Father Robert Drinan to speak at Edgewood College on US role in international human rights

Madison, Wis., Sept. 20 – At a time of war in the name of freedom and war in the name of religion, what does the Catholic Church say the United States should do about international issues like the United Nations, human rights, world trade, the rights of women, the death penalty, and religious freedom?

On Oct. 5, the internationally recognized humanitarian, Father Robert F. Drinan, will address this question at Edgewood College, where he will give the annual Catherine of Siena lecture on the topic, “International human rights in the 21st century -- What does the Catholic Church have to say?”

2004 Catherine of Siena lecture

• 7:00 p.m., Tuesday, Oct. 5.
• Father Robert F. Drinan, “International human rights in the 21st century -- What does the Catholic Church have to say?”
• Anderson Auditorium, Predolin Humanities Center, Edgewood College, 1000 Edgewood College Drive, Madison, Wis.
• Open to the public. Admission and parking are free.
• For information, call Edgewood College 608-663-4861.

About Father Robert Drinan

Father Robert F. Drinan -- Jesuit priest, scholar, lawyer, politician, activist and ethicist -- has spent his life working to strengthen human rights.

Since 1981 Drinan has been a professor at Georgetown University Law Center, where he teaches classes on international human rights, constitutional law, civil liberties, legislation, and advanced legal ethics. He has been the recipient of 21 honorary degrees and a visiting professor at four American Universities. He served as the dean of Boston College Law School. He was a US Representative from Massachusetts for five terms.

Drinan is the author of 10 books on public policy issues. His 11th book, “Can God and Caesar Coexist? Balancing Religious Freedom and International Law,” was published in August by Yale University Press.

Drinan sits on the Board of Directors of the International League for Human Rights, has served on public and privately sponsored delegations and human rights missions to many countries and has been a member of numerous committees devoted to the furtherance of human rights.

Father Drinan has received numerous awards and honors including the 2003 Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt Institute’s Freedom of Worship medal. This August he received the 2004 American Bar Association Medal.

About the Catherine of Siena lecture

Edgewood College’s annual Catherine of Siena lecture fosters, promotes, and celebrates the Dominican intellectual tradition, as reflected in the scholarship and action of Catherine of Siena, whose prophetic and public leadership provides a model and a message of enduring significance for contemporary life. The lectures explore how Catholic principles inform issues facing contemporary society.

About Edgewood College

Edgewood College is Madison’s only independent liberal arts college, a Catholic school with 2,400 undergraduate and graduate students. It offers more than 40 academic and professional programs, including master’s degrees in business, education, nursing, and other fields, and a doctoral program in education leadership. For more information about Edgewood College, visit www.edgewood.edu or call 800-444-4861.

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