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2009 Albert Cardinal Meyer Lecture Series |
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The Reverend Steven M. Avella Professor of History Marquette University
2009 Albert Cardinal Meyer Lecturer Univ. of St Mary of the Lake Mundelein Seminary |
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Approaching Vatican II through Albert Cardinal Meyer |
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The University of Saint Mary of the Lake / Mundelein Seminary begins a multi-year reflection of the Second Vatican Council in preparation for the fiftieth anniversary. As a way to begin these reflections, we will devote the 2009 presentations to the namesake of this lecture series, and one of the most significant American bishops at the council, Albert Cardinal Meyer. Keynote Lecturer: The Rev. Steven M. Avella is a priest of the Archdiocese of Milwaukee and professor of history at Marquette University. He holds a doctor of philosophy degree in history from the University of Notre Dame. His dissertation was a study of Albert Cardinal Meyer. In his professional work as an historian, he has written a number of books, articles and essays on the Catholic Church from the standpoint of American religious history. Some of the titles include: Capital City: The Catholic Church and the Shaping of Sacramento, In the Richness of the Earth: the History of the Archdiocese of Milwaukee; Catholicism: Chicago Style, This Confident Church: Chicago Catholicism 1940-1965. Father Avella is a member of the editorial board of American Catholic Studies and a member of the American Catholic Historical Association. Father Avella will deliver two lectures on Cardinal Meyer. The focus of the lectures will be to use Cardinal Meyer as a lens through which to view the Council. Respondents: The following will serve as a respondents to Fr. Avella and sit on a panel in the final session of the lecture series.
The Rev. Msgr. Robert Trisco, P.A. is a prelate of the Archdiocese of Chicago and professor emeritus of Church History in the School of Theology and Religious Studies at the Catholic University of America. Msgr. Trisco is widely recognized for his contributions to the study of church history. He has for many years served as Secretary and Treasurer of the American Catholic Historical Association and as Associate Editor of The Catholic Historical Review. He is the author of A Guide to American Catholic History, The Holy See and the Nascent Catholic Church in the Middle Western United States—1826-1850, Catholics in America 1776-1976, and Bishops and their Priests in the United States., and The Synod of Bishops and the Second Vatican Council, to name a few. His doctorate in ecclesiastical history is from the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome. The Rev. Peter Damian Akpunonu, is a priest of the Archdiocese of Onitsha, Nigeria and professor of biblical exegesis at the University of Saint Mary of the Lake / Mundelein Seminary. He is the former Rector of the Catholic Institute of West Africa. Father Akpunonu is a member of the International Theological Commission and recently served as a peritus at the Synod of Bishops on the Word of God. An expert in the prophet Isaiah, Fr. Akpunonu is the author of The Vine, Israel and the Church and The Overture of the Book of Consolation. He holds a licentiate in sacred scripture from the Pontifical Biblical Institute and a doctorate in sacred theology from the Pontifical Urbanian University in Rome. The Rev. Martin A. Zielinski is a priest of the Archdiocese of Chicago and associate professor of church history at the University of Saint Mary of the Lake / Mundelein Seminary, where he also serves as Vice President of Ongoing Formation. He is the managing editor of Chicago Studies. A scholar of American Church History, Father Zielinski’s dissertation: Doing the Truth: The Catholic Inter-racial Council of New York, 1945-1965, explored the promotion of better race relations by Catholics in America during the formative period leading into the civil rights movement. He is a member of the American Catholic Historical Society and the United States Catholic Historical Society. Father Zielinski received the doctor of philosophy degree from the Catholic University of America.
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