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Events
Home > Events > Helder Camara Lectures > Past lectures

Past lectures

  • Dr Myriam Wijlens Lecture speaking on ‘The Prophetic voice of the laity in the renewal of the Catholic Church.’

    Dr Myriam Wijlens 5 August 2024 6:00 pm

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  • A Conversation with Monsignor Tomas Halik and Fr Frank Brennan SJ

    Monsignor Tomas Halik and Fr Frank Brennan SJ 12 February 2024 6:00 pm

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  • Will our faith have children?

    Christopher White 16 November 2023 5:00 pm

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  • Walking Together: What lies ahead on the journey to a Synodal Church

    Sr Nathalie Becquart XMCJ Jan 31 @ 2.30pm-4.00pm and 5.00pm-6.30pm

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  • 'The Outsider Pope: Where is Francis leading our Church?'

    Christopher Lamb 11 July 2022 5:00 pm

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  • 'My Hope For The Plenary Council'

    Bishop Vincent Long OFM Conv 30 June 2021 5.00pm

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  • The Legacy of Jean Vanier - A Personal Memoir

    Eileen Glass A.M. 12 March 2020 5.00pm

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  • Servant leadership in the spirit of Pope Francis

    Cardinal John Dew 17 July 2019 5:00 pm

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  • Retreat Day - RAISING LAZARUS: Contemplative living and our inner journey from death to new life

    Dr Bonnie Thurston 25 May 2019 10:00 am

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  • Helder Camara lecture and poetry reading From Darkness to Eastering: Searching for God in a time of fear

    Dr Bonnie Thurston, Scripture scholar, Thomas Merton expert, spiritual director, poet and ecumenical figure 22 May 2019 5:00 pm

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  • Francis - A voice crying out: Becoming a Humble, Listening and Learning Church

    A seminar with input from Dr Austen Ivereigh, Fr Frank Brennan, and other local theologians and bishops. 22 March 2019 10:00 am

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  • Close and Concrete: Pope Francis evangelising in a world of flux

    Dr Austen Ivereigh (Noted UK Catholic writer and biographer of Pope Francis) 21 March 2019 5:00 pm

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  • People Come First: A Parish Reflection on the Pastoral Theology of Pope Francis

    Conducted by Br Mark O’Connor FMS. M.Theol., M.Phil. March – December 2018

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  • Only Connect: Pope Francis and the gift of encouraging others

    Br Mark O’Connor FMS, Pope Francis Fellow 20 September 2017 8:00 pm

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  • Pope Francis: Awakening hope in a time of chaos

    Br Mark O’Connor FMS, Pope Francis Fellow 13 September 2017 5:00 pm

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  • Pope Francis & the Common Good: Where is our society going?

    Bishop Robert McElroy 24 June 2017 10:00 am

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  • Listening to Pope Francis: Challenging nationalism, market rule & overconfidence in technology

    Bishop Robert McElroy 23 June 2017 5:00 pm

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  • The Gift of Imagination

    Mark Patrick Hederman OSB 7 June 2017 7:00 pm

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  • Pope Francis and caring for the soul

    Mark Patrick Hederman OSB 19 May 2017 10:00 am

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  • The Opal and the pearl - Two kinds of perfection: Exploring a Christian spirituality for our times

    Mark Patrick Hederman OSB 18 May 2017 5:00 pm

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  • The Field Hospital – Lenten Short Course

    Br Mark O’Connor FMS, Pope Francis Fellow 23 March 2017 5:15 pm

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  • The Field Hospital – Lenten Short Course

    Br Mark O’Connor FMS, Pope Francis Fellow 16 March 2017 5:15 pm

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  • The Field Hospital – Lenten Short Course

    Br Mark O’Connor FMS, Pope Francis Fellow 9 March 2017 5:15 pm

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  • Mercy and Truth: Healing Alienation in Our Church and World

    Msgr Prof Tomáš Halík PhD DD 11 July 2016 5:00 pm

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  • Creating a Culture of Mercy in Public Life

    Nathan Schneider 6 June 2016 5:00 pm

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  • The Medicine of Mercy

    Baroness Sheila Hollins 13 April 2016 5:30 pm

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  • Faith At A Crossroads

    Margaret Silf 15 October 2015 5:00 pm

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  • Good News and Contemplative Living in a World of Chaos

    Dr Donna Orsuto 13 August 2015 5:00 pm

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  • Reasons for Hope: A conversation between two Franciscan bishops about the Good News and the Faith of Ordinary People

    Cardinal Wilfrid Napier OFM 14 May 2015 7:00 pm

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  • A Conversation on Communicating Christ in a Post-Modern World

    Archbishop Claudio Maria Celli 7 May 2015 5:00 pm

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  • Perceptions of Mary in Christianity, Judaism and Islam

    Judith Dupre 12 March 2015 4:00 pm

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  • The Gospel in action on the streets of New York

    Cardinal Timothy Dolan 17 August 2014 3:00 pm

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  • A day of reflection and prayer with Bishop Robert Morneau and Dr Suzanne Mulligan

    Bishop Robert Morneau and Dr Suzanne Mulligan 16 August 2014 9:30 am

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  • Living the joy of the Gospel

    Cardinal Luis Tagle 5 August 2014 6:00 pm

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  • The Joy of the Gospel & the Church Today

    Archbishop Diarmuid Martin 16 July 2014 5:30 pm

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  • Because People Matter - the Contribution of Catholic Social Teaching to a Just Society

    Archbishop Diarmuid Martin 14 July 2014 5:30 pm

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  • Being Faithful – Opportunities for Co-responsibility in Today’s Church

    Dr Aoife McGrath 22 May 2014 5:00 pm

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  • What happened to Christianity in Western Culture?

