Fri, FEB 17, 2023
6:30 pM ET | FLOOR 1
‘Each of us is willed. Each of us is loved. Each of us is necessary’
(Pope Benedict XVI)
The Encounter opens with poetry, music, and a conversation in memory of Pope Benedict XVI with Steven Brown, Dean of Graduate Studies at The Catholic University of America, Cardinal Seán O'Malley, Archbishop of Boston, Most Rev. Steven J. Raica, Bishop of Birmingham, and Fr. Alex Zenthoefer, rector of St. Benedict Cathedral in Evansville, Indiana, and music played by Christopher Vath, pianist
In-person & LIVESTREAMED
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Fri, FEB 17, 2023
7:45 pM ET | FLOOR 2
Exhibit Presentation
‘No trivial matter’: Nietzsche’s Urge for the Truth
Presentation of the exhibit on Friedrich Nietzsche with Stephen Adubato, curator
IN-PERSON ONLY
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Featured image: © Prospect Publishing
Fri, FEB 17, 2023
8:15 pM ET | FLOOR 2
Exhibit Presentation
Signs Awaiting Discovery: The Story Rocks Tell Us
Presentation of the exhibit on geology with Roland Rosario, curator
In-person only
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Fri, FEB 17, 2023
9:00 pM ET | FLOOR 1
The Thinking Heart of the Barracks
The compelling journey of Etty Hillesum through her own words from An Interrupted Life and Letters from Westerbork, with original music reflections by Jonathan Fields, composer
In-person & livestreamed
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Featured Image: Etty Hillesum sometime in the 1930s; Source: Wikimedia Commons, PD
Sat, FEB 18, 2023
10:00 AM ET | FLOOR 1
What’s going on here?
A conversation on influencers, cryptocurrencies, and the metaverse with Luke Burgis, director of programs at the Ciocca Center for Principled Entrepreneurship, The Catholic University of America, Yogesh Dwivedi, professor of digital marketing and innovation, Swansea University, and Sazan Hendrix, social media star, moderated by John Touhey, filmmaker
In-person & livestreamed
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Sat, FEB 18, 2023
11:30 aM ET | FLOOR 1
Someone With Me
A conversation on this year's Encounter theme with Archbishop Christophe Pierre, Apostolic Nuncio to the U.S., and Msgr. Erik Varden, O.C.S.O., Bishop of Trondheim, Norway
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Sat, FEB 18, 2023
12:45 pM ET | FLOOR 2
‘You cannot love what shocks you’
(Nathaniel Hawthorne)
Testimonies to the mystery of suffering and its relief and redemption in light of the life and writings of Lorenzo Albacete, with Dan Bushman, computer scientist, Anthony Lechich, medical director of the Terence Cardinal Cooke Health Care Center, and Heather King, writer, moderated by Camil Martinez, logistics engineer
In-person only
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Sat, FEB 18, 2023
2:00 pM ET | FLOOR 1
‘You will never succeed in convincing me to hate you’
(Josef Zverina)
Facing the mysterious existence of evil: forgiveness and hope with Diane Foley, mother of journalist Jim Foley, publicly beheaded by ISIS, Archbishop Pierbattista Pizzaballa, Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, and Anastasiia Zolotova, director of Emmaus, Kharkiv, and Ukrainian refugee, moderated by Amy Hickl, high school teacher
In-person & livestreamed
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Sat, FEB 18, 2023
3:15 pM ET | FLOOR 2
EXHIBIT PRESENTATION
‘You have to put your heart in everything you do’
Presentation of the exhibit on the Servant of God Enzo Piccinini, surgeon, son, father, and friend, with Meghan Isaacs, exhibit curator, Caroline Lamoutte, medical student, and Annarita Piccinini, Enzo's daughter
In-person only
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Sat, FEB 18, 2023
4:00 pM ET | FLOOR 1
Who am I?
A presentation of The Religious Sense, a seminal work by Fr. Luigi Giussani on the occasion of its new translation, with greetings by Cardinal Timothy Dolan, Archbishop of New York and a conversation with Fr. Michael Carvill, US coordinator of Communion and Liberation, and John Cavadini, director of McGrath Institute for Church Life at University of Notre Dame, moderated by John Zucchi, professor of history at McGill University, translator of The Religious Sense
The event will introduce “The trunk is rooted where the truth lies,” an exhibit on the Self and the Other in the life and thought of the Servant of God Fr. Luigi Giussani.
In-person & livestreamed
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Featured image: Jules Adolphe Breton, The Song of the Lark (detail), Oil on canvas, 1884, The Art Institute of Chicago; Source: Wiki Commons, PD
Sat, FEB 18, 2023
5:30 PM ET | FLOOR 2
Exhibit Presentation
Why We Work. Daily Bread, Dynamic Times
Presentation of the exhibit on the value of work with Jay Roussel, curator
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Sat, FEB 18, 2023
6:00 PM ET | FLOOR 1
For me?!?
