相遇的艺术:来自边缘的天主教作家

作为2021-2023年主教会议正式开幕的一部分, 教宗方济各提醒在场的人，每次相遇都需要开放, a willingness to let ourselves be challenged by the presence and stories of others. In continuity with the 太阳城网赌平台 commitment to a liberal arts education in the Jesuit tradition, 相遇的艺术:来自边缘的天主教作家 conference seeks to build on the Jesuit ideal of “seeing God in all things” and “training men and women for others” by responding to this call from Francis’ to undertake “encounter” as an approach to others. 正如弗朗西斯所说, “the experience of encounter changes us; frequently it opens up new and unexpected possibilities.” 

相遇的艺术 conference seeks to respond to Francis’ call to “widen the tent” in order to welcome individuals and groups marginalized within the Catholic community because of gender, 性身份, 以及教会的政治身份, 通过接触诗人和作家讲述的故事. With particular attention to listening to those creative voices that have not always been fully heard within the Catholic community, we have selected keynote speakers that integrate and wrestle with Catholic faith, 从天主教社区的边缘走向中心. The first keynote and Saturday’s Workshop will be led by Irish 诗人 Pádraig Ó Tuama, host of the 在被 副播客 诗歌的 他是几本诗集的作者，包括他最近的， 喂野兽. Pádraig既是诗人又是神学家, LGBTQ+活动家, was the leader of the Corrymeela Community—Ireland’s oldest peace and reconciliation organization—for five years. 我们的第二位主讲人是爱丽丝·麦克德莫特, Richard A. Macksey Professor of the Humanities at Johns Hopkins University and author of eight novels, 包括几部入围普利策奖的作品, a founder of a group that seeks to engage all of the faithful in renewing the Church. 爱丽丝是太阳城网赌平台的常客，她的简介在 太阳城网赌平台杂志 她的天主教信仰. 

除了这两个主题演讲, Angela Alaimo O 'Donnell会做一个报告, 作家, 诗人, professor at Fordham University and associate director of its Curran Center for American Catholic Studies. 金正日加西亚, 不列颠哥伦比亚省英语系的诗人兼教师，还有艾利森·阿代尔, 实践副教授(BC英语), will host a panel on “身份与天主教想象” with trans author R / B默茨. Alongside the presentations will be substantial time for an afternoon reception and book signings in Burns Library. 

Our hope is that students and other conference participants will have the opportunity of encountering both the authors themselves and their powerful ideas and stories, in the process glimpse and contribute to a more capacious understanding of what the Catholic community might be, standing close to the heart of BC’s liberal arts education goal: to broaden our understanding of how encountering “the other” might be rich and fulfilling, opening up new possibilities of the richness and multiplicity of the real world—in a word, 在万事万物中找到上帝.