    Archbishop Javier Martinez 13 May 2014 5:00 pm

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  • The Beauty of Faith and Justice

    Dr Maureen OConnell 11 July 2013 5:30 pm

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  • Faith in an Age of Doubt

    Bishop Blase Cupich 2 July 2013 5:30 pm

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  • The Gift of Lay Leadership

    Sherry Anne Wedell 13 May 2013 5:30 pm

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  • An Update on Myanmar

    Archbishop Charles Bo SDB 6 May 2013 5:30 pm

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  • Connecting with our world’s indigenous peoples

    Cardinal Oscar Rodriguez SDB 19 August 2012 5:00 pm

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  • A story of Grace – Ministry to the poor and defending life in El Paso and Ciudad Juarez

    Nathan Halloran SJ 16 August 2012 6:30 pm

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  • Natural Law, God and Human Dignity

    Robert P. George 13 August 2012 5:30 pm

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  • Falling towards God: Simple Prayer - Complicated Life

    Fr Paul Murray 6 August 2012 5:30 pm

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  • A dialogue about Grace, Beauty, the Future of our Church and the New Evangelisation

    Archbishop Bruno Forte 8 July 2012 5:30 pm

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  • CAN I REALLY BE HAPPY? - Freedom, Personal Identity and the Possibility of Happiness

    21 July 2011 6:00 pm

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  • Challenges Facing the Church and Society in Myanmar today

    Archbishop Charles Bo SDB 29 June 2011 6:00 pm

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  • Tattoos on the Heart: The Power of Boundless Compassion

    Fr Greg Boyle SJ 24 June 2011 6:00 pm

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  • Searching for God in a time of doubt

    Monsignor Tomáš Halík 1 June 2011 5:00 pm

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  • Christ, Hospitality and Compassion - The Spirit is Still Breathing

    Cardinals Napier & Rodriguez 25 November 2010 4:00 pm

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  • Welcoming the Stranger - Discovering Christ

    Rev John Klassen OSB 18 November 2010 4:00 pm

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  • A conversation on 'communicating the Good News' - with Marcelle Mogg

    Bishop Gerry Kicanas 12 August 2010 5:00 pm

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  • Searching for God : Finding the Sacred in the Ordinary

    Dr Donna Orsuto 23 July 2010 5:00 pm

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  • A conversation on peacemaking

    Archbishop Quevedo & Bishop Korir 15 March 2010 6:00 pm

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  • Is there really a god?

    Father James Bacik 17 August 2009 6:00 pm

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  • Ceasar's Coin: How Should Church and State Interact?

    Archbishop Roland Minnerath 29 August 2007 7:30 pm

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  • The Christian in the Public Square: Challenges from the Catholic Social Justice Tradition

    Archbishop Diarmuid Martin 10 July 2007 7:00 pm

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  • Sharing the Love of God in a World of Fear

    Cardinal Oscar Rodriguez 20 April 2007 7:00 pm

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  • The Sacrifice of Love: The Eucharist as Resistance to Terror and Torture

    Dr. William Cavanaugh 1 June 2006 6:00 pm

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  • Let Africa Teach Us!

    Cardinal Wilfrid Napier OFM 7 September 2005 6:00 pm

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  • The Vision Still Has Time: Finding our Moral Compass in a Western Pluralist Society

    Dr Linda Hogan 6 July 2005 6:00 pm

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  • Dialogue and Pluralism

    Cardinal Walter Kasper 5 July 2003 6:00 pm

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  • 2002 Lecture Series: Signs of Hope

    Cardinal Oscar Rodriguez SDB 1 January 2002 5:00 pm

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  • 2001 Lecture Series: Caritas and the City

    Cardinal Jean-Marie Lustiger 6 August 2001 6:00 pm

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  • 2000 Lecture Series: Mary and the Jubilee

    Professor Maria Clara Bingemer 9 August 2000 6:00 pm

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  • Defending Indigenous Peoples and Our Sunday Eucharist and the Jubilee

    Bishop Samuel Ruiz & Cardinal Roger Mahony 3 March 1999 5:00 pm

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  • Jubilee Justice and Freedom Spirituality

    Dr Maria Harris 5 May 1998 6:00 pm

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  • Compassion

    Cardinal Basil Hume OSB 25 January 1998 5:00 pm

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  • Racism

    Fr Albert Nolan OP 13 September 1997 6:00 pm

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  • The Church and the Future

    Cardinal Carlo Martini SJ 2 August 1996 6:00 pm

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  • Consistent Ethic of Life and Tolerance

    Cardinal Joseph Bernardin 23 February 1995 5:00 pm

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  • Mabo

    Fr Frank Brennan SJ 3 May 1994 6:00 pm

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  • The Future of Work

    Mr Hugh Mackay 20 July 1993 6:00 pm

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  • Pacifism

    Bishop Tom Gumbleton 9 September 1992 6:00 pm

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  • The Gulf War

    Bishop Michael Kenny 9 October 1991 6:00 pm

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  • Ending Apartheid

    Archbishop Denis Hurley 11 January 1990 6:00 pm

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  • Basic Ecclesial Communities for the Oppressed

    Dom Luciano Mendes de Almeida SJ 16 February 1989 5:00 pm

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  • Consumerism

    Fr John Kavanaugh SJ 13 May 1987 5:00 pm

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