NOTE: Changes have been made in the information for a few regions.

REGIONAL WORKSHOPS 2006-2007

Theological Reflection and Social Analysis
for a Prophetic Way of Life
(Contemporary Social Spirituality)

Jim Hug SJ  
President of the Center of Concern in Washington, D.C. M.A. in Philosophy from Springhill College, an MA in Christian Spirituality from St. Louis University and a Ph.D. in Christian Ethics from the University of Chicago. He worked at the Jesuit School of Theology in Chicago and the Woodstock Theological Center. His focus is on research and education on issues of faith and economic justice and he has lectured, directed workshops and carried on policy advocacy throughout the U.S. and in Europe, Africa, Asia and Australia. Working with Ed DeBerri, he just finished revising and editing the Center’s best-selling Catholic Social Teaching: Our Best Kept Secret. He coordinated the Center’s leadership in convening an international conference on Social Responsibility in the Age of Globalization, co-convened by the Archdiocese of Milwaukee. From 1993-1996 and again in 2001 through 2003, Jim took a leading role in the Center’s work on social development at a series of UN conferences. The Center strove to focus attention on structural issues of economic justice and to develop and strengthen international networks capable of effective work for a more just process of development at home and abroad. He has served or is serving as faculty or board member of the Leadership Institute for the Directors of Catholic Charities sponsored by Catholic Charities USA, the Religious Task Force on Central America and Mexico, the United States Catholic Mission Association, and the Center for Mission Research and Study at Maryknoll. He is currently a member of the advisory board of the Maryknoll Mission Association of the Faithful, and the International Jesuit Network for Development and CIDSE [Cooperation Internationale pour le Développement et la Solidarité]

Marie Dennis
Director of the Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns, Washington DC, Vice President, Pax Christi International. Pax Christi USA Ambassador of Peace. Masters in Moral Theology from Washington Theological Union Lay woman, a mother of six, a grandmother, and a secular Franciscan. Dennis is also a member of Assisi Community, Washington DC, a Catholic community of religious and lay women and men, families, and single people who are intentional about simple lifestyle and the work for social transformation. Former Board Member of the Washington Office on Latin America, Sojourners magazine, the Religious Task Force on Central America and Mexico, the Latin America Working Group, the International Relations Center, the Maryknoll Center for Mission Research and Washington Office on Africa. Co-Chair of the Religious Working Group on the World Bank and IMF, a U.S. coalition of Catholic and Protestant organizations and institutions. Author and co-author of several books and contributor to Sojourners magazine, numerous Pax Christi publications and other works. Marie has traveled widely, mostly to visit the marginal communities where Maryknoll missioners work in Latin America, Africa and Southeast Asia, but also to participate in consultations and conferences for Pax Christi International and Maryknoll. She was an election observer in Mexico and Haiti and has participated in delegations to many other countries, including Colombia, Haiti, Guatemala, El Salvador, Afghanistan and Israel-Palestine

What participants have said:

“It supported my personal goal to become better informed about social justice issues and seek practical and doable ways to integrate social justice practices/teachings in my community living and ministry.”

2007

• Region 9 – Milwaukee WI (Site TBA) – April 20-21 Team 2   CANCELLED

• Region 7 – Adrian MI (Weber Center) – May 4-5 – Team 1  CANCELLED

• Region 13 –Leavenworth KS (SC Marillac Center)– October 26-27– Team 2 

FEES

Fees include lunch or supper. Membership in RFC is by religious institute or government unit (e.g. province, region, monastery, etc.)  When an institute or unit becomes a member, everyone who belongs to the unit enjoys the privileges of membership and pays the member fee.

Registrations with payment must be received by the national office 21 days prior to the workshop.  Cancellations are subject to a 20% cancellation fee.  No refund will be made if registration is cancelled in less than 10 days.  Registration after the 10 day deadline must be done at the door and is considered as a walk-in registration.  Your cancelled check is your confirmation.   Confirmation letters are sent to registrants about 2 weeks prior to the workshop.  For additional information contact the national office.  Accommodation is personally arranged. For information contact the national office.   

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