
In recognition of the 50th anniversary of President John F. Kennedy’s historic speech on the separation of church and state, the University of Notre Dame will present “Remind Me: Why Did Anyone Care if JFK was a Catholic?” on Sept. 10 (Friday) from 4 to 6 p.m. in the auditorium of the Hesburgh Center for International 91Ƶ. The presentation is free and open to the public.
The keynote speaker is former federal judge , the Richard and Frances Mallery Professor of Law at Stanford University and leading expert on constitutional law. McConnell also directs Stanford’s Constitutional Law Center.
Sponsored by Notre Dame’s , the for the Study of American Democracy and the , the presentation is the inaugural lecture of the James P. Reilly Jr., series on religion and public life.
Contact: Michael Desch, professor of political science, 574-631-5189 or mdesch@nd.edu