Time & Location
Jul 19, 2022, 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM EDT
CLE Lecture Hall, 348 S 5th St, Highlands, NC 28741, USA
About the Event
"When I thought God had abandoned me, I discovered that He had simply given me a different voice to praise the inexhaustible beauty of the made world." - Pat Conroy, My Losing Season.
In this presentation Jonathan will explore Conroy's spiritual and humanistic faith as reflected in the turbulent life and bestselling books - from his Roman Catholic upbringing to The Citadel's honor code, themes of spirituality in his writings, his life of service as a mentor to his fellow writers, and his connections to his "second church," First Presbyterian Church of Beaufort.
Locations: CLE Lecture Hall
Presenter: Jonathan Haupt is the executive director of the nonprofit Conroy Center and the former director of the University of South Carolina Press, where he created the Story River Books fiction imprint with Pat Conroy. He the recipient of seventeen book awards.