The University of St. Thomas

 Catherine of Siena

Women and the Recovery of Culture
Oct. 22-23th, 2008

Sister Conferences at the
University of St. Thomas, Minnesota

Oct. 22nd—Conference on The Feminine Genius at Work in the World.

7:30 pm Keynote by Mary Beth Bonacci, author, speaker and syndicated columnist

Hosted by the Siena Symposium:  an interdisciplinary faculty group interested in developing the new feminism called for by John Paul II in Evangelium Vitae. 

Registration: Free.

Sponsors: Archdiocesan Office for Marriage, Family and Life. Murphy Institute for Law and Public Policy. Center for Catholic Studies.

Oct. 23rd—Conference on Mulieris Dignitatem and the Church's Social Vision: The Feminine Genius in the Pursuit of the Common Good

9:00 am-Keynote by Pia Francesca de Solenni (Awarded the 2001 Pontifical Prize of the Academies by Pope John Paul II)

Hosted by the Siena Symposium.

Registration: details forthcoming.

                                                Call for Papers

Abstracts due June 30, 2008 to pdsavage@stthomas.edu or rmlemmons@stthomas.edu

Sponsors: Murphy Institute for Law and Public Policy, St. Paul Seminary School of Divinity, Center for Catholic Studies, John A. Ryan Institute for Catholic Social Thought, College of Arts and Sciences, Departments of Philosophy and Theology.