Twenty years after Our Holy Father Pope John Paul II issued the pathbreaking apostolic letter on the dignity of women, Mulieris Dignitatem, leading scholars from the United States, Europe, and Canada will gather to reflect on both the progress and the future of women and men.

CONFERENCE TOPICS
Each will address the themes offered by the document:
• The importance of the feminine vocation
• Christian anthropology and equality
• Original sin and its effects upon the male/female relationship
• Motherhood, virginity and the family
• The mystery of the Church as the bride of Christ
• Future challenges in realizing the promise of the dignity of women

CONFERENCE Speakers

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Jane F. Adolphe, Ave Maria School of Law
Maria Sophia Aguirre, The Catholic University of America
Sr. Mary Prudence Allen, Archdiocese of Denver
Helen Alvaré,George Mason University
Sr. Thomas Augustine Becker, Dominican Sisters of Mary, Mother of the Eucharist
Gerard V. Bradley, University of Notre Dame
Howard J. Bromberg, University of Michigan
Isobel Camp, Pontifical University of the Holy Cross (Ph.D. candidate)
Ernest Caparros, University of Ottowa
Teresa Collett, University of St. Thomas
Reverend John J. Coughlin, University of Notre Dame
Robert L. Fastiggi, Sacred Heart Major Seminary
Reverend Joseph M. Isanga, Ave Maria School of Law
Reverend Monsignor Grzegorz Kaszak, Pontifical Council for the Family
Mary G. Leary, The Catholic University of America
Lisa Lickona, National Catholic Lecturer and Author
Margaret Harper McCarthy, John Paul II Institute for Studies in Marriage and the Family
Ilaria Morali, Gregorian University, Rome
Marguerite Peeters, Institute for Intercultural Dialogue Dynamics
Sr. M. Timothy Prokes, Notre Dame Graduate School of Christendom College
Elizabeth Schiltz, University of St. Thomas
Mary Shivanandan, John Paul II Institute for Studies in Marriage and the Family
Katherine Spaht, Louisiana State University
W. Bradford Wilcox, University of Virginia