Moderator: Prof. David Albertson

Text: John Paul II, Man and Woman He Created Them: The Theology of the Body

The Saint Paul’s Choir of Men and Boys sing Palestrina’s glorious and beloved music, composed around 1562, within a contemporary Mass for the feast day of Saints Cyril and Methodius.  In the lecture and discussion preceding the Mass, Prof. John Baldovin, S.J. and James Kennerly, FRCO, examine the evolution of the Eucharistic worship before the Council of Trent (1545-63), the Council’s teachings on the Eucharist and its debates on the role of music in liturgy, the musical characteristics of Palestrina’s groundbreaking composition, and the way to integrate this music into contemporary Catholic worship.

Silence is Martin Scorsese's 2016 adaptation of the novel by Shusaku Endo.  In seventeenth-century Japan, two Jesuit priests are sent to find their lost mentor, who has allegedly been apostatized.  Silence is a meditation on faith, prayer, and conversion in the bleakest of conditions.

At present, the commercial appeal of automated legal systems rests on three pillars: speed, scale, and preference satisfaction. However, for many parts of the U.S. legal system, there is common sense that their translation into computation would be inappropriate. Come listen to an urgent reflection on the language and distinctions necessary to weigh commercial versus legal interests in the age of AI.