On Friday afternoon, the Diocese of Chicago’s diocesan convention will receive a final report from the Task Force on the Legacy of Slavery. The group, created by a resolution of diocesan convention in 2009, has worked for four years to study the complicity of the Diocese of Chicago and its predecessor, the Diocese of Illinois,…
A reflection on the conversation between Mary and the angel Diocesan Convention, November 16, 2012 Luke 1:26-38 The angel stands before Mary, waiting. He has said the words he was sent to say: “Greetings, favored one”…and…”do not be afraid”…and…”you will bear a son”. It is Mary’s turn to speak, to say “yes” to God. It…
More than 800 people met in Lombard, Illinois on November 16 and 17 for the Diocese of Chicago’s 175th annual convention. Convention goers began by taking part in a Fierce Inc. workshop with Cam Tripp that explored this year’s convention theme: Fierce Conversations for the Future Church. Tripp, who also gave the convention’s keynote address,…
