Villanova's annual lecture is named in honor of the chief founder of the Oblate Sisters of Providence, the first permanent congregation of African American women religious in the Catholic Church. The lecture is sponsored by the Office for Mission and Ministry; the Office of the Dean, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences; and the Department of History.
Maureen H. O’Connell, PhD, a leading voice in theological ethics, justice, and the Catholic Church, will deliver the 2023 Mother Mary Lange Lecture. An award-winning educator and scholar, Dr. O’Connell is the author of Undoing the Knots: Five Generations of American Catholic Anti-Blackness (Beacon Press 2021).
Thursday, Nov. 2 | 7–8:30 PM | Goldberg Commons (in the Charles Widger School of Law, 299 N. Spring Mill Road)
Maureen H. O’Connell, PhD, Professor, Department of Religion and Theology, LaSalle University
Tia Noelle Pratt, PhD, Assistant Vice President of Mission Engagement and Strategic Initiatives, Office for Mission and Ministry
The event is free and open to the public, but registration is required. (Note. Registration ends 11/2 at 9 AM.)
If you have not registered and want to attend the lecture, there may be limited seating available the night of the event.
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