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• The Synod: Hope for a Disintegrating World, or Just Another Document? (RESCHEDULED) with Cardinal Timothy Radcliffe, OP

  • When
    11 Jul 2025
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    12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
  • Location
    Zoom

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  RESCHEDULED!!! Timothy Radcliffe gave the opening retreats to the Synod Delegates in both sessions, setting a positive tone for the proceedings. Shortly after accepting the APP offer to speak, Pope Francis named him a Cardinal! Among his books is the collection of his first Synod conferences: Listening Together: Meditations on Synodality. If his presentation to us is anything like these talks, we will be overwhelmingly grateful. An example: “Renewing the Church, then, is like making bread. One gathers edges of the dough into the center, and spreads the centre into the margins, filling it all with oxygen. One makes the love overthrowing the distinction between edges and the centre, making God’s loaf, whose centre is everywhere and whose circumference is nowhere, finding us.”.

  Timothy Radcliffe, a member of the Dominican community at Blackfriars, Oxford. He has been a retreat master and was master general of the Order of Preachers from 1992 to 2001. He has traveled extensively in visiting Dominican communities around the world, gathering poignant experiences that he weaves throughout his preaching and writing.

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• Pere Chenu: Father of Liberation Theology, Creation Spirituality, and much of Vatican II with Matthew Fox, OP

  • When
    6 Aug 2025
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    7:00 PM
  • Location
    Zoom

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  M. D. Chenu, OP was one of the great religious figures of the 20^thcentury. He taught Yves Congar and Edward Schillebeeckx and deeply influenced Vatican II.

  Gustavo Guttieriez called him the “father of liberation theology.” He is also the father of creation spirituality influencing Matthew Fox, a student in his last class in 1968. Fox named it the creation spirituality tradition.

  In this presentation, we will explore Chenu’s exceptional story, some of his exciting teachings, and his deep wisdom that deserve our attention even today. They can illumine the gospel and resurrect the church, our species as a whole, and our planet.

  Fox has been a very popular speaker for decades and is the author of more than 16 books, including Creation Spirituality and Original Blessing.

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• APP Annual Meeting and Picnic, Chatham Village

  • When
    22 Aug 2025
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    5:00 PM
  • Location
    Bigham House, Chatham Village, Mt. Washington

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  We hope you will join us for our Annual Summer Meeting and Picnic.  It is a wonderful opportunity for fellowship on the grounds of picturesque Chatham Village.  The picnic is potluck so bring your favorite dish to share (and the recipe). 

  APP is a member run organization.  We are in need of willing volunteers to help continue our social justice and evangelical work.  The picnic is an opportunity to meet our executive committee members.  They are happy to discuss ways your gifts will help the organization.  

  
  

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• Discipleship or Duplicity: Resisting Christian Nationalism with Anna Floerke Scheid

  • When
    3 Sep 2025
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    7:00 PM
  • Location
    Zoom & St. Paul of the Cross Retreat House, 148 Monastery Ave., 15203

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  Christian nationalism, not new phenomenon in the U.S. but it is on the rise and it threatens democracy and religious liberty.  Christian nationalism is a belief system that fuses Christianity with American civic life, often in ways that distort the gospel. It is evident in interwoven symbols that were on display at the January 6 Capitol Insurrection: crosses draped in American flags, signs proclaiming, “Jesus is my Savior, Trump is my President,” and images of Jesus wearing the red MAGA hat.  Christian nationalism is closely associated with nativism, white supremacy, and militarism. This presentation aims to provide an overview of Christian nationalism, the danger it poses, and how to resist it.

  Anna Floerke Scheid is an Associate Professor in the theology department at Duquesne University. Her teaching and research attends to religion and U.S. political life; religion, war, and peacebuilding; forgiveness and reconciliation in the aftermath of conflict; religion and violence; and faith-based activism and organizing.

  She holds a Ph.D. in theological ethics from Boston College, an MA from Catholic Theological Union in Chicago, and a bachelor’s degree from Northwestern University. Anna is the author of Just Revolution: A Christian Ethic of Political Resistance and Social Transformation (Lexington, 2015) and numerous essays and articles.

  Through her research, teaching, and community engagement she is committed to helping people understand and exercise their own power over the forces that shape our social, economic, and political lives together.

  
  

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• Pope Leo: Who is He, How Did He Become Pope and Where Will He Take The Church? with Thomas Reese, SJ

  • When
    1 Oct 2025
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    7:00 PM
  • Location
    Zoom

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  Robert Prevost was not on the top of anyone's list of papabili, and yet he was elected after just four ballots. Who is he? How did this happen? What kind of pope will he be? He was a surprise choice; will he be a pope of surprises? Currently, both liberals and conservatives are singing his praises. Will he continue the reforms of Pope Francis or will there be a retreat?

  Thomas Reese is a Jesuit priest and author of Inside the Vatican: The Politics and Organization of the Catholic Church. He is senior analyst for Religion News Service and was in Rome for the conclaves that elected Popes Benedict XVI, Francis and Leo XIV. 

  
  

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• How to Stand in Solidarity with Migrants and Asylum Seekers with Rubin Garcia

  • When
    3 Nov 2025
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    7:00 PM
  • Location
    Zoom

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  From his decades long work assisting immigrants at the El Paso/Juarez border, Rubin Garcia will share the plight of the people he assists.  His Annunciation House has developed extensive support programs and draws volunteers from across the country, including weekly visits from Bishop Mark Seitz who heads the USCCB Immigration Committee.  El Paso has long been a flash point for the nation's harsh immigration policies.  Learn how current policies are making life miserable, stoking fear both for those seeking asylum and other vulnerable immigrants already in the US.  And discover how you can counter these injustices.

  Ruben Garcia is the executive director of Annunciation House in El Paso, Texas, a non-profit supporting migrants and refugees. For over four decades, Ruben has been a dedicated advocate for social justice, co-founding Annunciation House in the late 1970s to address the urgent needs of migrants at the U.S.-Mexico border. Under his leadership, the organization has grown significantly, providing shelter, food, and legal assistance to thousands. Recognized for his contributions to humanitarian aid, Ruben continues to be a leading voice for humane immigration policies and the protection of human rights.

  
  

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• Hearing the Forgotten Voice of the Christians in the Holy Land” with Sir Jeffrey Abood

  • When
    1 Dec 2025
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    7:00 PM
  • Location
    Zoom

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  Christians have lived in the Holy Land since the first Pentecost. Yet today, they are mostly forgotten, ignored, or dismissed. In Gaza, they and their Muslim neighbors are enduring immense suffering, with at least 50,000 killed. There has never been a more important time for us to come together to hear and include their voice.

  Jeff will share some background and firsthand experiences of the Catholic Church’s lived experience in Gaza. Jeff chairs the Catholic Advisory Council of Churches for Middle East Peace (CMEP.org), an NGO with advisory status at the U.N. He serves on the Board of the Caritas Baby Hospital Foundation (Bethlehem) and coordinates a support program for Holy Family School and summer camp in Gaza.

  His book, A Great Cloud of Witnesses: The Catholic Churches Experience in the Holy Land, collects 70 years of the Catholic Church’s statements on the situation in the Holy Land. He has also edited with the Justice & Peace Commission of the Assembly of Catholic Ordinaries of the Holy Land, their book, Is Peace Possible? (available on Amazon)

  Jeff has previously spoken for our Speaker Series.

  
  

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