Interested in discussing medical ethics from a Catholic perspective? Join us on November 15th from 7-9 PM to discuss Gene Therapy and CRISPR technology with Dr. Brett Salkeld! We are so happy to have the Dr. L.P. Mousseau Memorial Ethics Lecture Series return! This series focuses specifically on medical ethics. The lecture will be followed by a Q&A and finish with refreshments.
Dr. Brett Salkeld is Archdiocesan Theologian for the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Regina, where he is responsible for deacon formation. He is also the director of the Saskatchewan cohort of Newman Theological College’s Masters of Religious Education. Brett is the author Can Catholics and Evangelicals Agree about Purgatory and the Last Judgment?, How Far Can We Go? A Catholic Guide to Sex and Dating (with Leah Perrault), Transubstantiation: Theology, History, and Christian Unity and, most recently, Educating for Eternity: A Teacher’s Companion to Making Every Class Catholic. His work has been featured on Church Life Journal, Word on Fire, Crux, Busted Halo, and more.
Brett serves the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops as a member of the Roman Catholic - Evangelical Dialogue in Canada. His weekly podcast, Thinking Faith! (with Deacon Eric Gurash), has been produced every Tuesday for over 5 years and is available wherever you get your podcasts. His monthly column, Two Wings, is available through Our Sunday Visitor.
You can follow Brett on Twitter at @BrettSalkeld and join the #MakingEveryClassCatholic Facebook group for more resources. Brett was baptized in St. Wenceslaus Parish in Gerald, Saskatchewan, where he grew up. He and his wife Flannery live with their seven children in Regina. She did not let him name any of them “Wenceslaus.”