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Lectures at St. Ignatius: John F. Kennedy, The Houston Speech, and Catholic Citizenship
March 11 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
PRESENTER: Mark Massa, S.J., Director of the Boisi Center for Religion and American Public Life and Professor of Theology at Boston College
John F. Kennedy’s ‘Houston Speech’ before 300 Protestant clergymen in 1960 supposedly won him the presidency. Was that good news for the Catholic presidential candidates who came after him?
About the Presenter
Mark Massa, S.J., is director of the Boisi Center for Religion and American Public Life and Professor of Theology at Boston College. From 2010 to 2016, he served as the first dean of the School of Theology and Ministry at BC. He is the author of seven books; Oxford University Press will publish his eighth book this year, entitled Catholic Fundamentalism in America.