Gaudium et Spes Program

The Gadium et Spes Program

The Gaudium et Spes Program is an effort of the Mount St. Mary’s College and Seminary Knights of Columbus Council (#1965) to address foundational social and political questions and their practical applications from a Catholic perspective.  This is particularly fitting given the fourth fundamental principle of our Order: Patriotism.  The Program features a series of discussion group meetings open to the entire community (past topics have included just war and terrorism & capital punishment); formal presentations by experts in their field (e.g. State Senator Alex Mooney on being a Catholic contemporary American politician); and an annual Symposium featuring prominent speakers.  It is our hope that this program will help all of us to learn how to be a good Catholic and good American in the world.

Next Discussion Group:

The next event is a Gaudium et Spes Discussion Group which will meet on Friday February 22 from 7:00 – 8:30 in the Lower Sub.

The discussion will be:  Freedom and the State: “Do our founding documents have a correct view of the human person?”

Links:

Gaudium et Spes – Pastoral Constitution on the Church in the Modern World

The Charters of Freedom – This is a link to part of the National Archives and Records Administration site and has copies of the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution and the Bill of Rights