Catholic Intellectual Tradition Educational Series
The Mission Integration Committee of Marian University is pleased to present a series on the Catholic Intellectual Tradition.
This 9-part series will be presented by Sister Dianne Bergant, CSA, Ph.D., in Stayer Auditorium, Marian University, 45 S. National Ave., from 3:00-4:00 p.m. on Tuesday afternoons throughout the academic year. The public is invited to attend. A livestream will also be available on the CSA YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@csasisters
The first session will take place on Tuesday, August 26, and focus on the Dignity of the Human Person.
The full list of topics and dates are
• August 26 – Dignity of the Human Person: Image of God
• September 23 – Appreciation of Creation: Interconnected
• October 21 – Commitment to Universal Truth: Anthropocentric to Cosmocentric
• November 18 – Faith & Reason: What is Theology?
• January 27 – Integral Relationship with the Catholic Church: Missionary Disciple
• February 24 – Hospitality & Tradition: Dialogue
• March 31 – Sacramental Vision: Mystery
• April 21 – Power of Beauty: Vision or Reality
• May 5 – Innovation for the Common Good: Interdependence
Sister Dianne served as President of Catholic Biblical Association of America (2000-2001) and as the Rev. Robert J. Randall Distinguished Professor of Christian Culture, Providence College, Providence, RI (2009-2010). She was awarded honorary doctorates from the Jesuit School of Theology of Santa Clara University, CA (2013), Marian University, Fond du Lac, WI (2014), and the Catholic University of Australia, Melbourne, Victoria (2015). She was an active member of the Chicago Catholic/Jewish Scholars Dialogue (1988-2017), a member of the Board of Trustees, Sacred Heart School of Theology (1983-1989), and of St. Francis Seminary, Milwaukee, WI (1996-2005). She sat on the editorial boards of The Bible Today (1979-2005), Biblical Theology Bulletin (1990-2014), Catholic Biblical Quarterly (1992-2001), New Theology Review (1997-2003), Teaching Theology and Religion (2003-2005), and Chicago Studies (2003-2009). She has taught and lectured in various places in the United States, as well as in South Africa and Namibia, Trinidad, England and Ireland, Kiribati, the Philippines, Thailand, Mexico, Nicaragua, Rome, Australia, and New Zealand.
She was widely interviewed after one of her students became Pope!