A cadre of well - known speakers will be featured at an Aug. 9 conference marking the 40th anniversary of Pope Paul VI's encyclical Humanae Vitae on the campus of St. Mary's College, Moraga.
The conference is titled "Humanae Vitae: Cornerstone of the Culture of Life."
Speakers will include Mary Davenport, Ph.D., University of San Francisco Professor Raymond Dennehy, Ph.D., Janet E. Smith, Ph.D., Dominican Father Brian Mullady, Christopher Kaczor, Ph.D., and Bishop Allen Vigneron of Oakland.
The Oakland Diocese and the St. Anthony of Padua Institute are the event's main sponsors. Co - sponsors include the Oakland Diocese's Knights of Columbus, Catholics for the Common Good, Immaculate Heart Radio and Ignatius Press.
A pre - conference banquet will be held at St. Margaret Mary Church Hall in Oakland on Aug. 8. Speaker will be Ralph McInerny, editor of Catholic Dossier.
Archbishop Raymond Burke, formerly of St. Louis and recently appointed prefect of Supreme Court of the Apostolic Signature, the Vatican's highest court, had been scheduled to speak but had to cancel because of his call to Rome.
For more information or to register, call ( 888 ) 619 - 7882 or visit www.cornerstoneconference.org.
