Past Non-Credit Courses and seminars

March 13, 2023: "The Sacred and Sonorous Desert: Acoustic Ecology and the Monastic Tradition," by Kim Haines-Eitzen (Prof. of Ancient Mediterranean Religions, Cornell University). [5:15 PM, 230 Anabel Taylor Hall]Co-sponsored by the Department of Music at Cornell, Chesterton House, Cornell Catholic Community, the Episcopal Church at Cornell, and Cornell Protestant Cooperative Ministry.

November 5, 2022: Inaugural Ceremony with Lecture by Prof. Jonathan Lunine (Cornell) and the episcopal blessing of The Most Rev. Salvatore Matano, Bishop of Rochester. "Faith and the Expanding Universe of Georges Lemaître." [Sage Chapel, 3 PM]

These projects were made possible by the grant, "In Lumine: Supporting the Catholic Intellectual Tradition on College Campuses Nationwide," (Grant #62372) from the John Templeton Foundation.

FALL 2022—CATHOLIC BIOETHICS

Some of the most hotly debated political and social questions of our time are connected to bioethics. How do we know what constitutes ethically sound research? What are the scientific and ethical stakes for stem-line research and technologies? Explore questions like these at the juncture of science and ethics from the Catholic perspective with our Fall 2022 non-credit Mini-course on Bioethics with Dr. Jean Baric Parker (St. Bernard’s School of Theology and Ministry) and Dr. Stephen Jesch (Cornell University).

October 13: Catholic Bioethics 101 (Dr. Parker)
October 20: Case Study—Genetic Modification (Dr. Jesch)
October 27: "What would you do?" Real-life moral dilemmas in the biomedical industry (Dr. Parker)
Nov. 3: Case Study—Vaccine Development (Dr. Jesch)

This project was made possible by the grant, "In Lumine: Supporting the Catholic Intellectual Tradition on College Campuses Nationwide," (Grant #62372) from the John Templeton Foundation.

Wednesday, February 15, 2023: "How to Make an Encyclical: Behind the Penning of Laudato Si'," with Prof. Daniel Gallagher (Classics, Cornell University)

January 24, 2023: "Estrangement, Forgiveness and Reconciliation: How Fractured Families Heal,” with Dr. Karl Pillemer, Professor of Human Development at Cornell University and Professor of Gerontology at the Weill Cornell Medical College.

Nov. 15, 2022: "Social Theory and the Origins of Catholic Social Teaching," led by Isabel Perera (Professor of Government, Cornell University). 

Rerum Novarum, Encyclical Letter of Pope Leo XIII on Capital and Labor, §1-50. 

Oct. 5, 2022: "Can we know anything about anything? JPII on Reason, Truth, and the Crisis of Knowing" with Dr. Matthew Hall (Associate Director, Cornell Catholic Community) and Dr. Elizabeth Lyon Hall (Executive Director, COLLIS Institute).

John Paul II. "Fides et Ratio." The Holy See, 14 Sept. 1998, https://www.vatican.va/content/john-paul-ii/en/encyclicals/documents/hf_jp-ii_enc_14091998_fides-et-ratio.html.

Timothy Sean Quinn. "Infides et Unratio: Modern Philosophy and the Papal Encyclical." In Foster, David Ruel, and Joseph W. Koterski, eds. The Two Wings of Catholic Thought: Essays on Fides Et Ratio. Washington, D.C.: Catholic University of America Press, 2003.

September 8, 2022 "The Ministry of Referees and Discussants" with Prof. Christopher Barrett (Stephen B. and Janice G. Ashley Professor of Applied Economics and Management)

Barrett, Christopher and David B. Mustard. "The Ministry of Referees and Discussants." Faith and Economics Quarterly 40 (2002): 26-32.

These seminars were made possible by the grant, "In Lumine: Supporting the Catholic Intellectual Tradition on College Campuses Nationwide," (Grant #62372) from the John Templeton Foundation.

October 1, 2022: "God and the University?" Undergraduate Kickoff Event with Fr. Mark Akubo, PhD (Lab of Atomic and Solid State Physics, Cornell) and Dr. Elizabeth Lyon Hall (COLLIS). 10:30 AM-12 PM, 230 Anabel Taylor Hall.

This workshop was made possible by the grant, "In Lumine: Supporting the Catholic Intellectual Tradition on College Campuses Nationwide," (Grant #62372) from the John Templeton Foundation.