"Tuesday Talks" 2008

"Cristero!"
Tuesday, April 8, 2008, 7:30pm
Ruben Quezada is Director of Operations with our good friends at the Catholic Resource Center and allied with St Joseph’s Communications. He is a long-time student of the history of Mexico in the early twentieth century, and an expert on the persecution of Catholics by the dictators of that period – and the heroic and heartbreaking story of valiant resistance by the "Cristeros" and other martyrs of Mexico. This seldom told story is presented by a true expert on the subject. A word of caution - this will not be an evening for children.

"The Near and Present Danger"
Tuesday, April 22, 2008, 7:30pm
Vincent Fortanasce, MD, is a practicing neurologist, psychiatrist, author and an expert on bioethics. His accomplishments, personal and professional, include every thing from International Karate championships to a breakthrough treatment regimen for Alzheimer’s disease. His professional credentials are far too many to list here and could not be more impressive. Dr Fortanasce joins us this evening to give a thorough overview of the many and varied threats to human life and human dignity presented by the new ‘biotechnologies’. Can we stop – how do we stop - the out of control pusuit of scientific knowledge and false ‘self-determination’ on the medical horizon?

"The Other Side of Social Justice"
Tuesday, April 29, 2008, at 7:30pm
Father Bob Lombardo, CFR, is a member of the Congregation of the Franciscan Friars of the Renewalfounded by a group of friars that includes Fr. Benedict Groeschel and Fr. Bob Lombardo. He spent many years working with the homeless and the helpless on the east coast, and is currently engaged in founding a mission among the poorest of the poor in Chicago. Fr. Bob does not write books about social justice. He tries to do social justice. What does a man "on the job site" have to say about building "justice and peace"?

"Spiritual, Not Religious"
Tuesday, May 27, 2008, at 7:30pm
Does that sound like anyone you know? Fr. Bruce Nieli, CSP, knows someone who was like that - the candidate for canonization, Isaac Hecker. According to Father Bruce’s estimation, a saint, a mystic, and a prophet very much for our time, as well as the founder of the Paulists, the community to which our speaker belongs. To paraphrase Fr. Bruce, "Hecker was a transcendentalist who believed in spirituality without religion. Does that sound familiar? Does that relate to us today?" How did Hecker ‘breakthrough’? How can we help others – and ourselves – get real? Fr. Bruce has a wonderful gift for pathos, humor and story telling. You are really going to enjoy this evening.

Sneak preview for the fall:

August 5, 2008 ~ Fr Brian Mullady, O.P.

August 24 , 2008 ~ Family Picnic and Concert

Oct 14 , 2008 ~ Fr Norbert Wood, O. Praem