Agenda

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

Dates, times, and presenters are subject to change.

Monday, May 20, 2024

1:00pm Welcome and Introduction to the Seminar, Fr. Austin Collins, C.S.C.

1:30pm The Challenge and Promise of Catholic Higher Education for Our Time, TBA

3:00pm Notre Dame and the History of American Catholic Higher Education, Provost John McGreevy

4:15pm Reception

5:00pm Dinner

6:00pm Introduction of themes for the following day: Holy Cross and Notre Dame

Tuesday, May 21, 2024

8:30am Continental Breakfast

9:00am Discovery of Holy Cross on Education: Its Incarnation at Notre Dame and Significance for American Catholicism, TBA

11:15am The Catholic Intellectual Tradition at Notre Dame, Prof. Mark Roche

12:30pm Lunch

1:30pm The Catholic Social Tradition Across Disciplines, TBA

2:45pm Break

3:15pm Panel Discussion: Faculty Experience of Notre Dame as a Catholic University

4:30pm Group Discussion: Takeaways from Today

Wednesday, May 22, 2024

9:00am The Future of the Catholic Church in the U.S.: The Church in a Modern World, TBA

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, Fr. Austin Collins, C.S.C.

3:15pm Mass

4:00pm Social gathering