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Romero Lecture Series to Focus on Peacebuilding in the 21st Century

Romero Center Ministries, one of the Ministries of St. Joseph’s Pro-Cathedral, will hold the 2014 Romero Lecture Series on Friday, March 21 at the Rutgers University Camden Campus, located at 303 Cooper Street in Camden. Keynote speaker Maryann Cusimano Love, Ph.D. will discuss the current work of Catholic Peacebuilders around the world in a lecture entitled “Make Us Instruments of Peace: Peacebuilding in the 21st Century.”

By sharing stories from around the world – including communities in Columbia, Rwanda and the Philippines – Dr. Cusimano Love, an associate professor of international relations at The Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C., will help illustrate how to contribute to peace in local communities.

The event begins with a speaker reception at 5:30 p.m. and registration at 6:30 p.m. An opening prayer and introduction will follow at 7 p.m., with the keynote lecture by Dr. Cusimano Love at 7:30 p.m. Cost is $12 for the keynote presentation and $28 for the speaker reception. Sponsorships are available.

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The goal of the Romero Lecture Series is to raise awareness and to approach current realities from the perspective of Catholic Social Teaching and support Romero Center Ministries.

For more information or to become a sponsor or purchase a ticket for the 2014 Romero Lecture Series, please visit http://www.romero-center.org/ministries/lecture/

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