Events

Wednesday
Mar102010

Gaudi’s Sagrada Familia

HOUSTON - Through the Sculptor's Eyes

With Etsuro Sotoo and Michelangelo Sabatino, preceded by a piano concert by award-winning pianist Hisako Hiseki

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Monday
Mar082010

The Religious Sense and Art

NEW YORK - The human person's aspiration toward beauty: A yearning for the ideal

A discussion with Fr. Thierry de Roucy, Makoto Fujimura, Dr. Francis Greene and Etsuro Sotoo, preceded by a piano concert by Hisako Hiseki

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Thursday
Jan212010

Stem Cell Research: What Do We Know?

HOUSTON - A discussion about the currently known pros and cons to embryonic and adult stem cell therapy.

with Dr. Emerson C. Perin and Dr. Daniel P. Sulmasy

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Monday
Jan182010

NEW YORK ENCOUNTER 2010 - Words and the “I”: How Literature Helps Us to Judge the World and Our Experience

NEW YORK - Why read literature? How will it enhance my life?

With Paul Elie, John Waters, and Greg Wolfe

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Sunday
Jan172010

NEW YORK ENCOUNTER 2010 - The Passion of Joan of Arc

NEW YORK - A unique presentation of C. T. Dreyer’s silent film masterpiece accompanied by the Metro Chamber Orchestra directed by Philip Nuzzo, and the Communion and Liberation Choir directed by Christopher Vath performing Richard Einhorn’s VOICES OF LIGHT.

Featuring Philip Nuzzo and the Metro Chamber Orchestra, and Christopher Vath and the Communion and Liberation Choir

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Sunday
Jan172010

NEW YORK ENCOUNTER 2010 - Charity: Is It Possible to Live This Way?

NEW YORK - A discussion on charity on the occasion of the publication in the U.S. of Msgr. Luigi Giussani’s: IS IT POSSIBLE TO LIVE THIS WAY? Vol. 3: CHARITY

With Lorenzo Albacete, Julián Carrón, and Stanley Hauerwas

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Saturday
Jan162010

NEW YORK ENCOUNTER 2010 - The "Rimini Meeting": An Extraordinary Example of Faith Lived in the Public Square

NEW YORK - Eyewitness accounts of the largest week-long public cultural Catholic event in the world. The Rimini Meeting for 30 years has sought to create points of contact between experiences and people of different faiths and cultures.

Keynote Speaker: John Sexton, President of New York University, with Brad Gregory, Emilia Guarnieri, Daniel Sulmasy, Joseph Weiler

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Wednesday
Dec162009

Chesterton and Christmas: A Serious Affair

NEW YORK - An homage to Chesterton's love for Christmas through conversations, readings, and choral music

With Fr. Ian Boyd, Dermot Quinn, Tony Hendra, and the Communion and Liberation Choir under the direction of Christopher Vath

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Tuesday
Dec012009

Islam and the West: A Discussion on the Inevitable Encounter and the Possibility for Coexistence

WASHINGTON, DC - A world-renowned expert on Islamic studies discusses the current state of Islam and its relation to the West.

With Fr. Samir Kahlil Samir

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Monday
Nov232009

Human Capital

NEW YORK - A 4-lecture series presenting a new vision in economy beyond market, models and ethics

With Bernard Scholz, Seth Freeman, Dr. Kimberly Shankman, and Anujeet Sareen

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