Peter Maurin Conference
September 13-September 15
St. Gregory the Great Church, 5545 N Paulina St. This conference will consider the life, sources, and vision of Peter Maurin (1877-1949), cofounder of the Catholic Worker Movement. His Easy Essays were a staple of the Catholic Worker newspaper, promoting philosophical personalism and economic distributism based on Catholic social teaching and tradition. His practical program included houses of hospitality, voluntary poverty, the works of mercy, agrarianism, and public roundtable discussions. How can Maurin's vision help transcend the polarizing tendencies of the church and wider culture to create a new society with "a philosophy so old that it looks like new?" Can it inspire us to "blow the dynamite" of Catholic social teaching in order to reconstruct the social order? The conference will feature keynote addresses and roundtable discussions treating various topics related to Maurin's thought. This conference is free and open to the public. If you are interested in contributing to a roundtable discussion or have other questions, please email Mark Franzen. |
Hosted by Canterbury House and St. Gregory's Hall in cooperation with the Hank Center for the Catholic Intellectual Heritage at Loyola University Chicago and the Department of Catholic Studies at DePaul University.
Full schedule and program to be announced. In the meantime, please fill out the Save the Date form below to express your interest in participating.
Full schedule and program to be announced. In the meantime, please fill out the Save the Date form below to express your interest in participating.