Benedictine Institute Lectures
Lunch & Learn: OUI, WHEE, WE: Bringing the Ears of your Heart to the Catholic Intellectual Tradition
Document Type
Presentation
Publication Date
9-18-2026
Sponsoring Department(s)
Benedictine Institute
Abstract
Every member of the CSB & SJU community contributes to the centuries-old Catholic Intellectual Tradition. In addition to helping us understand what the Catholic Intellectual Tradition is, this talk highlights what that might look like in your role here, with some pauses for private reflection on nourishing your own “ouis, whees and we’s.”
Guest presenter, Karen Eifler, PhD is Professor of Education Emerita at the University of Portland, and serves as Executive Director of Collegium, the national national colloquy on faith and intellectual life. Following the talk and Q/A, Karen will present Rodger Narloch, Director of the Benedictine Institute and Professor of Psychology with the Thomas Landy Award, Collegium’s highest honor.
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Recommended Citation
Narloch, Rodger; Eifler, Karen; and Bazan, Jessie, "Lunch & Learn: OUI, WHEE, WE: Bringing the Ears of your Heart to the Catholic Intellectual Tradition" (2026). Benedictine Institute Lectures. 68.
https://digitalcommons.csbsju.edu/benedictine_institute_lectures/68