The James H. Provost Memorial Lecture Series
The Fifth Annual James H. Provost Memorial Lecture - April 3, 2008
Speaker: Rev. James A. Coriden, J.C.D., J.D.
"Enduring Parishes, Emerging Ministries"
4:00 PM, Caldwell Hall Auditorium
Reception to follow
For more information, please contact The School of Canon Law.
202-319-5492
cua-canonlaw@cua.edu
BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE
Rev. James H. Provost, 60, a priest of the Diocese of Helena, Montana, and ordinary professor of canon law at the Catholic University of America, died on August 26, 2000 in Washington, D.C. of complications from lymphoma.
Father Provost did his undergraduate studies at Carroll College in Helena and his theological studies at the Catholic University of Louvain in Belgium, earning an M.A. and S.T.B. He was ordained at the American College in June, 1963. In 1967 he received a doctorate in canon law from the Lateran University in Rome.
From 1967 to 1979 Father Provost served as Chancellor and Officialis of the tribunal for the Diocese of Helena. He served as a member of the Canon Law Society of America, in 1977-1978 and as its Executive Coordinator from 1980 to 1986. The Society awarded him its highest honor, the Role of Law Award, in 1991.
In 1979 he joined the faculty of canon law at the Catholic University of America and served as Chair of the Department from 1987-1998. Since 1980 until his death, he served as the managing editor of the faculty's journal, The Jurist.
Father Provost published scholarly, pastoral and popular articles in a variety of publications, including national and international canon law journals. He also lectured frequently on canonical and pastoral topics in the United States, Canada, Europe and Australia. He was a member of the board of directors of the Consociation Internationalis Studio Iuris Canonici Promovendo. For ten years he served as one of the directors for the Church Order section of the international theological journal Concilium. Since 1997, he had been a member of the Anglican-Roman Catholic Consultation in the United States.
Previous Provost Lectures
The Fourth Annual James H. Provost Memorial Lecture
Speaker: Rev. Lawrence Wrenn, JCD
“The Life, Death and Possible Rescue of the Summary Process”
The Third Annual James H. Provost Memorial Lecture - March 23, 2006
Speaker: Rev. Nikolaus Schöch, OFM
Defender of the Bond of the Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura
"Relegation of Churches to Profane Use
(c. 1222, § 2) – Reasons and Procedure"
The Second Annual James H. Provost Memorial Lecture - March 10, 2005
Speaker: Rev. Professor Roch Pagé, Professor of Canon Law, St. Paul's Ottawa, Canada
"The Future of Parishes and the Present Canonical Legislation"
The Inaugural James H. Provost Memorial Lecture - March 18, 2004
Speaker: Rev. Joseph A. Komonchak, S.T.L., Ph.D.
"James Provost: Canon Law in the Service of Communion"
The School of Canon Law hosts an annual James H. Provost Memorial Lecture. This lecture series is supported through the generosity of family and friends of Rev. Provost. Contributions can be made to the Provost Memorial Fund, School of Canon Law. For more information please call the School of Canon Law, 202-319-5492 or email cua-canonlaw@cua.edu.
