As we celebrate Founder’s Week 2008,
we look to deepen our understanding of the Vincentian mission of
St. John’s. This year we celebrate the unity of humankind and our
interdependence in the world. During the week, we seek to examine
our responsibility to love - “extending our hearts and minds to
nurture our own and the other’s good.”
Vincentian Chair of Social Justice
Lecture
Speaker
Most Reverend Nicholas A. DiMarzio, Ph.D., D.D.
Bishop of Brooklyn
The Vincentian Chair of Social Justice, established and endowed
by the Board of Trustees of St. John's University and the
Congregation of the Mission in 1994, focuses on issues of social
justice and the social teaching of the Church. Its creation
responded directly to the challenge Pope John Paul II issued in
1986 to the world-wide Vincentian community not only to only serve
the poor, but also to search out causes of poverty and to
investigate solutions. The Chair sponsors this annual lecture each
year during Founder’s Week as well as ongoing research and
interdisciplinary projects on poverty alleviation, social justice
and the relationship of religion and science.
Previous Lectures
http://vincenter.org/chair.html
Date
Thursday, January 31, 2008
Time
4 p.m.
Location
Moot Court Room, School of Law, Queens
Campus
Contact
Office of the President Special Events
(718) 990-2561