Community Outreach

Centesimus Annus Anniversary Series
To commemorate the 15th anniversary of the late John Paul II’s social encyclical Centesimus Annus, the Acton Institute is sponsoring a series of 9 lectures between 2005 and 2007

Annual Dinner
Each year the Acton Institute hosts an annual dinner celebration in Grand Rapids, Michigan, to promote its outreach and to thank supporters for their partnership with the Institute. The dinner and program festivities include an address by a prominent keynote speaker. The Institute has been honored with a number of notable and brilliant annual dinner speakers, including Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, Nobel Laureate in Economics Gary Becker, George Gilder, and Chuck Colson

Acton Lecture Series
The Acton Lecture Series began in 1991 as a service to the local community. Through the series, the Institute seeks to bring knowledgeable and thought-provoking speakers to the area, providing our local audience the opportunity to interact with prominent thinkers on issues of faith and freedom.