Last summer, in the wake of protests over the murder of George Floyd by a Minneapolis police officer, Will Bouvel and Jen Holt Enriquez enrolled in an online class about talking with children about racism. The class was secular in approach, but Bouvel, director of children’s ministries at St. Chrysostom’s, Chicago, and Enriquez, director of…
The Antiracism Commission of the Diocese of Chicago invites members of the Diocese to join in 5 week facilitated discussion of Waking up White, by Debby Irving, beginning Monday, March 15. The discussion will be facilitated by Constance and Dain Perry, who recently led a screening of the film, Traces of the Trade, for the…
Due to high demand, the Diocese of Chicago has added new sessions of antiracism training in August and September. A one-day Introduction to Systemic Racism workshop will be offered on August 8, August 22 and September 1, and a one-day Critical Cultural Competency workshop will be offered on August 29, September 15 and September 26….
by Rory Dean Smith How does our faith call us to lead in this pivotal moment? I am a Chicagoan. Born and raised on the south side of Chicago. When we moved into our house I was entering first grade and I made friends with the last white kid in the neighborhood. When his family…
Dear Friends in Christ, In making and renewing the vows of Holy Baptism, we commit ourselves to seek and serve Christ in every person, and to do so by striving for justice and peace among all people. In other words, we promise to put our faith into practice. Faith is not simply a matter of…
Dear People of God: Like many of you, I spend more time online these days. Recently, the hopeful face of a young black man named Ahmaud Arbery has appeared again and again in the newspapers I read and the social media feeds I scroll. In February, Arbery was jogging unarmed near his home in Georgia…
