Curtiss Lecture Series debuts at College of Saint Mary

Thanks to the generosity of Archbishop Emeritus, Elden Francis Curtiss, College of Saint Mary (CSM) initiated a lecture series devoted to Catholic thought and its influence upon society. The inaugural event in this series was held on Wednesday, Sept. 16, at CSM.

Guest speaker was Sr. Deirdre Mullan, RSM, a Sister of Mercy from Northern Ireland who currently staffs a non-governmental organization desk at the United Nations for the Sisters of Mercy and served on the Executive Committee of the U.N. from 2002-04. Her presentation, "The Call to be a Global Citizen: The U.N. and Catholic Social Teaching as Agents of Change," illustrated the connections between more than 100 years of Catholic social teaching and the U.N. Declaration of Human Rights ratified in December 1948. Over 150 people attended the event. 

Click here for photos from the event.

Next fall the lecture will be presented by Sr. Ray Maria McNamara, RSM, assistant professor of theology at the University of Portland. Her topic will be Catholicism and the earth.

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