FRIDAY, February 14, 2025
6:30 PM ET | Pavilion Auditorium
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“Forever building, and always decaying, and always being restored.” (T.S. Eliot)
The Encounter opens with a presentation by Philippe Villeneuve, Chief Architect of the Reconstruction of the Cathedral of Notre Dame in Paris, introduced by Cardinal Seán O'Malley, Archbishop Emeritus of Boston
IN-PERSON & LIVESTREAMED
FRIDAY, February 14, 2025
9:00 PM ET | Pavilion Auditorium
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A Life Rich in Music
Piano concert in memory of Fr. Luigi Giussani, accompanied by his reflections on music, with Kuok-Wai Lio, classical pianist, and Deniz Demirer, actor, introduced by Pier Paolo Bellini, Professor of Sociology, University of Molise and the curator of the Spirto Gentil music series, and Christopher Vath, musician
IN-PERSON & LIVESTREAMED
Saturday, February 15, 2025
9:30 Am ET | Pavilion Auditorium
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A Fragment of Being
A discussion on the corporal dimension of human identity in an age of virtual reality, with Christine Rosen, Senior Fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, and Carter Snead, Professor of Law, University of Notre Dame, moderated by Paolo Carozza, Professor of Law, University of Notre Dame
IN-PERSON & LIVESTREAMED
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Image: Vincent Van Gogh, Shoes, oil on canvas, 1886; Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam (Vincent van Gogh Foundation)
Saturday, February 15, 2025
10:45 Am ET | ALTMAN Auditorium
EXHIBIT PRESENTATION
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The Miracle of Beginning
Presentation of the exhibit on Hannah Arendt, with Roger Berkowitz, Academic Director, Hannah Arendt Center for Politics and the Humanities, Bard College, and Carlo Lancellotti, curator
IN PERSON ONLY
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Image: Photograph of Hannah Arendt in 1933, Photographer unknown, PD-US
Saturday, February 15, 2025
11:30 Am ET | Pavilion Auditorium
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How We Got Here
A discussion on the roots of the American political crisis with James Davison Hunter, Distinguished Professor of Religion, Culture, and Social Theory, University of Virginia, and Paul Kahn, Professor of Law and the Humanities, Yale University, moderated by Amy Sapenoff, teacher
IN-PERSON & LIVESTREAMED
Saturday, February 15, 2025
12:45 PM ET | ALTMAN Auditorium
EXHIBIT PRESENTATION
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The Mondragon Experience
A More Human Way to Work
Presentation of the exhibit with William Cavanaugh, professor of Catholic Studies, DePaul University, and Christina Clamp, Professor of Sociology, Southern New Hampshire University, moderated by Patrick Tomassi, curator
IN PERSON ONLY
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Image: Orbea, which manufactures and sells bicycles, is one of nearly 100 worker-owned cooperatives in the Mondragon Corporation network. Photographer: Markel Redondo for Bloomberg.
Saturday, February 15, 2025
2:00 Pm ET | Pavilion Auditorium
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Why Have Children?
A conversation on demographic decline with Nicholas Eberstadt, Henry Wendt Chair in Political Economy, American Enterprise Institute, and Brad Wilcox, Professor of Sociology, University of Virginia, moderated by Margarita Mooney Clayton, Associate Professor of Congregational Studies, Princeton Theological Seminary
IN-PERSON & LIVESTREAMED
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Image: Stanisław Wyspiański, Sleeping Staś, pastel on paper, 1904, detail, National Museum, Poznań, Poland; PD-US
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 2025
3:15 PM ET | ALTMAN AUDITORIUM
EXHIBIT PRESENTATION
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“The past [is] all made up”
Presentation of the exhibit on memory and disconnection in the HBO series Succession with Sophia Sorensen, curator
IN PERSON ONLY
Saturday, February 15, 2025
4:00 Pm ET | Pavilion Auditorium
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No Longer Just a Promise
A conversation on In Search of the Human Face by Fr. Luigi Giussani, with Michael Hanby, Associate Professor of Religion and Philosophy of Science at the Pontifical John Paul II Institute for Studies on Marriage and Family, Washington, DC, John Milbank, President of the Centre of Theology and Philosophy, The University of Nottingham, and Aaron Riches, Professor of Theology, Benedictine College
IN-PERSON & LIVESTREAMED
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 2025
5:15 PM ET | ALTMAN AUDITORIUM
EXHIBIT PRESENTATION
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A New Beginning in America
Presentation on the Vietnamese-American experience 50 years after the fall of Saigon with Thomas Tobin, curator
IN PERSON ONLY
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Image: 35 Vietnamese refugees wait to be taken aboard the amphibious command ship USS BLUE RIDGE (LCC-19). They are being rescued from a 35-foot fishing boat 350 miles northeast of Cam Ranh Bay, Vietnam, after spending eight days at sea. Photo by an employee of the U.S. Navy on duty; PD-US.
Saturday, February 15, 2025
6:00 Pm ET | Pavilion Auditorium
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All That Is Needed Is Attention
Marveling at nature in scientific research with Martin Nowak, Professor of Mathematics and Biology, Harvard University, and Rob Phillips, Professor of Biophysics, Biology, and Physics at the California Institute of Technology, moderated by Evelyn Tang, Assistant Professor of Physics and Astronomy, Rice University
IN-PERSON & LIVESTREAMED
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Image: Morton East Bilingual Club High School youth (Lyons, IL) watching the solar eclipse with their science teacher
Saturday, February 15, 2025
7:15 Pm ET | ALTMAN Auditorium
HERE BEGINS A NEW LIFE SERIES
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Mesmerizing Beauty
A presentation on the wonders hidden in a peacock’s tail with Michael Waldstein, Professor of Theology, Franciscan University of Steubenville
IN PERSON ONLY
Saturday, February 15, 2025
8:00 Pm ET | ALTMAN Auditorium
HERE BEGINS A NEW LIFE SERIES
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Who Is My Neighbor?
