“Practical Considerations for Living One’s Faith in the Workplace According to Principles of Catholic Social Teaching, with Special Reference to Pope Benedict XVI’s Latest Encyclical, Caritas in Veritate”  The talk will outline the key principles from Catholic Social Teaching, which have specific application to various sectors of society.  It will then apply them to the question of ethics in the workplace, highlighting the difference between a workplace environment based on these principles and values, and one characterized by the more common utilitarian approach taken nowadays.  Pope Benedict XVI’s recent Encyclical, Caritas in Veritate (“Charity in Truth”), makes a timely contribution to this discussion.

Networking commences at 5:30pm followed by the program at 6pm. Includes a dinner banquet with salad, pasta, dessert and choice of Chicken Parmigiana, Veal Milanese or Combination Sea Food plate. No host beverages. Valet parking is available.

Bishop Cordileone, new Bishop of Oakland

Most Reverend Salvatore Cordileone was born in San Diego, California. He earned a Bachelor's degree in Philosophy in 1978 from the University of San Diego. He then furthered his studies in Rome at the Pontifical Gregorian University, earning a Bachelor's in Sacred Theology in 1981. He returned to the Gregorian and received a doctorate in canon law in 1989. In the summer of 1995, he returned to Rome to work as an assistant at the Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura, the highest judicial body in the Vatican under the pope. He was raised to the rank of Chaplain of His Holiness in 1999. On July 5, 2002, Cordileone was appointed as Auxiliary Bishop of San Diego byPope John Paul II. Cordileone was later named the fourth Bishop of Oakland by Pope Benedict XVI on March 23, 2009.  Bishop Cordileone serves on the episcopal advisory board of the Institute for Religious Life. Within the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB), he sits on the Bishops' and Presidents' Committee on Catholic Education.