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tag:theology.nd.edu,2005:/news Department of Theology // Department of Theology 2014-08-12T13:00:00-04:00 DepartmentOfTheology/Newshttp://feedburner.google.com tag:theology.nd.edu,2005:News/49785 2014-08-12T13:00:00-04:00 2014-08-12T14:00:43-04:00 Theology Professors Receive Catholic Press Association awards
"The Preferential Option for the Poor beyond Theology," edited by Rev. Daniel G. Groody, C.S.C., associate professor of theology at Notre Dame, and Rev. Gustavo Gutierrez, O.P., John Cardinal O'Hara Professor of Theology at Notre Dame, received the second-place award in the social teaching category of the 2014 Book Awards from the Catholic Press Association.

Jospeh Blenkinsopp, the John A. O'Brien Professor Emeritus of Biblical Studies, recieved the third place prize in the Scripture category for his book, David Remembered: Kingship and National identity in Ancient Israel.

The awards were announced during the association's annual June meeting in Charlotte, N.C. Congratulations to all!

 Michael O. Garvey tag:theology.nd.edu,2005:News/49625 2014-07-31T12:50:00-04:00 2014-07-31T12:50:57-04:00 Theology Professor Awarded Two Prestigious Research Grants
Peter Casarella, associate professor in Notre Dame's Department of Theology, has been awarded two prestigious grants for a book project that will explore the idea of God from the perspective of Latino Catholicism, including the complex challenges of "translating" God in a modern world.

The annual Henry Luce III Fellows in Theology award funds a small number of promising theological pursuits. Since its inception in 1993, only 142 scholars have been named Luce Fellows.

The Louisville Institute's Sabbatical Grant for Researchers enables "ecclesially-engaged academics and scholarly religious leaders to conduct a major study that can contribute to the vitality of Christianity in North America."

Both awards will support Casarella's research and writing of God of the People: A Latino/a Theology.

The Idea of God

"My work will ask whether sometimes people take for granted the idea of God and avoid or ignore the rich reflection upon the meaning of God that is available to us in the Catholic tradition and in our present context," says Casarella, a fellow at Notre Dame's Institute for Latino Studies and Kellogg Institute for International Studies.

Casarella hopes his book will enliven discussion on two critical issues. "First, the theology of God in the Catholic Church needs to address the complex and original experiences of Latino youth," he says. "It needs to listen, reach out, and learn. The future of Catholicism in the U.S. depends upon the outreach to second and third generation Latinos."

Second, Casarella wants to explore a religious and cultural heritage that extends back from medieval Spain through the colonial period to Latin American and Latino thinkers, saints, writers, painters, baseball heroes, and pop artists.

"That's a rich and varied resource, and speaks to the contemporary concerns about God and transcendence just as much as Anglo or European sources. We have not even begun to tap these resources."

The Process of Translation

In pursuing these goals, Casarella's book will seek to bring the contemporary process of translating God back into the center of theological reflection.

"I am less interested in the narrow sense of translation as the conversion of words from one system of signifiers to another. I am more interested in how we bring our culture, family and religion from one place into another place without leaving behind what we love and cherish from our homes far away, even if these homes are places where our grandparents lived."

Casarella says there are implications in his research for social justice issues like comprehensive immigration reform, but he will focus on the question of God.

"Speaking about God is always already an act of translation, and God, who is beyond all language, empowers us to see translation as a beautiful gift, albeit one fraught with many dangers, even opportunities, for violent mistranslations."

A Global Communion

Casarella's three-semester sabbatical will include research at the Catholic University of Santiago de Chile. When he returns to Notre Dame, Casarella plans to bring back the experience of being at a Catholic University in Latin America as well as new material and ideas for courses.

"I want undergraduates studying theology to develop a palpable sense of what it means to be in a global Catholic communion," Casarella says. "The Church is much bigger than the U.S. Catholic Church. What we take to be polarizations or hot button issues here may look very different in Santiago, Nairobi, Manila or elsewhere."

As he pursues his research and teaching at Notre Dame, Casarella says he is grateful for the ongoing support of John McGreevy, I.A. O'Shaughnessy Dean of the College of Arts and Letters; Associate Professor Matthew Ashley, Chair of the Department of Theology; and Rev. Virgilio Elizondo, the Notre Dame Professor of Pastoral and Hispanic Theology.

"I am grateful to my Department and to the University for their support in granting me the sabbatical," Casarella said. "It's a wonderful gift for a new member of the Notre Dame community. It's also a responsibility, of course."

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Originally published by Aaron Smith at al.nd.edu on July 17, 2014.
 Aaron Smith tag:theology.nd.edu,2005:News/49231 2014-07-08T14:00:00-04:00 2014-07-08T14:06:38-04:00 Professor Peter Casarella Featured in New Video: The Future of Latino Theology
Professor of Theology Peter Casarella has been featured in a new video, produced by the College of Arts and Letters, discussing the future of Latino theology. Watch the video here and be sure to follow our youtube channel for more videos like this!
 Emily Hammock tag:theology.nd.edu,2005:News/49230 2014-07-08T13:00:00-04:00 2014-07-08T13:38:13-04:00 Emeritus Professor Gene Ulrich Awarded NEH Fellowship
Theology professor Eugene Ulrich has been awarded a fellowship from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) for the 2014–15 academic year.

The fellowships continue Notre Dame's record success with the NEH, which supports advanced research across a broad spectrum of the humanities. Since 1999, Arts and Letters faculty members have been awarded 51 total NEH grants — more than any other university in the country.

Ulrich, Rev. John A. O'Brien Professor of Theology Emeritus, is one of the world's leading scholars of the Dead Sea Scrolls, a collection of ancient texts discovered after World War II in caves along the shore of the Dead Sea near Jerusalem. He also specializes in areas of the Hebrew Scriptures and the Septuagint.

Ulrich received this latest NEH fellowship for his work "Second Isaiah: A Critical Edition of the Hebrew Bible." This edition, he said, is "made possible by the rich and surprising learnings these scrolls have taught us about the early stages of biblical composition — what we now know about the Bible that we didn't 60 years ago.A recipient of the John Simon Guggenheim fellowship as well as several previous NEH grants, Ulrich has spent virtually his entire academic career editing and studying the Dead Sea Scrolls — arguably the greatest archeological find of the 20th century. In 1977, he received an NEH fellowship to publish his first Dead Sea Scroll, a scroll of the Book of Samuel.

