CST Encounter Series: Meghan J. Clark

Trust, Subsidiarity, and Solidarity in Global Public Health

Friday, Feb 6, 2026
4:00 pm to 5:00 pm
Geddes Hall, Andrews Auditorium

Inspired by Pope Francis’s exhortation to create a “culture of encounter,” the institute designed the lecture series Encounter. By bringing leading scholars to campus, the institute creates an opportunity for engaging conversations grounded in the Catholic social tradition, enriching faculty and students, and ensuring that the University is a locus for these ongoing conversations on matters of justice and the common good in our fragmented time.

Meghan J. Clark, Ph.D., is a professor of moral theology at St John’s University (NY). At St. John’s, Dr. Clark engages students inside and outside the classroom on diverse topics in moral theology and Catholic social thought.

She is author of The Vision of Catholic Social Thought: the Virtue of Solidarity and the Praxis of Human Rights (Fortress Press, 2014) and co-editor of Public Theology and the Global Common Good: The Contribution of David Hollenbach (Orbis, 2106), both of which were awarded first place prizes from the Catholic Press Association Book Awards. She contributed the commentary on Caritas in Veritate in the 2nd edition of Modern Catholic Social Teaching: Commentaries and Interpretations (Georgetown University Press, 2017). Active in public theology, she is a columnist for US Catholic and has written for America, National Catholic Reporter, and other public outlets.