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Papers presented at the Second Joint Consultation: 
Commonweal Foundation / Faith & Reason Institute

at the Center for Continuing Education, McKenna Hall University of Notre Dame, IN on June 15-17, 2001

The Transmission of the Catholic Social Tradition

Catholic higher education

Presenter:
William Spohn / Santa Clara University
Respondents:
Kathleen Mahoney / Boston College
Paul Griffiths / University of Illinois, Chicago

Seminaries and leadership formation

Presenter:
Katarina Schuth / University of St. Thomas, St. Paul
Respondent:
Maura Ryan / University of Notre Dame
Robert Sirico / Acton Institute

Transmission of magisterial statements

Presenter:
Kenneth Doyle / St. Catherine of Siena, Albany Diocese
Respondents:
Joseph Bottum / The Weekly Standard
Kenneth Woodward / Newsweek

Prolife agenda

Catholic Sensibility, American culture, and public life

Panel:

Dana Gioia / Independent writer & Poet

Gregory Wolfe / Image

Mary Pat Kelly / Independent filmaker & Author

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Papers presented at the Commonweal Spring 2002 Colloquium

Union Theological Seminary, New York NY
April 19-21, 2002

Catholic social thought and contemporary economic thinking

Presenter: 
Daniel Rush Finn / St. John’s University, MN

Autobiographical Statements: Business, Labor

Panelists: 
Kirk Adams / Chief of Staff, SEIU


Papers presented at the Commonweal Spring 2000 Colloquium

Union Theological Seminary, New York, NY,
May 12-14, 2000


The Common Good and the Language of Catholic Social Thought

Presenter:
John Coleman, SJ / Loyola Marymount University

Respondent: 
Jane Mansbridge / Kennedy School of Government

Charles Curran / Southern Methodist University


Catholic Social Thought and the Natural Law Tradition

Presenter:
Jean Porter
/ Theology Department, University of Notre Dame

Respondent
Michael Perry
/ Wake Forest University School of Law


Catholic Social Thought and Liberal Pluralism

Presenter:
William Galston / School of Public Affairs, University of Maryland

Respondent
Wilson Carey McWilliams
/ Rutgers University

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