Media & Videos

A New Social Catechism for the 21st Century? A Conversation with Cardinal Turkson

Covid, Faith, and the Fallibility of Science:
Lecturer: Br. Guy Consolmagno • Respondent: Fr. James Kurzynski
In the light against the COVID pandemic, the scientific evidence in favor of vaccination is overwhelming; but significant sectors of the population, such as many evangelical Christians, have still refused vaccination. This dichotomy has implications beyond vaccine skepticism. The arguments both for and against vaccination too often assume a false view of what science is and what it can promise. The reality of human fallibility, a consequence of original sin, demonstrates our need to accept uncertainty and imperfection in our science and in our religious lives.

Respondence: Fr. James Kurzynski,
Final Remarks: Br. Guy Consolmango, SJ Final Remarks
Q&A with Presenter and Responder
Conclusion and Prayer

For speaker bios, visit https://www.shsst.edu/dehonlecture/
To learn more about future events, visit https://www.shsst.edu/events-news/

“The Sacred Heart and Divine Mercy: a comparison and contrast between these two streams of spirituality in the life of the Church.” This was the topic of Wednesday’s Dehon Lecture at Sacred Heart. The morning presenter was Dr. Robert Stackpole. A former Anglican priest, he converted to Roman Catholicism in 1994 and holds a Doctorate in Theology from the Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas in Rome (the “Angelicum”).

Bishop Joseph N. Perry, JCL, the auxiliary bishop of Chicago, was the presenter at our 2021 Spring Dehon Lecture titled “Canonization of Fr. Augustus Tolton: Significance for Race Relations & Interculturality”.

Dehon Lecture Respondents: Ms. Celia Jackson and Dr. Paul Monson
Followed by a Question and Answer session with Bishop Perry, Ms. Jackson, and Dr. Monson.