The MacTaggart Catholic Intellectual Tradition Lecture Series

The MacTaggart Catholic Intellectual Tradition Lecture Series

St. Mary’s University welcomes you to a free, annual lectures series featuring men and women who have shaped the Catholic Intellectual Tradition – a tradition at the heart of the educational enterprises at St. Mary’s.

Glenn MacTaggart (J.D. ’79, M.A. ’89), longtime attorney and counsel with Prichard Hawkins Young LLP, and his wife, Karla MacTaggart, gave a major gift to St. Mary’s to create the MacTaggart Catholic Intellectual Tradition Lecture Series Endowment. The gift allows for the recruitment of speakers from various faith traditions to speak to the University and San Antonio communities about such topics as Catholicism in a changing world, religion in a pluralistic society, and faith in areas such as art and science.

The lecture series is a cornerstone of the Center for Catholic Studies which is a result of the University’s Defining Moment Comprehensive  Campaign.

The Future of the Catholic Intellectual Tradition Series 

St. Mary’s University welcomes you to a free, annual lectures series featuring reflections on the past, present, and future of the Catholic Intellectual Tradition – a tradition at the heart of the educational enterprises at St. Mary’s. 

Sponsored by The MacTaggart Catholic Intellectual Traditions Lecture Series and the Lin Great Speakers Series 

Upcoming Speakers

• The Future of Catholic Intellectual Tradition from a Laudato Si’ Perspective 

  Featuring Nancy M. Rourke, Ph.D. 

  Associate Professor of Religious Studies and Theology at Canisius University 

  Tuesday, April 16, 2024
  7 p.m.
  University Center, Conference Room A 

  About the Speaker

  

  Nancy M. Rourke, Ph.D., teaches courses in religious studies, Catholic ethics and ecotheology at Canisius University of Buffalo, New York, where she has led sustainability and Catholic Studies programs. She has also taught graduate and undergraduate courses in social ethics, religions and bioethics in Rochester-area institutions. She earned her Ph.D. in Theology at St. Patrick’s College, the Pontifical University of Maynooth, Ireland and master’s degrees in Theology at Boston University. Rourke’s scholarship is in Catholic ecological virtue ethics, ecotheology and medical ethics at the end of life. She has served on the editorial boards for the Conversations on Jesuit Higher Education magazine and the Journal for Critical Animal Studies and is a member of the Board of the College Theology Society. 

  Her new book, Ecological Moral Character: A Catholic Model, was published in January 2024 as part of the “Moral Traditions” series of books from Georgetown University Press.