THE SOCIETY OF CATHOLIC SOCIAL SCIENTISTS

THE 15TH ANNUAL MEETING

Friday and Saturday, October 26-27, 2007

The St. John’s University School of Law
8000 Utopia Parkway
Jamaica, Queens, New York 11439

This is going to be a huge event with dozens of panels and speakers. Anyone who wants to attend has to pay a $50 registration fee. You can email me for the details of how to register. I am not a member of the Society, however, I will be in a panel discussion on Catholic blogging. I will post more on that another time. Here are the panels on Friday:

Panel One: Italian American Catholic Studies

Panel Two: University Faculty for Life and Its Long Island Chapter: Goals, History, Activities, and Future

Panel Three: Eastern Catholicism in the United States

Panel Four: Key Issues Affecting the American Family, the Church, and the Nation

Panel Five: The Contributions of Dietrich von Hildebrand

Panel Six: The New Evangelization in the U.S

Panel Seven: The Contribution of Francis Canavan, S.J.

Panel Eight: Contemporary Catholicism Around the Globe

Panel Nine: “Today’s Culture and Its Effects on Psychotherapy Practice”

Panel Ten: Edith Stein: Saint and Feminist

Panel Eleven: Topics in Economics and Catholicism: I

Panel Twelve : Humble and Heroic: The Academic Career of Salvatore J. LaGumina

Panel Thirteen: Catholic Contributions in Providing Diversity Within Public Higher Education

Panel Fourteen: Evangelization Efforts in the Dioceses of Rockville Centre and Brooklyn

Panel Sixteen: The Campaign for the International Right to Abortion in International Institutions

Panel Seventeen: The Legacy of John Paul II

Panel Eighteen: Toward A Theology of Work

Panel Nineteen: Catholic Social Teaching Applied: Some Irish Contributions

Panel Twenty: Abortion, Contraception, and the Future of the Catholic Church in the United States: The Need for a Comprehensive and Authentic Program in Catholic Education and Communication

Panel Twenty-One: The Society of St. Vincent de Paul—Embracing All Works of Charity: Blessed Frederic Ozanam’s Legacy

Those are the panels for Friday after which the Keynote Address will be given by Dr. William Donohue of The Catholic League. Following that will be remarks by Archbishop Charles Chaput of Denver. Later I will post the panels for Saturday.

Mullah Brother, meet Brother Death

"Berader, also known colloquially as Mullah Brother, was close to Taliban leader Mullah Omar. His death will come as a major blow to the Taliban hierarchy and follows the deaths of senior commander Mullah Dadullah Lang in May and the arrest of Defense Minister Mullah Obaidullah in Quetta, Pakistan in March."

The Divine Gift of Motherhood

Another Long Island blog found via Leticia Velasquez

Via Newday, another example of killing by followers of islam:

"Islamic militants were behind two deadly explosions that killed at least 44 people and wounded scores more Saturday night in southern Indian city of Hyderabad, Indian officials said Sunday."