“Many borders, one body in Christ”: Social Action Summer Institute
This four-day conference for Catholic social justice ministry is sponsored by the Roundtable Association of Catholic Diocesan Social Justice Directors. The 2013 theme is “Many borders, one body in Christ.”
Speakers include Bishop Gerald Kicanas (Tucson), Archbishop Ulysses Macias (Hermosillo, Mexico), Fr. Dan Groody, CSC (University of Notre Dame), and Rev. John Fife (co-founder of the Sanctuary Movement), and will include a Cultural Competency Training, border trips, and sessions on Catholic Campaign for Human Development (CCHD) community organizing and economic development projects.
Additional sponsors include CCHD, Catholic Charities USA, Catholic Relief Services, the Justice, Peace and Human Development department of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, and JustFaith.