THE SOCIETY OF CATHOLIC
SOCIAL SCIENTISTS ANNUAL MEETING
Friday-Saturday, October 30-31, 2009
University of Mississippi
School of Law
FRIDAY
8:30 - CSSR Editorial Board meeting - Overby Center Boardroom
9:30 - SCSS Board of Directors meeting - Overby Center Boardroom
11:00 – General registration opens – Law School, third floor
11:30 - Disciplinary section meetings (Economics/Business; History; Philosophy/
Theology/Health Care Ethics; Pol. Sci.; Psychology/Psychiatry/Mental Health/Social
Work; and Sociology). – Law School Rooms 514 and 550.
12:15 – Lunch (on your own – the food court at the Union is nearby)
1:00 – Greeting from Law School (Moot Court I)
1:20-2:40 - Panels
PANEL - Religion and Society in Nineteenth-Century Mexico and the American
South - Law School Room 112
Adam Tate - Catholics and Antebellum Southern Culture: Bishop Patrick Lynch¹s
Debate with Rev. James Henly Thornwell
Scott McDermott - William Goodell and Natural Law Antislavery
David Gilbert - Ultramontane versus Anticlerical Catholics in the Mexican Reforma
(1855-1860)
Moderator: Kevin Schmiesing, Acton Institute
PANEL – Joint Models of Psychological and Spiritual Care (Moot Court II)
Peter T. Malinoski, Ph.D., HSPP, Clinical Psychologist
Fr. Gerard Saguto, FSSP
Ann G. Howe, Ph.D.
Moderator:
PANEL – Bioethics (Moot Court I)
Fr. Robert Araujo, S.J., Loyola, Chicago
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David DeWolf, Gonzaga University
John Breen, Loyola, Chicago
Richard Myers, Ave Maria University
Moderator: William Dukes, University of Mississippi
2:50-4:10 - Panels
PANEL - Toward the Common Good: A Catholic Critique of Political Science (Moot
Court I)
Bob Gorman Critiquing International Institutional Literature in Political Science from a
Catholic Perspective
Steven J. Brust A Catholic Perspective on Contemporary Political Philosophy
John A. Corso, Toward a Subsidiary Administration
Moderator: Joel Gibbons
PANEL – Human Struggles and Structures (Moot Court II)
Michael Healy, Eternal Pain and the Love of God: Some Psychological Considerations
John E. McCormick, Ph.D: Film Perspectives of Faith and Human Rights in the
Americas
Eric Manchester, PhD, Chalcedon and America: Toward A Prophetic and Evangelical
Vision of Church and State
Moderator: Brennan Pursell
PANEL – Catholic Psychology - Law School Room 112
Aaron C. Stratman, Ph.D. The Influence of the Demonic/Enemy on Mental Illness
Dr. Philip Scrofani Group Psychotherapy and the Communion of Persons.
Mark S. Holden Toward a Catholic Psychology
Moderator: Andrew Essig
4:15-5:20 - Panels
WORKSHOP Clinical Case Conference (Moot Court I)
Eric Gudan, MS
Peter T. Malinoski, Ph.D., HSPP, Clinical Psychologist
Ann G. Howe, Ph.D., Clinical Psychologist
Aaron Stratman, Ph.D., Clinical Psychologist
PANEL – On the family and other Structures (Moot Court II)
Nester C. (Les) Kohut, Ed. D., Privatization of a Family Law Specialty
Cecilla Castillo – A Critique of the role of the family in Aristotelian and Lochean
Politics
Mark Lowrey - Four Layers of the 'Logic of the Gift' in Centesimus Annus and Caritas
in Veritate: Transcendence, Personal Dignity, Solidarity, and Subsidiarity
Moderator: Steve Krason
PANEL - The Catholic Encounter with culture - Law School Room 112
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Marynita Anderson - Valiant Women of Faith and Action: A Study of Catholic Female
Leadership in Nineteenth Century America
Ernest Greco – The Battle for Rome in WWII
Joel Gibbons - Economics: Plan for our Humanity or Excuse for our Animality?
Moderator:
5:30 – Mass at St. John the Evangelist (Priests are welcome to concelebrate)
6:30 – Beer & Wine reception and Catfish Dinner ($15 - $30 for family).
St. John’s parish hall.
8:00 – Keynote Address – Law School, Moot Court I
H.E. Archbishop Celestino Migliore, Apostolic Nuncio and Permanent Observer of
the Holy See to the United Nations, in New York
The UN: Modern Aeropagus for the Catholic Church.
