Winter Catholic Heritage Lecture: Accessing the Imagination for Hope and Healing

Winter Catholic Heritage Lecture:
Accessing the Imagination for Hope and Healing
James L. Heft, S.M.
Wednesday, Feb. 21, 4 p.m.
Join for a reception at 3:30 p.m.
LeRoux Conference Room (Student Center 160)
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We live in a world of polarization, violence and human fragility. Destructive behavior of all kinds, both inside and outside the Church, fuel these tragic times. Can Catholic thought and practice offer hope, healing, inclusion and reconciliation? What particular resources, intellectual and moral, can a Catholic and Jesuit university offer our divided and weary world?  

Fr. James L. Heft S.M. (Marianist) is Scholar in Residence at the University of Dayton, and Founder and President Emeritus of the Institute for Advanced Catholic Studies (IACS) at USC. His recent books include Empty Churches: Non-Affiliation in America, 2021 and The Future of Catholic Higher Education: The Open Circle, 2021.