A Special Presentation and Panel Discussion on the Nature of the Family

in the Age of Scienti!c Control

When When: Tuesday, September 22nd, 2015; 7:00 – 8:30 p.m.

Where Where: Pennsylvania Convention Center, Room 119 A/B

Presenter:

Fabrice Hadjadj, 44, is a French philosopher and prolific author. A former atheist and anarchist, he entered the Catholic faith in 1998. Widely recognized as one of Europe’s rising Christian scholars, Hadjadj’s book Réussir sa mort: Anti- méthode pour vivre, won the French Grand Prix Catholique de Littérature in 2006. Currently Hadjadj teaches philosophy and directs the Philanthropos European Institute for Anthropological Studies in Fribourg, Switzerland. Married to the actress Siffreine Michel, Hadjadj and his wife have four daughters and two sons. In 2014, Pope Francis named Hadjadj as a member of the Pontifical Council for the Laity.

Respondents:

Anna Bonta Moreland is an Associate Professor in the Department of Humanities at Villanova University and currently the Myser Fellow at the University of Notre Dame’s Center for Ethics and Culture. Her areas of research include faith and reason, medieval theology with an emphasis on Thomas Aquinas, the theology of religious pluralism, and comparative theology, especially between Christianity and Islam. She is the author of Known by Nature: Thomas Aquinas on Natural Knowledge of God (Herder & Herder, 2010). She also edited New Voices in Catholic Theology (Herder & Herder, 2012). She resides in Bryn Mawr, PA, with her husband and four children.

Cardinal Ludwig Gerhard Müller was ordained a priest for the Diocese of Mainz, Germany, in 1978. He became chair of dogmatic theology at Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich in 1986 and is currently an honorary professor there. In 2002, Pope John Paul II named him bishop of Regensburg. Pope Benedict XVI appointed him as prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith in 2012, and he was elevated to the College of Cardinals by Pope Francis in February 2014.

Panel Chair:

Mary Beth Yount is an Assistant Professor of Pastoral and Theological Studies at Neumann University and Director of Programming for the World Meeting of Families. Her specialization includes a focus on ethics, the theology of the family, parenting, and education. She has authored many book and article contributions, including: the meaning of the family in society (Liguori, 2015), living out mission (Saint Paul University, 2014), and the significance of dating (Wiley- Blackwell, 2011). She resides with her husband and four children in Aston, PA.

This event is free and open to the public. No World Meeting of Families Registration Required.

Kindly RSVP to Katie Becker: kbec@sas.upenn.edu to reserve a seat.

This event is made possible through the support of:

The Bruderhof

Collegium Institute for Catholic Thought and Culture at the University of Pennsylvania

Department of Humanities, Villanova University

Office of the President, Neumann University

The Sodalitium Christianae Vitae/ Newman Center at the University of Pennsylvania and Drexel University