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Mission Day 2008

The Service of Faith at LMU


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This year’s Mission Day, on January 30, focused on The Service of Faith at LMU and attracted a broad cross section of faculty, staff, administrators, and students.

Margaret O’Brien Steinfels, co-director of the Center on Religion and Culture at Fordham University and distinguished former editor of Commonweal magazine, keynoted the program with an 11 a.m. address entitled “Service of Faith: What’s It All About?”

During the afternoon, concurrent panel discussions, featuring speakers from on and off campus, considered the
following topics: (1) “Service of Faith: How Does It Impact Academic Life?” (2) “Spiritual or Religious: Faith’s Role in Co-Curricular Life,” and (3) “Promotion of Justice and Service of Faith.” A final plenary session and gala reception concluded the Mission Day program.

Click on the names below to read the texts of the keynote address and panel presentations, which will be posted as they become available. Please note, text may not be circulated or quoted without permission of the author.

Keynote Address
Margaret O’Brien Steinfels

Service of Faith: How Does It Impact Academic Life?
James Heft, S.M., Institute for Advanced Catholic Studies, University of Southern California
Mary Beth Ingham, C.S.J., Professor of Philosophy
Amir Hussain, Associate Professor of Theological Studies

Spiritual or Religious: Faith’s Role in Co-Curricular Life
Michele Murray, Assistant Vice President for Student Development, Seattle University
Anthony Bonta, Director of Campus Ministry
William Husak, Director of Athletics

Promotion of Justice and Service of Faith
Patrick McCormick, Professor of Religious Studies, Gonzaga University
Kristin Heyer, Assistant Professor of Theological Studies
Tom King, Student Programs Coordinator, Center for Service and Action