"Joy in the Truth" conference

A reminder to all those in or near (or even not near!) lovely "Michiana" that Notre Dame's Center for Ethics and Culture is hosting its annual Fall conference next week, from Sept. 29 through Oct. 1.  The conference, "Joy in the Truth," will "bring together a large number of respected scholars representing all the main academic fields, from Catholic, non-Catholic, and secular institutions, to discuss a broad range of issues relating to the way in which the Catholic university as a whole, as well as the particular disciplines which comprise it, can best respond to Pope John Paul II's call for a renewal of Catholic institutions of higher learning."

Here is the conference line-up. A number of papers and panels caught my eye, including this one, "Finding Joy in the Truth of Creaturehood," by my friend and neighbor Harold Ernst, a theologian.  (I offered some thoughts about the implications of our "creaturehood" for our thinking about capital punishment here).  Villanova's Jeanne Heffernan is presenting a paper, "Catholic Tradition and the Claims of Modern Democracy."  (Prof. Heffernan was a commenter at the recent John Courtney Murray conference, held at Villanova, and her remarks were, I thought, extremely thoughtful and insightful). 

I am "chairing" a panel, called "The Catholic Law School," which will include papers by fellow Catholic blogger Prof. Kevin Lee, and MOJ-alum John Breen.  Breen will be presenting a paper, "A Critical Look at Jesuit Legal Education", that has been discussed here before.  Another MOJ-alum, Paolo Carozza, will be leading what looks to be a wonderful discussion on Fr. Luigi Guissani's book, "The Risk of Education."  And, the lovely-and-talented Professor Nicole Garnett -- along with my colleague Prof. Amy Barrett, will participate in a panel discussion, "Women, Families, and the Catholic University."  And on and on . . .

Rick