Faith, Democracy, and the Common Good: Lessons from John Courtney Murray For Our Times

Welcome to the in-person and livestreamed Dahlgren Dialogue “Faith, Democracy, and the Common Good: Lessons from John Courtney Murray For Our Times.”

The livestream is scheduled to begin at 6:00 pm EDT. Since this is an in-person dialogue, the livestream may start late. Just wait for the holding slide to change to the live feed. Thank you for your patience!

We hope you will join in the conversation on X using @GUcstpubliclife, @GeorgetownOCM, and #FaithDemocracyCommonGood.

We’re pleased to have the following leaders joining us:
—Cardinal Robert McElroy is the archbishop of Washington and was a participant in the papal conclave that elected Pope Leo XIV. He has degrees from Harvard University, Stanford University, and the Pontifical Gregorian University, and he is the author of The Search for an American Public Theology: The Contribution of John Courtney Murray (1989).
—Cathleen Kaveny is the Darald and Juliet Libby Millennium Professor at Boston College with a joint appointment to the Law School and the Department of Theology. Her scholarship focuses on the relationship between law, religion, and morality. She has authored several books, including Law’s Virtues (2012), A Culture of Engagement (2016), and Prophecy Without Contempt (2016).
—Vincent Rougeau is the first lay and first Black president of the College of the Holy Cross, and he previously served as dean of the Boston College Law School and as a member of the faculty at Notre Dame Law School. He is the author of Christians in the American Empire: Faith and Citizenship in the New World Order (2008).
—Rob Vischer is the president of the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul, Minnesota, and the former dean of the University of St. Thomas School of Law. He is the author of Conscience and the Common Good (2006) and has written on faith, pluralism, and polarization.
—Kim Daniels, director of the Initiative on Catholic Social Thought and Public Life, will moderate the dialogue.
—Joseph Ferrara, senior vice president and chief of staff at Georgetown University, will open this Dahlgren Dialogue.
—Rev. Andrew Downing, S.J., director of Ignatian programs, will offer the welcome.
—Keria Ferrell (SFS’26) will offer the opening prayer.

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