The Barry University Council on Bioethics
~~considering Catholic responses to contemporary healthcare challenges~~
and
The Department of Theology and Philosophy
~~St. Thomas and St. Catherine Lecture Series~~
On Monday, February 11, 2008, Dr. Maria Cimperman, OSU, spoke to more than 100 faculty, students, and local community members. Her presentation, "Audacious Hope: A Christian Contribution in an Age of Aids," included an overview of statistics showing an increase in newly infected persons, accounts of conversations gathered from her international work on the HIV/AIDS pandemic, and a vision formed through her research in virtue ethics and spirituality that may help us find a better way to cope with HIV/AIDS and the issues it raises.
Dr. Maria Cimperman is Assistant Professor of Moral Theology and Social Ethics at Oblate School of Theology, San Antonio, TX. Her book, When God's People Have HIV/AIDS: An Approach to Ethics, received an award from the Catholic Press Association. For more information on her presentation, "Audacious Hope: A Christian Contribution in an Age of Aids," given at Barry University, click here.
Previous guests in our Barry
University Council on Bioethics (BUCB) lecture series have
included:
- Ronald M. Green, PhD, Dartmouth College
- Daniel F. Sulmasy, OFM, MD, PhD, New York Medical Center and St. Vincent Catholic Medical Centers, Manhattan
- Emilie Townes, Ph.D., Union Theological Seminary
- Robin N. Fiore, Ph.D., Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton
- Vigen Guroian, Ph.D., Loyola College,
Baltimore
- Kevin O'Rourke, OP, St. Louis University
- Cynthia Crysdale, Ph.D, Catholic University
of America
- James F. Keenan, SJ, Ph.D., Weston Jesuit
School of Theology
- James F. Drane, Ph.D., Edinboro University
of Pennsylvania
- Andrew Lustig, Ph.D., Rice University
- Marilyn Martone, Ph.D., St. John's University
- Robin N. Fiore, Ph.D., Florida Atlantic
University, Boca Raton
- Emilie Townes, Ph.D., Union Theological
Seminary
For more information on the annual lecture and
on the BUCB series contact Mary Jo Iozzio, Ph.D., at miozzio@mail.barry.edu.
The mission of the Barry
University Council on Bioethics is to present the Catholic moral
traditions on matters of healthcare clearly and forthrightly, and
to offer dialogue partners and opportunities for continuing education
to the professional and lay communities of Florida.
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