Our Educational Forums 2019-2025

Educational Forums:2025

• Nov. 12: (Stephen Pope) "Trump Era Practices and Policies from the Perspective of Catholic Social Justice Teaching"
  
  
• Sept. 10: (Christopher White) "Pope Leo XIV: The Dawn of a New Papacy""
  
  
• Apr. 1 and May 20: (Nancy Sylvester, ihm and Christine Schenk, csj) "Navigating the Barque of Peter: Reflections on the Church Today and a Look into the Future"
  
  
• Jan. 8: Christopher White "Report on the October Synod in Rome" Transcript and Video

Educational Forums: 2024

• Mar. 21: (Ellie Hidalgo) "Restoring Catholic Women to the Permanent Diaconate" Transcript
  
  
• June 15, Ricardo da Silva, sj: "Laudate Deum": Pope Francis' Call for Climate Action: Transcript
  
  
• Oct. 25: Fr. Dave Buersmeyer: "Catholic Social Teaching As Guidance for Voting" Slides Full Video
  
  

Educational Forums: 2023

• March 9, 2023: Christopher White: Forum Transcript: "Becoming a Synodal Church: What Needs to Change?"
  
  
• May 23, 2023: Michael Sean Winter: "The Challenges Facing the Church Today —and What Needs to Happen"Transcript and Full Video
  
  
• September 21, 2023: Cecilia Gonzalez-Andrieu "Toward A More Welcoming Church: Pastoral and Prophetic Perspectives"
  
  
• November 9, 2023: Fr. Tom Reese, sj: "The Synod: What Happened; What Didn't; What's Next?"

2021-2022

Due to the COVID-19 Pandemic, No Educational Forums Were Held during 2021-2022

Educational Forums: 2020

• (Sister Simone Campbell, sss) The State of the Union: What Needs to Change

Educational Forums: 2019

• Jan. 16:  Deborah Rose-Milavec
• Apr. 3: Rev. Donald Cozzens
• May 21: Oscar Chacon
• Sept. 11: Robert Mickens
• Dec. 3: Helen Prejean Faith Catching Fire