** ADDITION TO THE WEEKEND AGENDA**
We are delighted to announce that we have added an optional tour of the Baltimore Basilica on Saturday, September 25 at 4:00. Our sessions that afternoon will end at 3:30. The tour is one hour long. We will celebrate the Saturday Vigil Mass with Archbishop O'Brien at 5:30 at the Basilica. If you would like to attend the tour, please check the box on the registration form. There is a $2 fee for the tour. To learn more about the Baltimore Basilica, please visit www.baltimorebasilica.org.
The 33rd Annual Convention of the Fellowship of Catholic Scholars will
take place in the mother diocese of the United States, the Archdiocese
of Baltimore. Please mark your calendar to join us in Baltimore, MD,
from September 24-26, 2010.
The theme for this meeting is
"Catholicism in America."
We are honored to have both Archbishop Edward O'Brien of the Archdiocese
of Baltimore and Archbishop Charles Chaput of the Archdiocese of Denver
addressing us throughout the weekend.
The annual "Monsignor George A. Kelly Keynote Address" will be given by Prof. James Hitchcock, Dept. of History, St. Louis University.
Other featured speakers include Prof. Glenn Olsen (Dept. of History, University of Utah), Prof. Christopher Shannon (Dept. of History, Christendom College), Prof. David Schindler (John Paul II Institute), Rev. Michael Roach (Archdiocese of Baltimore), Rev. Joseph Rossi, S.J. (Dept. of Theology, Loyola University of Maryland), and Prof. Sue Abromaitis (Dept. of English, Loyola University of Maryland).
Archbishop Edward O'Brien will celebrate the 5:30pm Saturday Mass at the Basilica for the Fellowship and will address the Fellowship during the banquet on Saturday evening.
For more information, or to register by phone, contact Amy Fontecchio at 484-557-1350.
The meeting will take place at the Sheraton Baltimore City Center Hotel, 101 West Fayette Street, Baltimore, Maryland 21201, Phone (410) 385-6524, Fax (410) 727-6223.
To make a hotel reservation online please visit
Fellowship of Catholic Scholars Annual Convention.To make a reservation by phone please call
1-866-837-5182.
For the schedule,
click here.For paper abstracts,
click here.