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Lively conversations with professors, fellows, scholars, and friends of the University of Notre Dame's de Nicola Center for Ethics and Culture. The Center is committed to sharing the richness of the Catholic moral and intellectual tradition through teaching, research, and public engagement, at the highest level and across a range of disciplines. For more information visit http://ethicscenter.nd.edu

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Episode 91: Rev. Gregory Pine, O.P.

In this episode, we chat with Dominican Father Gregory Maria Pine, O.P., Assistant Professor of Dogmatic and Moral Theology at the Dominican House of Studies and the Assistant Director of the Thomistic Institute. Special Guest: Rev. Gregory Pine, O.P..

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Episode 90: Antonio Marchi

Antonio serves as the executive director of Right to Life Michiana, where he advocates for the lives of unborn children and connects mothers in need to helpful resources. He is a Notre Dame graduate and an alumnus of the de Nicola Center's Vita Institute prolife intellectual formation program. Special Guest: Antonio Marchi.

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Episode 89: Bishop Andrew Cozzens

Bishop Andrew Cozzens is the bishop of Crookston, Minnesota. He led the Eucharistic Revival on behalf of the US Conference of Catholic Bishops that gathered more than 60,000 people for the National Eucharistic Congress in Indianapolis in the summer of 2024. Special Guest: Bishop Andrew Cozzens.

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Episode 88: Leah Libresco Sargeant

Leah Sargeant is the author of The Dignity of Dependence , Arriving at Amen , and Building the Benedict Option . Her substack, Other Feminisms, is about how to advocate for women as women in a world that treats them like defective men. Special Guest: Leah Libresco Sargeant.

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Episode 87: Tony and Phyllis Lauinger

Tony has served as president and chairman of Oklahomans for Life since 1978 and vice president of the National Right to Life Committee since 1995, which seeks to defend human life through education, legislation, and public policy. As a physician, Phyllis has dedicated her medical expertise to providing free health care to Tulsa’s uninsured and has delivered pro-life lectures to various audiences.…

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Episode 86: Bill Mattison

Bill Mattison is the Wilsey Professor of Theology at Notre Dame and author of Growing in Virtue: Aquinas on Habit . Special Guest: Bill Mattison.

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Episode 85: Jennifer Newsome Martin

Jennifer Newsome Martin is an associate professor in the Program of Liberal Studies with a joint appointment in the Department of Theology, and, as of July 2024, the director of the de Nicola Center for Ethics and Culture. We chat about her first semester in the director's chair, our recently-concluded Fall Conference on the Catholic Imagination, and preview some exciting new initiatives at the de…

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Episode 84: Dr. Elvira Parravicini

The de Nicola Center for Ethics and Culture presented the 2024 Notre Dame Evangelium Vitae Medal—the nation’s most important award for heroes of the pro-life movement—to Dr. Elvira Parravicini, founding director of the Neonatal Comfort Care Program and professor of pediatrics at Columbia University Medical Center. She established the Neonatal Comfort Care Program (NCCP) in 2008 to address the…

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Episode 83: Church Life Africa

The growing population and vibrant faith of African Catholics have engendered a long-expressed hope that the future of the Church is in Africa. Based on a model of solidarity and mutual enrichment between the Church in Africa and the Church in the United States, Church Life Africa (CLA), a strategic initiative at the University of Notre Dame, takes this hope seriously and calls for an intentional…

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Episode 82: Natalie MacMaster and Donnell Leahy

Natalie MacMaster married Donnell Leahy in 2002, who came to prominence as the lead fiddle player for The Leahy Family. Together the pair have released two albums together. The first, One , was released in 2015. The pair released a traditional Christmas album, A Celtic Family Christmas, the year after. Natalie and Donnell have toured the world together and even feature their seven music-loving…

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