Presented by the IHC Catholic Studies Research Focus Group
Monday, February 24 / Noon / Free
McCune Conference Room / 6020 Humanities and Social Sciences Building

Forty years later, the American Catholic Church continues to discover the teachings of Vatican Council II. Alexis Navarro will discuss some of the major achievements of the Council, show where implementation has been slowed, and highlight what still needs to be addressed.

Dr. Alexis Navarro is Professor of Religious Studies and Director of the Graduate Program in Religious Studies at Mount St. Mary's College, Los Angeles. She is a member of the Immaculate Heart Community, a contemporary ecumenical community of women and men, based in Los Angeles.

Dr. Navarro completed her Ph.D. at the University of St. Michael's, University of Toronto, Canada. After completion of the doctoral degree in Systematic Theology, she was appointed to the faculty of Immaculate Heart College in 1970 and tenured in 1976. Dr. Navarro was appointed Dean of the Graduate School in 1977, three years before the closing of Immaculate Heart College in 1980. Since then she has been at Mount St. Mary's College as faculty member and program director. She has been President of the Faculty Assembly since 1997.

Over the last thirty years, she has participated in several ecumenical dialogues and twice has been the keynote speaker for the Catholic-Jewish Women's Conference, as well as for Church Women United National Conference. During her sabbatical in 1999, she wrote a text on the dogma of the Assumption for use in her class on "Who is Mary for Christians Today?" She is a past member of the Los Angeles Archdiocesan Commission on Justice and Peace and a current member of the
Archdiocesan Committee on the Pastoral Associate Program. She is a member of the Catholic Theological Society of America and the College Theology Society. She is well known locally as a lecturer on Women's Issues in the Catholic Church, Jesus and the Gospel, and Faith in a Changing Church.


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