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| Rooted in the South African context, Alan Storey is a Gospel storyteller and facilitator of personal and political change. This presentation will focus on an interpretation of Micah’s summary of faith and how Jesus of Nazareth lived it out. Our discussion will be rooted in lessons learned from the struggle for justice in South Africa and how these may be relevant for the world today. Storey’s commitment to the Jesus way of justice and peace-making was tested early in his life when he faced conscription into the apartheid regime’s military. He chose to be a conscientious objector. He was arrested and faced trial with a six-year prison sentence as the likely outcome. Storey’s trial was abandoned midway, and he became the last conscientious objector to be brought to trial in apartheid South Africa. Storey recently retired from serving at the Central Methodist Mission in Cape Town. As a Methodist minister for 33 years who lived off weekly words, he is now exploring silence and solitude … while writing. He recently wrote the 2025 Andrew Murray Desmond Tutu Prize winning, The bell, banners and blasphemy. |
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| The expression "political holiness" was coined by Salvadoran liberation theologian, Jon Sobrino. "Because of a new awareness of the misery and oppression of the majority of the human race, holiness can no longer be confined to the realm of personal piety, contemplation or almsgiving.... The area of political action is the right place to seek holiness." ~ Jon Sobrino. Two presentations will be followed by sharing & discernment: ways of seeking holiness through political engagement. (Retreat Flyer PDF) Rev Art McDonald is a former Dominican priest, now retired Unitarian Universalist minister, who served in Pittsburgh and Massachusetts. Art spent time in Peru, working on his PhD dissertation on liberation theology (1993). A longtime activist on behalf of immigrants and community building, Since 2003, he has been Board President of Essex County Community Organization in Lynn, MA |
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______________________________________ Important Statements on Immigration Nov. 12: US Conference of Catholic Bishops approve a statement challenging the cruel treatment of immigrants (216 out of 224 Bishops) November 13, the Feast of St. Frances Cabrini: Bishop Mark Eckman issues a letter in support of immigrants. Click here for the USCCB Statement Click here for Bishop Eckman's Letter ____________________________________________ |
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Special Opportunity: Catholic Social Teaching's Core Principal - Liturgy & Life, Dr. Tom Octave An overview of CST, a consistent theme of Popes through the last century, and how it flows from Jesus and our weekly liturgies. Click here for his 45 minute presentation. |
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2024 in Review APP appreciates your support in 2024! With your help and in collaboration with CCOC - Catholics for Change in Our Church, the Anti War Committee, Pax Christi, PIIN (Pittsburgh Interfaith Impact Network), Cease Fire to end gun violence, the Sierra Club, the LGBTQ community, and others – for a more welcoming, inclusive, and engaged Church and for a just and peaceful society. Because of our fine Speaker Series now available mostly through Zoom, people from around the US and beyond have joined us for the presentations and growing numbers have become members. THANK YOU! | To learn more about APP's 2024 activities and contributions read our complete Impact Statement HERE |
Statement Calling for Cease Fire and Humanitarian Aid in Gaza "It is imperative that the U.S. and the international community exert all its power and leverage to stop the carnage in Gaza and take decisive diplomatic action for a lasting peace built on justice for all involved. Anything less will be viewed by history as complicity." |
Read & Sign the PaxChristi/Catholic Advisory Council for Churches for Middle East Peace/& others’ Letter calling for an immediate cease-fire in Gaza. |
Promoting a Culture of Life Association of Pittsburgh Priests calls on Catholic leaders to develop new pastoral, spiritual approach regarding abortion and the culture of life -June 13, 2022 |
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APP is committed to doing all that we can to promote Synodality in Western PA. Synodality is a way of journeying forward, led by the Spirit, in our polarized world for our newly merged parishes, for lay groups associated with religious orders, and other groups wanting to live the Gospel more faithfully. Synodality is an on-going process – of listening to each other and for the Spirit, sharing hopes, experiencing supportive community, and being open and responsive to the pain of the world. Synodality is the way to grow as Church. Visit our Resource page for the Final Synthesis Report, Oct. 28, 2023 & more. |
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