"This new book will be the first critical Hebrew edition of the major prophet whose work so greatly influenced both the Jewish Scrolls community and early Christianity."

A member of the translation teams for both the New Revised Standard Version of the Bible and the "New American Bible: Revised Edition," Ulrich also co-authored "The Dead Sea Scrolls Bible." He is one of the three general editors of the Scrolls International Publication Project and chief editor of the Biblical Scrolls. He published six volumes of critical editions of the biblical scrolls in "Discoveries in the Judaean Desert," and he was an Area Editor for Oxford's "Encyclopedia of the Dead Sea Scrolls."

Ulrich, who was accorded emeritus status in 2014, is a past president of the Catholic Biblical Association of America and a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

Originally published by Carrie Gates at al.nd.edu on July 02, 2014.
 Carrie Gates tag:theology.nd.edu,2005:News/49157 2014-07-02T14:00:00-04:00 2014-07-02T14:10:38-04:00 Professor John C. Cavadini Receives Foreword Reviews Book Award
Explorations in the Theology of Benedict XVI, edited by Professor John C. Cavadini, has received the Bronze Award in the Religion category from the 2013 Foreword Reviews Book of the Year Award. According to their website, a panel of over 100 librarians and booksellers determine the winners of these awards, announced on June 27. Congratulations to Prof. Cavadini!

More information: https://indiefab.forewordreviews.com/winners/2013/religion/

 Emily Hammock tag:theology.nd.edu,2005:News/48294 2014-05-12T16:50:00-04:00 2014-05-12T16:55:50-04:00 Philoshopy and Theology Joint Major Publishes Article on Pope John Paul II
Homiletic & Pastoral Review recently published an article by rising senior Philosophy and Theology joint-major, Christian Serena. Christina spent Fall Break in Poland on a Nanovic Institute grant, researching Pope John Paul II's lasting impact on the people of his homeland. She interviewed 23 poles in three cities and presented her findings in an article entitled: "Poland Remembers: A Firsthand Look at Blessed John Paul II's Impact on the People of His Homeland." Congratulations, Christina!
 Emily Hammock tag:theology.nd.edu,2005:News/48150 2014-05-05T15:00:00-04:00 2014-05-05T15:35:55-04:00 Senior Awards in Theology
The Theology Department is pleased to announce the winners of our annual Senior Awards. Jenna Ahn has received The Gertrude Austin Marti Award in Theology and Brittany Abt has received The Reverend Joseph H. Cavanaugh, C.S.C. Award. There were many outstanding candidates among our graduating seniors, but we were particularly impressed with the academic and extracurricular achievements Jenna and Brittany have made during their Notre Dame careers. Congratulations to our 2014 award winners and all our graduating seniors!
 Emily Hammock tag:theology.nd.edu,2005:News/47889 2014-04-22T13:00:00-04:00 2014-04-22T13:52:45-04:00 Theology Alumnus Ministers From the Bench
David Certo '93 had thought about becoming a priest since kindergarten. At the end of his senior year at Notre Dame, the theology and government/international studies major packed up his belongings in Alumni Hall and headed for Mundelein Seminary in Chicago to begin his training for the Archdiocese of Indianapolis.

More than 20 years later, Certo now spends most of his time offering assistance and guidance to some of the most downtrodden and vulnerable members of the Indianapolis community. He feeds the hungry, finds shelter for the homeless, and arranges medical care for the ill.

But Certo isn't a priest. As presiding judge of the Marion County Superior Court, he doles out his unique brand of ministry from inside a courtroom that is turning heads in Indianapolis for its innovative and compassionate approach to criminal justice.

Certo spent one year in the seminary before taking a health-related leave of absence. Moving back to his home state of Indiana, he took a fellowship in the office of former Democratic Gov. Evan Bayh and quickly grew enamored with government work. Now married with three children and another one on the way, Certo never returned to the seminary.

After his experience in the governor's office, Certo held a series of positions in state and local government in Indianapolis. He was a staffer at the Department of Environmental Management and later the director of the Indiana Board of Pharmacy. He worked as a policy aide to Indianapolis Mayor Stephen Goldsmith. He earned a law degree in 1999 by taking night classes at the Indiana University School of Law at Indianapolis (now the Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law) and landed a job as an attorney in the state Treasurer's office. After volunteering on Republican Mitch Daniels' successful gubernatorial campaign in 2004, Certo was appointed by the new governor to leadership positions at the Bureau of Motor Vehicles and the Department of Natural Resources.

"It began to feel like I couldn't hold a job because every couple of years I would do something different," Certo said.

In 2007, Daniels tapped Certo to fill a vacancy on the Marion County Superior Court. After three years in a courtroom that handled domestic violence emergencies, Certo gladly accepted a move in 2010 to the Indianapolis Community Court.

It's not the most glamorous assignment for a judge: The defendants who come through Certo's courtroom generally have committed low-level, non-violent crimes in or around downtown Indianapolis. They are sent to Certo after agreeing to do community service or enter a treatment program in exchange for having the charges dropped. Alcoholics, drug addicts, and prostitutes regularly appear before him, and roughly 25 percent of the defendants are homeless.

Certo was not satisfied simply handing out punishments to these offenders, only to watch them return again and again for the same crime. He and his staff, along with an army of community volunteers he has recruited, have developed creative and ambitious programs to address the root causes of the issues plaguing many of these defendants.

"The first free resource we apply is treating people with dignity and respect," Certo says. "That sends the message that we're your neighbors and we want to help you because you're our neighbor."

Defendants with long histories in the criminal justice system are taken aback by some of the questions and suggestions that greet them in Certo's courtroom. They aren't accustomed to having a judge schedule future court appearances based on what's most convenient for their schedules rather than his own. They're not used to being offered a free bus pass or a bike to make sure they can get to and from a new job.

The defendants aren't the only ones noticing. Bill Moreau, a partner at Notre Dame's outside law firm Barnes & Thornburg and a longtime advocate for the homeless, called Certo's work at the Community Court "nothing short of remarkable." Moreau has known Certo since the judge was a young attorney with the Treasurer's office.

"He could be doing anything with his life. He's a very well-respected lawyer," Moreau says. "He could be doing the big law firm routine and obviously earn a lot more than he's earning now and probably work fewer hours. But he is just a dedicated public servant and the embodiment of Notre Dame's core values."

