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InFormation 2019 No. 2 : Book Review, Migration for Mission : International Catholic Sisters in the United States, by Katarina Schuth, OSF

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"The enormous content of this valuable resource will be appreciated differently by those of various backgrounds, interests, and positions. I would suggest that at least three distinct methodologies are interwoven. The primary segment is the massive amount of statistical data that has been collected. The charts and graphs give the basis for a quick overview of the findings. These are accompanied by the second segment, namely, well-written and cogent analyses of each issue. The third source of knowledge comes from the numerous and well-chosen quotes taken from surveys and interviews."


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InFormation 2021 No. 1 : Looking Back to Move Ahead, by Mumbi Kigutha, CPPS

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"I have talked many times with other younger religious sister friends about how hard it is to have conversations and workshops on racism in religious life. My response has always echoed something along the lines of, 'It is very hard to tell life-long dogooders that they are also complicit in racism and white supremacy.' This is not in an attempt to discount the inordinate amount of social justice reform and progress that religious communities have done, not just in this country but around the world. However, if we are going to stand in the gap when it comes to this issue of racism, we first need to reconcile with God and self."


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InFormation 2021 No. 2 : Book Review, Birth of a Movement : Black Lives Matter and the Catholic Church, by Julia Walsh, FSPA

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"Segura’s book is a manifesto, a work of longform journalism and a feminist response to Catholic resistance to the Black Lives Matter movement. A Black Catholic immigrant from the Dominican Republican and resident of Bronx, New York, Segura’s perspective on the Catholic relationship to the Black Lives Matter movement is both personal and informative. She writes with vulnerability and prophetic imagination about how her life experiences uncovered a harsh truth: not all white Catholics value her life."


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InFormation 2021 No. 2 : Book Review, Birth of a Movement : Black Lives Matter and the Catholic Church, by Julia Walsh, FSPA

InFormation Bulletins - InFormation 2021 No.2 Summer

"Segura’s book is a manifesto, a work of longform journalism and a feminist response to Catholic resistance to the Black Lives Matter movement. A Black Catholic immigrant from the Dominican Republican and resident of Bronx, New York, Segura’s perspective on the Catholic relationship to the Black Lives Matter movement is both personal and informative. She writes with vulnerability and prophetic imagination about how her life experiences uncovered a harsh truth: not all white Catholics value her life."


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InFormation 2021 No. 2 : Hope Restored, by Mary Jane Lubinski, OP

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"The invitation to serve at the border was the signpost that a curve lay ahead. A curve, once negotiated, that would set us on a path to see and experience religious life as inter-congregational, intergenerational and inter-cultural. The last several months have found religious women throughout the country living together, serving side by side, learning, growing, developing for the sake of the mission – a shared mission to those most in need."


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Lubinski, Mary Jane, OP

WEBINAR | LLAMADOS A SERVIR INTERCULTURALMENTE RETOS Y POSIBILIDADES DE LA TRANSICIÓN AL MINISTERIO EN LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS

La integración de la diversidad de la Iglesia Católica en los Estados Unidos es vital para la transición al ministerio de aquellos/as que están migrando de Latinoamérica y el Caribe. Este “webinar” contrastará las características históricas y culturales que dieron forma a la Iglesia de los Estados Unidos con la Iglesia de América Latina, subrayando las contribuciones que cada tradición trae al ministerio hoy. La meta será explorar las competencias interculturales que el ministerio en los Estados Unidos requiere de todos/as. 

Hna. Teresa Maya, CCVI, Superiora General, Hermanas de la Caridad del Verbo Encarnado, San Antonio TX
Hna. Teresa Maya, CCVI, Superiora General, Hermanas de la Caridad del Verbo Encarnado, San Antonio TX. La Hermana Teresa Maya pertenece a la Congregación de las Hermanas de la Caridad del Verbo Encarnado desde 1994. Su experiencia ministerial es en el área de educación. Ha servido como maestra, profesora de historia y administradora. Tiene una pasión por la formación de agentes para la pastoral hispana en EUA. La Hermana Teresa curso el B.A. en la Universidad de Yale, el M.A. en el Graduate Theological Union en Berkeley y el Doctorado en El Colegio de México, en la Ciudad de México.

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WEBINAR | ENCOUNTER OR ISOLATION – THE CHALLENGE OF POPE FRANCIS

In this complex time of ever-increasing diversity, we are continually faced with the possibilities of encounter and isolation. The natural tendency to relate only with people who share our cultural values and religious beliefs unconsciously reinforces ethnocentric isolationism, a room full of mirrors. Francis’ challenge to encounter the “other” – the one who looks, acts, and believes differently – moves us beyond our comfort zone to a greater self-awareness and the openness to see the world from another’s point of view. Intentional relationships with people of other races and cultures is the only way to diffuse fear, challenge stereotypes, and change prejudices. This webinar will examine the phases of this journey towards encounter and its implications for mission in today’s world, divided by walls of fear and mistrust. Join us in sharing the wisdom of our experiences and how we can together build bridges for respectful encounter and intercultural relationships.

