One of the highlights of the January March for Life is the UFL co-sponsored Cardinal O’Connor Conference. This year the student-run conference will be on Monday, January 20.
“The Cardinal O’Connor Conference was founded by Georgetown students in January 2000 and renamed after the death of His Eminence, John Cardinal O’Connor, the late Archbishop of New York and great champion of the sacredness of every human life. The Conference, which remains entirely student run, intends to connect and educate students, clergy, activists, and academia from around the country. It is held each year around the time of the annual March for Life in Washington, D.C.”
Among the speakers will UFL members and friends of UFL:
Keynote:
Robert P. George: McCormick Professor of Jurisprudence, Princeton University
Panel: “Publicly Pro-Life: Why Abortion Isn’t a Private Issue”
Christopher Tollefsen: Professor of Philosophy, USC
Hadley Arkes: Edward N. Ney Professor of Jurisprudence and American Institutions, Amherst College
Charmaine Yoest: President and CEO, Americans United for Life
Thomas Farr: Director of the Religious Freedom Project
Breakout Sessions
Confirmed speakers:
Georgette Forney: Co-Founder, Silent No More; President, Anglicans United for Life
Rabbi David Novak: Professor of Religion and Philosophy, University of Toronto
Steven Mosher: President, Population Research Institute
Karen Clifton: Executive Director, Catholic Mobilizing Network to End the Death Penalty
Stephen Fields, SJ: Professor of Theology, Georgetown University
Hanna Klaus: Director, Natural Family Planning Center
Anne-Elisabeth Giuliani: Chaplain-in-Residence, Georgetown University
Jennifer Lahl: Founder and President, The Center for Bioethics and Culture Network
Mass for Life
Principal Celebrant: Most Rev. Michael Barber, SJ, Bishop of Oakland
For details and videos of previous years’ conferences, see the Conference web page.