Adult Education 2007
Summer Series

Obedience vs. Responsibility: The State of the "Laity" in the Church
Presented by Ladislas Orsy, S.J.

To be both obedient and responsible is an ongoing - never ending - balancing act - a lifetime's work. How do we understand what we must obey in the Church? What is our responsibility as the people of God?

Ladislas Orsy, S.J., is a Jesuit canon lawyer and theologian who has been instrumental in interpreting the meaning and implementation of the decrees of the Second Vatican Council. He is a professor at Georgetown Law Center.

For the Life of the Church: A Call to Lay Leadership
Presented by Dolores Leckey

Ms. Leckey's talk will be based on her recently published book, The Laity and Christian Education, Paulist Press (2006). The book tells how the role of the laity--as being essential in the life of the Church-- moved to "center stage" during the Second Vatican Council, and how lay people were among those who made it happen. It also ties this emerging role of the laity to the Council Declaration on Christian Education.

She previously spoke at St. Charles about the role of women in the Church.

Dolores Leckey is Senior Fellow at the Woodstock Theological Center at Georgetown University.