Fri, FEB 18, 2022
6:30 pM ET | FLOOR 1
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"The Tooth that nibbles at the soul” (Emily Dickinson)
The Encounter opens with poetry and music, with Matthew Cossack, baritone, Andrea Domenici, jazz pianist, Radoslawa Jasik, classical pianist, and Vaneese Thomas, singer
Fri, FEB 18, 2022
7:45 pM ET | FLOOR 2
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Nature Is a Spectacle that Is Never Exhausted
From curiosity to the beauty of discovery, a journey to regain trust in science. Presentation of the exhibit with Mark Painter, curator
Fri, FEB 18, 2022
8:15 pM ET | FLOOR 2
Exhibit Presentation
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The Surprise Exhibit
Presentation of the exhibit which “may change your life or leave you angry and confused,“ with John Touhey, curator
Fri, FEB 18, 2022
9:00 pM ET | FLOOR 1
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An Impossible Trust
Screening of the award-winning documentary Unguarded, on APAC, the revolutionary prison system aimed at the full recovery of the person. Introduced by Valdeci Antônio Ferreira, general director of the Brazilian Fraternity of Assistance to Convicts (FBAC), and Simonetta d’Italia Wiener, director of Unguarded, moderated by Michelle Riconscente, chief operating officer, Motimatic
Sat, FEB 19, 2022
10:00 AM ET | FLOOR 1
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Politics: A Zero-Sum Game?
Overcoming ideological divides in the political battlefield, with William Haslam, former Governor of Tennessee, and Dan Lipinski, former U.S. Congressman, moderated by Kimberly Shankman, Dean of Benedictine College, Atchison, KS
Sat, FEB 19, 2022
11:30 aM ET | FLOOR 1
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“Journalism is in the service of truth”
(Oriana Fallaci)
A conversation on truth in journalism, with Patrick Radden Keefe, writer and investigative journalist, and Thomas Rosenstiel, former executive director of the American Press Institute, introduced by a tribute to the late Italian journalist Oriana Fallaci, by her personal assistant Elena Perazzini, writer, moderated by Brandon Vaidyanathan, Associate Professor and Chair of the Department of Sociology, The Catholic University of America
Sat, FEB 19, 2022
12:45 pM ET | FLOOR 2
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“I cannot say ‘I’ if I do not say ‘you’”
(Luigi Giussani)
A presentation of The Meaning of Birth, a conversation between Fr. Luigi Giussani, founder of Communion and Liberation, and Giovanni Testori, with Phil Klay, author, Margarita Mooney, Associate Professor of Congregational Studies, Princeton Theological Seminary, Rowan Williams, theologian, moderated by Greg Wolfe, writer and managing director of Slant Books
Sat, FEB 19, 2022
2:00 PM ET | FLOOR 1
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The End of the Pax Americana?
The changing role of the U.S. in global affairs and its impact on world peace and stability with Andrew Bacevich, Professor Emeritus of International Relations and History, Boston University, and Michael Desch, Founding Director of the Notre Dame International Security Center, moderated by Paolo Carozza, Professor of Law and Director of the Kellogg Institute for International Studies, University of Notre Dame
Sat, FEB 19, 2022
3:00 PM ET | FLOOR 2
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Charting Our Future in a Pandemic Year
Presentation of Breaking Ground, a book of a unique moral record of 2020-2021, and the network of diverse faith-based institutions which generated it, with Susannah Black, senior editor of Plough, and Luke Bretherton, Professor of Theological Ethics at Duke Divinity School, Christine Emba, columnist, The Washington Post, introduced and moderated by Anne Snyder, editor-in-chief of Comment and creator of Breaking Ground
Sat, FEB 19, 2022
4:00 PM ET | FLOOR 1
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Facing Truth: Capitalism and Its Inner Challenges
A conversation on prosperity, opportunity, and inequality, with Jean-Paul Fitoussi, Professor Emeritus of Economics at the Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Paris, and Branko Milanovic, senior fellow at the Stone Center on Socio-Economic Inequality, Samuele Rosa, senior economist, International Monetary Fund, moderated by Anujeet Sareen, portfolio manager, Brandywine Global
Sat, FEB 19, 2022
5:15 PM ET | FLOOR 2
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“As far as my heart, I’d rather be restless”:
Amy Winehouse's Ache for the Truth
Presentation of the exhibit with Stephen Adubato, curator
SAT, FEB 19, 2022
6:00 PM ET | FLOOR 1
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Can We Ever Know What Is Real?
