Just over a year ago, Alberto Savorana’s long-awaited biography of Luigi Giussani appeared in English.

Mammoth. Definitive. Fascinating.

Fr. Giussani is revealed as a man uncommonly graced with an acute perception of his times. He recognized the rumblings of late 20th century troubles long before they erupted and precipitated widespread cultural havoc. More importantly, though, he proposed a path forward.

Observant readers of the biography have noticed something quite striking: the questions provoked by the cultural upheaval of the late 1960s are essentially those of our own troubled era: How do we educate our youth? What is the role of the lay Christian in the life of the Church? What is the role of the Church in the world? Giussani’s guidance in addressing these questions is essential, for many have offered responses that reflect, unfortunately, the ideological biases of our time and affirm heterodox conceptions of Christianity. Giussani’s life offers us a case-study, of sorts, in providing a path forward from the troubled present, a response generated from an authentic Christian experience.

From March 9 to March 19, across the United States and Canada, several noted journalists, educators, and clerics will join Savorana for ten roundtables to share their insights into the relevance of Giussani’s life experience to today’s context. More details will follow, but please make plans now to attend one of the events listed below.

Saturday, March 9 ׀ Sheen Center, New York City
Speakers: Margarita Mooney, Associate Professor, Princeton Theological Seminary; and Anujeet Sareen, portfolio manager at Brandywine Global in Philadelphia.

Sunday, March 10 ׀ Georgetown University, Washington, DC
Speakers: Helen Alvaré, Professor of Law at George Mason University School of Law; and Greg Erlandson, Director of Catholic News Service.

Monday, March 11 ׀ St. John Vianney Seminary, Miami, FL
Speakers: Miriam Cruz Bustillo, Senior Vice President of Legal and Business Affairs and General Counsel for Ole Communications; and Rod Dreher, Senior Editor at The American Conservative.

Tuesday, March 12 ׀ Los Angeles, CA
Speakers: Jason Blakely, Assistant Professor of Political Science at Pepperdine University; and Kristi Brown-Montesano, Chair of Music History at the Colburn Conservatory of Music.

Wednesday, March 13 ׀ Denver, CO
Speakers: John Allen, Editor of Crux; and JD Flynn, Editor-in-Chief of Catholic News Agency, a media apostolate of EWTN.

Thursday, March 14 ׀ Omaha, NE
Speakers: Rev. Scott Hastings, Vicar for Clergy and Judicial Vicar of the Archdiocese of Omaha; and Michael Waldstein, Professor of the New Testament at Franciscan University of Steubenville.

Saturday, March 16 ׀ Minneapolis, MN
Speakers: Jon Balsbaugh, President of Trinity Schools, Inc.; and Marcie Stokman, founder of Well-Read Mom.

Sunday, March 17 ׀ Evansville, IN
Speakers: Bishop Steven Raica, Ordinary of the Diocese of Gaylord, Michigan; and Stephanie Stokman, educator.

Monday, March 18 ׀ Chicago, IL
Speakers: Conor Hill, Headmaster of Chesterton Academy of The Holy Family in Downers Grove, Illinois; and Tim O’Malley, Director of the Notre Dame Center for Liturgy.

Tuesday, March 19 ׀ Montreal, Canada
Speakers: Christine Jones, President of Catholic Pacific College in Langley, British Columbia; and Fr. John Meehan, Prefect of L’Église du Gesù in Montreal.