R O O T & B R A N C H
Shining a healing light on fear in the Catholic Church
A SYNOD THAT STARTS WITH WOMEN
AND DOESN’T END THERE
OUR INCLUSIVE SYNOD
5th - 12th September, 2021
It is my dream you dream,
my house you build,
Join Us
We have Journeyed for Discernment for a year with our fantastic speakers (see all their guest sessions here). Now we culminate in our our lay-led Live and Zoomed Inclusive Synod.
We are proud to have Professor Mary McAleese, former President of Ireland, Canon Lawyer and Chancellor of Trinity College, Dublin, as our key speaker. Mary has pledged to spend her retirement challenging Church teachings on homosexuality and women. We have been privileged to hear other fantastic speakers on our Journey of Discernment since September 2020.
We have reached A Time to Act.
We sincerely hope you will join us for two world-class events:
CREATING THE BRISTOL TEXT
Our Panels
Zoom with us for all of these and have your say
in our final Bristol Text to Reform.
Each evening, from 5th-8th September, 2021.
Joanna Moorhead
chair of
MORAL THEOLOGY
Katharine Salmon
chair of
MINISTRY
Ruby Almeida
chair of
DIVERSITY
Virginia Saldanha
chair of
AUTHORITY
Kochurani Abraham
Martha Heizer
Thomas O'Loughlin
Rev. Dr.
James Alison
Rev.
Tony Cassidy
Dr.
Claire Jenkins
Baroness
Helena Kennedy QC
Dr.
John O'Loughlin Kennedy
Rev.
Diarmuid O'Murchu
Patricia Rumsey
Kate McElwee
Kathy Gibbons Schuck
Dr.
Nontando Hadebe
Gina Menzies
Prof. Emerita
Tina Beattie
CASTING OUT OUR FEAR
The Way Forward
Live and on Zoom
St. Michael's Centre, Bristol, BS34 8PD.
Noon to noon, 10th-12th September, 2021.
KEYNOTE SPEAKER
Prof. Mary McAleese
Dr.
Ally Kateusz
Myra Poole SND
James Carroll
Rev. Dr.
James Alison
Baroness
Helena Kennedy QC
Miriam Duignan
Prof. Emerita
Ursula King
Virginia Saldanha
Soline
Humbert Vatinel
Christina Rees
Ruby Almeida
Prof. Emerita
Tina Beattie
Martha Heizer
Thomas O'Loughlin
TICKET INFORMATION
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OPTION A
Zoom Only
All events, all week for
Creating the Bristol Text and The Way Forward
OPTION B
Zoom and Live
ZOOM all week & LIVE attendance in Bristol
for The Way Forward
*Includes all teas, coffees & lunches Friday and Saturday
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Together we care!
Together we listen, we laugh, we pray, we act!
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