On 9th October, the Rector of University of Saint Joseph Macao and the ASEACCU Executive Secretary, Professor Stephen Morgan, delivered the third annual Newman Lecture to the combined universities of Notre Dame Australia and Australian Catholic University (ACU), at the ACU Saint Patrick’s campus in Melbourne Australia.
Professor Morgan, a world recognised authority on the life and thought of the 19th century Catholic Saint, John Henry Newman, had been invited to deliver the lecture at which the chancellors, vice chancellors, senior management and theology and philosophy staff of the two universities, together with the Archbishop of Melbourne, Peter Comensoli and the Papal Nuncio (Ambassador), Archbishop Charles Balvo were present.
Professor Morgan spoke of the challenge of continuity and change for the Catholic Church and answered questions concerning the role and identity of Catholic universities in secular societies. The lecture took place at the end of a five-day visit to the Australian city during which Professor Morgan also taught a seminar on the role of the imagination in religious belief to the doctoral and post-doctoral researchers of the Institute of Religion and Critical Thinking at ACU.
Source: USJ