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Annual Catholic Social Teaching Seminar

"FREEDOM, TRUTH AND CHARITY:

PROMOTING HUMAN DEVELOPMENT AS A VOCATION"

A week long seminar on Catholic Social Teaching entitled, "Freedom, Truth and Charity: promoting human development as a vocation", will be held May 23-28, 2010. The purpose of the meeting is to give to the 50 young college students more exposure to the social and moral teachings of the Church in order to contribute solid values and convictions to the formation of their minds and consciences. Some of the universities and colleges represented last year were:

• Fordham University
• St. John's University
• Seton Hall University
• St. Thomas University
• College of Notre Dame
• College of St. Mary
• Siena College
• St. Mary's University
• Ave Maria University
• University of St. Thomas
• Our Lady of the Lake University
• Georgian Court University
• The Catholic University of America
• Benedictine College
• Mount Saint Mary's University
• College of New Rochelle
• Santa Clara University
• Stonehill College
• Viterbo University
• Santa Clara University

Students attend meetings at the United Nations and lectures at the Holy See Mission. Speakers include:

• Most Reverend Archbishop C. Migliore, Permanent Observer of the Holy See to the UN
• Senior officials of the United Nations
• Ambassadors to the United Nations

Topics covered include:

• Diplomacy and the Holy See
• The impact of the Catholic Social Doctrine of UN Activities
• Poverty and Social Development
• Climate Change
• World Peace and Security
• Global impact and Human Rights
• Christian Communities and Peacekeeping/Peacebuilding
• Millennium Development Goals
• Trafficking and Women's Issues
• Terrorism and Drugs

Other Highlights of the Seminar:

• United Nations Tour
• Special Lunch time lectures with sitting Ambassadors
• Group Community Service Project
• New York City Tour
• Visit to St. Patrick's Cathedral
• Movies, Interesting Discussions
• Mass, Community Prayer and Other Sacramental Opportunities
• Meeting other college students from around the country

Become more familiar with:

• Compendium of the Catholic Social Doctrine of the Church

• Vatican II Documents
• United Nations Charter

Press release

For more information, please call Fr. Christopher Pollard at 212-370-7885.

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