Serge Danielson-Francois, The Work of Justice

In this episode of The Study Podcast, Serge Danielson-Francois offers some thoughts and questions on the idea of justice, work that he’s pursuing through close readings of philosophers Emmanuel Levinas and Plato but also as a teacher at the upper school of Academy of of the Sacred Heart in Michigan. What are the hallmarks of a just community? How do we overcome the wounds of past injustices and risk further wounding? What do we do about the rather human impulse to run, to escape justice’s demands?

Serge Danielson-Francois teaches humanities, history, government and debate at Academy of the Sacred Heart. He is an avid country music fan and takes every opportunity to relate a lesson to a song. He is an inveterate Madisonian unwilling to sacrifice the common good for any illusory or expedient factional gain. He is convinced that the most important thing that he teaches is proper confidence: students should know what they know and be eager to fill in the gaps for all that remains unknown. Serge considers the theological projects of Bernard Lonergan, Yves Congar, and Gabriel Marcel to be constant guiding stars on his journey to know, love, and serve God. He has been teaching for as long as he has been married, 32 joyous years and counting.

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