A response to the prevalent campus hook-up culture
Here is an interesting development at Catholic University of America, noted in the Washington Times recently. This Fall, CUA will institute single-sex dorms in an attempt to foster a more wholesome environment for meaningful relations between the sexes: http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2011/jun/17/single-sex-dorms-right-for-catholic-university/#.Tfz7CIq2pBA;email. Certainly, this is far preferable to the current alchohol-drenched milieu which prevails on too many campuses. The current environment inures […]
First Things Blog comments on UFL Conference and blog
Congratulations to Richard Stith in having his comment on defunding Planned Parenthood picked up on the First Things Blog. The blog also had some nice things to say about our annual conferences. http://www.firstthings.com/blogs/firstthoughts/2011/06/25/planned-parenthood-should-not-be-funded/
US Catholic article on University Faculty for Life conference
Here is an article in U.S. Catholic about the recent University Faculty for Life (UFL) conference at Notre Dame. The article notes that pro-life faculty members are often isolated at their home institutions and mentions the importance of UFL in fostering fellowship among its members and in fostering pro-life scholarship. http://www.uscatholic.org/news/2011/06/professor-says-pro-life-faculty-often-feel-isolated-campus-views Richard M.
Life Matters at Notre Dame
Father Miscamble CSC gave an excellent talk a few weeks ago in which he discussed the status of the life issues at Notre Dame. Here is a link to the Project Sycamore website where Father Miscamble’s talk can be found. http://www.projectsycamore.com/bulletins/110608.php Richard M.
Successful UFL conference at Notre Dame
Here is a link to my post on the recent, successful conference at Notre Dame. http://mirrorofjustice.blogs.com/mirrorofjustice/2011/06/university-faculty-for-life-conference.html#tp Many thanks to Our Sunday Visitor Institute for its generous support of the conference and to everyone at Notre Dame (in particular Angela Pfister) for their organizational efforts and hospitality. By all accounts, this was one of UFL’s best conferences and […]
2011 Conference Schedule available
The conference schedule is now posted on the University Faculty for Life website. See http://uffl.org/2011conference.html The conference, which will be held on June 10-11, 2011 at the University of Notre Dame, is being supported by a very generous grant from Our Sunday Visitor Institute. Conference speakers include David Solomon, Sam Calhoun, John Breen, Tom Cavanaugh, Michael New, Teresa […]
UFL Scholarly Achievement Award for 2011
The deadline for University Faculty for Life’s Scholarly Achievement Award in Creative Writing, Literary Criticism, or Research is quickly approaching. Thanks to generous anonymous donors, the prize amounts for this year’s contest have been doubled. Two documents about the contest are available for your use: a flyer suitable for newsletter reproduction and another document which […]
2011 International Summer Course in Women’s Studies
The Culture of Life Foundation will conduct the 2011 International Summer Course in Women’s Studies June 14-23 in Cazenovia, New York. Interested persons may contact Karen Stein (dignityofwomen@gmail.com) or consult the website (http://www.culture-of-life.org).
Life & Learning XVIII is now available
Life & Learning XVIII is now available on the University Faculty for Life website, and will be available in a print version soon. See http://www.uffl.org/lifelearningxviii.html These papers are from the 2008 University Faculty for Life conference at Marquette. Thanks to Father Koterski for his work in editing this volume. This volume includes papers by (in order of […]
Ave Maria Law Review publishes symposium on conscience
The Ave Maria Law Review (Vol. 9; Issue 1)(2010) has just published a symposium on “The Future of Rights of Conscience in Health Care.” The symposium grew out of a conference that Lynn Wardle (BYU) and I organized. The conference was generously supported by University Faculty for Life and was also sponsored by the J. Reuben […]