Society of Catholic Social Scientists annual meeting

Before too much time goes by, I wanted to mention the most recent annual meeting of the Society of Catholic Social Scientists. The meeting/conference was at the University of Dallas. The plenary talks were by Ron Rychlak (Mississippi Law) and by J. Budziszewski (Texas Philosophy). The latter talk featured insightful comments by my colleague Kevin Lee and by Frank Beckwith. The banquet address was by Gerry Wegemer (Dallas, English) who spoke with great eloquence about the witness of St. Thomas More.

The SCSS is a good group, and I encourage people to take a look at its activities. Most of the members are not law professors, and so the conferences are usually quite diverse (some law, but more history, political theory, sociology, etc.). I don't mean to slight the law professors--there was a very good session featuring 3 professors from Mississippi Law--Ron Rychlak, John Czarnetzky, and Kyle Duncan. 

One important SCSS project is a forthcoming encyclopedia of Catholic Social Thought. See this link for information.

Richard M.