Looking at immigration through the eyes of immigrants and those who welcome them, with Sister Norma Pimentel, Executive Director of Catholic Charities of the Rio Grande Valley, moderated by Jackie Aldrette, Managing Director, AVSI USA
IN PERSON ONLY
Saturday, February 15, 2025
9:00 Pm ET | PAVILION Auditorium
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Ardenthearted
A journey with Cormac McCarthy inspired by his novels, with original music by Jonathan Fields, composer, with Phil Faconti, guitar, Ted Kuhn, violin, Ken Genuard, actor, and Susan Stein, actress
IN PERSON ONLY
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Image: © Erin K. McAtee, www.erinkmcatee.com
Holy Mass
SUNDAY, February 16, 2025
8:30 Am ET | Pavilion Auditorium
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Mass for the 20th anniversary of Fr. Luigi Giussani’s death, celebrated by Cardinal Timothy Dolan, Archbishop of New York, with the Choir of the New York Encounter directed by Sebastian Modarelli, Music Director at the Co-Cathedral of St. John, Rochester, Minnesota
IN-PERSON & LIVESTREAMED
SUNDAY, February 16, 2025
10:15 am ET | ALTMAN Auditorium
HERE BEGINS A NEW LIFE SERIES
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“The beauty of it smote his heart … and hope returned to him” (J.R.R. Tolkien)
A presentation on hope in the work of J.R.R. Tolkien with Michael Drout, Professor of English, Wheaton College, Corey Olsen, President of Signum University and Mythgard Institute, and Giuseppe Pezzini, Associate Professor of Latin Language and Literature, Oxford University, moderated by Annie Thompson, Teaching Fellow, St. John's College
IN-PERSON ONLY
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Image: Named after J. R. R. Tolkien’s works, "Eye of Sauron": dust ring around HR 4796A star in the southern constellation of Centaurus. CC BY 4.0.
SUNDAY, February 16, 2025
11:30 Am ET | Pavilion Auditorium
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A Feeling of Precariousness
A conversation on loneliness and malaise in today’s society with Robert Putnam, Professor of Public Policy, Harvard University, and Sherry Turkle, Professor of the Social Studies of Science and Technology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, moderated by Brandon Vaidyanathan, Professor of Sociology, The Catholic University of America
IN-PERSON & LIVESTREAMED
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Image: Vincent van Gogh, Wheatfield with Crows, 1890, detail, Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam (Vincent van Gogh Foundation)
SUNDAY, February 16, 2025
12:45 Pm ET | ALTMAN Auditorium
HERE BEGINS A NEW LIFE SERIES
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In the Midst of Hell, Not Hell
Stories of life and hope in the Holy Land with Wafa Farid Musleh, President, Holy Land Living Stones Association, Bethlehem, Palestine, Fr. Ramzi Sidawi, Guardian at the Franciscan Monastery of the Holy Land in America, and Hosam Abu Sini, Oncologist, Rambam Health Care Campus, Haifa, moderated by Archbishop Gabriele Caccia, Permanent Observer of the Holy See at the U.N.
IN-PERSON ONLY
Sunday, February 16, 2025
2:00 Pm ET | Pavilion Auditorium
Awakening Curiosity
A conversation on the aims, content, and methods of education in the U.S. with Holly Peterson, Assistant Superintendent for Academics, Diocese of Columbus, and David Steiner, Executive Director of the Johns Hopkins Institute for Education Policy moderated by Rev. Earl Fernandes, Bishop of Columbus, Ohio
IN-PERSON & LIVESTREAMED
SUNDAY, February 16, 2025
3:15 Pm ET | ALTMAN Auditorium
HERE BEGINS A NEW LIFE SERIES
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Can the Past Be Healed?
A face-to-face meeting with Fr. Zachariah Presutti, S.J., founder of Thrive For Live Prison Project, Inc., and Leo Schofield, wrongly imprisoned for 35 years, moderated by Hannah Chesterton, Assistant Professor of Criminology, The Catholic University of America
IN PERSON ONLY
Sunday, February 16, 2025
4:15 Pm ET | Pavilion AuditoriuM
What We Do and Do Not Know
A presentation on global warming and climate change with Kerry Emanuel, Professor Emeritus of Atmospheric Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and David Romps, Professor of Earth and Planetary Science, University of California, Berkeley, moderated by Massimo Robberto, Branch Lead of the Near-Infrared Camera of the James Webb Space Telescope
IN-PERSON & LIVESTREAMED
Sunday, February 16, 2025
5:30 Pm ET | Pavilion AuditoriuM
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A New Life
Two young modern saints: Carlo Acutis and Pier Giorgio Frassati, presented by Cardinal Christophe Pierre, Papal Nuncio to the U.S, Antonia Salzano, Carlo Acutis’ mother, and Christine Wohar, Founder, FrassatiUSA, Inc., moderated by Amy Hickl, Dean of Faculty, Notre Dame Academy School, Los Angeles
IN-PERSON & LIVESTREAMED
Sunday, February 16, 2025
7:30 Pm ET | Pavilion AuditoriuM
“In my end is my beginning” (T.S. Eliot)
Final night of celebration and songs with the Encounter volunteers
