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A Call to Live Mercy in Our Common Home

Praise Be! A Call to Live Mercy in Our Common Home

Deanery 2 of the Diocese of San José presents
A Day of Reflection on Social Justice: Faith, Justice, Action!

Keynote Speaker: Fumi Tosu, M.Div., San Jose Catholic Worker

Six workshops to choose from. Topics include Care for God’s Creation, Dignity of Life, Peace and Justice, and Pope Francis’ call to “Care for Our Common Home.”  All participants will be able to take two workshops.

Information and displays from many justice groups will be available: Catholic Charities, Pax Christi, Sacred Heart Community Services, Global Solidarity, Catholic Green Initiative and more!

Registration:   $15 (received by February 18) – $20 at the door

Workshops:

Session One:

  • Pursuing Peace Through Education and Interreligious Engagement – Deacon Steve Herrera, Presenter
  • Human Dignity and Life: Restoring Harmony – Christine Vincent, Presenter
  • Integral Ecology: The Call of Pope Francis -Tony Strawa, Catholic Green Initiative (CGI), Presenter

Session Two:

  1. Care for our Common Home – A Practical Guide to Implementation for Home and Parish -Laura Barker & Katia Reeves (CGI), Stew Plock (350SV.org), and Suds Jain (CCL), Presenters
  2. Advocates for Peace in a World of Chaos – Joaquin Sanchez, Presenter
  3. Laudato Si: Francis Needs Us! Mother Earth Needs Us! – Stan Fitzgerald, Presenter

Our Future on a Shared Planet

Our Future on a Shared Planet: Silicon Valley in Conversation with the Environmental Teachings of Pope Francis

Headlining the conference will be Cardinal Peter Turkson, the Ghanian Cardinal who is president of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace. Cardinal Turkson is widely acknowledged as one of the most influential Vatican experts on the contents of the historic encyclical document, Laudato Si, as well as a close adviser to Pope Francis during the drafting of the encyclical.

In addition to a planned keynote by Cardinal Turkson the afternoon of Nov. 3, there will be a Multi-faith Response to the Encyclical that will include:

  • Episcopal Rev. Sally Bingham, Interfaith Power and Light
  • Rabbi Allan Berkowitz, executive director of Environmental Volunteers
  • Ameena Jandali, co-founder of Islamic Network Group
  • Lida Cutts, Abbess of the San Francisco Zen Center

The conference will continue November 4, and sessions will address:

  • The Science Behind the Encyclical
  • How Politics Can and Should Respond to the Encyclical
  • How Corporations Can Heed the Encyclical’s Call
  • What the Encyclical Can Teach Silicon Valley

Cost for the Wednesday events will be $25.

For updates and registration go to www.scu.edu/ourcommonhome/events.cfm