Moreau marvels at some of the initiatives started at the Community Court, including the efforts to find aid for veterans. When Certo took over the court, he added a screening question asking each defendant whether he has served in the military. If the answer is yes, Certo assigns that defendant's next appearance for a day when a representative from the Department of Veterans Affairs will be at the courthouse, where Certo has given the VA permanent office space. The VA's involvement is critically important for these veterans who have fallen on hard times, as the organization often can arrange VA housing, medical treatment, job training, and other services.

"If we can get you connected up with the VA, odds are we'll never see you again," Certo says.

Mark Mayhew, the veterans justice outreach coordinator at the Indianapolis VA Medical Center, helps veterans facing legal problems in 34 different counties. Mayhew says that he accomplishes as much through Certo's court as he does in five other counties combined.

"Something that I hear everywhere is, 'We're going to consider the individual first.' But hearing that and seeing it are not always the same thing," Mayhew says. "The Community Court actually follows through with that statement. "

Certo also is in the final stages of raising funds and recruiting volunteer staff for a new Veterans Treatment Court, a division of his courthouse dedicated to helping veterans deal with mental health, drug addiction, and other issues. "It's going to be huge," Mayhew says.

Veterans aren't the only ones receiving special attention at the Community Court. Certo has set up a mental health unit in the building to offer on-site treatment options for any defendants in need of care.

His most unusual innovation might be the courthouse conference room he converted into a food pantry. This initiative grew out of his concern for the defendants who ended up in his courtroom because of extreme poverty. "If you're a thief because you're hungry, you're not a thief. You're hungry," Certo says.

Certo recruited a local Indianapolis parish, St. Joan of Arc, to run the pantry and coordinate volunteers. The effort is funded entirely by private donations, thanks to the 501©(3) they set up to accept contributions.

The pantry, which is stocked with diapers and baby formula in addition to food, is open to the public. "We're now feeding more people who are not defendants in court than people who are," Certo says.

Mary Anne Schaefer, the St. Joan of Arc pastoral associate who oversees the food bank's volunteer efforts, says that Certo takes a hands-on role in the process, even joining the volunteers last Thanksgiving morning when they distributed 400 meals to struggling families. "He's in there doing just what we do," she says.

To hear Schaefer tell it, Certo's work as a judge isn't far off from his original career path as a priest. "He is walking the Beatitudes," Schaefer says.

While those that work alongside him heap praise on all he's done for some of Indianapolis' poorest residents, Certo credits the defendants themselves for their willingness to enter into rehabilitation programs and seek counseling when it's often easier just to serve a night or two in jail. The opportunity to help his neighbors turn things around is what makes presiding over the Community Court the most rewarding of the many public service jobs he's held.

"I love helping people understand that their lives can be better and then helping them realize that potential," Certo says.

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Originally published by Kevin Brennan at al.nd.edu on April 02, 2014.
 Kevin Brennan tag:theology.nd.edu,2005:News/47734 2014-04-15T13:00:00-04:00 2014-04-15T13:58:58-04:00 Notre Dame theologians explore life, death and resurrection in Rwanda
The genocide in Rwanda, whose 20th anniversary is being observed worldwide this month, began only a few days after Easter. That the hatred that cost the lives of a million people in this overwhelmingly Christian country could be unleashed so near to Holy Week seems paradoxical, ironic or even blasphemous.

But for Jean Bosco Rutagengwa, it is most of all a searing mystery. "This country went through what Jesus Christ went through," he said of his homeland. "Life, death and resurrection."

Rutagengwa and his wife, Christine, survived the killing 20 years ago, taking refuge in the Hôtel des Mille Collines (the subject of the 2004 film "Hotel Rwanda"). Now residents of Nashua, N.H., and the parents of University of Notre Dame freshman student Christine Rutagengwa, they returned to Rwanda last December.

The Rutagengwas joined a team of Notre Dame theologians and others led by Rev. Daniel Groody, C.S.C., associate professor of theology and director of the Center for Latino Spirituality and Culture at Notre Dame, to make a short film, "Return to Rwanda: A Journey of Hope."

"We went to Rwanda to enter into both the history of the events of the genocide and the challenges they present to all of us, especially as we search to know the God who is present among us in the Incarnate Word," Father Groody said. "We are still looking for the best venues to disseminate the film, but for now we wanted to get it out by the 20th anniversary of the genocide in order to remember the victims and provide a space for people to tell their story. As the events of the genocide happened around the time of Holy Week 20 years ago, we hope it will also be an occasion today to remember all those who suffered such tragedies, and to reflect on both the difficult questions and the faith that emerge from this context."

Other members of the team, all of whom stayed at the Hôtel des Mille Collines during their visit, were Rev. Virgilio P. Elizondo, professor of pastoral and Hispanic theology, and Colleen Cross, project coordinator of Notre Dame's Institute for Latino Studies.

"Our research in Rwanda emerged from the desire to understand human life and God's presence within it, from contexts of acute vulnerability, among the poor and suffering, among those who are crucified today," Father Groody said. "Jesus himself lived and ministered and walked amid such contexts, and theologically speaking, such margins are places of great revelation."

According to Father Groody, "the Rutagengwas asked us to walk with them in the search to understand where God was in the context of genocide. The golden thread of such research is to try to understand the dynamics of how people believe amidst such unbelievable circumstances, how they find hope amidst such hopeless situations, and how they find strength to trust in God amidst the evil of genocide. In all of this, it is a process of faith seeking understanding from the context of human suffering and the search to find the seeds of resurrection as they burst forth amidst the darkness of our world today."

Contact: Colleen Cross, 574-631-8396, firstname.lastname@example.com

Originally published by Michael O. Garvey at news.nd.edu on April 15, 2014.
 Michael O. Garvey tag:theology.nd.edu,2005:News/47762 2014-04-15T11:00:00-04:00 2014-04-16T11:31:40-04:00 Theology Student Participates in HHS Mandate Panel Discussion
A panel discussion, titled "After the Mandate: The Consequences of Compliance," was held April 15 in the Carey Auditorium of the University of Notre Dame's Hesburgh Library.

Panelists included Notre Dame Theology Major Erin Stoyell-Mulholland. Erin spoke as a student representative and discussed the message that the HHS mandate sends to women about their success and their health. She also analyzed the government's view of women versus the Catholic Church's. The panel also included Gerard V. Bradley, professor of law in the Notre Dame Law School; Jessica Keating, director of Notre Dame's University Life Initiatives; and Jeanette Burdell, of Saint Joseph County Right to Life.

