711 W. University Drive
Tempe, AZ 85281
Desserts will be served!
This is an important topic for parents as social media is becoming increasingly more depraved, invasive, and addictive. Our patron Pope St John Paul the Great during his trip to Los Angeles in 1987 addressed Entertainment industry professionals and said that their work “represented one of the most important American influences on the world today” and that “their smallest decisions can have global impact and that their work can be a force for great good or great evil.”
JPCatholic’s mission is to provide a Christ-centered response to achieve the ideas put forth by our patron for this most important global society influencing industry. The talk will touch on the important considerations for parenting today, where media is taking our culture, how Catholics in the workplace are challenged to be witnesses to Christ as well as the importance of being masters of their craft, and finally the critical underpinning roles played by the liberal arts in entertainment.
Dr. Connolly immigrated to the U.S. from Ireland to pursue his doctorate in Applied Mathematics at Cal Tech. He became a well-established, successful technologist and academician with lengthy tenures at IBM and Kodak. For 23 years he served as an academic executive as well as lecturer in Business Innovation and Entrepreneurship at UCSD, and in 2003 he answered God’s call to start John Paul the Great Catholic University in San Diego with his wife Lidy.
City of the Lord
711 W. University Drive
Tempe, AZ 85281
The City of the Lord is a Catholic, charismatic, lay community whose members are called to a covenant relationship with God and one another. Covenant communities such as City of the Lord are recognized by the Catholic Church as a work of the Holy Spirit and a legitimate expression of renewal, welcomed and encouraged by Pope John Paul I and the Pontifical Council for the Laity. There are four locations: Tempe, Monterey Bay, Los Angeles, and San Diego.