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Since its inception in 2000, the Thomas More Center for Catholic Thought and Culture has sponsored a variety of public presentations on the Rockhurst University campus by nationally known Catholic scholars and artists. These speakers have addressed a number of significant and relevant topics, and have contributed to the ongoing University discussion of its identity and the application of its mission values to various areas of human achievement.
2024-2025 Events:
April 8, 2025 – Thomas More Center for Catholic Thought and Culture Conversations Series, NextGen for Justice: Abolishing the Death Penalty
November 4, 2024 – Thomas More Center for Catholic Thought and Culture Conversations Series: AI and the Idea of Personhood
Past Events:
November 7, 2023 – Thomas More Center for Catholic Thought and Culture Conversations Series: LGBTQ Catholic Ministry: Past and Present
October 12, 2023: Music Feeds the Soul: An Evening of Mary Lou Williams, Arrupe Hall auditorium
September 13, 2023: Thomas More Center for Catholic Thought and Culture Conversations Series: Jesuit Prison Education Network, Arrupe Hall auditorium
October 24, 2019: Fr. Steve Katsouros, S.J., "How the Jesuits are Reinventing Education Again"
February 11, 2019: Dr. Gregory Smith, Pew Research Center, "Catholics and Catholicism in the Changing U.S. Religious Landscape"
October 3, 2018: The Reverend David A. Brown, Vatican Observatory, "Faith and Science in the Catholic Tradition"
September 17, 2018: The Reverend Barton T. Geger, S.J., Boston College, "Cura Personalis: How to Live the Jesuit Mission with Courage and Consolation"
January 29, 2016: Vincent Rougeau, J.D., Boston College School of Law, "Global Migration, Citizenship and Catholic Social Teaching”
February 24, 2015: John L. Allen, Jr., Boston Globe, “The Global War on Christians: Anti-Christian Persecution in Today’s World”