[TCCM] Catholic Teaching on Climate Change

[Michael Medas]

THIS TUESDAY, 7:00pm, in the STUDENT CENTER, W20-306(20 CHIMNEYS) – Refreshments Served at 6:45pm

Lecture: “Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Climate Justice: Urgent Explorations of Global Climate Change and the Consistent Ethic of Life.”

Description: This year marks the seventh anniversary of Pope Francis’s promulgation of Laudato Sí, the encyclical letter on “Care for our Common Home.” And yet, when it comes to attention to important life issues in the United States, global climate change and other ecological crises often fail to rise to the level of concern or attention that other prolife subjects typically do. In this presentation, Fr. Daniel draws on the consistent ethic of life principle to show how the Catholic tradition ought to recognize global climate change as the most important life issue today, for it threatens the very conditions of all life on this planet.

Our Presenter: Daniel P. Horan, OFM, PhD is Professor of Philosophy, Religious Studies and Theology and Director of the Center for Spirituality at Saint Mary’s College in Notre Dame, Indiana. He previously held the Dun Scotus Chair of Spirituality at Catholic Theological Union in Chicago. A columnist for the National Catholic Reporter, he is the author of fourteen books, including All God’s Creatures: A Theology of Creation and Catholicity and Emerging Personhood: A Contemporary Theological Anthropology. His two latest are titled A White Catholic’s Guide to Racism and Privilege and The Way of the Franciscans: A Prayer Journey Through Lent. Fr. Daniel regularly lectures around the United States and abroad; serves on a number of university, academic, and publication editorial boards. He is co-host of The Francis Effect Podcast.



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