Sample Agenda

Participation in the Sorin Seminar for Faculty is by invitation only.

Dates, times, and presenters are subject to change.

Monday

Time Event
1:30pm

Refreshment available

2:00pm Welcome and Introduction to the Seminar, Fr. Greg P. Haake, C.S.C., Vice President for the Office of Mission Engagement and Church Affairs
2:30pm The Challenge and Promise of Catholic Higher Education for Our Time, Rev. Bob Dowd, C.S.C., 18th President of the University of Notre Dame
3:30pm Notre Dame and the History of American Catholic Higher Education, Charles and Jill Fischer Provost, John McGreevy
4:15pm Mission Integration Discussion
4:30 - 5:30pm Reception & Tour of Corby Hall

Tuesday

Time Event
8:30am Breakfast available
9:00am Discovery of Holy Cross on Education: Its Incarnation at Notre Dame and Significance for American Catholicism, Fr. Greg Haake, C.S.C., Superior, Corby Hall
11:15am The Catholic Intellectual Tradition at Notre Dame, Mark Roche, Rev. Edmund P. Joyce, C.S.C., Professor of German Languages & Literature, Dean Emeritus of the College of Arts and Letters
12:30pm Lunch
1:30pm The Catholic Social Tradition Across Disciplines
2:45pm Break
3:15pm Panel Discussion: Faculty Experience of Notre Dame as a Catholic University
4:30pm Group Discussion: Takeaways from Today

Wednesday

Time Event
9:00am The Future of the Catholic Church in the U.S.: The Church in a Modern World, R. Scott Appleby, Keough Hesburgh Professor of Global Affairs, Dean Emeritus, Keough School of Global Affairs
10:30am Panel Discussion: Ecumenism, Interfaith Dialogue, and Pluralism at Notre Dame
12:00pm Lunch
1:00pm Panel Discussion: Student Formation at Notre Dame
2:30pm Final Discussion: Integrating the Seminar’s Themes into our Work
3:15pm Mass
4:00pm Social Gathering