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Archbishop John R. Quinn - Vatican II: A Light for the Church in a Darkened World

Main Building Chapel, Sacred Heart Schools, 150 Valparaiso Avenue, Atherton, CA

This forum is designed for Catholics who want to deepen their faith through dialogue and reflection, and engage with prominent church leaders while they share perspectives on the Catholic faith in light of Vatican II.

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Sr. Kathleen Hughes, RSCJ - Sacraments and Chicken Soup: Sacramental Living in a Post-Conciliar Church

Main Building Chapel, Sacred Heart Schools, 150 Valparaiso Avenue, Atherton, CA

This forum is designed for Catholics who want to deepen their faith through dialogue and reflection, and engage with prominent church leaders while they share perspectives on the Catholic faith in light of Vatican II.

Bishop John S. Cummins - A Year at the Council: A Personal Reminiscence

Main Building Chapel, Sacred Heart Schools, 150 Valparaiso Avenue, Atherton, CA

This forum is designed for Catholics who want to deepen their faith through dialogue and reflection, and engage with prominent church leaders while they share perspectives on the Catholic faith in light of Vatican II.

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The Mazatlán Forum is the result of the initiative of DSPT Fellow Agnieszka Winkler, and the collaboration of El Colegio de Sinaloa and DSPT, who together have organized the inaugural Mazatlán Forum.The forum exists for the sake of encouraging cross-cultural dialogue and innovative, thoughtful deliberation about problems that are relevant to the United States, Mexico and society more broadly.

March 7-9, Mazatlán, Mexico

The Mazatlán Forum will be streamed live.

Join us in honoring the vital work that our religious sisters do in the world. 

Saturday, April 6th
5:30 pm Vigil Mass, 6:30 pm Alemany Awards Reception and Dinner in the Cathedral Events Center
Cathedral of Saint Mary of the Assumption
1111 Gough Street, San Francisco, CA 94109

Keynote: “Being Fully Human”, Dr. William Chittick, Stony Brook University

Professor Minlib Dalih, O.P.

Part of Encountering Islam: Ministry in the Church and the Dominican Tradition

Dominican School of Philosophy & Theology, 2301 Vine Street, Berkeley

Fr. Augustine Thompson, O.P.
Professor of History, DSPT

Fr. Augustine Thompson, OP will examine new discoveries about the liturgical and social significance of baptism in the cities of thirteenth-century Italy. These developments will be compared with the development of the theology of baptism from the twelfth century to Thomas Aquinas in the late thirteenth.

Reception to follow.

Domincan School of Philosophy & Theology, 2301 Vine Street, Berkeley

Encountering Islam: 2013 Lectures and Workshops, Inaugural Lecture by Archbishop Alex J. Brunett. 

Co-sponsored by the Dominican School of Philosophy and Theology (DSPT), Center for Islamic Studies, and the Oakland Diocesan Commission for Ecumenical and Interreligious Affairs.

Lecture and Reception at DSPT, 2301 Vine Street, Berkeley. 

Join us to watch one, several, or all of these artistic, probing, and daring investigations into the human condition. The Decalogue was produced in 1989 for Polish television, and consists of ten 1-hour films, each loosely based on one of the Ten Commandments. This series will be hosted by DSPT Fellow, Ron Austin, a Hollywood screenwriter and producer. Conversation to follow each screening.

To RSVP go to www.dspt.edu/decalogue or call (888) 450-3778. Space is limited.