Brian Williams to remember Tim Russert at Common Ground Lecture
Just in from the National Pastoral Life Center:
Brian Williams, anchor and managing editor of NBC Nightly News will speak at the Philip J. Murnion Lecture for the Catholic Common Ground Initiative Friday, June 27 at 8 p.m. at the Pryzbyla Center of the Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C. The topic of the lecture is, “Tim Russert, the Political Process, and Common Ground for the Catholic Church.” Before his untimely death, Tim Russert was scheduled to offer the public lecture. The Initiative will also grant its highest honor, the Cardinal Joseph Bernardin Award, to the Most Reverend Gerald F. Kicanas, Bishop of Tucson and vice-president of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, on the occasion of the lecture. A response to the lecture will be offered by the Rev. J. Cletus Kiley, president of The Faith and Politics Institute in Washington, D.C.
Good get, NPLC. And congrats on the new Web site–and blogs!
That’s very generous of him. He’s an interesting guy. He often has a cameo
on Late Night With Conan O’Brien.
I have no idea of Brian Williams expertise in this area, but those who inviteted him must belive that he has the background for this complex topic which is changed to include Tim Russert as part of the subject. Continued accolades and expressions of grief at his passing touch so many of us. In an extraordinary “Hardball” on June 16, Chris Matthews, Pat Buchanan, and Mike Barnicle gave wonderful tributes not only to him, but also rich reflections on their own Catholic education of the 50′s and 60′s in that often analyzed era of parochial schools with strong and caring nuns, colleges with rigorous intellectual discipline and solid- if obviously pre-conciliar — theology, and a deep sense of identity and respectful listening. It was more than a nostalgia trip and there was no contrast made to make political or religious points, but simply a rich appreciation that should be heard by all those retired religious and current educators.
The US Bishops have an appreciation of Tim Russert as the lead feature on their homepage. That’s papal-level treatment!
http://www.usccb.org/
Was Tim Russert some kind of saint? I knew many people who knew St. Katherine Drexel, and I”m struck by the fact that Tim Russert’s family and friends are all talking about him in the same way that St. Katherine’s admirers spoke about her == as a person with great strength, integrity, humility, kindness and generosity to all, and a person of great faith. Most unusual, in both cases I haven’t heard even one person say anything negative about either of them.
Might he be the sort of the lay person that Vatican II calls for?
He won’t qualify, Ann: he had only 1 child and wasn’t a strong proponent of the Latin Mass.
Good try, though.