John Paul II and the Vocation of the Professional Woman

Summer Symposium at the University of St. Thomas

June 14-18, 2004

*changes possible

Session A (9:15-10:15); Session B (10:30-11:30)

DAY ONE: The Vocation of Women and Personalist Feminism

A) A Reflection on Mulieris Dignitatem

& The Theology of the Body                                               Speaker: Dr. Laura Garcia of Boston College

B) Woman & the Recovery of Culture:

Familiaris Consortio                                                              Speaker: Dr. Cathy Jack of UST

DAY TWO: Women and the Moral Dimensions of Culture;

A) A Reflection on Evangelium Vitae.                               Speaker: Dr. Anne Maloney of St. Kate’s

            B) Feminist Freedom and John Paul II                            Speaker: Dr. Siobhan Nash-Marshall of UST

DAY THREE: Women and the Juridical/Political Dimension of Culture

            A) A Reflection on Veritatis Splendor

            and Centesimus Annus:                            Speaker: Dr. Mary Lemmons of UST

            B) Legal Parameters for Catholic Feminism                  Speaker: Teresa Collett, J.D. of UST

DAY FOUR: Women and the Vocation of the Professional:

A) A Reflection on Laborem Exercens                         Speaker: Deborah Savage of UST

B) Women and the Marketplace                                     Speaker: Dr. Jeanne Buckeye of UST

DAY FIVE: Past, Present, and Future  

            Insights from Edith Stein                                            Speaker: Dr. Sarah Borden of Wheaton College