A mission-focused discussion about the Catholic Church and matters LGBTQIA+

Thursday, September 28, 2023
3:30 PM 6:30 PM 15:30 18:30

Catholic Religious Australia 11 Mount Street North Sydney, NSW, 2060 Australia (map)

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What have we discovered from those to whom we minister about these issues? How do these learnings challenge us, and where do we find ourselves blocked in dealing with them?

Audience: Religious Institute Leaders and co-workers in their education, healthcare and aged care ministries; MPJPs; staff and friends who wish to come together to think about these issues in a mission-focused way.

Date: Thursday 28 September

Time: 3.30 – 6.30pm

Venue: Mary MacKillop Place, 11 Mount Street, North Sydney

Format: Hybrid (in-person and Zoom)

Fee: $40 p/p for either in-person or Zoom

Enquiries: please contact Gillian Lee by ph: 02 9557 2695 or
email: secretariat@catholicreligious.org.au

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About James Alison

James Alison is a prominent theologian, priest and author, known for his firm and patient persistence in promoting truthful conversation and dialogue in the Church with regard to matters LGBTQIA+ and for his pastoral outreach in the same sphere. He shares a vision of an inclusive, psychologically healthy Christian life that is scripturally based, theologically orthodox, and ecclesially grounded. He is also renowned for his application of René Girard's anthropological insight to Christian Systematic Theology.

James joined the Mexican Dominicans in 1981 and completed the novitiate in England, at Blackfriars, Oxford. He was ordained in 1988. From 1987, James studied at the Jesuit theology faculty in Brazil and completed his doctoral thesis by 1994.

Over the last thirty years, James has been a prolific writer and his books have been translated into six languages. Currently he works as a travelling preacher, lecturer and retreat giver, based in Madrid, Spain. James has been to Australia in 2004, 2010, 2014 and 2016.