De Margerie Series on Christian Reconciliation and Unity – public lectures in-person and live-streamed

“Grassroots Unity” – The De Margerie Series on Christian Reconciliation and Unity presents lectures and workshops with Rev. Dr. Karen Petersen Finch.

Public Lectures:

The series includes two different lectures available both in-person or via live-stream video at: https://www.youtube.com/@schmeisercentre:

• “Re-imagining Lay People as Stewards of Doctrine” at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 24 at Riffel Auditorium, Campion College, Regina;

• “Doctrine as the Fuel of Renewal” at 7 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 25 at Fr. O’Donnell Auditorium, St. Thomas More College, Saskatoon.

 

Workshop:

The De Margerie Series also includes an in-person-only workshop entitled The Eucharist – Where is Jesus? held in Saskatoon 10 a.m. to noon, Friday, Jan. 26 (with a soup lunch to follow) at Holy Spirit Roman Catholic Church, 114 Kingsmere Place, Saskatoon; and in Regina 10 a.m. to noon, Saturday, Jan. 27, at Christ the King Roman Catholic Church, 3239 Garnet Street, Regina.

The Speaker:

Dr. Karen Petersen Finch is an ecumenical theologian in the Reformed tradition who specializes in dialogue with Roman Catholic theology at the local, national, and international levels. Karen is Professor of Pastoral Leadership at The Presbyterian College in Montréal, QC, Canada and represents the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) in the Reformed-Catholic Dialogue in the United States. Karen earned her doctoral degree from Gonzaga University with a dissertation recommending the theological method of Bernard Lonergan, S.J. for ecumenical dialogue. She later studied as a Fellow of the Lonergan Institute at Boston College in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts. Her book, Grassroots Ecumenism: The Way of Local Christian Reunion, is currently inspiring multilateral dialogue among lay people in the West Island of Montreal.

The Series:

The De Margerie Series for Christian Reconciliation and Unity is named in honour of Fr. Bernard de Margerie, a priest of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Saskatoon who has dedicated his life in ministry to the promotion of Christian unity. In this 12th year of the series, lectures are offered in both Regina and Saskatoon. The De Margerie Lectures are presented by the Prairie Centre for Ecumenism, the Leslie and Irene Dubé Chair for Catholic Studies at St. Thomas More College at the University of Saskatchewan, Campion College at the University of Regina, the Saskatoon Theological Union (College of Emmanuel & St. Chad, Lutheran Theological Seminary, and St. Andrew’s College), the Archdiocese of Regina, and the Roman Catholic Diocese of Saskatoon.

(Ecumenism is supported by gifts to the Bishop’s Annual Appeal.)