Please join members of the Augsburg community to celebrate the intersection of ethics and religion at the
Batalden Seminar in Applied Ethics
“Awakening to the Reality of a Crucified World: Discovering What It Means to Be Human.”
Speaker: Sister Peggy O’Neill, S.C., President and Director, Centro Arte para la Paz, Suchitoto, El Salvador
Hosted by Paul ’63 and LaVonne (Olson) ’63 Batalden
Tuesday, February 11, 2014, 11:00 a.m.
Hoversten Chapel, Foss Center
The Batalden Seminar in Applied Ethics is part of Augsburg College’s annual Convocation Series. The Batalden Seminar will feature former Augsburg professor Sister Peggy O’Neill, S.C., President and director of Centro Arte para la Paz, Suchitoto, El Salvador. This year’s seminar is entitled “Awakening to the Reality of a Crucified World: Discovering What It Means to Be Human.” Sister Peggy’s address will focus on her “calling” to work in El Salvador during the armed conflict of the 80s and then her development of the Center as a means for healing from violence through the arts.
About Sister Peggy O’Neill:
Sr. Peggy O’Neill, S.C. has been living in El Salvador for the past 25 years, during which time she was an active member of the Pastoral Team, Santa Lucia Parish Suchitoto. She is the director of Centro Arte para la Paz (Center of Arts for Peace), a regional educational cultural center promoting peace through dance, art, and theological reflection, in Suchitoto, El Salvador. Sr. Peggy founded this healing space in 2006 and works toward building a culture of peace using the arts as a vehicle. A highly respected long-time peace activist, Sr. Peggy has received many honors and awards including the 2008 Peacemaker Award of the Congregation of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Peace, recognizing her many years of peace efforts in El Salvador and honoring her “contribution to peace making and work for justice.” Also, in 2008 she received the Ciudadana Ilustre Award, for her work on behalf of social and cultural development in Suchitoto. Sister Peggy earned a Master of Arts Degree in Theology from Marquette University and an Ed.D. in Religious Education from New York University. A lifelong educator her entire professional career in both the USA and El Salvador, Sr. Peggy served as assistant professor of Augsburg College, teaching through the Center for Global Education and at Santa Clara University, Casa de Solidaridad in the Jesuit University, El Salvador. For many years she also served as associate professor of Iona College in New Rochelle, N.Y.
About the Batalden Seminar in Applied Ethics
The annual Batalden Seminar is funded by the Batalden Applied Ethics Fund, established by Abner ’35 and Martha Batalden, Paul ‘63 and LaVonne (Olson) ‘63 Batalden, and Stephen ’67 and Sandra Batalden. The fund brings national and international authorities in the field of ethics to Augsburg College to discuss questions of applied ethics within spiritual and practical dimensions.