The discussion was sponsored by Notre Dame Right to Life, the Irish Rover and the Center for Ethics and Culture.
 Emily Hammock tag:theology.nd.edu,2005:News/47519 2014-04-07T13:00:00-04:00 2014-04-07T13:26:49-04:00 Theology Students Honored with Leadership Awards
 The Blessed Basil Moreau, C.S.C., Leadership Award was awarded to Jenna Ahn. The award, established in 2010, is given to a graduating senior who embodies Blessed Father Moreau's vision of educating heart and mind as well as a one who demonstrates a significant effort to advancing the Catholic character of the University.

 Ahn has been extensively involved in both the Center for Social Concerns and Campus Ministry, serving as a student leader on a task force working to unite the students involved with both entities. As a theology and pre-health major, she participated in both the Summer Service Learning Program and the International Summer Service Learning Program through the Center for Social Concerns, traveling to Kolkata, India, to work with the Missionaries of Charity. Deeply impacted by her time in India, she procured a grant to return for another summer to conduct research on her honors thesis in theology. Ahn also served as resident assistant in Walsh Hall.

 Elizabeth Tucker was given the Ray Siegfried Award for Leadership Excellence, presented to a graduating senior who exemplifies the qualities for which former Notre Dame Trustee Ray Siegfried, Class of 1965, was known, including leadership, generosity, devotion to the Catholic faith and affinity for athletics.

 An accountancy major and theology minor, Tucker is a four-year member of the varsity women's soccer team, serving as captain for her junior and senior year. A Capital One first-team Academic All-American and Academic All-District choice in varsity soccer, her leadership and generosity are evident both on and off the field. As team captain, she spearheaded team community service efforts, partnering the team with local hospital to adopt a patient, coordinating efforts to tutor at a local elementary school and organizing team participation with groups including Special Olympics and the Ronald McDonald House. She served as executive board member for the Notre Dame Student-Athlete Advisory Council and has participated twice in the Rosenthal Leadership Academy. Her volunteer activities extend beyond those with the team, assisting with the Notre Dame Vivian Harrington Gray Tax Assistance Program and visiting local elementary schools for weekly tutoring and as part of the Dream Team Program.

 Originally published by Ann Hastings at news.nd.edu on April 04, 2014.
 Ann Hastings tag:theology.nd.edu,2005:News/47359 2014-04-01T13:00:00-04:00 2014-04-01T17:03:53-04:00 Theology Students Participate in Conference on Civil Marriage
 A conference on the political and social significance of civil marriage will be held Thursday (April 3) in the University of Notre Dame's McKenna Hall.

 The conference, "For Richer, For Poorer, For Children: The Definition and Importance of Civil Marriage," is being sponsored by Students for Child-Oriented Policy, a Notre Dame student organization.Theology majors involved in the organization of the conference include Michael Bradley, Caroline Reuter, Timothy Kirchoff, Timothy Bradley, and Erin Stoyell-Mulholland.

 According to one of the conference organizers, Philosophy and Theology join-major Michael Bradley, the conference is intended to explore the purpose of marriage as a civil institution, and how it has become a political subject. "As controversial as marriage has become across the country," Bradley said, "these questions are rarely addressed. Many in the national media are more interested in pronouncing marriage a nonissue in politics than in examining the effects that civil marriage has on the youngest and the poorest among us. Here in Indiana, however, we should not ignore how important it is for these most vulnerable members of society that we properly define and promote marriage as a civil institution. This conference will gather student leaders from across Indiana to form a statewide network of advocates for marriage, properly defined, as a child-oriented civil institution that specially serves the poor."

 Conference speakers will include Bishop Harry Jackson Jr., presiding bishop of the International Communion of Evangelical Churches; Jennifer Thieme, director of finance and advancement at the Ruth Institute; Gerard V. Bradley, professor of law at Notre Dame; Daniel Mark, assistant professor of political science at Villanova University; Arina Grossu, director of the Center for Human Dignity at the Family Research Council; Katrina Harrington, founder and editor of "Cedars and Tiny Flowers"; and Robert Oscar Lopez, associate professor of English at California State University and co-founder of English Manif.

 Contact: Michael Bradley, firstname.lastname@example.com

 Originally published by Michael O. Garvey at news.nd.edu on March 31, 2014.
 Michael O. Garvey tag:theology.nd.edu,2005:News/47023 2014-03-19T11:00:00-04:00 2014-03-19T11:34:55-04:00 Two Prominent South African Anti-Apartheid Participants to Speak at Notre Dame
 Two prominent South African participants in the anti-apartheid struggle will speak at the University of Notre Dame on Wednesday, March 19, and Thursday, April 3, as part of the Africa Working Group's "Celebrating Nelson Mandela" series. One a liberation theologian and political activist, the other the "Jackie Robinson of South Africa," they each played a crucial role in moving their nation out of apartheid.

 "It is critical that we reflect on Mandela in order to clarify our understanding of the man and his legacy at the moment when so many people remember his death, but not his life," said Kellogg Institute for International Studies Faculty Fellow Catherine Bolten, who organized the series as co-chair of the working group.

 Theologian Allan Boesak, the former president of the World Alliance of Reformed Churches, will deliver a talk at 5 p.m. March 19 in the Hesburgh Center Auditorium. Boesak served as patron of the United Democratic Front, one of the most important anti-apartheid movements of the 1980s. He will speak on the moral consequences of the African National Congress' decision to take up arms in the wake of the 1960 Sharpeville massacre.

 Chester Williams broke the color barrier in 1995 when he joined the previously all-white Springboks, South Africa's national rugby team, and became the face of the team to the nation and the world in the World Cup, as depicted in the movie "Invictus." His iconic status drew a divided nation together and, some say, saved Mandela's presidency. Williams will speak on his life under apartheid, his rise to rugby stardom and his time with Mandela at 5:30 p.m. April 3 in the Hesburgh Center Auditorium.

 "Just as South Africa has the 'born free' generation — those born after the end of apartheid who are now in their 20s — many members of Notre Dame's own community take for granted the freedoms people enjoy around the world, and have little concept of the struggle and the cost associated with those freedoms," says Bolten, an Africa specialist who is assistant professor of anthropology and peace studies at the Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies.

