Three Things Talks: Caritas in Veritate - "Accounting for the “Gift” of the Human Person"

February 27, 2010 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
St. Thomas More Church, Queens campus

Featured Speaker
Marilyn Martone, Ph.D. is an associate professor of moral theology in the Department of Theology and Religious Studies at St. John’s University. Her fields of concentration are health care ethics, moral theory, and justice specifically as it relates to women and children. She is one of The Holy See’s representatives to the United Nations on women’s issues.

Overview
In Pope Benedict’s encyclical, Caritas in Veritate, he offers an alternative view to the market approach for organizing society. This presentation will focus on the understanding of “gift” and its importance in maintaining persons as the focus of all economic life.

Date
Saturday, February 27, 2010

Time
11 - 12 a.m.

Location
St. Thomas More Church, Queens campus