Catholicism and Culture Minor

Catholicism and Culture Minor Lecture Series

Fall 2025 

September 24, 2025: Fr. Robert Spitzer, SJ

“Science, the Catholic Church, and the Recent Confluence between Faith and Science”
Kennedy Auditorium, 7:00 pm

October 13, 2025: Fr. David Endres

“Presumed Disloyal: The Disputed Place of Cincinnati Catholics in the Civil War”
Kennedy Auditorium, 7:00 pm

October 29, 2025: Timothy S. Quinn, PhD

“How Leo Became Leo: Pope Leo XIII and His Influences”
Kennedy Auditorium, 7:00 pm

November 12, 2025: Holly Schapker

“Catholicism and Art”
Kennedy Auditorium, 7:00 pm

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The Catholicism and Culture Minor is rooted in Catholicism’s universality; the intellectual and cultural diversity of Catholicism is the fruit of the desire that St. Ignatius described as “finding God in all things.” It examines the interaction of Catholicism and culture from the perspectives of multiple disciplines that illustrate the various ways that Catholicism has shaped and is shaping culture and the ways that culture has shaped and is shaping Catholicism. In this way, the Catholicism and Culture Minor broadens students’ academic perspective and deepens their connection to the Catholic tradition in its richness. The requirements for the minor are currently under revision.

For more information about the minor or lecture series, contact:

Prof. Michael Sweeney: sweeney@xavier.edu

David Herr, SJ: dherr@jesuits.org