Educational Forums: 2023

• March 9, 2023: Christopher White: Forum Transcript: "Becoming a Synodal Church: What Needs to Change?"ww
  
  
• May 23, 2023: Michael Sean Winter: "The Challenges Facing the Church Today —and What Needs to Happen"Transcript and Full Video
  
  
• September 21, 2023: Cecilia Gonzalez-Andrieu "Toward A More Welcoming Church: Pastoral and Prophetic Perspectives"
  
  
• November 9, 2024: Fr. Tom Reese, sj: "The Synod: What Happened; What Didn't; What's Next?"

2021-2022

Due to the COVID-19 Pandemic, No Educational Forums were Held during 2021-2022

Thursday, January 20, 2020, 1pm
Sister Simone Campbell, sss

The State of the Union: What Needs to Change
Saint Blase Parish
 Sterling Heights, MI

Sister Simone Campbell is the Executive Director of the NETWORK Lobby for Catholic Social Justice —a federal advocacy organization founded by Catholic Sisters to lobby in Washington, DC for policies that mend the gaps in income and wealth in the United States.

She has led six cross-country "Nuns on the Bus" trips focused on tax justice, healthcare, economic justice, comprehensive immigration reform, voter turnout, bridging divides in politics and society, and mending the gaps.

Sister Simone Campbell wrote the famous "Nuns' Letter," considered by many as critically important in convincing Congress to support the Affordable Care Act in 2010, and is the author of "A Nun on the Bus: How All of Us Can Create Hope, Change, and Community," published by HarperCollins.

She has received numerous awards, has spoken at the 2012 Democratic National Convention, and has appeared on 60 Minutes, The Colbert Report, and The Daily Show with Jon Stewart. She is a religious leader, attorney, and poet with extensive experience in public policy and advocacy for systemic change.

The Transcript of Sister's Presentation is available here

Educational Forums: 2019

• Jan. 16:  Deborah Rose-Milavec
• Apr. 3: Rev. Donald Cozzens
• May 21: Oscar Chacon
• Sept. 11: Robert Mickens
• Dec. 3: Helen Prejean Faith Catching Fire