COMMUNICATING TRUTH - EVANGELIZATION BY THE LAITY: 2020 CONVOCATION OF THE DSPT COLLEGE OF FELLOWS

February 1 | 9:30 AM | Siena Hall

How can we bring beauty & truth to a culture so resistant yet so in need? Join the conversation.

How can Catholics evangelize in a culture that calls moral convictions “hate speech” and “intolerance?” Please join us for this important day of thoughtful presentations, dialogue and reflection. Fr. Michael Sweeney, OP will begin by looking at evangelization as lay initiative. We will hear from DSPT students, lay and Dominican, about how they were evangelized and what brought them to engage the faith whole-heartedly. Fr. Justin Gable, OP will talk about the importance of mercy and our Fellows will share what evangelization looks like in areas such as business, education and the media. This event will be live-streamed. 

Order of Events:

9:30 AM Coffee and pastries  

9:50 AM Welcome & Opening Prayer, Fr. Peter Rogers, OP

10:00 AM Evangelization: A Lay Initiative, Fr. Michael Sweeney, OP, Founder of the Lay Mission Project

10:30 AM Philosophy, Evangelization, & the Spiritual Works of Mercy, DSPT Professor of Philosophy, Fr. Justin Gable, OP

11:00 AM DSPT Student Panel: Personal Stories of Being Evangelized, moderated by Fr. Justin Gable, OP

• Kate Arenchild, Br. Benedict Mary Koa, OP and Br. Athenasius Thompson, OP

11:30 AM Q&A

12:00 PM Lunch (on your own)

12:45 PM DSPT Fellows Panel, moderated by Russ Hittinger

• Evangelization in the Media – JD Flynn, Chief Editor of Catholic News Agency (CNA)  

• Evangelization in Business – Agnieszka Winkler, Founder and former CEO, Winkler Advertising; Author

• Evangelization in the Classroom – Mary Hirschfeld, Assistant Professor, Economics & Theology, Villanova University

1:45 PM Q&A

2:15 PM Concluding Remarks by Russell Hittinger