monthly meeting in olympia
March 8, 2010 Monday at 7 PM. The program will be a 30 minute video from the series "Living the Questions 2" titled the Myth of Redemptive Violence. It will feature Marcus Borg, John Dominic Crossan, Bishop Jophn Shelby Spong, and Sister Helen Prejean, the author of Dead Man Walking. There is reading material in preparation that we will email you if you contact us at www.tombethill@comcast.net. There will be time to dialogue the place of the Atonement Theory in our society and Chrisitianity. Does it contribute to humanity's war mentality? Come and join us.
The place is TRADITIONS CAFE, the corner of 5th Ave. in Downtown Olympia___________________________________________________
roy bourgeois, mm
Saturday, April 10, 2010, at 2 PM Father Roy Bourgeois will talk about Breaking the Silence: Shatter the Glass Ceiling, his promotion of women to the Catholic Priesthood. It will be held at St. Mark's Cathedral, Bloedel Hall, 1245 Tenth Ave. East, Seattle, 98102. There is suggested Free Will Offering of $20 or as you are able. Father Bourgeois is a Maryknoll Priest, founder of SOA March, human rights-activist, and outspoken advocate for Women's Ordination. For more information call 360 357-6207.
On November 22, 2009 Father Bourgeois and the SOA (School of the Americas) Watch was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize. He is on an American tour sponsored by Call To Action.
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roy bourgeois, mm
Sunday, April 11, at 2 PM in Olympia Father Roy will be speaking to several groups including CTAWW, the Olympia World's Affairs Council, FOR, and from Evergreen State College the Latin American Student Organization and CISPES. His topic will be A Struggle for Justice in Latin Ameirca. The talk will be held at Evergreen State College, 2700 Evergreen Parkway NW, Olympia 98512 in Lecture Hall 1 which is connected to Red Square near the library. Parking is free on Sundays. Parking lots B and C are closer to Red Square. For more inforamtion call 360-357-6207.
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west coast call to action converence 2010
All Are
Welcome:
Building
Inclusive Christian Community
April 16, 17, 18, 2010
Flamingo Conference Resort
and Spa
2777 4th Street,
Santa Rosa, California
707-545-8530
Keynote Speakers
Mary Ramerman and Jim Callan; Edwina Gateley;
Michael Morwood
Workshop Presenters Include
Marek
Bozek; Brian
Swimme and Fr. Brian Joyce; Susan
Olson; Victoria
Rue;Jean
Hall; Nancy
Taylor
For more information and registration, click here!
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richard gaillardetz
Friday, May 7 2010, there will be a workshop at Seattle University Stuident Center, Room 160, led by Richard Gaillardetz; a teacher in the College of Arts and Science's: Religious.Studies Program at the University of Toledo. He is the author of seven books and has received numersous awards. The workshop is titled Surviving in a Polarized Church: Spirituality for Living with Ecclesial Tension. Registration is at 9:30 and the sessions run from 10 to 3. The event is sponsored by Catholic Ministers for Church renewal (www.catholicministers.org). You can check their website as well as www.gaillardetz.com for more information and registration.
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bishop john shelby spong
Thursday, October 7, 2010 7 PM at St. Mark's Episcopal Cathedral in Bloedell Hall, 1245 Tenth Ave. East, Seattle, WA 98102. The topic is "Bishop Spong Speaks to Catholics." A $20 per family offering is requested or as you are able.