, speaker and syndicated columnist, "The Feminine Genius at Work in the World" at the O'Shaughnessy Education Center Auditorium, St. Paul Campus

Hosted by the Siena Symposium:  an interdisciplinary faculty group interested in developing the new feminism called for by John Paul II in Evangelium Vitae. 

Registration: Free.

Sponsors: Archdiocesan Office for Marriage, Family and Life. Murphy Institute for Law and Public Policy. Center for Catholic Studies.
 2008 Oct. 23rd
Oct. 23rd—Conference on Mulieris Dignitatem and the Church's Social Vision: The Feminine Genius in the Pursuit of the Common Good


Hosted by the Siena Symposium.  (CALL FOR PAPERS.)

  9:00 am: "Aquinas and the Feminine Genius,"  Pia Francesca de Solenni (awarded the 2001 Pontifical Prize of the Academies by Pope John Paul II ). Keynote Lecture in the McNeely Great Room.

LOCATION

MCH 112

MCH 228

MCH 315

MCH 339

 

10-10:50

 Karen Jordan (Brandeis University): “Feminine Nature and Classical Moral Philosophy.”Moderator: Jeanne Buckeye

Sarah Borden Sharkey (Wheaton College, Philosophy): “Matter and Why it Matters to Women and Men.” Moderator: Greg Coulter

 Deborah Savage (UST Seminary): “The Acting Woman.” Moderator: Teresa Collett Mary Lemmons (UST Philosophy): “John Paul II’s Universal Call to Personalist Feminism.” Moderator: Steve Heaney
11-11:50 Kevin Govern (Ave Maria Law): "Fidelity and Fairness: Mulieris Dignitatem’s Wisdom Relating to Marital Commitments, Contractual Relationships, and the Church." Moderator: Jeanne Buckeye Edith Bogue (College of St. Scholastica): "The Feminine Genius and the Paradox of Feminism." Moderator: Mary Lemmons Greg Coulter (UST Philosophy): "What does it mean to be Feminine?"Moderator: Steve Heaney Jennifer Laske (Mount Mary College, Theology): "Prophetic Catholicism: The Inextricability Between Mariology and the Church’s Social Vision." Moderator: Lisa Schiltz
 

 

12:40-1:30

Angela Franks: St. John's Seminary, Brighton, MA: "True Liberation of Women: Fertility Control or Openness to Life" Moderator: Jeanne Buckeye Paul Gondreau (Providence College): "Equal in Dignity, Distinct in Roles: Female and Male Discipleship in the Ministry of Jesus." Moderator: Anne Maloney Jennifer Hockenberry (Mount Mary College, Philosophy): "Illuminating the Feminine Genius: The Epistemology of Hildegard of Bingen." Moderator: Lisa Schiltz Mike Sullivan (Sanctuary of Divine Mercy): "The Feminine Genius: Seeking the Icon of Woman amid the Herd of Sacred Cows." Moderator: Cathy Deavel
 

 

1:40-2:30

 Cathy Deavel (UST Philosophy): "A Mother’s Love: Insight into the Dignity of Persons." Moderator: Mary Lemmons Angela Elrod-Sadler. "The Feminine Genius: Woman as the Theological and Philosophical Exemplar of the Good of Unity." Moderator: Paul Gondreau Jeanne Buckeye (UST College of Business): "Before Our Eyes: Who Has Dignity in Organizational Life?" Moderator: Deborah Savage Susan Stabile (UST Law): "The Challenges of Articulating a Catholic Feminist Legal Theory." Moderator: Lisa Schiltz

3:00 pm:  "The Dignity of Mary,"  Rev. Peter Laird, St. Paul Seminary School of Divinity. Keynote Address in the McNeely Great Room.

4:00 pm:  "John Paul II and the Feminine Genius," Anne Maloney, College of St. Catherine. Keynote Address in the McNeely Great Room.

7:30 pm: Public Forum: Panel Discussion "Girl Genius: Educating for the Feminine Genius" at the O'Shaughnessy Education Center Auditorium, St. Paul Campus.

              Moderator: Gina Bauer
              Michele Forshaw: "The Essential Feminine Experience"
               Kathleen Nicholas, Louisville: "If You Knew the Gift from God"
              Terry Polakovic: ENDOW, Colorado: "Developmental Stages of the Feminine Genius"                

Sponsors: Murphy Institute for Law and Public Policy, St. Paul Seminary School of Divinity, Center for Catholic Studies, John A. Ryan Institute for Catholic Social Thought, College of Arts and Sciences, Departments of Philosophy and Theology. 
 

 2008 Oct. 24th

Oct. 24th—Conference on Visions of Women's Leadership at the University of St. Thomas School of Law, Minneapolis Campus

8:30 am. Keynote by Mary Pawlenty, First Lady of the State of Minnesota and former Minnesota State Judge at School of Law Schultze Room

10:45 am. Women in Law Panel: Judge Diana Murphy, Mary Cullen Yeager, Sonia Miller-Van Ort, Julie Oseid

12:30 pm. Keynote by Jill Wine-Banks, Chief Officer for Education to Careers in the Chicago Public Schools at School of Law Great Room

Sponsors: Holloran Center for Ethical Leadership, St. Thomas School of Law.

Conference Logistics
 

Detailed conference schedule

Registration: Free. 

Hotel Accommodations

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For questions about any of these events please contact Dr. Deborah Savage at 651-962-5061 or by email at pdsavage@stthomas.edu