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 byPhilippe Villeneuve, Chief Architect of the Reconstruction of the Cathedral of Notre Dame in Paris, introduced byCardinal 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, withKuok-Wai Lio, classical pianist, andDeniz Demirer, actor, introduced byPier Paolo Bellini, Professor of Sociology, University of Molise and the curator of theSpirto Gentil music series, andChristopher 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, withChristine Rosen, Senior Fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, andCarter Snead, Professor of Law, University of Notre Dame, moderated byPaolo 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, withRoger Berkowitz, Academic Director, Hannah Arendt Center for Politics and the Humanities, Bard College, andCarlo 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 withJames Davison Hunter, Distinguished Professor of Religion, Culture, and Social Theory, University of Virginia, andPaul Kahn, Professor of Law and the Humanities, Yale University, moderated byAmy 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 withWilliam Cavanaugh, professor of Catholic Studies, DePaul University, andChristina Clamp, Professor of Sociology, Southern New Hampshire University, moderated byPatrick 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 forBloomberg.
Saturday, February 15, 2025
2:00 Pm ET | Pavilion Auditorium
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Why Have Children?
A conversation on demographic decline withNicholas Eberstadt, Henry Wendt Chair in Political Economy, American Enterprise Institute, andBrad Wilcox, Professor of Sociology, University of Virginia, moderated byMargarita 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 seriesSuccession withSophia 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 onIn Search of the Human Face by Fr. Luigi Giussani, withMichael 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, andAaron 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 withThomas 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 withMartin Nowak, Professor of Mathematics and Biology, Harvard University, andRob Phillips, Professor of Biophysics, Biology, and Physics at the California Institute of Technology, moderated byEvelyn 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 withMichael 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, withSister Norma Pimentel, Executive Director of Catholic Charities of the Rio Grande Valley, moderated byJackie 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 byJonathan Fields, composer, withPhil Faconti, guitar,Ted Kuhn, violin,Ken Genuard, actor, andSusan 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 byCardinal Christophe Pierre,Papal Nuncio to the U.S, with the Choir of the New York Encounter directed bySebastian 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 withMichael Drout, Professor of English, Wheaton College,Corey Olsen, President of Signum University and Mythgard Institute, andGiuseppe Pezzini, Associate Professor of Latin Language and Literature, Oxford University, moderated byAnnie 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 withRobert Putnam, Professor of Public Policy, Harvard University, andSherry Turkle, Professor of the Social Studies of Science and Technology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, moderated byBrandon 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 withWafa Farid Musleh,President, Holy Land Living Stones Association, Bethlehem, Palestine,Fr. Ramzi Sidawi, Guardian at the Franciscan Monastery of the Holy Land in America, andHosam Abu Sini, Oncologist, Rambam Health Care Campus, Haifa, moderated byArchbishop 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
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Awakening Curiosity
A conversation on the aims, content, and methods of education in the U.S. withHolly Peterson, Assistant Superintendent for Academics, Diocese of Columbus, andDavid Steiner, Executive Director of the Johns Hopkins Institute for Education Policy moderated byRev. 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 withFr. Zachariah Presutti, S.J., founder of Thrive For Life Prison Project, Inc., andLeo Schofield, wrongly imprisoned for 35 years, moderated byHannah Chesterton, Assistant Professor of Criminology, The Catholic University of America
IN PERSON ONLY
Sunday, February 16, 2025
4:15 Pm ET | Pavilion AuditoriuM
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What We Do and Do Not Know
A presentation on global warming and climate change withKerry Emanuel, Professor Emeritus of Atmospheric Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, andDavid Romps, Professor of Earth and Planetary Science, University of California, Berkeley, moderated byMassimo 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 byCardinal Christophe Pierre,Papal Nuncio to the U.S,Antonia Salzano, Carlo Acutis’ mother, andChristine Wohar, Founder, FrassatiUSA, Inc., moderated byAmy 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
