On February 2nd the Church celebrates the feast of The Presentation of the Lord, which has been combined with the feast of the Purification of Mary. The feast has also been known historically as “Candlemas.”
Dr. Eileen Burke Sullivan of the theology department at Creighton joins hosts John O’Keefe and Wendy M. Wright to reflect on the meaning and significance of this day.
Photo: “Presentation of the Lord” by “Lawrence OP” from Flickr (Used under Creative Commons license)
Creighton professor Rusty Reno comes back to the program to discuss the life and legacy of Saint Thomas Aquinas.
Thomas’s feast is January 28th.
Dr. Tom Kelly returns to the program to discuss Pope Paul VI’s landmark social encyclical Populorum Progressio.
For those interested in reading the full text, it is available at the Vatican website.
Photojournalist Linda Schaefer speaks with host John O’Keefe about her book Come and See: A Photojournalist’s Journey into the World of Mother Teresa.
More information about Linda and her work is available here.
Program host Dr. John O’Keefe interviews Dr. John F. Haught about the New Atheism. Haught is Senior Fellow in Science & Religion at the Woodstock Theological Center, Georgetown University.
He was formerly Professor in the Department of Theology at Georgetown University (1970-2005) and Chair (1990-95). His area of specialization is systematic theology, with a particular interest in issues pertaining to science, cosmology, evolution, ecology, and religion.
Creighton sociologist Rebecca Murray, Ph.D. discusses her work with The Innocence Project, which works for the exoneration of individuals who have been wrongfully convicted. Murray, a Catholic, sees this work as a personal ministry.
Medical Mission to Haiti
Monday, February 8th, 2010The medical team staged out of Creighton’s ILAC Mission in Santiago, Dominican Republic and then shuttled to the border town of Jimani to care for the injured.
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