This year’s colloquium hosted by the Academy for the Study of Saint Ambrose of Milan, will be moderated by Dr. Anthony Annett, this year's Ambrose of Milan Lecturer (as part of the SAU conference, "Francis at 10: A Papacy of Possibilities") and author of Cathonomics: How Catholic Tradition Can Create a More Just Economy. Panelists will include Dr. Allison Ambrose (Professor, Accounting) and Dr. Johny Augustine (Professor, Social Work) and SAU students Loryn Heil, '26, Business and Sales (Sycamore, IL), Bella Robinson, '26, Psychology/Pre Speech Language Pathology (Whitmore Lake, Michigan), Marius Small, '24 Business Management (Joliet, IL), and Luke Sproule, '24, Cyber Security (Cape Town, South Africa).

Ambrose of Milan was a champion of economic virtue, regularly calling on the rich to care for those in need.  Our university has taken up this cause, among others, in its concern for social justice.  Now, following a developing revision of SAU's Core Curriculum, the Academy for the Study of Saint Ambrose of Milan (ASSAM) is hosting its Annual Colloquium on the topic of an Ambrosian economic ethic.  Questions for this colloquium include:

• What is economic virtue?

• What is the role of the Church in economic issues (St. Ambrose, Pope Francis)?

• How does one balance appropriate profit with meeting basic human needs?

• How should economic justice be legislated?

And more specifically to SAU:

• What is Ambrose's standard for economic virtue and is it unreachable?

• How does a foundation in the liberal arts help graduates understand and take action for economic justice?

• How can SAU mold an economically virtuous Ambrosian graduate?

The nature of our colloquium, however, is conversational and intended to include panelists and audience, believing that many different perspectives working in the spirit of discovery will come to more dynamic ideas, courses of action, and potential solutions. As a guide for Ambrose’s thoughts, we are offering Ambrose De officiis 3.6.37-3.5.52.

The colloquium will be held in Lewis Boardroom (Ambrose Hall Old Chapel, west end).