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X-WR-CALNAME:World Catholicism Week 2025 - Day 1
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DESCRIPTION:In his recent Spes Non Confundit ("Hope does not disappoint\," 
 Romans 5:5)\, Pope Francis declares hope the central message of the 2025 J
 ubilee year. In this conference\, we will look for signs of hope amid moun
 ting global challenges that drive many to anxiety\, cynicism\, and despair
 . Coming from a variety of disciplines\, our speakers will discuss the fol
 lowing topics:\n\nTheologies\, spiritualities\, and practices of hope\, fr
 om large-scale projects to everyday exemplarsStructural barriers to hopeHo
 w hope differs from optimismThe interplay between hope and patienceHow tho
 se on the margins manage to practice hope even in the most hopeless of cir
 cumstances \n\nConference Speakers\n\nKEYNOTE: Dylan Corbett (Hope Border 
 Institute—El Paso\, TX\, USA) David Buckley (University of Louisville—
 Louisville\, KY\, USA)Min-Ah Cho (Georgetown University—Washington\, DC\
 , USA)Debra Dean Murphy (West Virginia Wesleyan College—Buckhannon\, WV\
 , USA)Yara González-Justiniano (Vanderbilt Divinity School—Nashville\, 
 TN\, USA)Emmanuel Katongole (University of Notre Dame’s Kroc Institute f
 or International Peace Studies and Keough School of Global Affairs—Notre
  Dame\, IN\, USA)Léonard Katchekpele (Diocese of Speyer—Speyer\, German
 y | Catholic University of West Africa—Lomé\, Togo)Cesar Kuzma (Pontifi
 cal Catholic University of Paraná—Curitiba\, Brazil)Mwila Mulumbi (Cath
 olic Agency for Overseas Development—London) Vien V. Nguyen\, SCJ (U.S. 
 Province\, Priests of the Sacred Heart—Hales Corners\, WI\, USA) Elizabe
 th O'Donnell Gandolfo (Wake Forest University School of Divinity—Winston
 -Salem\, NC\, USA) Atalia Omer (University of Notre Dame’s Keough School
  of Global Affairs—Notre Dame\, IN\, USA)Antonio D. Sison\, CPPS (Cathol
 ic Theological Union—Chicago\, IL\, USA) :: Cover art is Breathe (2018) 
 by Billie Bond (www.BillieBondArt.com) ::\n\n:: FAQs ::\nHow can I contact
  the organizer with questions?\nYou can reach CWCIT's staff at cwcit@depau
 l.edu.\n\nWill the conference sessions also be recorded?\nYes! They will b
 e edited and posted on our CWCIT website and YouTube channel within a coup
 le of weeks following the conference.\n\nCan I update/change my registrati
 on information?\nYes—to review or change any of your registration info\,
  please simply follow the instructions given here.\n\nWhat if something co
 mes up and I'm not able to attend?\nYou can cancel your free registration 
 by following the instructions given here.\n\nWhom should I contact if I ha
 ve questions about disability accommodations?\nIf you have a disability th
 at may require reasonable accommodations in order to facilitate your parti
 cipation in this or other CWCIT events\, please contact us at cwcit@depaul
 .edu to further discuss accommodation options.
GEO:41.92312;-87.654124
LOCATION:DePaul Student Center Lincoln Park\, 314
SUMMARY:World Catholicism Week 2025 - Day 1
URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.depaul.edu/event/world-catholicism-week-2025-d
 ay-1
CATEGORIES:Workshops & Conferences
CATEGORIES:Speaker/Presenters
CATEGORIES:Religious
CATEGORIES:Spiritual
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