"Bare Feet and Theology: Women Religious as Agents of Change in Asia"Wednesday, March 14, 2012 Join Fr. Kevin Burke, S.J., Dean of Santa Clara University's Jesuit School of Theology in Berkeley, for an extraordinary lecture and theological discussion with Fr. John Endres, S.J., Professor of Old Testament and Director of Studies for Religious at the Jesuit School of Theology in Berkeley, and Sr. Julia Prinz, V.D.M.F., Provincial Superior and Director of Formation of the Verbum Dei Missionary Fraternity and Adjunct Professor of Christian Spirituality at the Jesuit School of Theology in Berkeley. What can we learn from the growth of Christianity in Asia, and how might the Church in the United States respond to these neighbor Churches in Asia? The witness and work of religious communities, especially of Asian Catholic women, can help us come at these questions with new eyes and deeper insight. These religious communities reveal how God is working anew through complex inculturation processes, through the ways their projects initiate vital social change, and through their creativity in community life and sacramental celebrations. The contributions of Asian women religious enrich our discourse about faith and Church life in the West. They shed new light on the relevance of faith in a secular society and in shrinking parish settings; they suggest new approaches to seminary and theological education; above all, they invite us into a "productive confrontation" with issues of faith and inculturation in our own multicultural society. Come and learn how the Jesuit School of Theology in Berkeley is becoming a part of this "productive confrontation." Reply online at www.scu.edu/jst/honolulu, or contact Maria Vickroy-Peralta at 510-549-5041 or mvickroyperalta@jstb.edu. |
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