 "These speakers struggled, sacrificed, and took great risks to ensure they could live with their full humanity. We are looking forward to their sharing these stories with the Notre Dame community."

 Funded by the Kellogg Institute for International Studies, the Africa Working Group provides a forum for Notre Dame faculty, graduate students, and outside scholars to present and discuss cutting-edge research on Africa. Participants from a range of disciplines share a common interest in investigating Africa's past, present, and future, as well as Africa's place in the larger global order.

 The "Celebrating Mandela" series, a year-long celebration of Mandela's life and work, began in the fall but acquired new meaning after Mandela's death in December.

 "There are many great statesmen, but Mandela was the only person who could make trust, forgiveness, and hope a seductive prospect to absolutely everyone he met. His gift was not to call a perceived enemy over to his side, but to cross that line himself, put his arm around his adversary, and walk with him," said Bolten.

 "Our intent has been to bring in scholars and practitioners to reflect on South African history and Mandela's role in creating a new nation out of the ashes of the old."

 The public is welcome at both events and the receptions that follow.

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 Catherine Bolten faculty page

 Kellogg Institute for International Studies

 Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies

 Originally published at news.nd.edu.
 Elizabeth Rankin tag:theology.nd.edu,2005:News/46834 2014-03-11T15:10:00-04:00 2014-03-11T15:10:37-04:00 Notre Dame study finds American Catholics 'distinctively optimistic'
 A new report published by the University of Notre Dame's Catholic Social and Pastoral Research Initiative (CSPRI) indicates that American Catholics hold "distinctively optimistic views regarding human nature."

 The report, "Distinctive Catholicism: U.S. Catholics' Views on Human Nature," summarized the findings of a study done by CSPRI director Brian Starks. The CSPRI initiative is a program of Notre Dame's Institute for Church Life.

 Using a nationally representative sample of 2,897 adults, including 718 Catholics, Starks found that 43 percent of the Catholics surveyed describe human nature as basically good while fewer than 31 percent of the non-Catholics describe it that way. Catholics who attend Mass weekly are more likely to see human nature as basically good than are Catholics who attend less often, while mainline and evangelical Protestants who worship weekly are less inclined to view human nature as basically good than are their co-religionists who worship less regularly.

 "My report highlights a consistent 'Catholic difference' on views of human nature," Starks said. "And while American Catholics are more likely to identify human nature as 'basically good' than their Protestant peers, this optimistic view of human nature appears to be under duress in our culture. Younger generations of Americans appear increasingly pessimistic about human nature. In comparison to Americans born in the 1920s, which was the high-water mark for the 'basically good' view, younger Americans are shifting toward a much more ambivalent view of human nature."

 Christian Smith, William R. Kenan Jr. Professor of Sociology at Notre Dame, said that religious groups that are distinctive and engage with the broader society are more likely to flourish than those that retreat from it.

 "This report is important because it tells us that Catholics have a unique perspective on human nature, which they can share with other Americans," Smith said, "and share it they should."

 "'Distinctive Catholicism' highlights Catholics' unique way of viewing humanity's nature, as good, even after the Fall, because that is how God made us," said John Cavadini, professor of theology at Notre Dame and director of the institute. "Today, especially, this distinctive Catholic imagination is needed in a world that, too often, lacks a deep sense of humanity's God-given goodness and dignity."

 The report is being distributed to all Catholic bishops and to Catholic pastoral ministers nationwide.

 Contact: Brian Starks, 574-631-6109, firstname.lastname@example.com

 Originally published by Michael O. Garvey at news.nd.edu on March 10, 2014.
 Michael O. Garvey tag:theology.nd.edu,2005:News/46833 2014-03-11T15:00:00-04:00 2014-03-11T15:11:24-04:00 Panel discussion on role of Catholic Church in marriage debate to be held at Notre Dame
 A panel discussion on the role of the Catholic Church in the cultural and political debate about marriage will take place at 7 p.m. Monday (March 17) in DeBartolo Hall, Room 101, on the campus of the University of Notre Dame.

 The discussion, "Marriage, the Church and the Common Good," is sponsored by Notre Dame's Center for Ethics and Culture and several student groups and will include Jennifer Roback Morse, founder and president of the Ruth Institute; Ron Belgau, founder of the website Spiritual Friendship; and Sherif Girgis and Ryan T. Anderson, coauthors, with Robert P. George, of the book "What is Marriage? Man and Woman: A Defense."

 According to Michael Bradley, a senior Philosophy and Theology join major who organized the event, "no cultural, legal or philosophical issues are gripping the nation as firmly as are the questions that comprise the marriage debate. What is marriage? Why does it matter? How should public policy reflect sound answers to these questions? What role, if any, should the Catholic Church play in the development of this discussion? Having four of the most articulate Catholic voices in the marriage debate gathered here to discuss these and other questions should be an unparalleled occasion to explore them in harmony with the Catholic tradition."

 The discussion is free and open to the public.

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 Originally published by Michael O. Garvey at news.nd.edu on March 11, 2014.
 Michael O. Garvey tag:theology.nd.edu,2005:News/46751 2014-03-06T14:00:00-05:00 2014-03-06T14:54:26-05:00 Chicago archbishop Cardinal George to speak on the ministry of Pope Francis Cardinal Francis George, O.M.I., archbishop of Chicago, will speak on "Mercy in the Teaching and Ministry of Pope Francis" at 7 p.m. Thursday (March 6) in the McKenna Hall Auditorium on the campus of the University of Notre Dame.
 Cardinal George, who has served as archbishop of Chicago since 1997, was a member of the conclaves that elected Pope Benedict XVI in 2005 and Pope Francis last March.

 As archbishop of Chicago, Cardinal George has written pastoral letters on evangelization and racism. He also is the author of several books, including "The Difference God Makes: A Catholic Vision of Faith, Communion, and Culture," and, most recently, "God in Action: How Faith in God Can Address the Challenges of the World."

 "In many quarters, Pope Francis seems to have shaken up the business-as-usual appearance of the Church by his constant emphasis upon the mercy of Christ," said John O'Callaghan, director of Notre Dame's Jacques Maritain Center, a principal sponsor of the event.

