Becoming a Pilgrim People
Join the Medieval Institute and the Center for Spirituality at Saint Mary's College for the second in our webinar series on Pilgrimage! How can the practice of pilgrimage support current work for racial justice and healing of memory? This webinar will examine present-day lived experiences of pilgrimage through the lens of liberation theology. Panelists André Brouillette, SJ, Associate Professor of Systematic and Spiritual Theology at Boston College, and Layla Karst, Assistant Professor of Theological Studies at Loyola Marymount University, will discuss: What resources does pilgrimage offer as we work to create inclusive and welcoming faith communities?
Meet the Moderator: Daniel Horan
Daniel P. Horan, OFM, PhD is the Director of the Center for Spirituality and Professor of Philosophy, Religious Studies, and Theology at Saint Mary’s College in Notre Dame, IN. He previously held the Dun Scotus Chair of Spirituality at Catholic Theological Union in Chicago. A columnist for the National Catholic Reporter, he is the author of thirteen books, including Catholicity and Emerging Personhood: A Contemporary Theological Anthropology, which received the 2020 First Place Award for Theology Book from the Association of Catholic Publishers, and his latest is titled A White Catholic’s Guide to Racism and Privilege. His next book, which is due out in Fall 2021, is The Way of the Franciscans: A Prayer Journey Through Lent. Fr. Daniel regularly lectures around the United States and across the world; and serves on a number of university, academic, and publication editorial boards, including the St. Bonaventure University Board of Trustees and the Franciscan School of Theology Board of Regents. He earned his BA from St. Bonventure University, MA and MDiv from the Washington Theological Union, and PhD from Boston College. He is also co-host of The Francis Effect Podcast.
Meet the Speaker: André Brouillette
A Jesuit priest from Québec, Canada, André Brouillette earned graduate degrees in philosophy, history, and theology in France and North America. He taught in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, prior to joining the faculty of the Boston College School of Theology and Ministry, where he is associate professor of systematic and spiritual theology. He has been a visiting scholar at the Universidad Pontificia Comillas in Madrid, Spain, the holder of the Anna and Donald Waite Endowed Chair in Jesuit Education at Creighton University, in Omaha, Nebraska, as well as a visiting professor at the Carmelite School of Theology Teresianum in Rome. He is currently the general editor of the Classics of Western Spirituality (Paulist Press). His most recent books embrace pilgrimage studies: the monograph The Pilgrim Paradigm: Faith in Motion (Mahwah, NJ: Paulist, 2021), and Pilgrimage as Spiritual Practice: A Handbook for Teachers, Guides, and Wayfarers (Minneapolis: Fortress, 2022), co-edited with Jeffrey Bloechl.
Meet the Speaker: Layla Karst
Layla Karst is an assistant professor in the Department of Theological Studies at Loyola Marymount University where she teaches and writes at the intersection of liturgy and ecclesiology. She is working on a book manuscript on the theology of Christian pilgrimage and the pilgrim church. Her current research also explores the ways that racism, sexism, and sexual abuse have impacted our liturgical celebrations and the function of lament in addressing these liturgical challenges. Her publications include articles in the journals Liturgy and Practical Matters. She holds a PhD from Emory University and an MDiv from the University of Notre Dame.
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Friday, February 10, 2023 12:00 pm
Join the Medieval Institute and the Center for Spirituality at Saint Mary’s College for the second in our webinar series on Pilgrimage! How can the practice of pilgrimage support current work for racial justice and healing of memory? This webinar will examine present-day lived experiences of pilgrimage through the lens of liberation theology. Panelists AndrĂ© Brouillette, SJ, Associate Professor of Systematic and Spiritual Theology at Boston College, and Layla Karst, Assistant Professor of Theological Studies at Loyola Marymount University, will discuss: What resources does pilgrimage offer as we work to create inclusive and welcoming faith communities?
Pilgrimage for Healing and Liberation is co-sponsored by the Department of Africana Studies, the Department of Theology, Program of Liberal Studies, Cushwa Center for the Study of American Catholicism, Ansari Institute for Global Engagement with Religion, and the Notre Dame Initiative on Race and Resilience. This event was recorded on Friday, February 10, 2023.
Speakers:
- André Brouillette, SJ, Associate Professor of Systematic and Spiritual Theology at Boston College
- Layla Karst, Assistant Professor of Theological Studies at Loyola Marymount University