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©Picture courtesy of
"The Minneapolis Institute of Arts".

New Faculty Seminar

The Catholic Intellectual Tradition:
Exploring the Mission of UST

January 14-17, 2008

Gainey Conference Center
Owatonna, Minnesota

Morning
Session
    9:00 AM to
12:15 PM

Afternoon
Session
    3:00 PM to
5:30 PM

Evening
Session
    7:00 PM to
9:00 PM

Monday

Introduction

Facilitators

Comments from Participants

Schedule

SESSION 1

Welcome, Overview & Introductions

SESSION 2

What is the Catholic Intellectual Tradition?

[Selected Voices/Lawrence Cunningham]

Tuesday

SESSION 3

Autobiography and the Call
[Sermon on the Mount
Dorothy Day/
Saint Augustine, Frederick Nietzche]

SESSION 4

Institutional Obstacles to Good Work

[Dorothy Sayers/
E.F. Schumacher, Fyodor Dostoevsky]

SESSION 5

One Woman’s Account of her Vocation

[An Interview with Sister Wendy by Bill Moyers]

Wednesday

SESSION 6

UST’s Mission and the State of Catholic Universities

[John Paul II/
James Burtchaell]

SESSION 7

Education of the
Student

[Servais Pinckaers,
David Brooks,
Thomas Hibbs

SESSION 8

Through the Lens of
Great Drama

[Robert Bolt,
"A Man for All Seasons"]

Thursday

SESSION 9

Conscience and Doing the Good

[Joseph Ratzinger
(Benedict XVI),
Glenn Tinder]

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©Picture courtesy of "The Minneapolis Institute of Arts".		New Faculty Seminar The Catholic Intellectual Tradition: Exploring the Mission of UST January 14-17, 2008 Gainey Conference Center Owatonna, Minnesota
	Morning Session 9:00 AM to 12:15 PM	Afternoon Session 3:00 PM to 5:30 PM	Evening Session 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM
Monday	Introduction Facilitators Comments from Participants Schedule	SESSION 1 Welcome, Overview & Introductions	SESSION 2 What is the Catholic Intellectual Tradition? [Selected Voices/Lawrence Cunningham]
Tuesday	SESSION 3 Autobiography and the Call [Sermon on the Mount Dorothy Day/ Saint Augustine, Frederick Nietzche]	SESSION 4 Institutional Obstacles to Good Work [Dorothy Sayers/ E.F. Schumacher, Fyodor Dostoevsky]	SESSION 5 One Woman’s Account of her Vocation [An Interview with Sister Wendy by Bill Moyers]
Wednesday	SESSION 6 UST’s Mission and the State of Catholic Universities [John Paul II/ James Burtchaell]	SESSION 7 Education of the Student [Servais Pinckaers, David Brooks, Thomas Hibbs	SESSION 8 Through the Lens of Great Drama [Robert Bolt, "A Man for All Seasons"]
Thursday	SESSION 9 Conscience and Doing the Good [Joseph Ratzinger (Benedict XVI), Glenn Tinder]