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2026 Speakers - Open Registration 



Jeff Korgen

Dorothy Day, Servant of God, has been described as "the most interesting Catholic of the 20th Century." Take a deep dive
into Dorothy Day’s life with Jeffry Odell Korgen, author of Dorothy Day: Radical Devotion and coordinator of the local phase of the canonization process for the Archdiocese of New York. No hagiography,
this graphic biography uses words and art to draw a throughline between Dorothy’s radical past to her life as a Catholic Worker and Christian peacemaker. 

Korgen worked as a lay ecclesial minister in the Church for 32 years, serving as a youth minister, community organizer, director of social ministries for the National Pastoral Life Center, Executive Director of
Diocesan Planning for the Diocese of Metuchen (NJ), and leader of Korgen Associates, a Church leadership consulting firm. In the later capacity, he coordinated for Cardinal Dolan the local phase of Dorothy Day’s Cause for Canonization .


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Unjust War in Iran

APP Statement      Pax Christi USA Statement

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Criteria for a Just War

Presentation Slides - click

with lots of helpful information & questions

APP Retreat Registration


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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Revisit Past Speakers

Sir Jeffrey Abood

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Cardinal Timothy Radcliffe


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Fr. Ron Rolheiser, OMI


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Fr. Brendan Curran, OP

Sr. Janice Vanderneck


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Fr. Thomas Reese, SJ


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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.


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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Synodality

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.

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