Current Events, Talks and Lectures
Sponsored by the Diocese of San Diego
Date: Oct. 21 and 28
Time: 6:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.
Cost: Free
Location: Zoom
Register:
https://www.sdcatholic.org/event/my-church-my-story-the-native-american-experience/
10/28
Catholic Vote 2020: How Will Faith be a Factor?
10/29
The Teilhard de Chardin, S.J. Lecture: Steven P. Millies"The Gift of Our People": A Fresh Look at Our Faithful Citizenship in a Foreboding Moment
More Information:
https://www.luc.edu/ccih/
"Our mission must not be one of recovery but of transformation" by Aida Bustos
July 14, 2020
The Southern Cross, The Official News Site of the Diocese of San Diego
We will look at these women scripturally, historically and spiritually and find our similarities and differences. No bibles or books required, simply your presence and your thoughts and experiences. We will have time to take a break and time for discussion and sharing too.
October 20, 2020
Women Mystics
Register now and a Zoom link will be sent to you.
J. A. Wayne Hellmann, OFM Conv.
Franciscan School of Theology: Zoom Lectures Series #4
October 15, 2020 7 p.m. PDT
In the theology of St. Bonaventure: Charity, Caritas, in our heart is both pre-condition and fruit or effect of the Eucharist. It's all about spiritual communion!Prior lectures available on YouTube Channel "FST EDU1"
Including: Bishop John Stowe, Dr. Maureen Day, & Dr. Joseph Chinnici, OFM
On May 12, 2020, the Initiative hosted an online Public Dialogue on Global Dimensions of the Coronavirus Crisis: Responsibility and Solidarity, Policies and Priorities. Hundreds of you joined in this important, timely conversation.
Catholic News Service and Crux also covered the virtual gathering.
This Public Dialogue examined the global dimensions of the coronavirus crisis that are so often neglected in our focus on the pandemic’s impact on the United States and featured the following leaders:
- Cardinal Peter Turkson has been asked by Pope Francis to lead the Catholic Church's response to the global COVID-19 crisis. He is the prefect of the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development.
- David Beckmann is the president of Bread for the World, a Lutheran minister and author of Exodus from Hunger (2010).
- Haydee Diaz is the program director in Uganda for CRS, where she leads CRS’s response to the coronavirus, especially among refugees.
This online session was an Initiative Public Dialogue, Salt and Light Gathering, and Latino Leader Gathering and was co-sponsored by Catholic Relief Services.
This is the fifth Initiative online conversation on the moral and human dimensions of the COVID-19 crisis. You can view the others here.
Loyola University, The Hank Center for the Catholic Intellectual Heritage
Hank Center for the Catholic Intellectual Heritage, the Institute for Environmental Sustainability, the Department of Theology, and Commonweal hosted an online event:
The vision outlined by Pope Francis in Laudato Si' transcends the often narrow and individualist boundaries of contemporary Christian spirituality (not to mention consumerist/materialist economic systems), in order to include fruitful relationship with all created things. "Our hearts are authentically open to universal communion," Pope Francis declares, excluding "nothing and no one" because "everything is related, and we human beings are united as brothers and sisters on a wonderful pilgrimage, woven together by the love God has for each of his creatures." For Pope Francis it is holistic integration--of faith, reason, experience, academic disciplines, and ways of knowing--that best characterizes his expansive concern. Pope Francis's vision of our shared home is thus religiously incarnational, scientifically astute, and morally communitarian. Keeping with the best traditions of the Catholic sacramental imagination, Pope Francis's all-encompassing embrace begins in a particular biosphere but also stretches out to include the entire community of the cosmos. Join us for a compelling conversation marking the 5th anniversary of the publication of this landmark encyclical.
Missed the May 21, 2020, webinar? See more information.
America magazine has prepared a useful guide of Catholic movies and shows available on television to help you endure the sheltering-in-place.
The University of San Diego is rooted in the spirituality of the of the Religious of the Sacred Heart and USD co-founder, Mother Rosalie Hill. The Sisters continue to provide good counsel for this troubled time.
To access thoughtful meditations in the RSCJ tradition go to rscj.org and click on the link: Revealing God’s Love in the Midst of Uncertainty.
We remain thankful for Mother Rosalie and the gifts of the Sisters of the Sacred Heart.
