The Beauty of Faith
Interpreting Religious Art in a Public Museum
Thursday, May 21, 2020, at 6 pm
Via Zoom (video conference)
Like a well-mannered dinner guest, a museum curator avoids the public discussion of money and religion. Yet, much of the art in museum collections was shaped by faith and made for a religious purpose. Interpretations that focus solely on stylistic aesthetics leave much about the beauty and purpose of the piece unexplained. In this talk, I shall discuss the challenges of interpreting Christian art to a secular audience in a public museum.
Free and open to the public
The event will be held via Zoom (video conference)
Dignity - A Conversation with Chris Arnade
Thursday, May 7, 2020, at 6 pm
Via Zoom
After abandoning his Wall Street career, Chris Arnade decided to document poverty and addiction in the Bronx. He began interviewing, photographing, and becoming close friends with homeless addicts, and spent hours in drug dens in McDonald's. Then he started driving across America to see how the rest of the country compared. He found the same types of stories everywhere, across lines of race, ethnicity, religion, and geography. As Taskeesha, a woman in the Bronx told Arnade, she wants to be seen shes see herself: " a prostitute, a mother of six, and a child of God." This book is his attempt to help the rest of us truly see, hear, and respect millions of people who've been left behind.
Free and open to the public
The event will be held via Zoom (video conference)
you will receive the link and information to join the event online
'The World Which Shall Be Our First': On Beauty and the Human Desire for Transcendence
Monday, March 8, 2020, at 6:00 pm
Arts and Letters Hall, Room 412
Jennifer Newsome Martin, Assistant Professor in the Program of Liberal Studies at University of Notre Dame
Sacraments and Friendship
Tuesday, January 14, 2020, at 5:00 pm
Arts and Letters Hall, Room 414
Brandon McGinley is a Catholic writer and speaking based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He is a regular contributor to the Scottish Catholic Observer and Angelus News, the magazine of the Archdiocese of Los Angeles. Right now, Brandon is working on three books to be released this year: on the virtue of religion and the just society with Dr. Scott Hahn, on renewing the Church in America for Sophia Institute Press, and on the Catholic history and present of his hometown of Pittsburgh.
Our Lady of Chicago: The Surprising Story of our Northern Guadalupe
Tuesday, October 15, 2019, at 5:00 pm
McGowan South, Room 108
Who is Our Lady of Chicago? Which of the city’s countless images of the Virgin Mary best encapsulate the spirit of this city and its land? After surveying various candidates for this title, this lecture will argue for our very own Northern Guadalupe. This particular image encapsulates the forced removal of Chicago’s indigenous inhabitants, a story that all Chicago residents – native or not – too easily forget.