The 25th Anniversary of the Economic Pastoral

Economic Justice for All at Age 25 ............................ John A. Donahue, S.J.

To mark the 25th anniversary of the
U.S. Catholic bishops’ pastoral letter,
Economic Justice for All (1986),
we have invited John R. Donahue, S.J.,
to speak at Creighton.

“Economic Justice for All at Age 25:
A Continuing Challenge for Church and Society”

Thursday, September 8, 7:30 p.m.,
Harper Center, Auditorium

John R. Donahue, S.J.

One of our premier New Testament scholars, Father Donahue served as a major consultant in the bishops’ three-year process of writing this document and also served as one of its contributing authors. His talk promises to be timely, not simply as an anniversary marker, but also as a reminder that Catholic social teaching offers an important challenge and invitation to all of us at a moment when partisan politics threatens to overpower the necessary focus on the common good.

Read the full text of the Pastoral, Economic Justice for All (1986)

A Catholic Framework for Economic Life (1996)
- The U.S. Bishops on the 10th Anniversary of the Economic Pastoral

Fr. Donahue's publications on Social Justice.

Father John Donahue is a member of the Society of Jesus. He was for many years Professor of New Testament at the Jesuit School of Theology in Berkeley, CA, and was the first Raymond E. Brown Distinguished Professor of New Testament Studies at St. Mary’s Seminary and University in Baltimore. He earned his Ph.D. from the University of Chicago, studying under Norman Perrin. He is author of The Gospel in Parable: Metaphor, Narrative and Theology in the Synoptic Gospels , co-author with Daniel Harrington, S.J. of The Gospel of Mark (Sacra Pagina), and wrote “The Word” column in America magazine from 1998-2001. He has given workshops on biblical topics throughout the United States, and has taught in Africa and the Philippines.