Major Catholic Speaker

​In 2010 the Center started a Major Catholic Speaker Event.  The goal is to invite a Catholic speaker of significant stature to address a topic of pressing concern to the Catholic Church and the larger society.
Major Catholic Speaker 2022

​Date: March 15, 2022 
Speaker: Shannen Dee Williams, Villanova University

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Past Major Catholic Speakers include:
  • Dr. Richard Gaillardetz, Joseph Professor of Catholic Systematic Theology and Chair of the Theology Department at Boston College (2019)
  • Cardinal Kurt Koch, President of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity and President of the Pontifical Commission for Religious Relations with the Jews (2018)
  • Fr. Bryan Hehir, Professor of the Practice of Religion and Public Life, Harvard University (2018)
  • Dr. Carolyn Woo, President Catholic Relief Services (2017)
  • Sr. Simone Campbell, S.S.S. Nuns on the Bus and Director of Network (2016)
  • John L. Allen, Jr., Associate editor at the Boston Globe and senior Vatican analyst for CNN (2015)
  • Ambassador Miguel Diaz (2014)
  • Sr. Carol Keehan, D.C. President of the Catholic Health Association of the United States (2013)
  • Father Timothy Radcliffe, O.P., former Master General of the Dominican Order (2012)
  • Professor Mary Ann Glendon, Harvard University Law School and United States Ambassador to the Vatican (2011)
  • President John Jenkins, President, University of Notre Dame (2011)
  • Cardinal Walter Kaspar, President of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity (2010)
 ​All of the Major Catholic Speaker videos can be viewed on our YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/AquinasCenter/videos.