Leo XIII and the Future of the Church

2:30 – 2:40 p.m. — Opening Remarks
2:40 – 3:30 p.m. — Dr. Jeremy Wilkins (Boston College)
- The Holy Spirit in the Church: Leo XIII and the Church today
3:30 – 4:20 p.m. — Dr. Mary Hirschfeld (Villanova)
- Contemporary Economic Life and the Wisdom of Leo XIII
4:20 – 4:40 p.m. — Break
4:40 – 5:20 p.m. — Fr. Dominic Legge, OP (Dominican House of Studies)
- Leo XIII: Advocate of Thomistic Wisdom in Modernity

7:50 – 8:30 a.m. — Mass
9:10 – 10:00 a.m. — Dr. Russell Hittinger (Catholic University of America)
- Leo XIII on the Catholic Church in America
10:00 – 10:50 a.m. — Fr. Andrew Hofer, OP (Dominican House of Studies)
- Leo XIII, Apostle of the Rosary
10:50 – 11:10 a.m. — Break
11:10 – 12:00 p.m. — Dr. Margaret McCarthy (John Paul II Institute)
- Leo XIII, Christian Marriage, and the Foundations of Civil Society
12:00 p.m. — Midday Prayer & Lunch
1:30 – 2:20 p.m. — Dr. Matthew Levering (Mundelein)
- “Man and Woman” in the thought of Pope Leo XIII
2:20 – 3:10 p.m. — Dr. Joseph Capizzi (Catholic University of America)
- Rerum Novarum in the 21st Century