UPCOMING TALKS



Dr. Goldstein speaks before an audience of five hundred at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, Memphis, TN, April 3, 2024, to mark the sixty-fourth anniversary of Father Ed's death in that city.


Unless otherwise noted, admission to each of the following talks is free. Copies of The Sacred Heart: A Love for All Times as well as Father Ed: The Story of Bill W.'s Spiritual Sponsor will be available for purchase, and Dr. Goldstein will be happy to sign them as well as any books of hers that attendees bring.


Friday, April 4, 2025: Dr. Goldstein speaks at Holy Spirit Parish, 410 Lear Road, Avon Lake, OH. Topic: "The Sacred Heart and the Eucharist." Details to come.

Tuesday, April 8, 2025—SPECIAL EVENT! Dr. Goldstein delivers the annual Spring Lecture at the American Catholic Historical Society, 263 South Fourth Street, Philadelphia, PA. Topic: "Father Ed: The Story of Bill W.'s Spiritual Sponsor." Social hour at 6 p.m.; lecture begins at 7 p.m. Free for ACHS members; $10 for nonmembers.

Friday, June 27 and Saturday, June 28, 2025—PARISH MISSION! Dr. Goldstein will lead the 2025 Parish Mission at St. Francis de Sales Church, Beckley, WV, on "The Sacred Heart: A Love for All Times." Details to follow.

Saturday, June 28, 2025: Dr. Goldstein will speak on "Father Ed: The Story of Bill W.’s Spiritual Sponsor" in De Sales Hall at St. Francis de Sales Church, Beckley, WV. Doors open 6:00 p.m. (following the 5:00 p.m. Mass). Refreshments will be served, and Dr. Goldstein will be available to sign books before the talk begins at 7:00 p.m.


To invite Dr. Dawn Eden Goldstein to speak, email dawneden [at] gmail.com.

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PAST TALKS 

Since Father Ed was published in December 2022, Dr. Dawn Eden Goldstein has shared the story of Father Edward Dowling, S.J., in the following places:

December 2022:

Washington, DC (St. Joseph's on Capitol Hill)
Akron, OH (St. Sebastian's Catholic Church)
Cleveland, OH (St. Malachy's Catholic Church)
Charleston, SC (Renaissance Weekend at Charleston Place)

January 2023:

Owings Mills, MD (St. Thomas' Episcopal Church)
Las Vegas, NV (Praxis meeting and Legatus dinner)
Cincinnati, OH (Bellarmine Chapel at Xavier University)
St. Louis, MO (Catholic Studies Center at St. Louis University; St. Anselm Parish at Saint Louis Abbey)

February 2023:

Atchison, KS (Valley Hope Center; Benedictine College)
Hays, KS (Immaculate Heart of Mary Catholic Church)
Kilmarnock, VA (Lancaster Community Library)
Boston, MA (Boston College)

March 2023:

Canton, OH (St. Michael the Archangel Catholic Church)
Akron, OH (First Annual Akron Book Fest)
Chicago, IL (Loyola University Chicago)
Baltimore, MD (Basilica of the Assumption)

April 2023:

St. Louis, MO (St. Louis University Mission Book Club luncheon for faculty and staff)

June 2023:

Chester, NJ (St. Lawrence the Martyr Catholic Church)

July 2023:

Lexington, KY (Cathedral of Christ the King)

September 2023:

Houston, TX (Holy Name Passionist Retreat Center)

October 2023:

Boston, MA (Sacred Heart Parish in Roslindale)
Attleboro, MA (La Salette Retreat Center)
Colchester, VT (St. Michael's College)
Rockaway, NJ (St. Cecilia Roman Catholic Church)

November 2023:

Norfolk, VA (St. Stephen, Martyr, Roman Catholic Church)

December 2023:

Rome, Italy (The Lay Centre)

January 2024:

New Orleans, LA (Archdiocesan Spirituality Center)

April 2024:

Memphis, TN (Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception)
Wyckoff, NJ (Church of St. Elizabeth)
Flint, MI (St. Michael's Conference Center)

May 2024:

New Orleans, LA (Holy Name of Jesus Catholic Church)

July 2024:

Batesville, IN (St. Louis Catholic Church)
Indianapolis, IN (Hyatt Regency Indianapolis; St. Jude Catholic Church)

September 2024:

Scranton, PA (University of Scranton)