The first of the Pallium Lecture series is on Thursday, March 6 featuring The Most Reverend Charles Chaput, OFM Cap, Archbishop of Denver. He will speak on Catechesis That Impacts the Public Square.

Archbishop Chaput is a member of the Order of Friars Minor Capuchin, St. Augustine Province, and was ordained to the priesthood on August 1970. Archbishop Chaput served in teaching and formation roles; he has served as executive secretary and director of communications for his Capuchin Province and as a pastor. He was ordained Bishop of Rapid City, South Dakota, in July 1988 and Pope John Paul II appointed him Archbishop of Denver in February 1997.