Mary A. Dooley Lecture Series
The Mary Dooley Lecture Series, sponsored by the Elms College Institute for Theology and Pastoral Studies, brings prominent speakers with diverse cultural and religious backgrounds to campus to discuss themes related to religious studies or spirituality.
Now in its 26th year, the lecture series was introduced in 1986 to further local awareness of the Second Vatican Council. It is named after the college's sixth president, Sr. Mary Dooley, who worked with her sister Sr. Eleanor Dooley and Rev. Lucien Richard to launch the original series.
2011-2012 Series Events
"A Reason to Remember: Roth, Germany" Exhibit presented by The Institute for Holocaust, Genocide, and Memory Studies at the University of Massachusetts Amherst
Speakers: Deborah Roth-Howe and Rabbi Robert Sternberg
November 7, 2011, 7 p.m.
Borgia Gallery, Mary Dooley Campus Center
Andreas Widmer Entrepreneur, Writer, Philanthropist, former Swiss Guard for Pope John Paul II
"Religious faith can enhance and direct business and investment."
Monday, November 14, 2011, 7 p.m.
Veritas Auditorium
"Torn"
A 2011 documentary about an ordained Polish Catholic priest who learns that he was born to Jewish parents, who were killed in the Holocaust. The film follows the journey of Romuald Jakub Weksler-Waszkinel.
Screening followed by panel discussion
Tuesday, March 27, 2012, 7 p.m.
Alumnae Library Theatre
April 2012 TBA