The Francis and Ann Curran Center
for American Catholic Studies
FORDHAM UNIVERSITY
The Public Conference on
Leadership in the American Catholic Church
Fordham Rose Hill Campus
Saturday, June 9, 2007
(Preliminary Schedule & Participants)
Morning Plenary Session:
Introduction: Rev. Mark Massa, S.J., Karl Rahner Chair Theology Professor, Fordham University,
co-director, Curran Center
9:15 - 10:00 AM: “New Directions in Leadership: in the North American Church”
Dr. R. Scott Appleby, professor of History, John M. Regan Jr. Director of The Joan B. Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies, University of Notre Dame
Moderator: Dr. Tim Muldoon, director, Church in the 21st Century Center, Boston College
10:00-10:30 AM Q & A
10:30-10:45 AM BREAK
10:45 AM - 12:30 PM Concurrent Sessions (I. Priests and Clergy Formation; II. Models of Women's Leadership in the American Church; III. Diversity Leadership in the American Church)
• Concurrent Session I: Priests and Clergy Formation
Monsignor Edward J. Burns, executive director, Secretariat for Vocations and Priestly Formation,United States Conference of Catholic Bishops
Monsignor Michael Hull, professor, St. Joseph’s Seminary (Dunwoodie) Dean, St. John Neumann Hall
Dr. Mary Gautier, senior research associate, Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate
Dr. Katarina Schuth, professor, St. Paul Seminary
• Concurrent Session II: Models of Women's Leadership in the American Church
Dr. Jeannine Hill Fletcher, professor, Fordham University
Sr. Mary Johnson, professor, Emmanuel College Boston
Dr. Barbara Wall, professor, Villanova University, Special Assistant to the President
for Mission Effectiveness
• Concurrent Session III: Diversity Leadership in the American Church
Ms. Beverly Carroll, executive director, Secretariat for African American Catholics, United States Conference of Catholic Bishops
Rev. Allan Figueroa Deck, S.J. , executive director of the Loyola Institute for Spirituality
Dr. Linh Hoang, professor, Siena College
12:30-1:30 PM Lunch
Afternoon Plenary Session:
1:30 PM Introduction: Rev. Mark Massa, S.J., Karl Rahner Chair Theology Professor, Fordham University,
co-director, Curran Center
1:45-2:45 PM: “The Perceived and Real Crisis in the U.S. Catholic Church”
Bishop Blase J. Cupich, Diocese of Rapid City, South Dakota
Bishop Gerald F. Kicanas, Diocese of Tucson, Arizona
Bishop Ricardo Ramírez, Diocese of Las Cruces, New Mexico
Moderator: Rev. Mark Massa, S.J., Karl Rahner Chair Theology Professor, Fordham University,
co-director, Curran Center
2:45-3:00 PM: Break
3:00-5:00 PM: Concurrent Sessions (I. New Movements; II. Lay Leadership on the local, diocesan, and national levels; III. The clergy sex abuse scandal: How dioceses worked and might work)
• Concurrent Session IV: New Movements
Ms. Kathleen Haser, executive director, Jesuit Volunteer Corps East
Dr. David O'Brien (VOTF), professor, College of Holy Cross
Amy Uelmen, Esq. (Focolare), director, Institute of Religion, Law and Lawyer's Work, Fordham University School of Law
• Concurrent session V: Lay Leadership on the local, diocesan, and national levels
Maureen Scannell Bateman, Esq., Partner, Holland & Knight LLP
Dr. David DeLambo, Diocesan Pastoral Planning Office, Catholic Diocese of Cleveland
Dr. Steven DiSalvo, senior managing director, Changing Our World, Inc
Rev. Robert Kaslyn, professor, School of Canon Law, The Catholic University of America
Moderator: Dr. Bernard Cook, professor, Loyola University New Orleans
• Concurrent session VI: The clergy sex abuse scandal: How dioceses worked and might work
Dr. James R. Kelly, Fordham University, sociologist, Causes & Context research
Margaret Leland Smith, John Jay College / CUNY, data analyst, Causes & Context research
Mary Pat Fox, President, Voice of the Faithful
Moderator: Prof. Peter Steinfels, co-director, Fordham Center on Religion and Culture
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