 "This new emphasis is a welcome development to some and a matter of concern to others," O'Callaghan said, "but is it really a shake-up? What is mercy in the eyes of Christ, expressed in the life of the Church? Is this a shift of emphasis? Is it a change of teaching? Or is it a call to recollect the central mystery of Catholic Christian faith? Do we yet understand what Francis is calling us to? Should we be surprised by the papacy of Francis?"

 The lecture, which is free and open to the public, will be followed by a reception.

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 Michael O. Garvey tag:theology.nd.edu,2005:News/46752 2014-03-06T14:00:00-05:00 2014-03-06T14:55:05-05:00 Father Gustavo Gutierrez Receives Welcome in Rome Rev. Gustavo Gutierrez, O.P., John Cardinal O'Hara Professor of Theology at the University of Notre Dame and widely acknowledged founder of the "liberation theology" movement, was in Rome earlier this week, the surprise speaker at a Vatican book launch.
 Father Gutierrez was helping to launch a book, Poor for the Poor: The Mission of the Church, edited by Cardinal Gerhard Mueller, who directs the Vatican's Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith. Two of the book's chapters were written by Father Gutierrez, and its introduction was written by Pope Francis.

 Among the remarkable aspects of the occasion were the hearty applause received by Father Gutierrez and its reflection of a decades-long change in the relationship between a once controversial theological movement (and its principal spokesman) and Vatican authority.

 A member of the Notre Dame faculty for the last 13 years, the 85-year-old Father Gutierrez is widely acclaimed as the "godfather" of liberation theology and is the author of the movement's foundational text, A Theology of Liberation, published in 1971. The movement launched by his work grew rapidly in a Latin America plagued by the military dictatorships of the 1960s and 1970s and became one of the most influential in contemporary theology by calling attention to the Church's vocation to resist the oppression of the poor.

 During the 1980s and '90s, Father Gutierrez was among the theologians whose work was exhaustively and unsympathetically analyzed by the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith. Pope Benedict XVI — Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger in those days — was the prefect of the congregation and the principal investigator. In 1983, while Gutierrez was serving as a diocesan priest in Lima, the congregation complained to Peru's Catholic bishops about Gutierrez's writings, but the bishops declined to condemn them.

 Later, in 1984 and 1986, the congregation issued official disapprovals of certain aspects of liberation theology. Among the congregation's misgivings were the "insufficiently critical" use it made of traditionally Marxist notions of history and social analysis, and the manner in which its emphasis on institutional evils seemed to obviate a serious consideration of individual sin. Ratzinger and his congregation saw to it that Gutierrez spent much of the 1990s writing, rewriting, revising, and clarifying theological arguments.

 Father Gutierrez's accounts of those experiences are always good-natured. "Oh yes," he told an interviewer recently, "during those days there were difficulties and misunderstandings — some of them my own, I must say — but this is how theology, all theology, works."

 "I can't think of anyone whose witness has been more consistent, or influence more fundamental, among any living theologians," says John C. Cavadini, director of Notre Dame's Institute for Church Life, who chaired the theology department when Father Gutierrez came to Notre Dame in 2001.

 "I recruited him because he is the leading Catholic liberation theologian, indeed the founder of the field. Growing out of the 'resourcement' movement of the mid-20th century theology, Father Gustavo thought that the rich heritage of the Church belonged properly to the poor, and he began producing small, easily distributable catechetical anthologies of brief passages from the Fathers of the Church. Out of this a whole grassroots pastoral, catechetical, and theological movement grew, with the poor and for the poor."

 Many of Cavadini's theological colleagues in Rome, and evidently Pope Francis as well, share this high opinion.

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 Michael O. Garvey tag:theology.nd.edu,2005:News/46432 2014-02-20T12:00:00-05:00 2014-02-20T12:05:18-05:00 Notre Dame ranks on Peace Corps' annual list of top volunteer-producing schools
 For the 14th year in a row, the University of Notre Dame has earned a spot on Peace Corps' annual list of the top volunteer-producing midsized colleges and universities across the country. With 18 alumni currently serving overseas as Peace Corps volunteers, the University ranks No. 16, up two spots from last year. Since the agency was created in 1961, 874 Notre Dame graduates have served as Peace Corps volunteers.

 "The same passion that launched the Peace Corps more than 50 years ago fuels progress in developing countries today, thanks to the leadership and creativity that college graduates bring to their Peace Corps service," Peace Corps Acting Director Carrie Hessler-Radelet said. "The unique Peace Corps experience helps recent graduates cultivate highly sought-after skills that will launch their careers in today's global economy."

 Notre Dame alumna Tricia Wilbur, of St. Louis, completed her two-year Peace Corps service in December. As an environmental health volunteer in Panama, she constructed composting latrines and trained her community's water committee on health and sanitation issues. Wilbur, who earned her degree in civil engineering from Notre Dame in May 2010, also helped coordinate a youth leadership seminar that addressed issues such as self-esteem, self-image, HIV/AIDS prevention and teen pregnancy.

 While in Panama, Wilbur collected data for her master's thesis through the University of South Florida's Master's International program, which allows Peace Corps volunteers to earn graduate degrees while they complete their service. She is currently completing work on her degree in Tampa, Fla.

 "While I always knew that I wanted to do international service after graduating from college, Notre Dame played a significant role in preparing me for Peace Corps through study abroad, cultural events on campus, service opportunities and technical engineering courses," said Wilbur.

 In 2010, Notre Dame introduced a Peace Corps Paul D. Coverdell Fellows graduate program in the area of nonprofit administration within the Mendoza College of Business. This unique graduate program offers Peace Corps volunteers who have completed their service the opportunity to attend Notre Dame to earn a master of nonprofit administration degree, with financial assistance and the chance to use their knowledge and skills in community internships as part of the program's requirements.

 Peace Corps recruiter Rok Teasley, a returned volunteer who served in Moldova, advises and interviews Notre Dame candidates and can be reached at email@example.com. He will be on campus at the Center for Social Concerns, Geddes Hall Coffee House, at 5 p.m. Feb. 27 (Thursday) for a general information session.

 Graduating college students are encouraged to apply by March 1 (Saturday) for remaining assignment openings for 2014, and the chance to be considered for programs in early 2015.

 Approximately 120 Indiana residents are currently serving in the Peace Corps. Overall, 3,181 Indiana residents have served since the agency was created in 1961. Read about the work and experiences of currently serving Midwestern volunteers at midwestpcvs.wordpress.com.

