The Courage to Journey Together as an Intersectional Community
Our call at IFTJ 2018 is to journey to the intersections as disciples and allies, as listeners and advocates. We are brought together in courage and companionship so that we may respond to Pope Francis’s invitation to, “try to listen and be silent in order to make space for the beauty of God.” We will make space for pain and healing; and we will move forward with momentum towards the justice, beauty, and hope necessary to overcome oppression in all its forms.
As we meet at the intersections, we remember Pope Francis’s compelling advice: “This is important: to get to know people, listen, expand the circle of ideas. The world is crisscrossed by roads that come together and move apart, but the important thing is that they lead towards the Good.” May we journey together towards the Good.