Catherine Tekakwitha, Elizabeth Ann Seton, and the Search for Homegrown Holiness

The talk is part of a series of lectures leading up to an international conference titled "Women in the Church: makers of the human," that is scheduled for March 7 and 8, 2024. The lecture will focus on Elisabeth Seton e Kateri Tekakwitha.

The goal for this event and the conference will be to highlight the aspects in which the "builders" character of women is manifested (education, spirituality, sowers of peace and promoters of dialogue, etc.) acting in the context of the universal Church, a reality that has as one of its main manifestations the variety of countries of origin or action of these saints.

WHEN:

Tue Jan 16, 2024, 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm

LOCATION:

Rome Global Gateway - Via Ostilia, 15 00184 Rome

SPEAKER:

Prof. Kathleen Sprows Cummings - professor of American Studies and History at the University of Notre Dame

MODERATOR:
Prof. Silvia Mas from the Pontifical University of the Holy Cross
With the participation of: His Excellency Ambassador Joseph Donnelly, United States Ambassador to the Holy See

REGISTRATION:

Register here: https://rggevents.com/becoming-american-saints-catherine-tekakwitha-elizabeth-ann-seton-and-the-search-for-homegrown-holiness/

The event counts on the sponsorship of the Dicastery for Culture and Education, the Dicastery for the Causes of Saints and the Section for Fundamental Issues of Evangelization in the World of the Dicastery for Evangelization.

 
It will be organized in preparation for the Jubilee of 2025 and broadcasted via youtube through the channels of the organizing universities in Italian, Spanish, English and French.