The Robert J Schreiter, CPPS, Institute for Precious Blood Spirituality at Catholic Theological Union invites contributions to a symposium focused on a praxis of reconciliation, rooted in Schreiter’s groundbreaking work, that examines reconciliation through the lenses of trauma, culture, and spirituality.

Our symposium, A Praxis of Reconciliation: Trauma, Culture, & Spirituality, will explore opportunities and challenges for interculturally recognizing, narrating, and healing various manifestations of trauma in praxes of reconciliation and restorative justice.  Schreiter’s work balanced scholarly rigor with practical effectiveness and spiritual guidance and this symposium will continue in that pathway.  Each panel will be composed of one established scholar, one artist or practitioner, and one graduate student or young scholar, each of whom will do a presentation on their understanding of their session’s topic through their own work and then a facilitator will bring everyone into mutually constructive dialogue. 

The symposium will convene a conversation about “naming, understanding, and healing ‘trauma’ through intercultural perspectives and spiritualities.”  The hoped-for outcomes include robust dialogue, mutual learning, community building, and envisioning how panelists and attendees might be of mutual assistance in the variety of roles played in praxes of reconciliation and restorative justice. 

The event will take place at Catholic Theological Union in Chicago on May 12-13, 2023.  Keynote remarks will be offered in the late afternoon on May 12 by Dr. Susan Abraham. May 12 will bring a daylong conversation among symposium participants and May 13 will bring a half-day conversation, all of which are organized into four topical seminar-style sessions.

THIS EVENT IS BIMODAL

■ Location

Catholic Theological Union, Room 210

5416 South Cornell Avenue, Chicago, Illinois 60615