Wednesday, September 4, 2013

First Friday Mass and Speaker Series

Fr. Chris Collins, S.J., Director of the SLU Catholic Studies Program and professor in the Theological Studies Department, has organized a "First Friday Mass and Speaker Series" for our SLU community.  The series begins this Friday, September 6, 2013, at 8:00 am, in Our Lady's Chapel in lower College Church. 

On the first Friday of each month, join alumni and friends of Saint Louis University for mass at 8:00 a.m., followed by pastries, coffee, and a brief presentation and discussion led by SLU faculty. Presentations will be from a variety of academic disciplines reflecting on research and writing pertaining to the Catholic Intellectual Tradition.  The schedule for the fall semester is:

Friday, September 6, 2013  Our Lady’s Chapel in lower College Church, Catholic Studies: Finding God in All Academic Disciplines, Fr. Michael Barber, Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences
Friday, October 4, 2013       Mass and breakfast in Jesuit Hall, The Archaeology of Catholic St. Louis, Dr. Tom Finan, History Department
Friday, November 1, 2013   All Saints’ Day, Mass and breakfast in Jesuit Hall, Tribute to Fr. John Kavanaugh and the Dignity of the Human Person, Dr. Eleonore Stump, Philosophy

Friday, December 6, 2013   Our Lady’s Chapel in lower College Church, God Became Man so that Man Might Become God, Fr. David Meconi, SJ, Theological Studies