Webinars On Demand
Spirituality in the Age of Dislocation
People who live in the global world experience more dislocation and in-between spaces. The feeling of dislocation is linked to spiritual distress such as loneliness and anxiety, yet the in-between space functions as a leverage of spiritual force for transformation.
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Stories We Tell: Latinx Narratives and the Future of Catholicism
Demographics indicate that the future of the Catholic Church will primarily be found in the global South. For US Catholics, deeper engagement with Catholicism from Latin America and its Latinx communities in the United States can open up previously underexplored ecclesial frontiers. This webinar will look at how Latinx narrative and storytelling historically, demographically, and artistically ...
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A Kairos Moment: Change Is Coming Soon
Kairos is an ancient Greek term connoting time when old structures are breaking down and movements for change are breaking through, when there’s a decisive opportunity to achieve justice, peace and equality. In a moment of climate chaos, systemic racism and violence, poverty and inequality, militarism and war, and the rise of white Christian nationalism, ...
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Beyond the Binary: Expanding Understandings of the Imago Dei
To be made in the image of God, the imago Dei, is a core belief in the Christian tradition. We believe that the image resides in all of us and reveals a God who created us out of gratuitous love. While we rightly hold this belief firmly, questions arise regarding our understanding of this central ...
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Spirituality and Complex Trauma in African American Women
ON-DEMAND WEBINAR Spirituality and Complex Trauma in African American Women with Joan Blakey, PhD, LMSW Increasingly, traumatic events, particularly among Black women, are all too common. The recognition that ongoing racial trauma is prevalent and pervasive in the lives of women of color only increases the need to draw on a higher power to navigate ...
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Depression as a Wilderness Experience: Theological resources for depression in the wake of trauma
ON-DEMAND WEBINAR Depression as a Wilderness Experience: Theological resources for depression in the wake of trauma with Jessica Coblentz, PhD In the wake of traumatic events, many survivors experience psychological distress, including conditions like depression. These traumas and their psychological aftermath frequently engender disorientation and difficult questions: What is happening? Why is this happening? And ...
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Engaging the Healing Power Within
ON-DEMAND WEBINAR Engaging the Healing Power Within with Annette St-Amour, IHM, MA In this talk, Annette St-Amour shares her experience of working with local communities and healers in South Sudan in response to the trauma of displacement within their own country from many years of war. St-Amour provides background on how stress, anxiety and trauma ...
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Spiritual Distress: What it is and what we can do about it
ON-DEMAND WEBINAR Spiritual Distress: What it is and what we can do about it with Christina Puchalski, MD Over the last twenty years, there has been increased recognition of the importance of addressing spiritual health in clinical practice, especially addressing spiritual distress. This talk will review guidelines and models in addressing spiritual care in clinical ...
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Foundations in Spirituality for Everyday Living | 5-Part Series
ON-DEMAND WEBINAR | 5-Part Series Foundations in Spirituality for Everyday Living with Sandra M. Schneiders, IHM, STD What is spirituality and how is it connected to our daily life, God, beauty, work, relationships, religion, science, social justice and the current realities we face locally and globally? How can we nurture our spirituality and share with ...
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Listening to the In-Between Spaces
ON-DEMAND WEBINAR Listening to the In-Between Spaces with Julie Vieira, IHM, MA Life is a journey, we often hear, and it seems we are always moving toward some destination – in our relationships, our work, our health, and our spiritual life. Like any journey, there are many ups and downs as we traverse familiar and ...
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