Two April Webinars

Please join Call To Action for two upcoming webinars:

SPIRITUALITY OF SOCIAL JUSTICE

THURSDAY, APRIL 7 | 7:00PM CT | $9.99 WEBINAR FEE

Jim Wallis, well-known justice advocate and author, has stated that the two great hungers in the world today are for spirituality and social justice. The spirituality of social justice leads us to look at ourselves and the role we are called to as agents of social change. In this webinar, we will explore how the same spirituality that leads one to see a need to address larger societal issues of social justice would also be the foundation to raise issues of injustice within the Church.

Kimberly Lymore, DMin is the Associate Minister at the Faith Community of St. Sabina in Chicago, IL, which is known for its dynamic worship and social activism, under the leadership of Rev. Michael L. Pfleger. Kimberly has facilitated many workshops, classes and retreats in her 15-year ministerial career including classes on Social Justice at Xavier University, in New Orleans, LA. Most recently she became an adjunct instructor teaching Social Justice at Calumet College of St. Joseph, in Whiting, IN. In 2003, Kimberly received her Master in Divinity with a concentration in Word and Worship from Catholic Theological Union. In May of 2009 she received her Doctor of Ministry from McCormick Theological Union. Kimberly also has an article in the publication, Emerging from the Vineyard: Essays by Lay Ecclesial Ministers.

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LAY EMPLOYEES IN THE CATHOLIC CHURCH: LAW, DISCRIMINATION, MINISTERIAL EXEMPTION

TUESDAY, APRIL 26 | 7:00PM CT | $9.99 WEBINAR FEE

Sister Kate Kuenstler, P.H.J.C., J.C.D

.I am Canonical Council for an active civil court case of a former employee of the Archdiocese of New York. The lawsuit  “FRATELLO-ROMAN CATHOLIC ARCHDIOCESE CASE OF NEW YORK” is now filed at the United States District Court Southern District of New York.We have a cutting edge case that will affect all employees in the Catholic Church in the United States. Should the court system deny our case all lay employees of the Catholic Church will have no protection against discrimination in the United States civil law system.Cardinal Dolan claims the laywoman, principal of a catholic school, has no right to take the Archdiocese to civil court for being fired unjustly. The Cardinal bases this opinion on the “HOSANNA-TABOR” case, heard at the United States Supreme Court in October 2011.In that case the Supreme Court ruled for the Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod. The lay employee, officially designated a minister by the Lutheran Church, was fired from the school. Thus the firing fell within the ministerial exception, supported by the First Amendment of the US Constitution. Based on this, the Supreme Court dismissed the employment discrimination suit against the religious employer.

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