Catholic Studies Speakers Series
Dr. Charles Camosy - "Supporting the Dignity of the Whole Person: The Essential Role of the Nurse"
Dr. Camosy is a Professor of Medical Humanities at the Creighton University School of Medicine and holds the Monsignor Curran Fellowship in Moral Theology at St. Joseph Seminary in New York. He writes for the Religion News Service, Angelus, and other outlets, and his articles have appeared in many places, including the American Journal of Bioethics, the Journal of the Catholic Health Association, and America magazine. He is the author of several award-winning books, including Losing Our Dignity, Bioethics for Nurses, Resisting Throwaway Culture, and Beyond the Abortion Wars. Join us for the lecture by Dr. Camosy on Thursday, March 20, at 7:00 p.m. in the Lower Campus Center. This lecture, entitled "Supporting the Dignity of the Whole Person: The Essential Role of the Nurse," Dr. Camosy's lecture will address the need to protection of human dignity in healthcare, and how nurses are key to protecting human dignity in healthcare.
Dr. Camosy will speak on Thursday, March 20, at 7:00 p.m. in the Lower Campus Center. This event is co-sponsored by the Montana Catholic Conference
Previous Catholic Studies Speakers
Dr. Holly Ordway - "Tolkien’s Faith and the Formation of Middle-earth."
Dr. Holly Ordway is the Cardinal Francis George Professor of Faith and Culture at the Word on Fire Institute, and a Visiting Professor of Apologetics at Houston Christian University. She holds a Ph.D. in English from the University of Massachusetts Amherst. She is the author of several books about Tolkien and Middle-earth, most recently, Tolkien’s Faith: A Spiritual Biography. Dr. Ordway spoke about the relationship between J.R.R. Tolkien's Catholic faith and his fiction, looking at some of the ways that Tolkien’s dramatic life story, including his being raised by a Catholic priest at the Birmingham Oratory, shaped his faith and found their way into his writings. Dr. Ordway spoke on Thursday, April 4, 2024.
Dr. John Bergsma - "Light from the Dead Sea Scrolls on the Gospel Accounts of the Last Supper"
Dr. John Bergsma is Professor of Theology at the Franciscan University of Steubenville, specializing in Old Testament and the Dead Sea Scrolls. A former Protestant pastor, Dr. Bergsma entered the Catholic Church in 2001 while getting his Ph.D. in Bible from the University of Notre Dame. Dr. Bergsma speaks regularly on Catholic radio and at conferences and parishes nationally and internationally and has authored over a dozen books on Scripture and the Catholic faith, including Bible Basics for Catholics, Stunned by Scripture: How the Bible Made Me Catholic (Our Sunday Visitor), and A Catholic Introduction to the Bible: Old Testament (with Brant Pitre; Ignatius Press). This lecture was in conjunction with his participation in the 2024 Diocese of Helena Eucharistic Conference. It was delivered on March 22, 2024.
Fr. Michael Ward - "The Abolition of Man: C.S. Lewis’s Most Philosophical Work, But Is It Christian?"
Fr. Michael Ward, Ph.D, is an English literary critic and theologian. He visited Carroll's campus to discuss CS Lewis' 1943 series of lectures published as the Abolition of Man. Fr. Ward is the author of several books, including the award-winning Planet Narnia: The Seven Heavens in the Imagination of C.S. Lewis and the 2021 book After Humanity: A Guide to C.S. Lewis's The Abolition of Man. Fr. Ward spoke about ethics and the consequences of the denial of objectivity on Wednesday, September 20, 2023.
Dr. John Boyle - "What is Catholic Studies?"
Dr. Boyle is a Professor (and at the time, Chair) of Catholic Studies at the University of St. Thomas, St. Paul, Minnesota. Dr. Boyle is also a founding member of this oldest running Catholic Studies Program in the world. Dr. Boyle discussed the meaning and uniqueness of Catholic Studies and its role in the Catholic College curriculum. This lecture was delivered on Thursday, February 6th, 2020.