PRESS RELEASE: Conference to Focus on Change in Catholic Church
Conference to Focus on ‘Currents of Change’ in Catholic Church
As the Catholic community participates in unprecedented conversations around lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people, issues related to divorce and remarriage, and other vital tenets of the faith, Call To Action’s national conference will take up and continue this important dialogue. Pope Francis’ work to reform the Church will be a significant topic of conversation among presenters and participants.
Call To Action, the country’s largest organization working for equality and justice in the Catholic church, will hold its annual conference November 7-9 in Memphis, TN? at the Convention Center and Downtown Sheraton Hotel.?
This year’s conference – The Well of Many Rivers: Creating Currents of Change – will bring together approximately 1,000 attendees focused on creating a more just, loving, and accountable Church. Over 25 presenters, most of them nationally recognized for their work in the church justice movement and controversial activism, will offer more than 50 presentations throughout the 3-day event.
The conference will include keynote addresses and workshop presentations, church justice caucuses, prayer and liturgy opportunities, and offer participants exhibits and other valuable resources. Key sessions include:
Kerry Kennedy: On Being Catholic
John Sivalon: Pope Francis and a Recovery of the Spirit of Vatican II
Fr. Tony Flannery: A Question of Conscience
Roman Catholic WomenPriests: Creating Inclusive Communities
Jason Berry: The Vatican and the Abuse Crisis
Sr. Elizabeth Johnson: Loving God’s Beloved Creation
Catholics are cultivating just and inclusive faith communities and working to bring Church teaching in-line with the values of love and acceptance. Media are encouraged to attend. Interviews with major presenters, members and staff may be arranged ahead of time. For more information about Call To Action’s conference, visit www.cta-usa.org/conferen ce
Media covering the conference should register online here
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Media Contact
Ryan Hoffmann, Director of Communications
Phone: (773) 404-0004 ext. 285
Email: ryan@cta-usa.org
Call To Action is a national organization working for equality and justice in the Catholic Church. With over 25,000 supporters and 50 chapters nationally,Call To Action educates, inspires and activates Catholics to act for justice and build inclusive communities through a lens of anti-racism and anti-oppression principles. For more information about Call To Action visit:www.cta-usa.org