The Diocese of San Diego Office of Life, Peace and Justice and Creation Care Ministry hosted a zoom event on the Care of Our Common Home on May 16. Dr. Maureen Day of the Franciscan School of Theology was the featured speaker.
Solidarity on Tap is an event that usually occurs at a bar and features an important contemporary speaker. In light of COVID-19, the Ignatian Solidarity Netwrok invites you to virtual Solidarity on Tap on Wednesdays at 9PM ET/6PM PT. Enjoy fellowship and hear powerful reflections from members of the network engaged in work for justice - from a screen near you!
To register go to the Solidarity on Tap website: igsol.net/sot.
A recent virtual roundtable held at Georgetown University
Sponsored by Georgetown University Center for Catholic Social Thought
More Information:
https://catholicsocialthought.georgetown.edu/events/life-and-dignity-justice-and-solidarity
Additional Recordings
Women Religious Service During the Influenza Epidemic of 1918
A brief video on the dedicated service of Women Religious during the 1918 influenza pandemic:
https://netny.tv/episodes/currents/women-religious-serve-spanish-flu/
Dorothy Day: A Revolution of the Heart
A new documentary on Dorothy Day produced by Martin Dobblemeier is now available online at PBS:
https://www.pbs.org/video/revolution-of-the-heart-the-dorothy-day-story-lwz697/
Monsenor: The Last Journey of Oscar Romero
On March 24, we celebrated the 40th anniversary of Archbishop Romero’s martyrdom. Now St. Oscar Romero, this moving documentary recounts his last days and contains some amazing recordings of Romero preaching.
It is available online through Copley Library: https://sally.sandiego.edu/record=b4878651
Medieval historian Winston Black reflects on the Catholic Church’s response to the Black Plague in a special podcast for Jesuitical:
https://www.americamagazine.org/faith/2020/04/03/how-catholic-church-adapted-during-black-plague
Sister Corita Kent Teaching Techniques
The famous Catholic pop artist, Sister Corita Kent was also an extraordinary teacher. The Corita Art Center (https://www.corita.org ) is presenting a series on her teaching techniques developed with her friend Jan Steward:
“We've launched a new video series inspired by Corita and Jan Steward's seminal text Learning by Heart: Teachings to Free the Creative Spirit. Watch the first video. Stay tuned for videos by guest artists responding to these teachings.” (If the link does not work, use this one): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VP22WkCEhTM&feature=youtu.be&mc_cid=f122d04959&mc_eid=faffe2e2cb
[In 1986, the CCTC hosted a major exhibit of Corita’s works with the University Galleries entitled “Love is Here to Stay (and That’s Enough), which surely provides wisdom during this pandemic. The catalogue is still available through University Galleries.]
Inquiring Nuns (1968)
Patrick Preziosi of Commonweal has recalled this somewhat dated, but relevant film, available on Amazon.
It’s a vivid chronicle of universal concerns as expressed by the subjects to whom this pair of Chicago nuns puts a simple question: “Are you happy?” Sisters Marie Arne and Mary Campion, who served at St. Denis Parish in Chicago's Southwest Side at the time of filming, interview numerous ordinary Chicagoans in the fateful year of 1968. The answers they receive—no matter the occasional explicit reference to LBJ or Vietnam—sound just as relevant and applicable today, as Americans try to maintain their sanity, creative temperaments, and basic peace-of-mind in the face of what feels like inevitable collapse. The subjects are remarkably open to the sisters, and many respond without hesitation or confusion about what they’re participating in, eager to get their voices heard by a figure with some degree of authority. It’s an inherently political documentary, not only for the weighty matters that inevitably come up, but also—and especially—for the simple, everyday desires that are voiced: to feel calm, to have the time to play the saxophone, to make dinner for your family. How valuable the ordinary and quotidian become when they’re not within easy reach. (Patrick Preziosi, Commonweal, April 3, 2020)
The Spirituality of Dying and Death”
Audio book by Dr. Darleen Pryrds available for audio download from Learn 25.
During this time of death and loss, Dr. Pryd’s reflections on dying and death provide ample material for reflection. (There is a charge for this book.)
Franciscan spirituality offers hope and comfort to those approaching death, and to those of us who love them. While conversations about dying and death have become more popular in recent years, a decidedly Catholic perspective is often missing. Now, this course offers a unique approach to these conversations grounded in the Franciscan tradition.
https://www.learn25.com/product/spirituality-of-dying-and-death/