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Thanks to generous support from the
John P. and Constance A. Curran Foundation,

THE FRANCIS AND ANN CURRAN CENTER FOR AMERICAN CATHOLIC STUDIES

IS PROUD TO SPONSOR A PUBLIC CONFERENCE

Leadership in
the U.S.
Catholic Church

Saturday, 9 June 2007 Fordham University Rose Hill Campus 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
(
Directions to Rose Hill)

Morning Plenary Session
9–9:15 a.m.
Welcome Address
Leonard Theatre, Fordham Preparatory School
Rev. Mark Massa, S.J., Fordham University

9:15–10:30 a.m.
New Directions in Leadership: in the U.S. Catholic Church
Leonard Theatre, Fordham Preparatory School
R. Scott Appleby, Ph.D., University of Notre Dame
Moderator: Tim Muldoon, Ph.D., Boston College

Concurrent Morning Sessions
10:45 a.m.–12:30 p.m.
Session I: Priests and Clergy Formation
Great Hall, Duane Library
Monsignor Michael Hull, St. Joseph’s Seminary (Dunwoodie)
Mary Gautier, Ph.D., Georgetown University
Monsignor Edward J. Burns, United States Conference of Catholic Bishops
Katarina Schuth, Ph.D., University of St. Thomas
Moderator:  Mark S. Massa, S.J., Ph.D., Fordham University

Session II: Models of Women’s Leadership in the U.S. Catholic Church

Leonard Theatre, Fordham Preparatory School
Lunch : Cafeteria, Fordham Preparatory
Jeannine Hill Fletcher, Ph.D., Fordham University
Sr. Mary Johnson, Emmanuel College Boston
Barbara Wall, Ph.D., Villanova University
Moderator:  Amy Uelmen, Esq., Focolare, Fordham University School of Law

Session III: Diversity Leadership in the U.S. Catholic Church
Ballroom, McGinley Student Center
Lunch : Student Lounge, McGinley Student Center
Beverly Carroll, United States Conference of Catholic Bishops
Rev. Allan Figueroa Deck, S.J., Loyola Institute for Spirituality
Linh Hoang, Ph.D., Siena College
Moderator:  Bradford Hinze, Ph.D., Fordham University

LUNCH
12:30 p.m.


Afternoon Plenary Session
1:30–1:45 p.m.
Introduction
Leonard Theatre, Fordham Preparatory School
Rev. Mark Massa, S.J., Fordham University

1:45–3 p.m.
The Perceived and Real Crisis in the U.S. Catholic Church
Leonard Theatre, Fordham Preparatory School
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., Fordham University

Concurrent Afternoon Sessions
3:15–5 p.m.
Session IV: New Movements
Ballroom, McGinley Student Center
Kathleen Haser, Jesuit Volunteer Corps East
David O’Brien, Ph.D., Voice of the Faithful, College of the Holy Cross
Amy Uelmen, Esq., Focolare, Fordham University School of Law
Moderator:  James Massa, Ph.d., United States Conference of Catholic Bishops

Session V: Lay Leadership on the Local, Diocesan, and National Levels
Leonard Theatre, Fordham Preparatory School
Maureen Scannell Bateman, Esq., Holland & Knight LLP
David DeLambo, Ph.D., Catholic Diocese of Cleveland
Steven DiSalvo, Ph.D., Changing Our World Inc.
Rev. Robert Kaslyn, The Catholic University of America
Moderator: Bernard Cook, Ph.D., Loyola University New Orleans

Session VI: The Clergy Sex Abuse Scandal: How Dioceses Worked and Might Work
Great Hall, Duane Library

Margaret Leland Smith, John Jay College / CUNY
James R. Kelly, Ph.D., Fordham University
Mary Pat Fox, Voice of the Faithful
Moderator: Peter Steinfels, Ph.D., Fordham University


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