Lonergan envisaged that his work would yield 鈥渙ngoing collaboration鈥 among intelligent and faithful men and women. The week-long Lonergan Workshop held every summer has brought hundreds of people into that cooperative venture.

At the Workshop, scholars deeply engaged in Lonergan studies make a gift of their lectures and presentations, and participants who are just beginning find themselves included and encouraged. Friendship and hospitality radiate from the Workshop director and founder, Professor Fred Lawrence and his wife, Sue Lawrence. The Workshop includes discussions groups intended for people at every level of expertise, reports on applications, and work-in-progress and seminars on Lonergan鈥檚 major writings.

鈥淪chedule of Probabilities鈥

In memory of Philip McShane and Robert M. Doran, SJ, among others.

For Zoom link and passcode, email听bclonergan@gmail.com.

All times listed are in Eastern Daylight Time (EDT).

Monday, June 21

9:00 a.m. 鈥 11:00 a.m.
  • The 2021 Lonergan Workshop, 鈥淶oom Version,鈥: Introduction by Frederick Lawrence
  • Greg Lauzon introducing and remembering Robert Doran, SJ.
  • Joseph Gordon rem. Robert Doran, SJ: 鈥淧sychic Conversion and Christian Scripture.鈥
11:30 a.m. 鈥 1:30 p.m.
  • Jeremy Blackwood rem. Robert Doran, SJ: 鈥淩obert Doran鈥檚 Contributions to Interiority and Soteriology.鈥
  • Randall Rosenberg rem. Robert Doran, SJ: 鈥淭he Spiritual Exercise of Memento Mori: Insights from Robert Doran in Conversation with Emmanuel Levinas.鈥
2:00 p.m. 鈥 4:00 p.m.
  • Sally McShane: 鈥淚ntroducing Philip McShane.鈥
  • Robert Henman: 鈥淎 Tribute to Philip McShane.鈥
  • Alexandra (Sandy) Gillis rem. Philip McShane: 鈥淭horoughly Understand What it is to Understand.鈥

Tuesday, June 22

9:00 a.m. 鈥 11:00 a.m.
  • Paul O鈥橦ara rem. Philip McShane: 鈥淨uantum Entanglement and Emergence.鈥
  • James Duffy rem. Philip McShane: 鈥淢y Superpower is Walking Slowly.鈥
11:30 a.m. 鈥 1:30 p.m.
  • Terrance Quinn rem. Philip McShane: 鈥淢cShane鈥檚 Invitation to the Academy and the Economy.鈥
  • Bruce Anderson rem. Philip McShane: 鈥淭he Need for Dialectics in Legal Theory.鈥
2:00 p.m. 鈥 4:00 p.m.
  • Paul Kidder: 鈥淗ealing and Creating in Architecture.鈥
  • Glenn (Chip) Hughes: 鈥淭he Most Frightening Sentence (To Me) in Insight.鈥
4:30 p.m. 鈥 6:30 p.m.
  • Neil Ormerod rem. Robert Doran, SJ: 鈥淭he Beatific Vision from a Trinitarian Perspective.鈥
  • Tom Halloran rem. Philip McShane and others: 鈥溾楢 Fateful Call鈥︹欌 (cf Method p113; CWL 14:109): A Tribute to Phil McShane (and Conn O鈥橠onovan and Mike Shute!).鈥
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Wednesday, June 23

9:00 a.m. 鈥 11:00 a.m.
  • Louis Roy, OP: 鈥淎mbiguities in Pope Francis鈥檚 Message of Mercy.鈥
  • Ligita Ryliskyte, SJE: 鈥淗ow Wide is the Law of the Cross? The Transformation of Malum Poenae鈥
11:30 a.m. 鈥 1:30 p.m.
  • William Mathews, SJ, rem. Robert Doran, SJ: 鈥淣otes Towards Appropriating Our Transcendental Notions.鈥
  • Gerard Whelan, SJ, rem. Robert Doran, SJ: 鈥淏ob Doran and Pope Francis as 鈥楶robably the First Non-Classicist Pope.鈥欌
2:00 p.m. 鈥 4:00 p.m.
  • Joseph Ogbonnaya rem. Robert Doran, SJ: 鈥淭hree Memoirs on Fr. Bob Doran.鈥
  • William George rem. Robert Doran, SJ: 鈥淨uestioning the Human by Turning to the Sea: Towards an Ocean Ethics.鈥

Thursday, June 24

9:00 a.m. 鈥 11:00 a.m.
  • Ivo Coelho, SDB, rem. Philip McShane: 鈥淧hilip McShane: Reminiscences.鈥
  • Francisco Paco Galan rem. Philip McShane: 鈥淓fficiently Cherishing Our Quest and Ideas: A Humble Tribute to Phil.鈥
11:30 a.m. 鈥 1:30 p.m.
  • Chae Young Kim rem. Philip McShane: 鈥淛onathan Edwards and Bernard Lonergan on Religion with Remembrance of Philip McShane鈥檚 Embracing Heart.鈥
  • Cecilia Francisco-Tan: 鈥淎uthority as Self-Transcendence: A Renewed Theology in an Age of Crises.鈥
2:00 p.m. 鈥 4:00 p.m.
  • Cyril Orji rem. Robert Doran, SJ: 鈥淩acial Bias and Discrimination: How Did Lonergan Get It so Right?鈥
  • Michael McLaughlin rem. Robert Doran, SJ: 鈥淩obert Doran鈥檚 Thesis 87 on the Trinity in History and Ascetic Pneumatology after Augustine: Back to the Sources.鈥

Friday, June 25

9:00 a.m. 鈥 11:00 a.m.
  • Thomas McPartland rem. Rodney Kilcup: 鈥淏ernard Lonergan and a Second Axial Age: In Memoriamfor Rodney Kilcup.鈥
  • Andrew Barrette: 鈥淔inality and Friendship: Bernard Lonergan鈥檚 Relationship to Joseph Mar茅chal.鈥
11:30 a.m. 鈥 1:30 p.m.
  • Patrick Byrne: 鈥淐limate Change Denial: Uncertainty and Probability.鈥
  • Jeremy Wilkins: 鈥淥n Political Superstition.鈥
2:00 p.m. 鈥 4:00 p.m.
  • Brian Braman: 鈥溾楾hings fall apart; the centre cannot hold鈥: Slouching Towards Modernist Architecture.鈥
  • Taylor Nutter, Amy Maxey, Roberto de la Noval, Trevor Anderson, and Thomas Bowers: 鈥淚nsight Among Friends.鈥
4:00 p.m.
  • Closing remarks, Frederick Lawrence.
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We were unable to host the 2020 Workshop due to the COVID-19 pandemic, but we did gather the community together online to share tributes and memorials of Lonergan Scholars. We are still working to edit recordings of those tributes, but you can start to听view those Zoom sessions on our Youtube page.

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