Monthly Archives: February 2006

WORCESTER, Mass. – Gerard F. Powers, coordinator of the Catholic Peacebuilding Network and director of policy studies at University of Notre Dame’s Joan B. Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies, will give a talk titled “Catholics and Peacebuilding” on March … Continue reading →

WORCESTER, Mass. – Organist Karel Paukert will perform a concert on March 19 at 3 p.m. in St. Joseph Memorial Chapel at the College of the Holy Cross. As part of the Holy Cross Chapel Artists Series, Paukert will perform … Continue reading →

WORCESTER, Mass. – The Iris & B. Gerald Cantor Art Gallery at the College of the Holy Cross will present Catholic Collecting, Catholic Reflection 1538-1850: Objects As a Measure of Reflection on a Catholic Past and the Construction of Recusant … Continue reading →

WORCESTER, Mass. – The Holy Cross music department will present the annual Susanna E. Waldbauer Memorial Concert performed by the Holy Cross Chamber Players on March 16 at 8 p.m. in Brooks Concert Hall. The concert, free and open to … Continue reading →

WORCESTER, Mass. – Robert Orsi, Charles Warren Professor of the History of Religion in America at Harvard Divinity School, will give a talk titled “Catholic Childhood” on March 14 at 7:30 p.m. in the Rehm Library at the College of … Continue reading →

WORCESTER, Mass. – Distinguished poet Camille Dungy will give a reading of her forthcoming book of poems titled What to Eat, What to Drink, What to Leave For Poison on Feb. 24 at 1:30 p.m. in the Rehm Library at … Continue reading →

WORCESTER, Mass. – Ten international academics and museum professionals will reflect on the broader issues of the problematic search for meaning in the display of one culture by another in a symposium titled “Religion Matters: Art, Piety, Destruction, and the … Continue reading →

WORCESTER, Mass. – Black Entertainment Television commentator Jeff Johnson will give a talk on Feb. 16 at 7 p.m. in the Hogan Campus Center Ballroom at the College of the Holy Cross. The event is free and open to the … Continue reading →

WORCESTER, Mass. – Leslie Woodcock Tentler, professor of history and director of the Center for American Catholic Studies at the Catholic University of America, will give a talk titled “Catholics and Contraception in Twentieth-Century America” on Feb. 27 at 7:30 … Continue reading →

WORCESTER, Mass. – Nir Eisikovits, who teaches at Boston University in its Core Curriculum and is a fellow at the Brookline-based International Institute for Mediation and Historical Conciliation, will give a talk titled “Political Reconciliation — Cases from South Africa … Continue reading →

WORCESTER, Mass. – Richard Wightman Fox, professor of history at the University of Southern California will give a talk titled “Savior of the Nation: Lincoln’s Assassination and the Birth of an American Icon” on Feb. 21 at 4 p.m. in … Continue reading →

WORCESTER, Mass. – The Iris & B. Gerald Cantor Art Gallery at the College of the Holy Cross will present Catholic Collecting, Catholic Reflection 1538-1850: Objects As a Measure of Reflection on a Catholic Past and the Construction of Recusant … Continue reading →

WORCESTER, Mass. – The Center for Religion, Ethics and Culture will continue its “Celebration of Books” recently published by Holy Cross faculty with a discussion on Practicing Mortality: Art, Philosophy, and Contemplative Seeing on Feb. 21 at 4 p.m. in … Continue reading →