Special Events and Guest Speakers
Spring 2010 - Magdalen College Academic Forum
Free to the public...
Friday, April 9th – 7:00 PM – Mr. David Clayton
“Make the Form Conform - letting Tradition guide us when commissioning art for our churches”
Mr. David Clayton is a graduate of Oxford University, where he earned an M.A. in Materials Science, and Michigan Technological University, where he gained an M.S. in Engineering. He paints and draws in two Christian artistic traditions—Byzantine iconography and Western classical naturalism (training at the Charles H. Cecil Studios in Florence, Italy). He has had commissions in the United Kingdom and in America including a portrait of St. Luigi Scrosoppi at the London Oratory; a five foot cross, gilded and painted on both sides and suspended over the altar at Pluscarden Abbey in Scotland; and the icon of the Sacred Heart commissioned by the Maryvale Institute in Birmingham to commemorate their 25th anniversary. He lectured at the Maryvale Institute in their art-theory course, which he designed along with other staff at the institute, called Art, Inspiration and Beauty from a Catholic Perspective. He has illustrated three books for children. David’s articles about art and education have appeared in Catholic publications such as Second Spring, St Austin Review, the Catholic News Agency website, and The Catholic Herald on London.
Friday, April 16th – 2:00 PM - Dr. Gladys Sweeney
“The psychological consequences of original sin and the proper response called forth from the psychological sciences”
“Sin” grates on the ears of modern psychology, and the notion that sin produces negative effects in one’s personal life -- including psychological issues--is roundly scorned. The only undesirable effect of sin, according to most psychologists today, is crippling, unwarranted guilt.
But sin is a reality. The effects of sin extend not only to the moral realm but the physical and psychological realms as well.
Dr. Sweeney is the founder and Dean of the Institute for the Psychological Sciences. She has lectured at the North American College in Rome and has been a faculty member of the Division of Child Psychiatry, Department of Pediatrics, at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Dr. Sweeney’s area of interest is the integration of the psychological sciences with the Catholic view of the human person. Dr. Sweeney co-edited Human Nature in its Fullness: A Roman Catholic Perspective CUA Press, July, 2006.
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Previous Guests:
Catholic Recording Artist - Tony Melendez
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Tony Melendez will perform at Magdalen College on Saturday, October 17th at 7PM.
Tickets on Sale Now!
$10.00 per person
$25.00 per family
Click here to watch the Tony Melendez Bio
Fox News Contributor and Author, Fr. Jonathan Morris
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Fr. Jonathan will Celebrate the
9 AM Community Mass on Sunday, October 18th at the college chapel, followed by a talk and book signing during brunch.
Please Contact Mike Rennie at (877) 498-1723 to RSVP, purchase tickets, or for more information.
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Dr. Gary Bouchard, St. Anselm’s College, Manchester, NH.
Gary Bouchard has been a professor in the English Department at Saint Anselm College since 1987. He served as the college’s Executive Vice President from 1998 – 2003. A native of Denver, Colorado, he earned his undergraduate from Benedictine College in Atchison, Kansas and his Ph.D. from Loyola University of Chicago. A specialist in the field of Early Modern (Renaissance) poetry, he has published numerous articles and one book on the works of sixteenth and seventeenth century poets, with particular emphasis upon pastoral and metaphysical verse. His recent scholarship has focused on the poetry of the English recusant martyr, Robert Southwell, S.J. Besides teaching several literature courses, he also teaches a wide variety of classes in Humanities and Rhetoric. Gary is the Consulting Editor and a contributing writer for Parable Magazine, and he serves as a trustee of New Hampshire Catholic Charities and Catholic Medical Center. He lives in Goffstown with his wife of 22 years and their two sons, one a Junior at Bishop Brady High School and the other a Freshman at Carroll College in Helena, Montana.
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Rev. Father Cassian Folsom O.S.B.
Rev. Cassian is Prior of the Monasterio San Benedetto, Norcia, Italy. Rev. Cassian earned a bachelor’s degree in English from St. Meinrad College in 1977 and a Master of Divinity degree in 1984 from St. Meinrad School of Theology. Other degrees include a master’s degree in religious studies from Indiana University in 1981 and advanced degrees in sacred liturgy from Sant’ Anselmo, Rome, in 1989. From 1989-93, Father Cassian served as choirmaster for the monastery. He taught sacramental theology at St. Meinrad School of Theology from 1989-92. In 1993, he began teaching at Pontificio Instituto Liturgico in Rome and served as acting president from 1997-2000. In 1999, Father Cassian became the prior of a monastic community that, in 2000, was moved to Norcia, Italy, birthplace of St. Benedict. He continues as the leader of that vibrant and growing community today.
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Mr. Thomas Harvey, Esquire
Mr. Harvey is a pro-life lawyer in Boston who has been practicing law for over 25 years. He is a former chairman of the board of Massachusetts Citizens for Life, and a former Massachusetts delegate to the National Right to Life Committee. He was also a member of the board of directors of the Catholic Lawyers’ Guild of the Archdiocese of Boston, the Pro-Life Legal Defense Fund, and A Woman’s Concern, an organization that operates pro-life pregnancy centers. In addition, he has represented pro-lifers on a pro-bono basis numerous times in both state and federal courts. He is a graduate of Tufts University and Suffolk University Law School, after which he served in the United States Navy for four years as a Judicial Advocate General. In 2008, he was awarded the Thomas More Medal presented by the Pro-Life Legal Defense Fund.