Reverend James P. Neilson to Deliver Spring Pilgrim Forum Lecture at St. Norbert College

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From St. Norbert College, April 21, 2022
by Lily Maier, lily.maier@snc.edu, 920-403-3089

Rev. James P. Neilson will deliver a lecture for the Pilgrim Forum at St. Norbert College. The in-person event is free and open to the public. The breakfast lecture will take place on Wednesday, May 4 at 7:30 a.m. in the Hendrickson Dining Room of the Bemis International Conference Center. Registration is required before Wednesday, April 27.

Fr. Neilson is a Norbertine priest of St. Norbert Abbey, a professor of art and special assistant to the president for mission integration at St. Norbert College. Neilson has studied art at The School of the Art Institute in Chicago, Notre Dame University and The Vermont Studio School where he earned a Master of Fine Arts in three-dimensional mixed media sculpture. In addition to his professional duties, Neilson is a frequent speaker at the Age and Disability Resource Center in Green Bay. His lecture, titled “Envisioning the Resurrection of the Body and Life Everlasting: A Survey of Artwork That Celebrates Credal Belief and the Christian Imagination” will explore via the visual arts, the meaning of the final creedal passage, “the resurrection of the body and life everlasting”.

The Pilgrim Forum is a series dedicated to sharing information and spurring discussion around the basic tenets of the Catholic faith and tradition, specifically the Apostles' Creed. Each semester, speakers examine a portion of the creed, breaking it open in discussion with attendees to understand more deeply what they believe.

For more information, visit https://www.snc.edu/pilgrimforum/, or email them at pilgrim@snc.edu.