Southern Nebraska Register
The Emmaus Institute will present a spring seminar, “Benedict XVI: The Debt We Owe as Church and Academy,” Saturday, April 15, at the St. Thomas Aquinas Newman Center adjacent to the University of Nebraska campus in downtown Lincoln.
The seminar will begin with Mass at 8 a.m., followed by light breakfast refreshments catered by Bagels & Joe. Bishop James Conley will open the seminar at 9, after which Emmaus president Dr. Vern Steiner will offer some personal reflections on how Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger helped shape his approach to Scripture study, more than two decades before Steiner entered the Church in 2015, and how that influence has affected the way Emmanus staff members continue to conduct their study and teach their courses.
The featured speaker for the morning is Dr. Christopher Blum, provost of the Augustine Institute Graduate School of Theology in Denver. Dr. Blum will elaborate on three of the central components of Benedict’s work and on the lasting legacy of these contributions to the life of the Church and the work of the academy.
A short panel discussion will follow Dr. Blum’s presentation, with time for questions and answers from the audience. The morning will conclude by 11:45, in time for noon Mass for those who were unable to attend the morning Mass.
All are welcome; but in order to prepare adequately for seating, coffee, and breakfast refreshments, it is imperative that people register by Thursday, April 13, at www.emmausinstitute.net.