 As the preeminent international service organization of the United States, the Peace Corps sends Americans abroad to address the most pressing needs of people around the world. Peace Corps volunteers work at the grassroots level with local governments, schools, communities, small businesses and entrepreneurs to develop sustainable solutions that address challenges in education, health, economic development, agriculture, environment and youth development. When they return home, volunteers bring their knowledge and experiences — and a global outlook — back to the United States, enriching the lives of those around them. Ninety percent of volunteer positions require a bachelor's degree. Volunteers receive paid living expenses and full health and dental coverage while overseas, and upon completing their 27-month service they are eligible for graduate school programs and federal hiring benefits. President John F. Kennedy established the Peace Corps in 1961 to foster a better understanding among Americans and people of other countries. Since then, more than 215,000 Americans of all ages have served in 139 countries worldwide. Visit www.peacecorps.gov to learn more.

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 Notre Dame News tag:theology.nd.edu,2005:News/45924 2014-01-30T13:00:00-05:00 2014-01-30T13:27:07-05:00 Notre Dame leaders meet with Pope Francis
 VATICAN CITY — University of Notre Dame President John I. Jenkins, C.S.C., accompanied by members of his leadership team and the Board of Trustees, exchanged messages of support with Pope Francis on Thursday (Jan. 30) during a private audience in the Apostolic Palace.

 In the hour-long meeting, Pope Francis displayed flashes of his trademark humor and humility, and he also spoke seriously about the importance of defending Catholic identity and religious liberty.

 He said it is essential for Catholic universities to bear "uncompromising witness … to the Church's moral teaching and the defense of her freedom."

 "It is my hope," Pope Francis said, "that the University of Notre Dame will continue to offer unambiguous testimony to this aspect of its foundational Catholic identity, especially in the face of efforts, from whatever quarter, to dilute that indispensable witness."

 Father Jenkins began the meeting with a few words about Notre Dame. He told Pope Francis that he hoped the opening of a new Notre Dame Center in Rome will allow the University to expand its service to the Holy See.

 "Blessed Basil Moreau, the founder of the Congregation of Holy Cross, said education is 'the art of helping young people to completeness,'" Father Jenkins said. "And we're proud to educate people, to serve humanity and to serve the Church with deep faith."

 Father Jenkins offered as a gift to Pope Francis a small statue of the Visitation because it depicts "the joyful greeting of Mary and Elizabeth, in whose embrace the Church was born." The statue is a smaller replica of one on Notre Dame's campus by the late Rev. Anthony Lauck, C.S.C., a Notre Dame professor, priest and sculptor.

 Pope Francis thanked Father Jenkins and said, "I am confident that the new Center (in Rome) will contribute to the University's mission by exposing students to the unique historical, cultural and spiritual riches of the Eternal City."

 Pope Francis also urged the Notre Dame community to continue its commitment to the "missionary discipleship" that inspired Rev. Edward F. Sorin, C.S.C., to found the University in 1842.

 "From its founding, the University of Notre Dame has made an outstanding contribution to the Church in your country through its commitment to the religious education of the young and to serious scholarship inspired by confidence in the harmony of faith and reason and in the pursuit of truth and virtue."

 Smiling warmly at the assembly, he said, "Dear friends, I ask you to pray for me as I strive to carry out the ministry which I have received in service to the Gospel, and I assure you of my prayers for you and for all associated with the educational mission of University of Notre Dame."

 He ended his speech by saying, "Upon you and your families, and in a particular way, upon the students, faculty and staff of this beloved University, I invoke the Lord's gifts of wisdom, joy and peace, and cordially impart my Apostolic blessing."

 After his remarks, the Holy Father shook hands with each person in the Notre Dame group and left them delighted with his personal touch and humor. When Father Jenkins accidentally went to sit for a photo in a chair meant for a cardinal, Pope Francis joked, "Oh, you're very ambitious."

 Then Pope Francis noticed that his own white chair had been placed slightly in front of the row of Notre Dame leaders. He immediately pushed it back himself so that he was at the same level with everyone else, drawing an appreciative laugh from the Notre Dame delegation.

 The Notre Dame delegation's papal audience followed a Mass in the apse of St. Peter's Basilica presided over by Rev. Daniel Jenky, C.S.C., bishop of Peoria, Ill., and a Notre Dame Trustee, and a tour of the Vatican Library with Archbishop Jean-Louis Brugues, O.P., the archivist and librarian of the Holy Roman Church.

 The Vatican visit capped a week of meetings in Rome by the University Board of Trustees that included Masses in ancient churches, visits to cultural and historical sites in Rome, a tour of the Sistine Chapel and receptions at the homes of the U.S. Ambassador to Italy and Notre Dame alumnus John R. Phillips and Ambassador to the Holy See and Notre Dame Laetare Medalist and honorary degree recipient Ken Hackett. Father Jenkins and other University officials also met with Vatican leaders in papal congregational offices and pontifical councils related to Notre Dame's mission as a leader in Catholic higher education.

 The Board of Trustees business meetings took place about nine months after the election in March of Pope Francis and a month after Time magazine named him its Person of the Year. Coincidentally, the board's last meeting in Rome was in 2006, also taking place nine months after the election of a new pontiff, Pope Benedict XVI.

 The week began with an academic convocation in the Notre Dame Rome Center at Via Ostilia 15, a recently renovated 32,000-square-foot building located a block from the Colosseum. The facility serves as the home to study abroad programs for the School of Architecture and the College of Arts and Letters. This Global Gateway will serve as the focal point for the University's academic and cultural endeavors in Rome and, in conjunction with Notre Dame's Global Gateways in London and Dublin, throughout Europe.

 Originally published by Brendan O'Shaughnessy at news.nd.edu on January 30, 2014.
 Brendan O'Shaughnessy tag:theology.nd.edu,2005:News/45754 2014-01-24T17:00:00-05:00 2014-01-22T17:23:51-05:00 Notre Dame to confer two honorary degrees at Rome meeting At its winter Board meetings in Rome later this month, the University of Notre Dame will confer honorary degrees on leaders of ecumenical dialogue and engagement of the laity.
 Cardinal Jean-Louis Tauran, president of the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue, and Maria Voce, president of the Focolare Movement and the only woman to lead a major lay movement within the Catholic Church, will receive honorary doctor of laws degrees during an academic convocation Jan. 27 (Monday) at Notre Dame's new center in Rome's San Giovanni neighborhood.

