Dialogue of Cultures conference

As expected, the Dialogue of Cultures conference at Notre Dame was great.  David Solomon, Dan McIinerny, and our own Elizabeth Kirk are to be commended for their work in bring the conference together.  In addition to the talks, the conference also provided a great opportunity for discussion during breaks, meals, and late night with old friends and new.  One of my new acquaintances works in the recording industry in California.  He paid his own way to the conference to present a paper largely because one of his former professors (another conference speaker) had inspired and challenged him 30 years ago.  What a testimony to the professor’s use of his gifts as teacher!  As time permits over the next few days, I’ll blog on some of the conference talks.  I heard wonderful things about the “Natural Law in American Catholic Social Ethics:  John Ryan, Jacques Maritain, and John Courtney Murray” panel, but I had to be at another panel.  Perhaps Patrick Brennan can offer us a synopsis of what he, Michael Moreland, and Zach Calo discussed in that session.  I would also ask others who were at the conference to send me their reflections on the various talks for possible posting.