Do you ever wonder what to make of things that are going on in the world today? What our culture is becoming, what your friends and relatives are doing and thinking regarding long-standing moral issues that used to be pretty clear? Is your own decision-making a little confused or changing or just looking for clarification about right & wrong, church teaching, how you should react to some of these new or evolving situations both publicly and privately?
For this reason, St. Michael’s has developed a new series of talks called The Hard Questions to deal with just such issues! Things like gender issues, IVF, embryonic adoption, trafficking, Catholic funeral & death issues, reproductive questions, assisted suicide & euthanasia, spiritual indifference and many more “hard questions”.
Our speakers will be well-qualified in their fields and there will be plenty of time for your questions and discussion in an easy and open, non-judgmental environment.
Next Session: Thursday, January 8 at 7:00 PM in the Cafeteria
Still wondering what to make of things that are going on in the world today? What the culture is becoming, what your friends or relatives are thinking or doing regarding long-standing moral issues that used to be pretty clear to just about everyone? St. Michael’s newest lecture series, The Hard Questions, continues in the New Year with its second evening designed to answer at least some of your questions regarding Human Dignity and Catholic Social Teaching.
Fr. Timothy LeBoe, another highly-qualified member of the SHMS staff, will explain how to apply the tenets of Catholic Social Teaching to such often controversial subjects as illegal immigration, components of a fair wage, and income distribution, charity and re-distribution.
The Church teaches that every human life is sacred and deserves to be treated with dignity. The thornier question becomes what constitutes “dignity” and few social issues are simply black-and-white. According to Fr. LeBoe, looking at an issue through the lens of Catholic social teaching usually requires sincere investigation on a case-by-case basis.
Fr. LaBoe teaches moral theology at Sacred Heart, is a history graduate of Notre Dame University, and received his J.D. from Catholic University and worked as a lawyer before entering SHMS in 1994. He received both his S.T.L. and S.T.D. from the Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas College in Rome.