2008

January 11*        Charles Kehoe,
Vice President, Marketing, G45 Youth Services LLC, Richmond, VA
Criminal Offenders: Punitive vs. Restorative Justice

February 1        Student Representatives of the Four Catholic High Schools in Summit County
Encountering God: Reflections from Catholic High School Students

March 7        Joan Rosenhauer,
Director of the Office of Education and Outreach, USCCB
Legislative Priorities and Challenges of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops

April 4        Simone Campbell, SSS
Executive Director, Network, Washington, DC
Faith, Morality & the Federal Budget: Strange Bedfellows or Intimately Connected?

May 9*        Bud Welch,
Father of a Daughter Killed in Oklahoma City Bombing
A Victim’s Perspective: A Father’s Story

June 6        William Shea,
Director, Center for Religion, Ethics & Culture, College of the Holy Cross, Worcester, MA
Fundamentalism in the Catholic and other Christian Churches

July 11*        Jeff Stewart,
Executive Director, Immigration Worker Project, Ohio
Immigration, Migration, and Globalization in Rural Ohio

August 1        Sr. Ann Willits, OP,
Sinsinawa Dominican Congregation, author, poet, storyteller
Almost Home: The Holiness of Everyday Humor

September 5        John Allen,
National Catholic Reporter Vatican Correspondent
Megatrends in Catholicism: Ten Forces Turning the Church Upside Down

October 3        Most Reverend George V. Murry, SJ, PhD,
Bishop, Diocese of Youngstown
Challenges and Opportunities Facing the Church

November 7        Jeffrey S. Jeney,
President and CEO, St. Vincent Charity Hospital, Cleveland Ohio
The Essence of Catholic Healthcare

December 5        Most Reverend Richard G. Lennon,
Bishop, Diocese of Cleveland
TBA (Luncheon at Tangier Restaurant)

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