 "Through their energy and good works, our honorees personify the fact that God's love knows no barriers," said Rev. John I. Jenkins, C.S.C., the University's president.

 Cardinal Tauran will address the convocation on the importance of interreligious dialogue and the manner in which Catholic universities should contribute to discourse between communities of faith.

 During their week in Rome, Father Jenkins and other University officials will meet with Vatican leaders in papal congregational offices and pontifical councils related to Notre Dame's mission as a leader in Catholic higher education. The Board of Trustees also will conduct its regular business meetings about nine months after the election in March of Pope Francis and a month after Time magazine named him its Person of the Year. Coincidentally, the board's last meeting in Rome was in 2006, also taking place nine months after the election of a new pontiff, Pope Benedict XVI.

 The new Notre Dame Global Gateway in Rome is a completely renovated 32,000-square-foot building located just a block from the Colosseum. The facility serves as the home to study abroad programs for the School of Architecture and the College of Arts and Letters. Anchored by the recently completed Rome Center at Via Ostilia 15, this Global Gateway will serve as the focal point for the University's academic and cultural endeavors in Rome and, in conjunction with Notre Dame's Global Gateways in London and Dublin, throughout Europe.

 A native of Bordeaux, France, Cardinal Tauran was ordained to the priesthood in 1969. He worked as a priest of the Archdiocese of Bordeaux before entering the Vatican's diplomatic service in 1975 and serving in the nunciatures, or Vatican embassies, of the Dominican Republic and Lebanon. In 1983 he was appointed to the Council for the Public Affairs of the Church, served in Vatican missions to Haiti, Beirut and Damascus, and was a Vatican delegate to several international conferences on security, disarmament and cultural relations. He was elevated to cardinal by Pope John Paul II in 2003.

 Cardinal Tauran, who speaks French, English, Spanish and Italian, is an active member of several institutions of Vatican governance including the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, the Congregation for Bishops, the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity, the Apostolic Signatura and the Pontifical Council for Culture. He was appointed by Pope Benedict XVI as president of the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue in 2007.

 Cardinal Tauran voted in the 2005 papal conclave that elected Pope Benedict and the 2013 conclave that elected Pope Francis. On March 13 of last year, it was Cardinal Tauran who formally announced the election of Pope Francis to the crowds in St. Peter's Square and to the world using the traditional "Habemus Papam" formula.

 A native of southern Italy, Voce in 2008 became the first successor as president of the Focolare Movement since it was founded in 1943 by Chiara Lubich in northern Italy. It has become an international organization that promotes the ideals of unity and universal brotherhood, drawing about 140,000 core members and 2 million affiliates in 182 nations. Though primarily Roman Catholic, Focolare has strong links to other Christian denominations and other religions. The movement takes its name from the Italian word for "hearth" and considers its outreach the "The Work of Mary."

 A columnist for the official Vatican newspaper, L'Osservatore Romano, recently called Voce "the most eminent woman in the Catholic world." She has been part of Focolare since 1963, living in the movement's centers in Italy and Turkey and working in the founder's personal secretariat. She led the updating of Focolare's general statutes between 2002 and 2007 and is a consultor for the Pontifical Councils for the Laity and for Promoting the New Evangelization.

 As a legal expert, she is a member of the Abba School, a Focolare center for interdisciplinary studies, and co-leader of Communion and Law, a network of academics and professionals involved in law. The first woman to practice law in Rome's modern judicial system, Voce received a degree in civil law from Sapienza University of Rome, as well as degrees in theology and canon law.

 Originally published by Brendan O'Shaugnessy and Michael O. Garvey at news.nd.edu on January 20, 2014.
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Posted: 12:24 pm Thursday, May 29th, 2014
Downtown WPB's Pistache: Come with us to Brazil, Germany, Indochina…
By M.M. Cloutier
Get your passport because it's back—Pistache French Bistro's annual Tour du Monde ("World Tour"), a series of monthly dinner fetes through November, that highlight the cuisines, sights and sounds of a different country/destination each month.
The 6th-annual program kicks off this Saturday (May 31) with a launch party at the downtown West Palm Beach restaurant (101 N. Clematis St.; www.pistachewpb.com) and, alongside champagne specials, live music and gift bags for all participants, you'll be issued a Pistache/Tour du Monde passport that's stamped every time you partake in a monthly destination-themed party.
Six stamps or more in your passport and you're eligible to win a trip to Paris.
Here's one thing worthy of note about Pistache's Tour du Monde: It's an ambitious undertaking for Pistache's chef de cuisine, Isaac Cerny. One of the program's summertime "stops" last year—Mexico—found Cerny researching and experimenting with regional sauces of Mexico and he spent a full day preparing a molé sauce for the eve's special menu paired with live entertainment.
Among the stops this year: Brazil (June 21), St. Tropez (Aug. 2), Indochina (Aug. 23), Munich (Sept. 20), and Spain (Oct. 11). Tour du Monde's launch party this Saturday is 5:30 p.m.-close.
About the Author
M.M. Cloutier is a longtime freelance journalist who has written and reported about dining and food, business, history, travel, people and more for numerous local, regional and national publications, such as Palm Beach-area newspapers and magazines, as well as The New York Times, Time magazine and others.


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Experience Autumn in Auburn Bay! Fall program registration is now available.
As summer winds down we're gearing up for a great Fall season at Auburn House! View the Autumn Program Guide & Events Calendar on the 'Programs' page. Register online or call 403.537.2605.
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Just looking at your cellphone for five seconds and going 55 mph is equivalent to driving across a football field without any eyes on the road. A person is also 23 times more likely to get into an car crash while texting.
Most people blame teenagers for car accidents, even though 27 percent of all accidents are caused by adults who decide to text while driving. In fact, only 13 percent of teenagers are involved in car crashes by texting.
One may ask, how can we stop this problem?
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FCA: 'Not clear borrowers understood mortgage deals'
The Financial Conduct Authority report said it was not clear how well some borrowers understood the discussions about how the mortgage was meant to be repaid when they took the deal out.
Some 13% of interest-only borrowers said they were not aware when they took out the deal that they needed a plan in place to repay the whole amount borrowed, not just the interest - and a further 6% were unsure.
However, those who said they were unaware of the need for a repayment strategy were more likely to have taken out the deal longer ago and just one in 40 people (2.5%) who said they were unaware still has no repayment plan in place.