His Excellency Archbishop Celestino Migliore was ordained a priest in 1977.
Having obtained his master's degree in theology, he pursued his studies at the
Pontifical Lateran University, where he was awarded the Doctorate in Canon
Law. After graduating from Pontifical Academy for Ecclesiastical Diplomacy, he
joined the Holy See's diplomatic service.
Archbishop Migliore served at the Apostolic Nunciatures in Angola, Washington,
D.C., Egypt, and Poland. In 1992 he was appointed Permanent Observer to the
Council of Europe in Strasbourg, France, and from 1995 to 2002 he served as
Under-Secretary of the Section for Relations with States of the Secretariat of
State, at the Vatican. While in Rome, he also taught Ecclesiastical Diplomacy at
the Pontifical Lateran University. In 2002 he was nominated Apostolic Nuncio
and Permanent Observer of the Holy See to the United Nations, in New York.
Other events on campus:
Soccer: Ole Miss vs. Mississippi State, time TBA
Volleyball: Ole Miss vs. Tennessee, time TBA.
SATURDAY
8:00-9:20 - Panels
PANEL – On Population (Moot Court I)
Michael Farrell, PhD, From Emigration To Democide; The Forced Population Transfer
Continuum
Fr. Gregory D. Gaston, a Priest of the Archdiocese of Manila.
World Population Collapse: Lessons for the Philippines,
Moderator: Andrew Essig
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PANEL – On Love and Prayer (Moot Court II)
John E. McCormick, Ph.D. Pablo Neruda's "United Fruit Co.": A Reading in Light of
the Prophetic Tradition
Anne Gardiner - Father Jaki on the Litanies and other prayers
Su-Li Lee, Institute for the Psychological Sciences, Love as Affirmation and the Gift
Nature of the Human Person in Attachment Theory
Moderator:
PANEL - Same Sex “Marriage,” Catholicism, and the Culture Wars: Sociological
and Legal Perspectives - Law School Room 112
Fr. D. Paul Sullins, Ph.D. Catholic University of America. Intolerant Fidelity or
Tolerant Infidelity? American Catholics and Same Sex ‘Marriage.
Stephen Sharkey, Ph.D. Alverno College. A Catholic Sociological Look at the
Movement for Same Sex ‘Marriage
Christopher Ferrara, J.D. President, American Catholic Lawyers Association.
Lessons Learned from Recent Key Court Cases regarding ‘Same Sex Marriage.’
Moderator: Stephen Sharkey
9:30-10:50 – Panels
PANEL - Catholic Economics (Moot Court I)
John Larrivee Left? Right? Why Should We Care? The Importance of Classifying
Economic Systems for Christian Reflection on Markets.
Carmine Gorga From the Dismal Science to the Economics of Jubilation
In Search of True Enlightenment
Moderator: Brennan Pursell
PANEL – Social Structures (Moot Court II)
Joseph A. Varacalli, Ph.D.,
Contemporary and Significant Sociology of Religion Textbooks: A Catholic Critique
Michael New, Chasing the Data: Catholics in Alliance for the Common Good and their
(In)Famous 2008 Abortion Study
Fr. Bevil Bramwell - Benedict and Taylor: The Meaning of Secularization
Moderator:
PANEL – On Sex and Sexuality - Law School Room 112
Michael Healy, Von Hildebrand on Sexuality: 3 Ways of Attraction, 3 Dangers in
Action, 3 Reasons for Renunciation.
Msgr. Robert J. Batule, The Threat To Marriage Today And What Celibate Men Have
Said To Defend Marriage
Peter T. Malinoski, Ph.D., HSPP, Clinical Psychologist Addressing Masturbation in the
Clinical Practice of Psychology
Moderator:
11:00-12:20 - Panels
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PANEL – American History (Moot Court I)
Thomas W. Jodziewicz, Bishop John England An Apologist Before the U.S. Congress
Steve Krason, The Advance of Secularism in America from the Jacksonian Era to JFK:
An Overview
John E. McCormick, Ph.D. Border Crossings: Film Perspectives of Faith and Human
Rights in the Americas
Moderator: Marynita Anderson
PANEL – Religion in the Public Square (Moot Court II)
“Bob” Colbert Rhodes, How St. Thomas’ Ideas Can Contribute to the enrichment of
Sociology
Peter Martin, PsyD, MA, PLMHP, An Integrated Model of Christian Conversion
Incorporating Insights from Christian Anthropology and Current Major Social Science
Models of Conversion
Andrew Essig, Faithful Citizenship
Moderator:
PANEL – Pastoral Solutions Institute
Greg Popcak, Ph.D., MSW.
