Center for Dominican Studies Life of the Mind Series Presents Author of Dead Man Walking
February 21, 2007
COLUMBUS, OH – Sister Helen Prejean, a Sister of St. Joseph in Medaille, Louisiana and a noted author, will speak at Ohio Dominican University as part of its Dominican Life of the Mind Series. Her lecture, entitled The Death Penalty: How Just is our System of Justice?, will be presented on Tuesday, March 6, at 7:00 p.m. in the Matesich Theatre of Erskine Hall, located on ODU’s main campus,1216 Sunbury Road.
Sponsored by ODU’s Center for Dominican Studies, the Dominican Life of the Mind Series provides occasions for the community to gather to reflect upon the ideas and events that shape our culture.
A noted lecturer and author, Sr. Prejean’s book, Dead Man Walking: An Eyewitness Account of the Death Penalty in the United States, was on The New York Times Best Seller list for 31 weeks. The book was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize, and was adapted into a major motion picture starring Susan Sarandon as Sister Helen and Sean Penn as the death row inmate. She has since written The Death of Innocents: An Eyewitness Account of Wrongful Executions and is working on her third book detailing her experiences with poor people in Latin America.
Besides her degree in English and religious education, Sister Helen has received honorary degrees from universities all over the world. She lives in New Orleans and works with the Death Penalty Discourse Center, the Moratorium Campaign and the Dead Man Walking Play Project.
The lecture is free and open to the public; but reservations are required. For more information or to register, please contact the Director of the Center for Dominican Studies, Sr. Catherine Colby, O.P. at (614) 251-4722, or email colbyc@ohiodominican.edu. Free parking is available in the Visitor’s Lot west of Sunbury Road.
ODU’s Center for Dominican Studies was established through a generous gift from the Congregation of Sisters of St. Mary of the Springs. The Center promotes Dominican ideals and education and serves as a public voice of the university and community regarding issues of importance to church, culture and society.
