Past Events

Join us for the 13 th Annual Calihan Lecture where Dr. David P. Deavel will present a lecture entitled “Second Thoughts on Newman”: Newman, Constitutions, and Markets. Rev. Robert A. Sirico, on behalf of Acton Institute, will present Dr. Deavel with the 2013 Novak Award at this event. This evening is hosted by University of St. Thomas and sponsored by Catholic Studies and is open to the public. Advance registration is encouraged.

Keynote Speaker P.J. O'Rourke Best-Selling Author & Leading Political Satirist

The purpose of this conference is to explore the idea of “social justice” and compare and evaluate it against the understanding this concept now evokes in contemporary debates about justice and political order. The all-encompassing claims made on behalf of social justice in these debates often translate into calls for the reduction of personal liberty and a concomitant increase in state power to distribute material goods and the resources of private enterprise in common. Intended Audience: Clergy, Church and Parachurch Workers

Lawrence W. (“Larry”) Reed became president of FEE in 2008. Prior to that, he was a founder and president for twenty years of the Mackinac Center for Public Policy in Midland, Michigan. He also taught Economics full-time and chaired the Department of Economics at Northwood University in Michigan from 1977 to 1984.

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How do we shepherd the flock in the search for economically healthy and socially just urban communities? What is the role of the local church in sustainable human development? Where do we find guidance for those facing unemployment and neighborhood displacement? Join us to explore how moral and economic clarity give direction in our mission to be true disciples, fostering effective charity, empowering our congregations and creating a context for urban flourishing.

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At this conference, graduate students will discuss religious freedom, the church-state relationship, and the role of religion in shaping the moral order of free societies. These issues will be examined through the lens of history, and readings and discussion will explore the relationship by illustrating how, at different points in history, Christianity has acted as a support for liberty and, at others, has failed to do so.

This conference will aim at obtaining greater understanding of the claims for individual and political liberty contained in the Declaration of Independence. The Declaration of Independence has come to be seen as a text that is central not only to our political order, but to understanding ourselves as a people. One argument, long advanced, contends that the Constitution can only be understood in light of the animating principles of equality as enunciated in the Declaration of Independence.

Becoming Europe: Economic Decline, Culture, and How America Can Avoid a European Future Please join Dr. Samuel Gregg, Acton's Director of Research as he discusses his new book Becoming Europe: Economic Decline, Culture, and How America Can Avoid a European Future.