Theologians to speak on life of Blessed Oscar Romero | News | Notre Dame News | University of Notre Dame Skip To Content Skip To Navigation Skip To Search University of Notre Dame Notre Dame News Experts ND in the News Subscribe About Us Home Contact Search Menu Home › News › Theologians to speak on life of Blessed Oscar Romero Theologians to speak on life of Blessed Oscar Romero Published: September 11, 2015 Author: Michael O. Garvey Blessed Óscar Romero Five theologians will discuss the life and work of Blessed Óscar Romero of El Salvador in a presentation titled “Archbishop Romero and Spiritual Leadership in the Modern World” at 4 p.m. Sept. 17 (Thursday) in the Hesburgh Center for International Studies Auditorium. The panel of theologians will include Rev. Robert S. Pelton, C.S.C., director emeritus of Notre Dame’s Latin American/North American Church Concerns (LANACC); Margaret Pfeil, associate professional specialist in theology; Rev. Michael E. Connors, C.S.C., director of the Marten Program in Homiletics and Liturgies; Thomas Kelly, professor of theology at Creighton University; and Rev. Gustavo Gutierrez, O.P., John Cardinal O’Hara Professor of Theology at Notre Dame. All of them are contributors to a new book on Blessed Oscar Romero that will be launched during the discussion. Archbishop Romero of San Salvador was assassinated by a right-wing death squad while presiding at Mass in the chapel of the Hospital of Divine Providence on March 24, 1980. His outspoken advocacy of human rights, his denunciations of U.S. military aid to El Salvador and his insistence that the Church be inseparable from the poor all made him a figure of some controversy before and after his death. Already widely venerated as a martyr throughout Latin America and in this country, he was declared a martyr by Pope Francis and beatified, the last step before official canonization as a saint in the Catholic Church, on May 23, 2015. The event, sponsored by the Kellogg Institute for International Studies, an integral part of the Keough School for Global Affairs, is free and open to the public. It will be followed by a reception and booksigning. Posted In: Faith Home Experts ND in the News Subscribe About Us Related October 03, 2022 dCEC to Award 2023 ND Evangelium Vitae Medal to Robert P. George September 22, 2022 In memoriam: Rev. Richard Warner, C.S.C., longtime leader for Notre Dame, Congregation of Holy Cross September 15, 2022 In new book on global Catholicism, Provost John McGreevy explores modern history, current challenges of the Church September 15, 2022 Death penalty abolitionist Sister Helen Prejean to speak at Notre Dame September 14, 2022 Apostolic nuncio to Great Britain to deliver the 2022 Keeley Vatican Lecture For the Media Contact Office of Public Affairs and Communications Notre Dame News 500 Grace Hall Notre Dame, IN 46556 USA Facebook Twitter Instagram YouTube Pinterest © 2022 University of Notre Dame Search Mobile App News Events Visit Accessibility Facebook Twitter Instagram YouTube LinkedIn