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Monday, October 23, 2006
The Intersection of Faith and Reason: Seton Hall University Lecture Series Confronts Controversial Contemporary Issues
Bobby Schindler, Terri Schiavo's Brother, Shares Personal Experiences
Media Contact:
Catherine Memory
Director of Media Relations
Seton Hall University
(973) 378-2650 / memoryca@shu.edu
(South Orange, New Jersey) -- Stem cell research. Cloning. Euthanasia. Sexuality. Such topics appear with regularity in today's headlines and news crawls, yet intellectuals, religious leaders and people of faith remain confused and often at odds about these important issues. Church teachings about these issues are often misunderstood or misrepresented. In response to this dilemma, Seton Hall University, together with the Order of Malta, has organized a Catholic Perspectives Lecture Series titled "A Question of Clarity" to delve beyond the politics and sensationalism, to explore the intersection of faith and reason, and to shed light on some of the most pressing moral issues of our day.
"These issues touch on the very meaning of the human person," explained Father Anthony Figueiredo, executive director of mission and ministry at Seton Hall University. "As a Catholic University dedicated to the search for truth, we seek the input of experts in various fields, including law, medicine and government. Each will offer a distinct contribution to the dialogue in an atmosphere of mutual respect."
The first lecture, on October 18 at 6:30 p.m., titled End of Life Decisions features legal and medical experts, as well as Bobby Schindler, Terri Schiavo's brother. Schindler was his family's spokesman during the fight over Ms. Schiavo's life. Today Schindler travels the country sharing his personal and family experiences with doctors, congressmen and demonstrators in order to raise public awareness of end of life issues.
Kathleen Boozang, associate dean of Seton Hall University Law School and founder of its Health Law and Policy Program, will expound upon the legal tangles inherent in the end of life topic. Boozang serves on numerous hospital ethics committees and in 1998 was appointed by Governor Pataki to the New York State Task Force on Life and the Law. Boozang possesses significant experience in the clinical setting of Catholic hospitals, and she will help clarify the role and impact of religious belief in litigation of life and death decisions.
Cardiologist Thomas Higgins provides the medical perspective. An attending physician at St. Barnabas Medical Center in Livingston, New Jersey, Higgins has extensive direct experience with terminal patients. And as a Knight in the Order of Malta, Higgins is well versed on the Catholic position on life where it intersects with medicine.
The Catholic Perspectives Lecture Series is the New Jersey Area of the Order of Malta's first collaboration with an academic institution. Robert Fredericks, New Jersey area chair of the Order, says, "We were eager to work with such a premier University as Seton Hall. We hope the lecture series will bring to the fore some of the more cutting edge questions and increase understanding of end of life and other issues."
All lectures in the Catholic Perspectives Lecture Series are free and open to the public and take place at 6:30 p.m. in Jubilee Hall Auditorium on Seton Hall University's South Orange, New Jersey campus. Advance registration is requested by phone, (973) 378-2600, or e-mail, universityevents@shu.edu. The second lecture in the series on February 28 is devoted to the Science and Ethics of Stem Cell Research and Cloning. The series concludes with a Human Sexuality lecture on April 11.
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Media Contact:
Catherine Memory
Director of Media Relations
Seton Hall University
(973) 378-2650 / memoryca@shu.edu
(South Orange, New Jersey) -- Stem cell research. Cloning. Euthanasia. Sexuality. Such topics appear with regularity in today's headlines and news crawls, yet intellectuals, religious leaders and people of faith remain confused and often at odds about these important issues. Church teachings about these issues are often misunderstood or misrepresented. In response to this dilemma, Seton Hall University, together with the Order of Malta, has organized a Catholic Perspectives Lecture Series titled "A Question of Clarity" to delve beyond the politics and sensationalism, to explore the intersection of faith and reason, and to shed light on some of the most pressing moral issues of our day.
"These issues touch on the very meaning of the human person," explained Father Anthony Figueiredo, executive director of mission and ministry at Seton Hall University. "As a Catholic University dedicated to the search for truth, we seek the input of experts in various fields, including law, medicine and government. Each will offer a distinct contribution to the dialogue in an atmosphere of mutual respect."
The first lecture, on October 18 at 6:30 p.m., titled End of Life Decisions features legal and medical experts, as well as Bobby Schindler, Terri Schiavo's brother. Schindler was his family's spokesman during the fight over Ms. Schiavo's life. Today Schindler travels the country sharing his personal and family experiences with doctors, congressmen and demonstrators in order to raise public awareness of end of life issues.
Kathleen Boozang, associate dean of Seton Hall University Law School and founder of its Health Law and Policy Program, will expound upon the legal tangles inherent in the end of life topic. Boozang serves on numerous hospital ethics committees and in 1998 was appointed by Governor Pataki to the New York State Task Force on Life and the Law. Boozang possesses significant experience in the clinical setting of Catholic hospitals, and she will help clarify the role and impact of religious belief in litigation of life and death decisions.
Cardiologist Thomas Higgins provides the medical perspective. An attending physician at St. Barnabas Medical Center in Livingston, New Jersey, Higgins has extensive direct experience with terminal patients. And as a Knight in the Order of Malta, Higgins is well versed on the Catholic position on life where it intersects with medicine.
The Catholic Perspectives Lecture Series is the New Jersey Area of the Order of Malta's first collaboration with an academic institution. Robert Fredericks, New Jersey area chair of the Order, says, "We were eager to work with such a premier University as Seton Hall. We hope the lecture series will bring to the fore some of the more cutting edge questions and increase understanding of end of life and other issues."
All lectures in the Catholic Perspectives Lecture Series are free and open to the public and take place at 6:30 p.m. in Jubilee Hall Auditorium on Seton Hall University's South Orange, New Jersey campus. Advance registration is requested by phone, (973) 378-2600, or e-mail, universityevents@shu.edu. The second lecture in the series on February 28 is devoted to the Science and Ethics of Stem Cell Research and Cloning. The series concludes with a Human Sexuality lecture on April 11.
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