I’m thrilled to be presenting this year’s Kraft Memorial Lecture at DeSales University! The lecture will be held on Tuesday, April 1 at 7:00pm in the Connelly Chapel.

Join me as we explore how humanity’s relationship with the Earth is critical for a hopeful and integrated future.

“The Age of Nations is past. The task before us now, if we would not perish, is to build the Earth.”

Register here.

From DeSales:
“Commencing in 1995, the Kraft Lecture series commemorates the legacies of Joan A. and Deacon R. Wayne Kraft. Deacon Wayne Kraft was an adjunct professor of philosophy at DeSales who delved into the philosophy of Teilhard de Chardin, authoring four books on the subject. He was bestowed with an honorary doctorate of humanities in 1984, and, in 1988, received the esteemed DeSales Medal for his remarkable service as a Catholic layman.

Joan Kraft was a vanguard in church and civic affairs in the Bethlehem area. She was a leader of song, a pioneering women lector, and a devoted Eucharistic minister. Furthermore, she served on the pastoral team of her parish and achieved the distinction of being the first Catholic woman to volunteer as an associate chaplain at St. Luke’s Hospital, bolstered by her degree in pastoral care. The University conferred upon her an honorary doctorate in 1980 and the prestigious DeSales Medal in 2004.”