Dr. Arturo Chávez is the President of MACC, the Mexican American Catholic College in San Antonio, Texas. Since 2007, Dr. Chávez has led the organization into its current transition from a Cultural Center to a Catholic College that offers B.A. and M.A. degrees in Pastoral Ministry. The unique degree plans are offered bilingually to meet the growing needs of Latinos for higher education, especially for service in faith communities. Prior to MACC, he worked in a variety of ministries – as a teacher, youth minister, a chaplain to the incarcerated, and a community organizer. He founded a nonprofit youth organization called JOVEN and was instrumental in establishing other faith-based partnerships to address the urgent needs of families who are poor and disenfranchised. Nationally recognized for his efforts to combat racism and poverty, President Obama appointed him to the White House Council on Faith-based partnerships. In 2010, Catholic Charities USA recognized him as “…a national champion of the poor” with the “Keep the Dream Alive Award” in honor of the Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. The National Association on Lay Ministry recently bestowed the San Juan Diego Award to recognize his years of service to the Church. Dr. Chávez holds a Ph.D. in Religious and Theological Studies, from the University of Denver and the Iliff School of Theology, with a focus on the relationship between religion and social change.

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WORKSHOP | REVIVIFYING MISSION: RELIGIOUS LIFE, PROPHETIC DIALOGUE AND THE SIGNS OF THE TIMES

Fifty years after the close of the Second Vatican Council, its key concepts, most notably, aggiornamento, the Italian term for “bringing up to date”, as well as ressourcement, a critical engagement with the current situation in light of the lessons of the past, continue to capture the imagination of the contemporary disciple in Christ's mission.  Our day will be spent in prayerfully exploring Christian world mission in light of the current signs of the times, in an attempt to discern where the Spirit is leading our religious communities.

Particular attention will be paid to the gift of the arts as manifested in the diversity of cultures.  Activities include some presentations, quiet prayer time, and small group discussions (which may take place in various languages).  Each participant is invited to bring a symbol of her or his religious community's charism.

Eduardo Fernández, SJ, PhD: Other than teaching classes in missiology and Latino theology and ministry at the Jesuit School of Theology of Santa Clara University at Berkeley and the Graduate Theological Union, Professor Fernández publishes, gives workshops and retreats, and assists at local parishes.  He has also worked in university campus ministry.  A native of El Paso, Texas, he earned a Masters in Latin American Studies at the University of Texas at Austin and a doctorate in theology at the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome. His two latest books are Mexican American Catholics (Paulist Press, 2007), awarded a 2008 Catholic Press Association Book Award in the category of pastoral ministry, and Culture- Sensitive Ministry: Helpful Strategies for Pastoral Ministers (Paulist Press, 2010) with Kenneth McGuire, CSP and Anne Hansen.

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WEBINAR | ON THE ROAD TO EMMAUS: RECOGNIZING JESUS IN THE JOURNEY OF RACIAL HEALING

A significant component of our charisms as members of religious communities involves being intentional about accompanying those who have been marginalized. In order to do this well, we must consider how past, present and future actions inform the ways we approach issues of justice. Utilizing a lens of racial justice, this webinar will wrestle with the history and lessons of Jesuit slaveholding and the continued need to break down silence and complicity. The session will focus on community approaches to restoration, reconciliation, and mutual transformation.

This webinar will be facilitated by Danielle Harrison, Co-Director of the Slavery, History, Memory, and Reconciliation Project with the Jesuit Conference of Canada and the United States. It will include other staff and collaborators in mission.

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Life-Giving Community: Cultivating Communication, Connection and Compassion

Members and non-members are now able to purchase and access a video recording and presentation files from the Life-Giving Community: Cultivating Communication, Connection and Compassion workshop on Saturday, October 27, 2018 by Kathy Galleher, PhD. Video topics include:

  • Rich community life and how to cultivate it
  • Group development
  • Going deeper, vulnerability and compassion
  • Healthy confrontation and conflict
  • Reflection and sharing on day 

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InFormation 1996 No. 2 : Cultural Diversity Parts 2 & 3, by Peter Phan

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"Inculturation affects all aspects of church life and culture. In this section I would like to explore how cultural pluralism impacted upon the fourth "self," namely, self-theologizing, in the United States."


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InFormation 1996 No. 1 : Cultural Diversity Part 1, by Peter Phan

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"Lastly, if and when the local church has achieved sufficient autonomy from the "sending church," both institutionally and intellectually, and its members, both lay and clerical, have taken over the task of evangelizing not only individuals but their own culture as such, then inculturation, properly speaking, begins to take place. Then the third level of culture is engaged with, that is, the level at which the different meanings attached to the building blocks of culture are integrated together into a cultural system resulting in a world view."


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Resource Manual Volume 2, Part 2 Multiculturalism : Article 07

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Part II : Multiculturalism

  • Resources: Immersion Experiences
    • 8th Day Center for Justice
    • Ignatian International Immersion Experience
    • GATE (Global Awareness Through Experience) Program
    • MACC Border Witness Program

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