Past Speakers
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Past Speakers
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JAAZ SPEAKERS FROM THE RECENT PAST
(most recent listed first) 2008-2009 Season Sept. 14 - Robert Blair Kaiser, on an American Church Oct. 12 - David Schultenover, SJ, on modern Jesuits Nov. 1 – Symposium on global water crisis, with Gary Chamberlain Dec. 7 - Gerhard Bowering, SJ, on Islam Jan. 11 - "The Prince of L.A." with Dakin Matthews (postponed) Feb. 15 - Kathy Kelly, on Iraq and U.S. foreign policy Mar. 15 - Deborah King, on the healing power of truth Apr. 19 - immigration crisis, with Sean Carroll, SJ 2007-2008 Season Governor Janet Napolitano, downtown lunch, Oct. 2 Michael Lerner, nation's most exciting rabbi, Nov. 18 Tom Fox, emeritus editor National Catholic Reporter, Dec. 2 Robert Taft, SJ., Rome's wittiest theologian Jan. 13 Roger Haight, SJ, famed Christologist, February 17 Richard Rohr, the nation's most visible Franciscan, March 2 Wendell Rossman, fixing a misguided penal system, April 13 2006-2007 Season October: Jesuit Father Joseph Daoust, president of the Jesuit School of Theology in Berkeley, on "Theology in the City." (confirmed for Oct. 22: save the date) November: John Dear, SJ, a peace activist. December: a holiday party, possibly at Callahan Hall at St FX January: Jimmy Santiago Baca, a poet and community organizer in Albuquerque, talking about his poetry and his dedication helping the youth of working class families. February: Terry Mansfield, Arizona chairman of the Peace Alliance, working to establish a U.S. Department of Peace in Washington (with chapters in every state). March: Elizabeth Schussler-Fiorenza, of Harvard Divinity School, a leading Catholic theologian and Biblical scholar, talking about “uses and misuses of the Bible.” April: Fr. Michael Saso, once a California Jesuit, now a diocesan priest teaching in the Jesuit College in Macao (China), who will give us a 3-day Zen-Jesuit retreat. (confirmed) NOV. 2005 – Hans Kung |