CATHOLIC INTELLECTUAL TRADITION
January 14-17, 2008
Gainey Conference Center
Owatonna, Minnesota
Moderators: Ken Goodpaster and Mike Naughton
DAILY SCHEDULE &
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Thursday through Saturday
7:00 – 8:30 a.m. Breakfast in Dining Room
9:00 – 12:15 p.m. Morning Seminar Session
12:15 – 1:30 p.m. Lunch served in Dining Room
1:30 – 3:00 p.m. Preparation/Review
3:00 – 5:30 p.m. Afternoon Seminar Session
6:00 p.m. Dinner served in Dining Room
7:00 – 9:00 p.m. Evening Session
Wednesday, January 24
1:00 – 2:00 p.m. Arrival and check-in
2:00 – 5:15 p.m. Session 1: Welcome, Overview & Introductions
5:15 – 6:00 p.m. Reception
6:00 p.m. Dinner
7:00 – 9:00 p.m. Session 2: What is the Catholic Intellectual Tradition
Selected voices, “Integration and Fragmentation and the Catholic Intellectual Tradition”
Lawrence Cunningham, “Faith and Reason: A Vision of the Catholic Intellectual Life”
Thursday, january 25
9:00 – 12:15 p.m. Session 3: Autobiography and the Call
· Dorothy Day, The Long Loneliness
· Saint Augustine, Confessions
· Frederick Nietzsche, Beyond Good and Evil
3:00 – 5:30 p.m. Session 4: Obstacles in Work as a Vocation
· Dorothy Sayers, “Why Work?”
· E.F. Schumacher “Education for Good Work”
· Fyodor Dostoevsky: “Grand Inquisitor” from Brothers Karamazov
7:00 – 9:00 p.m. Session 5: One Woman’s Account of her Vocation
· An Interview with Sister Wendy by Bill Moyers
Friday, January 26
9:00 – 12:15 p.m. Session 6: UST’s Mission and the State of Catholic Universities
· John Paul II, Ex corde ecclesiae
· James Burtchaell, “The Story within the Stories” from Dying of the Light
3:00 – 5:30 p.m. Session 7: Education of the Student
· David Brooks, “The Organization Kid”
· Servais Pinckaers, "Freedom for Excellence"
· William May, “The Beleaguered Professional”
7:30 – 9:30 p.m. Session 8: Through the Lens of Great Drama
· Robert Bolt: A Man for All Seasons
Saturday, January 27
9:00 – 12:15 p.m. Session 9: Conscience and Doing the Good
· Joseph Ratzinger (Benedict XVI), “Conscience and the Essence of Morality”
· Glenn Tinder, “Can we be Good without God?”
2:00 – 4:00 p.m. Session 10: Conclusion
4:00 p.m. Mass
5:00 p.m. Dinner
Departure after Liturgy and Dinner
