Dec 9 - Catholic Lecture Series with Fr Eugene Morris, Dr Kenneth Howell

(The Catolic Lecture Series is the 2nd Saturday of each month)

Date: Saturday, December 9, 2006
Time: 8:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.

Holy Mass - 11 :30 a.m.

Where: Old St. Ferdinand Shrine
1 Rue Saint Francois
Florissant, Missouri 63031

Rev. C. Eugene Morris is the Director of Worship for Kemick-Glennon Seminary and Assistant Professor of Sacramental Theology. Fr. Morris received BA degrees from St. Louis University, Masters of Divinity and Masters of Arts in Church History from Kenrick and a Licentiate in Sacred Theology from the Pontifical Athenaeum of St. Anselm in Rome. In addition to teaching for Kenrick-Glennon Seminary and the Paul VI Institute, Fr. Morris is the Director of Liturgical Formation for the Permanent Diaconate. Fr Morris is currently working on his doctorate at the International Marian Research Institute, University of Dayton. In addition to these duties, Fr. Morris has a radio show on WRYT Catholic Radio on Sacraments, Sacramentals, and the Sacramental Life of the Church and he works with the Marian Catechists of the Archdiocese of Saint Louis.

Dr. Kenneth Howell is Director and Fellow at The John Henry Newman Institute of Catholic Thought and Adjunct Associate Professor in the Program for the Study of Religion at the University of illinois at Urbana­-Champaign, where he teaches classes on the history, theology and philosophy of Catholicism. A former Presbyterian minister, he holds a Master of Divinity degree from Westminster Theological Seminary in Philadelphia and doctorates from Indiana University and Lancaster University, United Kingdom. While a seminary professor, Dr. Howell's own teaching of Sacred Scripture and the Church Fathers led him to the Catholic belief in the reality of Christ's Body in the Eucharist. He entered the Catholic Church in June of 1996.

Questions call Lu @ 714-473-7980