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Past Events
2011-2012 Program and Events
Fall Lecture:
American Catholicism in an Age of Global Influence Read More
Dr. Joseph Chinnici, Professor of History and President/Rector of the Franciscan School of Theology, Berkeley, CA
October 24, 2011
Spring Lecture:
The Case of Ruby Hurley: Religion and the Making of U.S. Democracy Read More
Dr. Rosetta Ross, Associate Professor of Religious Studies in the Department of Philosophy and Religion at Spelman College, Atlanta, GA
March 19, 2012
Book Discussion:
In 2013 CSB will be celebrating its Centennial. In preparation for that event the Koch Discussion Series this year focused on the roots of the Benedictine community of women who founded the college and continue to sponsor it today. Chapters I, II, and III of the book, The Reshaping of a Tradition, Ephrem Hollermann, OSB, St. Mary's Press, Winona, MN 1994 were discussed on October 17 and November 14, 2011. The article "To Hold in Trust: The Evolution of the Relationship between the Monastery and the College," by Emmanuel Renner, OSB, In With Hearts Expanded, St. Cloud, Minn.: North Star Press, 2000, pp. 199-230, was discussed February 27, 2012.
2010-2011 Programs and Events
Fall Lecture:
Memory and Resistance: Catholic Sisters and the Politics of Memory Read more
Dr. Margaret Susan Thompson, Associate Professor of History and Political Science, Maxwell School of Syracuse University, New York
October 18, 2010
Fall Co-sponsored Event:
Luncheon Discussion, "Spiritual Mutuality on the Path to God"
With Margaret Susan Thompson, Syracuse University
An Event Sponsored by Companions on a Journey
October 18, 2010
Spring Lecture:
Catholic Women in a Protestant World: The Dissolution of the English Convents in the 1530s Read more
Dr. Emilie Amt, Hildegarde Pilgram Professor of History, Hood College, Frederick, MD
March 28, 2011
Book Discussion:
In this "Year of Sustainability" at CSB/SJU the Koch Chair Discussion Series engaged in a year-long discussion of Green Sisters by Sarah McFarland Taylor. Green Sisters is an ethnographic study that explores "the practice and experience of women whose lives bring together Catholicism and ecology, orthodoxy and activism, traditional theology and a passionate mission to save the planet."
October 4, November 18, 2010; March 7, April 18, 2011
2009-2010 Programs and Events
Fall Lecture:
"Longing for Running Water: Ecofeminism and Liberation" View video
Ivone Gebara, Ph.D., Philosopher and Theologian, Recife, Brazil
October 19, 2009
Spring Lecture:
"Timeless Values for Twenty-First Century Careers" View video
Cheryl Crozier Garcia, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Human Resource Management, Hawaii Pacific University, Honolulu
March 11, 2010
Fall Discussion:
"The Catholic Intellectual Tradition in the Catholic University" By Monica Hellwig in Examining the Catholic Intellectual Tradition, edited by Anthony J. Cernera and Oliver J. Morgan, 2000 More info
November 9, 2009
2008-2009 Programs and Events
Fall Lecture:
"Discovering the Obvious: Religion and Theology as Ever-Renewing Arenas of Human Creativity." View Video
Dr. Mary Bednarowski, United Theological Seminary of the Twin Cities, Minneapolis and Saint Paul
November 17, 2008
Spring Lecture:
"Prosperity in Adversity: Adaptations of the Christian Communities of Syria and Mesopotamia to Muslim Rule During the Early Islamic Centuries." View video
R. Stephen Humphreys, Ph.D., King Abdul Aziz Al Saud Professor of Islamic Studies and Professor of History, University of California, Santa Barbara.
March 18, 2009
Spring Discussion:
"Openness and Limit in the Catholic Encounter with Other Faith Traditions" by Francis X. Clooney in Examining the Catholic Intellectual Tradition edited by Anthony J. Cernera and Oliver J. Morgan, 2000 More info
March 30, 2009
2007-2008 Programs and Events
Fall Lecture:
"After Regensburg: Where Catholic-Muslim Dialogue Is Today" View video
Dr. Sandra Keating, Ph.D., Providence College, Providence, Rhode Island
November 8, 2007
Fall Discussion:
"Education within the Benedictine Wisdom Tradition"
Statement of the Association of Benedictine Colleges and Universities (ABCU), August 2007, More info
November 29, 2007
Spring Lecture:
"Going After a Life: The Myth and Mystery of Vocation" View video
Anne Patrick, Ph.D., William H. Laird Professor of Religion and the Liberal Arts, Carleton College, Northfield, Minnesota
March 27, 2008
Spring Discussion:
"The Benedictine Wisdom Tradition Meets the Catholic Intellectual Tradition: Shall We Gather at the Altar"
Paper presented by Mary Collins, OSB, of Mount Saint Scholastica Monastery, Atchison, Kansas, at the annual meeting of the ABCU, June 2007 More info
March 3, 2008
Co-sponsored Event:
Women's Spirituality Conference, "Spirited Questions, Sacred Answers"
An Event Sponsored by Companions on a Journey
College of Saint Benedict, Saint Jospeh, Minnesota
March 27-28, 2008
History (2002-2007) Prior to Appointment of First Chair
"God's Politics: Why the Right Gets It Wrong and the Left Doesn't Get It" More info
James Wallis, Founder and Director of Sojourners
September 27, 2006"World Christianity and Christian Mission: Being Church in Asia" More info
Peter Phan, Ph.D. Ellacuria Chair in Catholic Thought at Georgetown University
November 9, 2006
S. Ephrem Hollermann, O.S.B. Ph.D. Associate Professor of Theology, Appointed First Chair of the Koch Chair in Catholic Thought and Culture, July 1, 2007
2005-2006:
"Catholic Social Mission: Directions and Dangers for Higher Education"
John Carr, U.S. Council of Bishops
October 10, 2005"Is Your Spirituality Violent?" More info
Tom Beaudoin, Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Religious Studies at Santa Clara University
March 9, 2006"Environmental Justice: Making Our Cities Green" More info
John Coleman, S.J. Charles Casassa Professor of Social Values at Loyola Marymount University
April 26, 2006
2004-2005:
"The Vital Vote? Thinking Catholics and Politics" More info
Joe Feuerherd, Washington Correspondent for the National Catholic Reporter
October 18, 2004"Vatican II to the Blogosphere: Church and Politics today" More info
John Thavis, Vatican News Bureau Chief
March 14, 2005
2003-2004:
"The Eliot School Rebellion, Boston, 1859: Education, Slavery and the Nineteenth Century Catholic Revival" More info
John T. McGreevy, Ph.D. John A. O'Brien Associate Professor of History and Department Chair
University of Notre Dame
February 12, 2004
Noreen Herzfeld, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Computer Science and Theology, Appointed Coordinator of the Koch Chair in Catholic Thought and Culture, June 30, 2004
2002-2003 Inaugural Year of Consultation and PlanningProfessor David O'Brien Visiting Lectureship
David O'Brien, Ph.D. Director of the Center for Religion, Ethics, and Culture, College of the Holy Cross, Worcester, Maryland
March 23-25, 20032002 Memorandum of Agreement, Koch Chair Endowment
$3 Million Gift from Barbara and David Koch, Long Lake, Minnesota
February 25, 2002