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This article appears in the November Issue of Reflections and Connections

The Mission Integration Committee of Marian University is offering a nine-part series focused on the Catholic Intellectual Tradition. The series features Sister Dianne Bergant, CSA, Ph.D. in Stayer Auditorium, Marian University, 45 S. National Ave., from 3:00-4:00 p.m., on Tuesday afternoons throughout the academic year. The public is invited to attend. For those who cannot attend in person, each session is available live and recorded on the CSA YouTube channel.

The first three sessions of the series were titled “Dignity of the Human Person: Image of God”, “Appreciation of Creation: Interconnectedness”, and “Commitment to Universal Truth: Anthropocentric to Cosmocentric”. 

Sister Dianne Bergant was recently widely interviewed after one of her students became Pope. Additionally, she has served as President of the Catholic Biblical Association of America (2000-2001) and as the Rev. Robert J. Randall Distinguished Professor of Christian Culture, Providence College, Providence, RI (2009-2010). She was awarded honorary doctorates from the Jesuit School of Theology of Santa Clara University, CA (2013), Marian University, Fond du Lac, WI (2014), and the Catholic University of Australia, Melbourne, Victoria (2015). She was an active member of the Chicago Catholic/Jewish Scholars Dialogue (1988-2017), a member of the Board of Trustees, Sacred Heart School of Theology (1983-1989), and of St. Francis Seminary, Milwaukee, WI (1996-2005). She sat on the editorial boards of The Bible Today (1979-2005), Biblical Theology Bulletin (1990-2014), Catholic Biblical Quarterly (1992-2001), New Theology Review (1997-2003), Teaching Theology and Religion (2003-2005), and Chicago Studies (2003-2009). She has taught and lectured in various places in the United States, as well as in South Africa and Namibia, Trinidad, England and Ireland, Kiribati, Philippines, Thailand, Mexico, Nicaragua, Rome, Australia and New Zealand. 

Save the dates:

• November 18 - Faith & Reason: What is Theology?
• January 27 - Integral Relationship with the Catholic Church: Missionary Disciple
• February 24 - Hospitality & Tradition: Dialogue
• March 31 - Sacramental Vision: Mystery
• April 21 - Power of Beauty: Vision or Reality
• May 5 - Innovation for the Common Good: Interdependence
  
   

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