Saint John Henry Newman Symposium

Regis College, Department of Interdisciplinary Studies in the Humanities is pleased to announce a virtual Symposium on the First Anniversary of the Canonization of Saint John Henry Newman and 75th Anniversary of the first Newman Symposium at Regis College.

Conference Theme: Newman: Scholar, Convert, Reformer, Cardinal, Saint
Conference Date: October 23, 2020 from 8:30 – 4:30

Keynote Speaker: Dr. John Dadosky, Ph.D., S.T.D.
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Regis College, founded by the Sisters of Saint Joseph of Boston, contains within our archives one of the largest collections of Saint John Henry Newman works in the United States. A convert to Catholicism in the 19th century, Newman was a great scholar of Early Church History, an advocate for the role of the laity in the Catholic Church, and he wrote extensively on: conversion, faith and reason, belief and unbelief, and the idea of a University.

In honor of the first-year anniversary of Newman’s Canonization, and the 75th anniversary of the first Newman Symposium held at Regis College, the Department of Humanities at Regis College is pleased to announce a Virtual Symposium on Saint John Henry Newman to be held October 23, 2020.

Presentations include:

1. Newman’s Understanding of Faith by Adam Urrutia, Catholic University of America, Washington, DC.
2. In Search of the Liturgical Theology of Newman by Dr. Heather Josselyn-Cranson, Regis College, Weston, MA
3. The Anti-Historicism of Newman by Patrick Auer Jones, Catholic University of America, Washington, DC.
4. Newman’s Poetic Use of History by Dr. Sean Gordon Lewis, Mount St. Mary’s University, Emmitsburg, MD.
5. Newman’s Approach to Contemporary Issues by Dr. Alessandro Rovati, Belmont Abbey College, Belmont, NC.
6. Newman and the Idea of Benedictine Education By Stephen Tomlinson, Catholic University of America, Washington, DC.
7. Newman and an Illative Spirituality by Tim Muldoon, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA.
8. Undergraduate Presentation: Renewal of the Church through Liturgical Diversity by Michael Maloney, Regis College, Weston, MA