St. Lawrence University Frank F. Piskor Professor of Political Science and Canadian Studies Dr. Joseph J. Jockel will deliver “The Universalist Church, the founding of the St. Lawrence University, and the Theological School,” Friday October 24 at 6 p.m.
The presentation is part of the New York State Convention of Universalists bicentennial annual meeting hosted by the Unitarian Universalist Church of Canton. The talk is open to the public and will be held in the sanctuary of the UU Church, 3 ½ East Main Street.
In 1855, Canton Universalists competed with other New York State communities to be the location of a new Universalist seminary west of New England. Funds were pledged to purchase the land and construct Richardson Hall, the original building of St. Lawrence School of Theology and Arts and Letters. The University was chartered by a special act of the New York State Legislature on April 3, 1856.
This presentation is part of the year-long bicentennial celebration of the Unitarian Universalist Church. The church was founded November 17, 1825 as the First Universalist Society.
A native of New York, Jockel graduated first in his class at St. Lawrence in 1974. He also holds an MA from the University of Toronto and a Ph.D. from the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies in Washington.