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• Integral Ecology, the Vatican Observatory, Castel Gandolfo: New Dimensions in the Implementation of Laudato Si with Christiana Zenner, PhD

  • When
    7 Apr 2025
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    7:00 PM - 8:30 PM
  • Location
    Zoom

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  Integral Ecology has intrigued and motivated many forms of theological and now institutional inquiry. This talk will look at how the concept of IE is constructed and will focus especially on its institutionalization in several contexts, including ecclesialsponsored educational programs as well as connections with the Vatican Observatory and the newly-established Borgo Castel Gandolfo that will be open to the public for the Jubilee Year of 2025. The aim of this talk is to think about the benefits and limitations of Integral Ecology and how its promotion by the Vatican links to a range of historical developments in Catholic theology and science.

  Christiana Zenner, PhD is Associate Professor of Theology, Science, and Ethics and Affiliated Faculty in Environmental Studies at Fordham University, New York City. The author of Just Water: Theology, Ethics, and Fresh Water Crises, Dr. Zenner, co-editor of two volumes on bioethics, science and society, and sustainability, has just finished writing her next book, Beyond Laudato Sí. Her talk today reflects some of the site visits and research she conducted for that book.
  

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• The Synod: Hope for a Disintegrating World, or Just Another Document? (RESCHEDULED) with Cardinal Timothy Radcliffe, OP

  • When
    25 Apr 2025
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    12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
  • Location
    Zoom

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  Timothy Radcliffe gave the opening retreats to the Synod Delegates in both sessions, setting a positive tone for the proceedings. Shortly after accepting the APP offer to speak, Pope Francis named him a Cardinal! Among his books is the collection of his first Synod conferences: Listening Together: Meditations on Synodality. If his presentation to us is anything like these talks, we will be overwhelmingly grateful. An example: “Renewing the Church, then, is like making bread. One gathers edges of the dough into the center, and spreads the centre into the margins, filling it all with oxygen. One makes the love overthrowing the distinction between edges and the centre, making God’s loaf, whose centre is everywhere and whose circumference is nowhere, finding us.”.

  Timothy Radcliffe, a member of the Dominican community at Blackfriars, Oxford. He has been a retreat master and was master general of the Order of Preachers from 1992 to 2001. He has traveled extensively in visiting Dominican communities around the world, gathering poignant experiences that he weaves throughout his preaching and writing.

  
  

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• Pope Francis: Pastor, Prophet, & Diplomat with Fr. Bryan Hehir

  • When
    8 May 2025
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    7:00 PM - 8:30 PM
  • Location
    Zoom

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  Pope Francis is well recognized for his leadership and innovation within the Catholic Church; in the long term his impact on the world may be seen as equally significant. The relationship of pastor, prophet, and diplomat illustrates how the internal and external roles relate in his leadership style. Fr. Hehir will explore how the impact of these dimensions of Francis’ Papacy are influencing the world today and into the future. Fr. Bryan Hehir is a priest in the Archdiocese of Boston. He was formerly a faculty member at Georgetown University and at Harvard Divinity School. Until his retirement in 2021, he was a professor of the practice of religion and public life at Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government. Hehir played a major role in the drafting of The Challenge of Peace and Economic Justice for All, the US Bishops’ pastorals on the arms race and the US economy in the mid 1980s.
  

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• LGBTQ+ Justice & Catholic Social Teaching with Sarah Hansman

  • When
    5 Jun 2025
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    7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
  • Location
    Zoom

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  This talk addresses the question of LGBTQ+ justice through the lens of Catholic Social Teaching. The first part focuses on why issues of sex and gender are essential justice concerns, particularly within the Catholic Church and the United States. In the second part, we will explore how the core principles of Catholic Social Teaching, human dignity, solidarity, and the common good, call us to confront injustices faced by LGBTQ+ communities. Amidst the polarization within both society and the Church, we will uncover tools for transformation and recognize the agency already at hand to broaden and renew the Church’s mission of welcome.

  Sarah Hansman (she/her) is currently an MDiv student at Boston College’s School of Theology and Ministry. Her studies come after numerous years in the corporate world and much discernment. While the worlds are different, Sarah draws upon her corporate experience as one that built her confidence in using her voice, persisting in the face of the oft said “no,” and commitment to authenticity in every context. Her ministerial experience spans retreats, nonprofit development, prison ministry, hospital chaplaincy, and preaching whenever possible
  

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