Dr. Stacy Trasancos

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Wednesday, November 9th, 2022
7:00 PM
Newman Catholic Student Center

"Science was Born of Christianity:
​The Role of Christianity in Modern Science"

This talk is sponsored by the Rossi Faith and Culture endowment. 

Dr. Barbara Nicolosi

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On Friday, April 1st, students and community members gathered to watch the 2020 film, "Fatima" in preparation for Dr. Nicolosi's talk the following week. In a brief discussion after the movie, viewers agreed that it was well made, entertaining, and effectively portrayed the Marian apparitions that took place in Fatima, Portugal. 

The following Wednesday, April 6th, Dr. Barbara Nicolosi, the screenwriter of "Fatima", joined us at the Newman Center to give her talk titled "Bringing the Fatima Story to the Big Screen: Reflections of a Hollywood Catholic". In her talk, she shared her faith and career journey, how the Fatima movie came to be, and the challenges that come with producing Catholic movies and being a Catholic in Hollywood. 

Fr. Chase Hilgenbrinck

Chasing the Dream: What is your Ultimate Goal?

November 4th 7:00pm
Former professional soccer player,
current priest for the Diocese of Peoria.

This presentation is made possible through the generosity of the Rossi Center for Faith and Culture Endowment.
A Mexican-American operatic soprano
Runner up on America's Got Talent 
Cancer survivor 
Diagnosed in college 

Barbara Padilla

Her Story: God the Architect of Our Lives

April 21, 2021 7 p.m.
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Let's Feast: Our Lady of Guadalupe
Livestream Lunch and Learn on Thursday, December 10, 2020 from 12-1pm.

Kristy
​Nabhan-Warren

     Professor, V.O. and Elizabeth Kahl Figge Chair of Catholic Studies at the University of Iowa in the Department of Religious Studies. 

     Interim Departmental Executive Officer of the Division of Interdisciplinary Studies at the University of Iowa.

     Editor of UNC Press book series Where Religion Lives, and of the upcoming Handbook of Latina/x/o Christianities.


      Kristy’s newest book is Meatpacking America: How Migration, Work and Faith Unite and Divide the Heartland (Forthcoming The University of North Carolina Press, Fall 2021), and is a deep ethnographic study that focuses on the intersections of migration, religion, and work in Iowa.
"Being a disciple means making the connection between the faith that we learn and our lived experience: we must connect the head with the heart so that our faith becomes not simply something that we do but part of who we are."

Deacon Harold Burke-Sivers

Building a Civilization of Love: A Catholic Response to Racism: November 18, 2020 7-8:15pm via Zoom

The Dynamic Deacon:
A no-nonsense, passionate proclaimer of the Catholic faith

BA in Economics and Business Administration,University of Notre Dame
Master of Theological Studies, University of Dallas

Cohost of the "Morning Glory" radio show

Benedictine Oblate of Mt. Angel Abbey



Father Tad Pacholczyk, Ph.D.

"Vaccines, Ventilators and the Ethics of COVID-19"

​March 3, 2021 at 7 p.m.​​​​
Director of Education
for the National Catholic Bioethics Center
Priest of the Diocese of Fall River, MA
Ph.D. in Neuroscience, Yale
Informant on CNN, ABC, NBC Nightly News & NPR.

Father Tad has done advanced studies in dogmatic theology and in bioethics, does commentaries for several news outlets, and holds degrees in several subjects, including philosophy, biochemistry, molecular cell biology and chemistry.  
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