A conversation on the erosion of trust in science and the price we pay, with David Brooks, New York Times editorialist, and Francis Collins, Senior Investigator, former Director of the National Institutes of Health
Sat, FEB 19, 2022
7:30 PM ET | FLOOR 2
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Haiti’s Open Wounds
Eyewitness accounts on the relentless humanitarian crisis in Haiti, its causes, and future perspectives with Fiammetta Cappellini, AVSI country representative in Haiti, and Joe Parkin Daniels, a correspondent for Latin America and the Caribbean at The Guardian, moderated by Jackie Aldrette, managing director, AVSI-USA.
Sat, FEB 19, 2022
8:40 pM ET | FLOOR 2
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Poetry contest award ceremony
The 2022 Encounter poetry contest winners will be announced.
Sat, FEB 19, 2022
9:00 PM ET | FLOOR 1
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There Is More Love
The Bay Ridge Band LIVE in concert from New York
Sun, FEB 20, 2022
9:00 AM ET | FLOOR 1
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Holy Mass
Mass for the Centennial anniversary of Fr. Luigi Giussani’s birth, celebrated by Archbishop Christophe Pierre, Apostolic Nuncio to the United States, with the Choir of New York Encounter directed by Sebastian Modarelli, music director at the Co-Cathedral of St. John, in Rochester, MN
Sun, FEB 20, 2022
11:00 AM ET | FLOOR 1
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Why Does Truth Matter? And How Can We Reach It?
This year Encounter’s questions through Fr. Giussani’s eyes, on the occasion of the publication of To Give One’s Life for the Work of Another with Michael Waldstein, Professor of New Testament, Franciscan University, Steubenville, OH
The event will introduce The Journey to the Truth, an exhibit on the Servant of God Fr. Luigi Giussani on the centennial of his birth
Sun, FEB 20, 2022
12:30 pM ET | FLOOR 2
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Facing Unsettling Questions
Eyewitness accounts from the frontlines of healthcare, with Cristiano Ferrario, Assistant Professor of Oncology, McGill University, Federica Fromm, medical doctor, Enrico Grugnetti, registered nurse, moderated by Gerard Brungardt, Professor of Internal Medicine at the University of Kansas School of Medicine
Sun, FEB 20, 2022
2:00 PM ET | FLOOR 1
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“Without truth, there is no reconciliation”
(Bryan Stevenson)
A face-to-face conversation with Bryan Stevenson, founder and executive director of the Equal Justice Initiative, moderated by Esmeralda Negron, assistant public defender
Sun, FEB 20, 2022
3:15 PM ET | FLOOR 2
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Immunity: COVID-19 and Beyond
A scientific presentation on how our immune system responds to viruses and vaccines, with Mark Painter, post-doctoral fellow, Institute for Immunology, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania
Sun, FEB 20, 2022
4:00 PM ET | FLOOR 1
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Body and Identity
A presentation on gender theory and its social implications, with Abigail Favale, Dean of the College of Humanities, George Fox University, and Helen Joyce, executive editor for events business of The Economist, moderated by Holly Peterson, principal of Nativity: Faith and Reason School in Broomfield, CO
Sun, FEB 20, 2022
5:30 PM ET | FLOOR 1
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"What never dies" (Takashi Nagai)
A presentation on the life of Dr. Takashi Nagai and his wife Midori, with Gabriele Di Comite, president of the Friends of Takashi and Midori Nagai association, Chad Diehl, historian and instructional designer, University of Virginia, and Dominic Higgins, movie director
Sun, FEB 20, 2022
7:30 PM ET | FLOOR 1
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This Urge for Singing: How We Love It!
Final night of celebration and songs with the Encounter volunteers
