ONLINE National Conference: The Practical Implications of a Synodal Church
ONLINE NATIONAL CONFERENCE
The Board of Trustees are pleased to announce that the
National Conference for 2024 will be held on
Saturday 28th September 2024
10.00 BST
Our guest speakers are
Dr Liam Hayes, Director, Centre for Ecclesial Ethics.
Margaret Beaufort Institute, University of Cambridge
[Speaking about his research : Believing Not Belonging]
Dr Luca Badini Confalonieri, Director of Research,
Wijngaards Institute
[Speaking about A Proposed Constitution for the Catholic
Church]
Dr Catriona Fletcher
Director of the Ignatioan Spirituality Centre, Glasgow
Applications open on Sunday 16th June
Go to the website www.acalltoaction.org.uk
Event Properties
| Event Date | 28-09-2024 10:00 am |
| Event End Date | 28-09-2024 3:00 pm |
| Capacity | 150 |
| Registered | 109 |
| Available places | 41 |
| NO CHARGE | FREE EVENT (Donations welcome) |
| Location | Online Zoom Meeting |
| Downloads -> |
CEE-Believing-Not-Belonging-Final-Report_2023.pdf
DiaryMarker28092024.pdf |
Speakers
Dr Liam Hayes
Director, Centre for Ecclesial Ethics, Margaret Beaufort Institute, Cambridge
Liam currently works as the theology programme adviser in CAFOD’s Theology Programme. He completed his doctoral research at Heythrop College, University of London, in which he explored the disjunction between Catholic teaching and practice in sexual ethics, and the significant role that experience plays in moral discernment. Liam is a priest in the Diocese of Brentwood in the UK and will be commencing a research fellowship at the Margaret Beaufort Institute, Cambridge in October 2022.
Dr. Luca Badini Confalonieri
Director of Research, Wijngaards Institute.
He will be speaking about his involvement in the development of A Proposed Constitution for the Catholic Church. What are the structures/ the principles/ the ideals that are at the heart of a synodal Church?
Dr. Catriona Fletcher
Director of the Ignatian Spirituality Centre, Glasgow
I have worked in the Church - in England, Wales and Scotland - for many years and have met wonderful, inspiring people along the way. I studied theology at Heythrop, New College in Edinburgh and at Durham was awarded my doctorate for my research on ecclesiology and in particular lay ministry. After 16 years away from Scotland I came back in 2001 and worked as a Pastoral Assistant in a parish and University Chaplain. For the last 10 years I have returned to my Jesuit roots, working at the Ignatian Spirituality Centre in Glasgow and am now its Director. For 4 of these years through Covid I was also Catholic Chaplain at Cornton Vale women's prison. I have found wisdom and direction for myself in Ignatian spirituality and I recognise Pope Francis embodying Ignatian thinking and using many Ignatian tools. This is particularly obvious in the synodal process.
I will address members on the need to underpin the work of pastoral councils with the discernment that comes from conversations in the Spirit.