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Joseph and Edith Habiger Endowment for Catholic Studies

The following lectures were made possible by the Jospeh and Edith Habiger Endowment for Catholic Studies.  The lectures are made available in PDF format.  Opening these links requires the free Adobe Reader software. You may not cite or reprint articles without permission of the author.

Spring 2007 Habiger Lecture February 26, 2007 Monsignor Leo Cushley, Vatican diplomat and Counselor at the Permanent Observer Mission of the Holy See to the United Nations at the United Nations Headquarters in NYC A Light to the Nations: Vatican Diplomacy and Global Politics Fall 2006 Habiger Lecture October 2, 2006 Dr. Jonathan J. Reyes, president of the Augustine Institute Called to Greatness: The Rising Generation of Catholics and the New Evangelization Spring 2006 Habiger Lecture March 27, 2006 Rev. Robert Barron Augustine's Questions: Why the Augustinian Theology of God Matters Today Fall 2005 Habiger Artist-in-Residence September 19, 2005 Rev. Paul Murray, O.P. Is There a Case for Poetry? Spring 2005 Habiger Artist-in-Residence April 25, 2005 Br. Anthony Sweere, FBP The Icon as "Window into Heaven" As the first Habiger Artist-in-Residence, Sweere was commissioned to write an icon of Christ the Teacher for the Sitzmann Hall chapel.  He also delivered a series of talks on the history, meaning and symbolism of icons, as well as on the icon writing process.   View the photo gallery.

Fall 2004 Lecture

November 2, 2004 Br. Robert Smith, O.F., Cap., Archdiocese of Milwaukee Catholic Schools Wanted and Needed for Today

Spring 2004 Habiger Scholar-in-Residence

March 31, 2004 Jeanne Heffernnan Why Tocqueville Was Right: Catholic Citizens and the Renewal of Democracy

Fall 2003 Lecture

October 15, 2003 Bishop Blase Cupich, Diocese of Rapid City The Second Vatican Council: Why Should It Matter to Your Generation?

Fall 2002 Habiger Scholar-in-Residence

September 23, 2002 Rev. John Kavanaugh, S.J. Following Christ in a Consumer Society

Spring 2002 Lecture

April 22, 2002 Rev. Virgilio Elizondo Our Lady of Guadalupe: Mother of a New Creation

Spring 2001 Lecture

March 27, 2001 Rev. Paul Murray, O.P. The Task of Happiness: A Reflection on Human Suffering and Christian Joy

Fall 2000 Lecture

October 16, 2000 Rev. John Kavanaugh, S.J. Culture of Life and Culture of Death in College Life

Spring 2000 Lecture

April 10, 2000 Rev. Jan Michael Joncas Tasting the Reign of God: The Meal Ministry of Jesus and its Implications for Christian Worship and Life