Vincentian Center Poverty Conference

MOJ readers who will be in the New York area next weekend will be interested in knowing that on Saturday, October 13, the St. John's University Vincentian Center for Church and Society will host its biennial Vincentian Chair of Social Justice Poverty Conference.  The theme of this year's conference is "The Just and Moral Society: From Ideal to Reality."  Notre Dame law professor John Coughlin, O.F.M., will deliver the keynote, suggesting some basic criteria for evaluating a just and moral society within our global society.  The afternoon will feature a number of simultaneous workshops, including one on the Right to and Responsibility for Employment, at which I will be speaking.  A full description of the day's events can be found here.