News of our collaborators

Registration open for Conference on Intercultural Competencies 

Join national experts in human formation and intercultural competency to address opportunities and challenges in evaluating and forming international priests and religious for ministry in the United States. "Intercultural Competencies for Human Formation" will be held April 15-18, 2018, at Saint Meinrad Archabbey and Seminary. The conference is co-sponsored by Saint Luke Institute and Saint Meinrad Archabbey. Learn more and register at sliconnect.org/conferences or contact Beth Davis at sliconnect@sli.org or 502-632-2471.

Communicators conference October 3-6

Communicators for Women Religious (CWR) will host its 23rd annual conference October 3-6 in Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada—its first outside the United States. The theme is “One Voice: Charged by the Current/Voix Unies: Courant Puissant.”

Presenters and topics include: Dr. Moira McQueen (Catholic social teaching and communications), Heather Mansfield (social media), Sister Nuala Kenny (ethics of communication), Blayne Haggart (copyright), and Sister Kateri Mitchell (spirituality of communications).

For more information, visit c4wr.org. 

RFC congress in November

Registration is now open for the Religious Formation Congress November 16-18, to take place in Milwaukee. Titled “Grace in the Now: The Gospel of Encounter," the gathering and its related workshops will address current issues in initial and lifelong formation and help participants imagine new ways forward. Details and registration are at relforcon.org.

Occasional Papers subscriptions available

The Leadership Conference of Women Religious twice a year publishes Occasional Papers, a journal on topics pertinent to women religious. $15 per year ($30 outside the United States). Order it here.  

Calling all musical artists

The Daughters of Charity are seeking musicians and vocalists to create two music videos to be recorded Labor Day weekend in St. Louis. They need eight to 10 people, including priests, brothers, and sisters from different religious communities or dioceses. Those selected must pay travel and taping fees. For more information, please contact Sister Liz Sjoberg, D.C. at elizabethann.sjoberg@doc.org.

CMSWR offers course for Spanish-speaking sisters

The Council of Major Superiors of Women Religious will offer its third summer course, “Spouses of Christ, Daughters of the Church” (Esposas de Cristo, Hijas de la Iglesia) July 17-28 in Hopewell Junction, New York. Registration for the course is now open to all Spanish-speaking women religious. The two-week summer class will be hosted by the Oblates to the Blessed Trinity. Learn more at cmswr.org