Michael Jarecki, MA, LPC
Moderator -
12:30 – “Whole Hog” BBQ Lunch at Hotel ($16)
Speaker: Reverend Peter M.J. Stravinskas, Ph.D., S.T.D.
A Sociological Overview of Priesthood over the Past 40 Years
Fr, Stravinskas has written and edited many books, including The Catholic
Church and the Bible,Understanding the Sacraments, The Catholic Encyclopedia,
and many others. He is the founder of the Priestly Society of the Venerable John
Henry Cardinal Newman, the Newman House Press, and The Catholic Response.
1:30-3:30 - Double Decker Bus (town tour) and Rowan Oak (William Faulkner’s
Home)
Faulkner purchased Rowan Oak when it was in disrepair in the 1930s and did
much of the renovations himself. The house sits on 4 landscaped and twenty nine
acres of largely wooded property known as Bailey's Woods. One of its more
famous features is the outline of Faulkner's Pulitzer-prize winning novel A Fable,
penciled in graphite and red on the plaster wall of his study. Though the "rowan
oak" is a mythical tree, the grounds of Rowan Oak contain hundreds of species of
native Mississippi plants, most of which date back to antebellum times. Everyone
may walk the grounds. An additional charge may apply to enter the house.
4:00 – 5:20 – Panels
PANEL – Catholic Theory and the West - Law School Room 112
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Brennan Pursell God in History: Narratives of Western Civilization
Joe Hebert, St. Ambrose University The Catholic Church in the Modern World: A
Tocquevillian Assessment of Vatican II
John Larrivee, Expectations of Market System’s Impact on Families in Historical
Reflections on Economics
Moderator: John McCormick
PANEL - Catholicism and Freedom (Moot Court II)
Gary Glenn, Northern Illinois University: Whither Democratic Religion
Michael P. Krom, Saint Vincent College: Contemplation and Freedom in America
Kenneth L. Grasso, The Freedom of the Church and the Taming of Leviathan
Moderator: Kenneth L. Grasso, Texas State University
PANEL – On War and Peace (Moot Court I)
Ryan R. Gorman, St. Thomas on War and the Virtues
James A. Harold, Distinguishing the Lover of Peace from Pacifist and the Appeaser
Moderator:
6:00 – Mass at St. John the Evangelist (Priests are welcome to concelebrate)
7:30 – Movie Night (St. John’s parish hall)
Intruder in the Dust (1949; 87 minutes). - Pizza and soft drinks will be available at a
nominal price for those who want to go directly from Mass to the movie.
Based on a novel by William Faulkner and shot in Faulkner's hometown of
Oxford, Mississippi, the film is anchored by a superb performance from Juano
Hernandez as Lucas Beauchamp whose stubborn refusal to be beholden to
anyone, even after he was accused of murder, would make him an unusual
character regardless of race. For a black man in 1949, Beauchamp was just short
of revolutionary, and Hernandez brought him to life with an uncommon strength
and intelligence. Intruder in the Dust is a rarity of its period, a "message movie"
that's tough, unsentimental, and affecting, making its points without speechifying
or mounting a soapbox. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide (edited).
9:00 – Music and Conversation (St. John’s parish hall)
Catholic Recording Artist W. Keith Moore <www.wkeithmoore.com>.
Desserts and light refreshments
Keith, a convert to Catholicism, wrote and played for 15 years in Nashville before
he and his family moved to Oxford. He has appeared on EWTN’s Life on the
Rock, Dana and Friends, and The Journey Home (August 24, 2009). Over the
past year he played at the Catholic Underground in New York City and Scranton.
He also played at the Defending the Faith conference at Franciscan University.
He traveled with Jeff Cavins to follow in the "Footsteps of St. Paul" for 2 weeks
in Turkey and Greece. Keith led the music for the daily Mass. Keith’s faith
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permeates his songs, and his new album Beloved deals with the Dark Night of the
Soul through poetic and intimate songs of hope and grace.
Other event on campus:
Cross Country: Southeastern Conference Championship, Time TBA
SUNDAY
Mass at 8:30 and 11:00 (St. John the Evangelist - Priests welcome to concelebrate)
Other event on campus:
Volleyball: Ole Miss vs. Kentucky, Time TBA
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