Chiodini/Fontana Lecture Series on Ethics

SHU’s 11^th annual Chiodini/Fontana Lecture Series on Ethics will feature guest speaker the Rev. Thomas Hughson, SJ, PhD. His lecture is entitled, “Love and Citizenship: Catholics in an Election Year.” The event is scheduled for 7 p.m. Feb. 8 in Francoeur Theater.

The lecture is free and open to the community. Father Hughson, an associate professor emeritus of Theology at Marquette University, specializes in the social context of Catholic systematic theology. He grew up in Milwaukee, Wis., attended the College of the Holy Cross, and entered the Society of Jesus in 1962. He was ordained a priest in 1971. He received a PhD in Systematic Theology from the University of St. Michael’s College, University of Toronto, in 1981. He held a faculty position in the Department of Theology at Marquette University from 1979 on, with the exception of 1986-89 as dean at the Pontifical Biblical Institute-Jerusalem. He is editor of the published version of John Courtney Murray’s doctoral dissertation and author of ‘The Believer as Citizen: John Courtney Murray in a New Context.” Father Hughson serves on the editorial board of the Public Policy Forum, is associate editor of “Theological Studies” and retired emeritus in 2010. He was director of Graduate Studies in Theology for some years. Recent publications include “Interpreting Vatican II: A New Pentecost,” and “Social Justice and the Common Good: What Are They For?” Father Hughson participates in annual meetings of the Society for the Study of Anglicanism at American Academy of Religion conventions and is working on a book about Christ and social justice.

The Chiodini/Fontanta series was established to provide students and the community the opportunity to reflect on matters of moral significance that touch many dimensions of today’s society. The endowed Chiodini/Fontana series is funded by Catherine Reuther and Warren Reuther, with additional support from the Edward M. and Henrietta M. Knabusch Trust.

To register online for this event (tickets are free), please click here.