Larry Larsen, performing & fine arts, designed the lighting for Lakewood Theatre Company’s Production of Noel Coward’s “Blithe Spirit” which runs in the Lake Oswego Performing Arts Center from September 9 through October 16.
Simon Aihiokhai, theology, presented “A Case for A Eucharistic Approach to Healthcare According to the Social Teachings of the Catholic Church: A Turn to the Plight of the Marginalized Ones in the United States of America.” An annual lecture sponsored by the Orlando Biomedical Ethics and Catholic Social Teaching Endowment Lecture Series. Held at Gannon University’s Ruskin, Florida Campus for Health Sciences. Thursday, September 9, 2022. Note: The lecture was given to the entire members of Gannon University, Erie, Pennsylvania campus and the Ruskin, Florida campus for Health Sciences. Aihiokhai also edited and contributed to Religion, Women of Color, and the Suffrage Movement: The Journey to Holistic Freedom (Feminist Studies and Sacred Texts Series). Lexington Books. An Imprint of Rowan and Littlefield, 2022. eBook. 386 pages. Additional contributors to the anthology from the University of Portland are: Christin Lee Hancock, history; Anita R. Gooding, sociology & social work; Lara-Zuzan Golesorkhi, political science; Carol J. Dempsey, O.P., theology; Christina Astorga, theology; and Brandy Daniels, theology. Aihiokhai also published “A Case for a Polyphonic Anthropology: Giving Voice to Experiences of Women of Color” in Religions. Volume 19. No. 9. September 2022.
Patrick Hannon, C.S.C., English, has a new collection of essays coming out in late October: Such Dizzy Natural Happiness: A Long Loving Look at the Lord’s Prayer. From the publisher: “…the author takes each phase of the only prayer Jesus ever taught his disciples and breaks it open in new and unexpected ways through entertaining stories, insightful observations, and disarming engagement with a variety of thinkers, poets, and writers.” You can pre-order a copy from the publisher, ACTA Publications, or from Amazon.