Wednesday, August 4, 2021 3:00-4:15 PM EASTERN/12:00-1:15 PM PACIFIC In the Spring of 2021, Saint Ignatius San Francisco offered a 20-week program that paired education on race through a historical, sociological, and theological lens with the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius. Join creator Teresa Marie Cariño to learn about the program and how you can […]
Join author Loretta Pehanich talking about spiritual hunger and ways women can live their faith more fully. The Church needs women of strength and gentle leadership now more than ever. The MeToo Movement demonstrated that stories matter. Loretta will also discuss the new 12-session small group guide based on true stories of contemporary women. Whether […]
Wednesday, October 17, 2021 2:00-3:30 PM EASTERN/11:00 AM-12:30 PM PACIFIC Addressing skepticism and resistance surrounding the idea of “social change” is an essential part of social justice ministry. This work requires a solid, thorough understanding of the Church’s teaching on social sin and reconciliation. Join this session for a directed, interactive conversation attempting to break […]
Join this conversation with Sara Seligmann, regional director for Catholic social action at the Archdiocese of Cincinnati, on Breaking Open the Sin of Racism, a series prepared in collaboration with the Archdiocese of Cincinnati and faculty and staff at the University of Dayton. The series begins with a macro global and historical examination of race and racism and progresses to a micro examination of the interpersonal impact of race and racism. The series resources—an 8-part video series and 4-part workshop—are free and open to the public.
Engaging Open Wide Our Hearts in Community offers parish and school educators a road map for discussions on racial in justice with in Catholic communities. Conversations to heal the racial divide can be difficult to hold, but the journey toward justice remains as urgent as ever. This webinar guides educators and parish leaders through the USCCB letter Open […]
Description: Is it really true that people “didn’t know slavery was wrong back then”? Did the Church teach against slaveholding? In this presentation, Fr. Chris Kellerman, SJ, will explain the basics of the Catholic Church’s historical involvement with slaveholding and the Atlantic slave trade, drawing lessons from this history for the Church’s contemporary efforts for […]
Description: Is it really true that people “didn’t know slavery was wrong back then”? Did the Church teach against slaveholding? In this presentation, Fr. Chris Kellerman, SJ, will explain the basics of the Catholic Church’s historical involvement with slaveholding and the Atlantic slave trade, drawing lessons from this history for the Church’s contemporary efforts for […]
Undoing Our Knots: Personalizing and Praying With Our Parish Racial History Examining the fabric of America's racial history, manifested in our own faith communities, reveals the coarse, uneven, and knotted weave that has entangled us in patterns of injustice and continues to tear us apart as a people. Maureen O'Connell pulls at the thread of […]
Description: "Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere," prophesied Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. This call to awareness notes the importance of advancing social justice writ large (macro-scale) and writ small (at the micro-level) even in the one-to-one interpersonal context. This unique workshop examines the oft-unheard-of communication skill of engaged listening. Of the major […]
Description: Examine how Black and Asian Americans are racially positioned in the U.S. by examining two incidents that went viral in the media: the Central Park incident involving Amy Cooper, a young white lady, calling the police and accusing Christian Cooper (no relation), a Black birdwatcher, of threatening her. The other series of incidents involved […]
Wednesday, December 6, 2-3:15 p.m. ET via Zoom Registration Matthew J. Cressler, Ph.D., will reflect on his webcomic series Bad Catholics, Good Trouble and how you can use it as a Catholic racial justice resource. The first BC/GT story, "An Exception to the Rule," is at true story about the Franciscan sister who was hit […]