A presentation on the James Webb Telescope, its undertaking, and its discovery, with Stefanie Milam, James Webb Space Telescope deputy project scientist for planetary science, and Massimo Robberto, branch lead of the Near-Infrared Camera of the James Webb Space Telescope, moderated by Maria Elena Monzani, lead scientist, Stanford University
In-person & livestreamed
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Featured image: Webb’s Jupiter Images Showcase Auroras, Hazes; Credits: Webb NIRCam composite image of Jupiter from three filters and alignment due to the planet’s rotation. Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, Jupiter ERS Team; image processing by Judy Schmidt
Sat, FEB 18, 2023
7:15 PM ET | FLOOR 2
The Word in a Broken World: The Poet’s Response
Through their own work and those of classic and contemporary figures, poets Ned Balbo, Ewa Chrusciel, James Davis May, and Rita A. Simmonds will offer their reflections on the NYE theme Who Am I That You Care for Me? with special attention to the desire to live in communion with others amid the challenges of separation and disconnection that mark our modern world
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Sat, FEB 18, 2023
8:15 PM ET | FLOOR 2
Hope Reborn
A presentation on Comunità Cenacolo with Albino Aragno, director of the Cenacolo Communities in America, and Ian Ross, elementary school teacher, moderated by Matteo Tinti, regional sales manager at MEI
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SUN, FEB 19, 2023
9:00 aM ET | FLOOR 1
Holy Mass
Mass offered for Pope Francis’ intentions for peace, celebrated by Cardinal Seán Patrick O'Malley, Archbishop of Boston, with the Choir of the New York Encounter directed by Sebastian Modarelli, music director at the Co-Cathedral of St. John, in Rochester, MN
In-person & livestreamed
SUN, FEB 19, 2023
11:00 aM ET | FLOOR 1
Why Do I Have This Yearning?
A literary conversation with Chris Beha, writer and editor of Harper’s Magazine and Ron Hansen, novelist, moderated by Greg Wolfe, writer and Slant Books managing director
In-person & livestreamed
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SUN, FEB 19, 2023
12:15 PM ET | FLOOR 2
Diversity and Dignity
A discussion on the meaning and relevance of diversity, with Justin Giboney, co-founder, and president of AND campaign, and Chloé Valdary, writer and entrepreneur, moderated by Marcia Otto, associate professor, UTHealth School of Public Health, Houston
IN-PERSON ONLY
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SUN, FEB 19, 2023
1:15 PM ET | FLOOR 2
The Virgin of Guadalupe and Our Identity
A presentation with Claudia Mena, economist
In-person only
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SUN, FEB 19, 2023
2:00 PM ET | FLOOR 1
Everything Costs More! And Now?
A conversation on inflation in the current global context with Jon Hilsenrath, senior writer for The Wall Street Journal, and Stephen Smith, senior managing director of Brandywine Global, moderated by Anujeet Sareen, portfolio manager, Brandywine Global
In-person & livestreamed
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SUN, FEB 19, 2023
3:15 PM ET | FLOOR 2
Peace on Earth
The Catholic Church position on peace and the current situation in Ukraine, with Archbishop Gabriele Caccia, Permanent Observer of the Holy See to the UN, and the Most Reverend Borys Gudziak, Metropolitan Archbishop of Philadelphia of the Ukrainian Catholic Church, moderated by Holly Peterson, educator
In-person only
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Sun, FEB 19, 2023
4:00 pM ET | FLOOR 1
An Unconditional Embrace
Witnesses in light of The Miracle of Hospitality, the newly published book by Fr. Luigi Giussani, with Ashley and Nate Kaufman, foster parents, Maria Chiara and Rick Kushner, mother and father, Tom Tobin, high school teacher, and Hashmat Wali, manager, financial reporting and analyst, and Afghan refugee
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Sun, FEB 19, 2023
5:45 PM ET | FLOOR 1
The Gift of His Own Self
A presentation on the life of the Servant of God Fr. Emil Kapaun, military chaplain and medal of honor recipient, with Colonel Michael Dowe, former POW, Korean War, Fr. Matthew Pawlikowski, retired senior chaplain at West Point Military Academy, and Roy Wenzl, journalist, moderated by Fiona Holly, librarian
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Featured image: Roman Catholic Chaplain Emil J. Kapaun, United States Army recipient of the Medal of Honor; Source: Wikimedia Commons, PD
Sun, FEB 19, 2023
7:30 PM ET | FLOOR 1
Higher Than Stars, Deeper Than Corals
Final night of celebration and songs with the Encounter volunteers
