Virtual Continental Assembly
- July 18-19, 2020 -
Welcome to the 2020 North American Marianist Lay Continental Assembly! On July 18-19, 2020, we held a timely, relevant and challenging virtual event in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Join us in the recordings below as we continue to pray, learn, connect and courageously turn ourselves, our communities, and our Marianist Family towards justice.
Keynote Speakers
Feeling the Pulse: American Catholicism In A Time of Change
Dr. Hosffman Ospino
Boston College
Barking to the Choir: The Power of Radical Kinship
Fr. Greg Boyle, SJ
Homeboy Industries
Saturday, July 18, 2020
Welcome and Opening Prayer
Katie Gushoney & Matt Dunn
MSJC: Environmental Justice Issue Team
Welcome and Opening Prayer
Courageously Embracing the Gift of LGBTQ+ People
MSJC: LGBT Initiative Issue Team
Racial Justice: A Panel on Marianist Perspectives
Jessica González Uhlig, Terri Burgin, Maureen Hoock, Sr. Nicole Trahan, and Dan Stout (Moderator: Brian Reavey)
A Sexual Abuse Policy for your MLC: The New Necessity
Marceta Reilly
IO-MLC, Responsible for North America
Living in a Time of Crisis: It’s in our Marianist DNA
Sr. Gabby Bibeau, FMI
North American Center for Marianist Studies
Welcome and Opening Prayer
Closing Prayer: Marie Therese’s Life as a Guide for Justice
MSJC: Women & Justice Issue Team
Sunday, July 19, 2020
Opening Prayer
LeeAnn Meyer
MLC-NA Leadership Council
MLC-NA Business Meeting
Matt Dunn & Margy Lisjak
MLC-NA Leadership Council
SM Direction Statement Next Steps
Br. Bernie Ploeger, SM
Society of Mary
Dayton Marianist Family Council: History, Organization and Leadership
Br. Ray Fitz, SM
Dayton Marianist Family Council