Curriculum Development Workshop • May 11 - 15, 2008

Monday, May 11th

• Historical & Social Contexts for Catholic Social Thought: Pre/Post Vatican Council II

Barbara Wall, Office for Mission Effectiveness

• Theological and Anthropological Foundations for Catholic Social Thought

  Kevin Hughes, Theology and Religious Studies

• Faculty Panel of Previous Workshop Participants

Tuesday, May 12th

• Catholic Social Thought and Economic Justice

Robert DeFina, Sociology

• Theories of Justice and the Common Good
  Darlene Weaver,Theology and Religious Studies

• Small Group Work on Curriculum Revision

Wednesday, May 13th

• Catholic Social Thought and Ecology

Barbara Wall, Office for Mission Effectiveness

• Catholic Social Thought and Human Work

Eugene McCarragher, Humanities and Augustinian Traditions

• The Potential of Service Learning

Noreen Cameron, Service Learning Office - College of Arts and Sciences

Thursday, May 14th

• Catholic Social Thought and the Morality of War

William Werpehowski, Theology and Religious Studies

• Catholic Social Thought and Racism

Lawrence Little, History

• Catholic Relief Services and the Villanova University Partnership

Suzanne Toton, Theology and Religious Studies

• Small Group Work on Curriculum Revision

Friday, May 15th

• The Role of the Church in Public Life and Issues of Justice

Michael Moreland, Villanova School of Law

• An Ethic of Life

Darlene Weaver, Theology and Religious Studies
 

Workshop concludes at noon.