Tuesday, February 18

(open to students and the public)
Breakfast available at hotels

• 7:30 – 8:00 Transportation from hotels to Ave Maria
• 8:00 – 8:30 Catholic Mass available
• 9:00 – 10:30
  Ron Rychlak, Distinguished Professor of Law at the University of Mississippi & Vice Chair of the Board at AMLS. “Soviet Disinformation, the Catholic Church, and this Conference.”
  Ligia Castaldi, Professor, Ave Maria Law School. “Unborn victims of communism: a legal overview of elective and forced abortion in communist and post-communist countries.”
• 10:45 – 12:15 
  James Patterson, Associate Professor of Politics in the Politics Department at Ave Maria University. “American Catholic response to Communism by Way of Venerable Archbishop Fulton Sheen.”
  Justyn Piskorski, Justice on the Constitutional Court of Poland. “Poland under Communism.”
• 12:15 -1:00 PM  Lunch – St. Thomas More Commons
• 1:00 – 2:30
  Rev. Hilary O. Nwainya, Ph.D, Assistant Professor and Director of Theology Programs, St. Thomas University. “The Overlooked Victims of the Cold War:  African Narratives of Communist-Inspired Repression.”
  Cynthia Sun, Senior Researcher at the Falun Dafa Information Center. “Beijing’s Playbook for Religious Persecution Inside and Outside China.”
• 2:45 – 4:15 
  Steven Mosher, President of the Population Research Institute. “The Devil and Communist China.”
  Kevin Govern, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs Ave Maria School of Law. “The unbearable burden of being under Communism – The Czech Experience.”
• 4:15 – 5:30
  Steven C. Skultety, Declaration of Independence Center for the Study of American Freedom. “Introduction.”
  Stephen Bartulica, Member of European Parliament. “The Truth about Communism and Why it Matters.”
• 6:00 – 7:00 PM Dinner for participants at Law School

Wednesday, February 19

Breakfast available at hotels
Transportation to Ft. Myers airport