
Assumption College Announces Lecture
Worcester, MARev. Karl P. Donfried will give this years Bishop
Flanagan Lecture entitled: "Nurturing the Beloved Community: Ecumenism
in a Time of Ambiguity," on Wednesday, October 10, 2001 at 7 p.m. at Assumption
Colleges Hagan Center Hall.
Rev. Donfried is a professor of Religion and Biblical Studies at Smith College.
He is widely known as a speaker and scholar whose work has engaged ecumenical
questions for many years. Among his publications is a book on "Peter in
the New Testament," which is co-edited with the biblical scholar Fr. Raymond
Brown. He has taught at Assumption College in the past, most recently as a guest
lecturer in February. The lecture is free and open to the public.
The event is sponsored by Assumption Colleges Ecumenical Institute. Founded
in 1968, the Institute provides a forum for reflection and discussion of questions
of common interest to Christians of all churches and to people of other faiths
as well.