Presented by Bill Cook, Founding President of the Bill Cook Foundation, an organization dedicated to helping some of the world's poorest children get the best education possible. In this program, Bill Cook will discuss how he was inspired by the lives of St. Francis of Assisi and Pope Francis, leading to his work to educate […]
Do you find the competing messages about climate change confusing? Four international civil servants from Europe, Latin America, and the Pacific Islands with diverse, extensive backgrounds working on solutions to climate change will help you both understand this critical issue and explain why being informed and acting to address it is a moral obligation for […]
Join Boomers & Beyond for a conversation with our own Fr. James Martin, S.J., author of Building a Bridge: How the Catholic Church and the LGBT Community Can Enter Into a Relationship of Respect, Compassion, and Sensitivity and Learning to Pray: A Guide for Everyone. Registration is not required. To join the lecture, click this link. Questions? […]
Many must serve as caregivers - for elderly parents or relatives, for grandchildren, for partners and friends. Because of the spiritual and emotional demands of caregiving, burnout is an ever-present hazard. Our sessions will explore how we can engage in self-care, set boundaries, re-envision our role and renew our lives. (N.B. One need not be […]
Click here to register for the webinar. Speaker: Rev. James F. Keenan, S.J. This talk suggests that longstanding “conscience formation programs” are not all that successful unless they help us first to cultivate the capacities to be vulnerable to one another and to recognize the other, often overlooked. My thesis is that, until there’s vulnerability […]
For the first 2022 LME event, we will welcome Helen Young, Emmy award-winning journalist. She will highlight her documentary, “The Nuns, the Priests, and the Bombs”, which follows the work of Sister Megan Rice who was a parishioner 80 years ago. Sadly, Sister Megan passed away last October, but remembering her legacy echoes our parish's […]
