Watch: Christians and Aliens: Making Movies in a Culture of Death

As part of the Notre Dame Center for Ethics and Culture's 12 Annual Fall Conference, Daniel McInerny, ND '86, presented a paper entitled "Christians and Aliens: Making Movies in a Culture of Death. Dr. McInerny is a former professor of philosophy and the Founder and CEO of Trojan Tub Entertainment, a web-based children's entertainment company. Dr. McInerny is also the former Associate Director of the Notre Dame Center for Ethics and Culture. The theme for the Conference was "Radical Emancipation: Confronting the Challenge of Secularism. You can access his lecture from the previous year by clicking here. His lecture was titled, "Sucking the Life From Our Children: Hollywood and the Romance of the Living Dead."

Watch: A Notre Dame Witness to Life

To contribute to the dialogue on campus about the invitation to President Barack Obama to be commencement speaker and its impact on the University, on April 23, 2009, the Notre Dame Fund to Protect Human Life sponsored an evening lecture by Bill McGurn, entitled “A Notre Dame Witness for Life.” A Notre Dame alumnus, former chief speech writer for President George W. Bush, and Wall Street Journal columnist, Mr. McGurn shared his reflections regarding the role of Notre Dame in the pro-life movement.