Sponsors

The Romero Lecture Series is made possible through a generous grant provided by the late Eli Shaheen, and it is cosponsored by Notre Dame’s Latin American/North American Church Concerns (L.A.N.A.C.C.), Helen Kellogg Institute for International Studies, and Joan B. Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies.

Latin American/North American Church Affairs (L.A.N.A.C.C.) was founded in 1985 by the Rev. Robert S. Pelton, C.S.C., to foster pastoral bonds between the churches of South, Central, and North America. L.A.N.A.C.C. carries out a mission of information, interpreting the Catholicism of Latin Americans to their fellow communicants in North America; promoting fraternity and unity between faith communities throughout our hemisphere, and encouraging greater involvement of United States churches in the ongoing quest for the peace, socioeconomic justice, and universal human dignity mandated by Jesus Christ.

The Kellogg Institute supports research into a wide array of vital issues including, among many others, democratization and the quality of democracy, growth and development, religion and the Catholic Church, social movements and organized society, and public policies for social justice.

The Kroc Institute nurtures international peacemaking initiatives, supports ground-breaking peace research, and offers innovative undergraduate and graduate programs in peace studies. Its extensive research agenda includes conflict resolution, human rights, economic and cultural globalization, religion and conflict, and ethnic discord.