The New York Encounter

A face-to-face encounter with Rex Hohlbein , founder of Facing Homelessness Seattle and the BLOCK Project , moderated by Alberto Carignano , post-doctoral fellow, Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Washington As founder and creative director of Facing Homelessness, Rex is reshaping the sense of community in Seattle, WA with The BLOCK Project by providing shelter for the homeless i...

A presentation on poetry by Dana Gioia , poet Poetry, good poetry, when it vibrates with the ultimate mystery of human experience, brings the reader to cross into a deeper level of awareness. It gives voice to the desire to reach for what lies beyond what we see, feel, and touch, crossing the divide between time and eternity.

A conversation on the direction of American politics with Sohrab Ahmari , op-ed editor,  The New York Post , and Christine Emba , columnist,  The Washington Post , moderated by Brandon Vaidyanathan , chair of the Department of Sociology at The Catholic University of America Politics, instead of reflecting shared ideals and the desire for the common good, has become prey to ideo...

Caring for people and communities on the periphery with Mario Paredes , chief executive officer of Somos Community Care, and Ricardo Rivera , chief development officer of Somos Community Care SOMOS is a physician-led network of more than 2,500 physicians and 800 community health providers responsible for the health of more than 650,000 Medicaid patients living in New York City—particularly members...

A conversation with Chris Arnade , writer and photographer, and Patrick Deneen , Professor of Political Science and Constitutional Studies, University of Notre Dame, moderated by Jon Balsbaugh , president of the Trinity Schools Network ——— There are more things in heaven and Earth, Horatio, Than are dreamt of in your philosophy. Hamlet (1.5.167-8) Once a Wall Street banker, Chris Arnade spent thre...

A conversation on reconciliation and going over apparently un-crossable divides with Jeanne Bishop , Cook County Public Defender and Fr. George Williams , chaplain for San Quentin State Prison death row A public defender reconciling with the man who murdered her sister, un-born child, and brother-in-law and a chaplain serving in a seemingly hopeless place of death row will share their experience o...

Young workers and entrepreneurs discuss Pope Francis’ economic vision with Carlos Martínez , CEO of 376 Management Group and Giorgio Vittadini , president of the Foundation for Subsidiarity and professor of statistics at the University of Milan-Bicocca, Italy, moderated by Anujeet Sareen , portfolio manager, Brandywine Global An important area in our fragmented society that can easily become...

Witnesses on the enduring importance of family with J.D. Flynn , editor-in-chief, Catholic News Agency and Sarah Hemminger , founder and CEO of Thread , and Matteo Stohlman , software engineer in a DC real estate startup, moderated by Marcie Stokman , founder of Well-Read Mom.

The 2020 Encounter opened with staged readings from The Divine Comedy with Giuseppe Mazzotta , Sterling Professor of Humanities for Italian at Yale University, and welcoming remarks by Seán Cardinal Patrick O’Malley, OFM, Cap , archbishop of Boston.