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Lenten Discernment Series: Racial Justice

April 7, 2022 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm

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One event on February 24, 2022 at 7:00 pm

One event on March 24, 2022 at 7:00 pm

One event on April 7, 2022 at 7:00 pm

Begins Monday, February 7th at 7 PM on Zoom

 

Lenten Discernment Series: Racial Justice offers an opportunity for education and theological reflection to discern ways we can work for racial justice in our daily lives through the framework of the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius.

 

As a parish, we engage in this series on racial justice because working for racial equity stems directly from our call as followers of Jesus. A man of his own culture, Jesus encountered the Syrophoenician Woman who taught him that his ministry was for all people, not just the people of Israel. He was able to break out of his preconceived notions shared by his cultural background.

 

Consequentially, Jesus preached a message of radical inclusion and acceptance where all might be freed from chains of division and exclusion. This discernment series invites us to follow the lead of Jesus: to prayerfully consider where we are being invited to grow so that we individually and as a parish may work for racial equity.

 

Secondly, the Universal Apostolic Preferences of the Society of Jesus compel us to “walk with the poor, the outcasts of the world, those whose dignity has been violated, in a mission of reconciliation and justice.” Since our founding as a nation, many racial minorities have had their dignity violated and have been deemed the outcasts of our society. To take up the call of the Society of Jesus in our own context is to work for racial equity and reconciliation. Our hope as a parish will be more equipped to do this work following this discernment series.

 

Discernment: Racial Justice is sponsored by Ignatian Social Justice and will be meeting via Zoom at 7 PM: February 7th, February 24th, March 24th, and April 7th. There are 43 readings that will be parsed out in groups of 10 readings for each meeting. A discussion will center around the readings with people sharing what moved them most in any of the readings.

 

All are welcome to join in this Lenten Discernment series! Please email Jean Santopatre, Ignatian Social Justice Pastoral Associate, to be added to the Flocknote readings at [email protected].

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Date:
April 7, 2022
Time:
7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
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Zoom