The Vincentian Center: Events

Extreme Wealth and Poverty and the Virtue of "Enough"

Program

Morning Session

8:30 a.m. Registration

9 a.m. Welcome And Opening Reflection

Rev. Patrick Griffin, C.M., Ph.D.,

Executive Vice President for Mission and Branch Campuses

Sr. Margaret John Kelly, D.C., Ph.D.

Executive Director, Vincentian Center for Church and Society

9:15 a.m. Globalization, Development and Poverty: The Crisis of Ethics and Economics

Rev. Drew Christensen, S.J., Ph.D ., Editor-in-Chief, America

The cultural forces that have brought us to the current ethical crisis and the challenge of the Christian virtue of "enoughness"

H.E. Mr. Oscar de Rojas , Director, United Nations Financing for Development

Poverty, wealth and the hope of integral development: the Millennium Development Goals

Moderator:

Susan J. Stabile, J.D., Robert and Marion Short Distinguished Chair in Law and Professor, University of St. Thomas School of Law

10:15 a.m. Break

10:30 a.m. International Perspectives: Globalization, Development and the Effects of the Economic Crisis on the Wealthy and the Poor

The UN Charter commits member nations to foster international economic and social cooperation as necessary to build peaceful relations. In the past 65 years, nations and regions of the world changed in many ways to become part of the globalized economy leading to economic growth globally, but not all have benefited. It has produced in a greater gap between rich and poor nations and peoples. This panel will offer a global view of the effects of globalization on wealth and poverty. It will also assess how the current crises hastened or delayed progress to achieve the Millennium Development Goals. A moderated discussion with the keynote presenters and conference participants will follow the panel presentations.

H.E. Mr. Paul Badji , Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Senegal to the United Nations

H.E. Mr. Hilario G. Davide, Jr. , Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Philippines to the United Nations

H.E. Mrs. Carmen María Gallardo Hernández , Ambassador of El Salvador to the United Nations

H.E. Ms. Sanja ?tiglic , Ambassador of Slovenia to the United Nations

Moderator:

Christopher J. Borgen, J.D. , Associate Dean for International Studies and Professor of Law, St. John's University School of Law

Curator: Aaris Sherin , M.F.A., Associate Professor, Department of Fine Arts, St. John's College of Liberal Arts and Sciences

Music and Lyrics that draw us into the lives of persons diminished by injustice and draw hearts and minds to the common good

Elizabeth and Joseph Mahowald , stars of Broadway, Off-Broadway, recording, film, television and regional theatre, concerts at Carnegie Hall, and with major symphonies around the world

Moderator: Joseph R. Gagliano, Jr. '85L , Adjunct Professor of Law, St. John's University School of Law

Visual Presentation: Belenna M. Lauto, M.A., Associate Professor, Department of Fine Arts, St. John's College of Liberal Arts and Sciences

Mary Ann Dantuono, J.D., Associate Director, Vincentian Center for Church and Society

Presider and Homilist: Rev. Patrick Griffin, C.M. , Executive Vice President for Mission and Branch Campuses

6th Biennial Vincentian Chair of Social Justice Conference