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Fr. Alexander Sherbrooke & Mary Eberstadt Talk the State of the West
Thursday, November 21, 2024
5:30 pm EST - 8:00 pm EST
Catholic Information Center
1501 K Street NW
Washington,
DC
20005
United States
Description
Join the Catholic Information Center on Thursday, November 21st as our Panula Chair in Christian Culture Mary Eberstadt welcomes and interviews a very special guest, Fr. Alexander Sherbrooke, for a discussion on the state of the West. The 6:30 PM talk will be offered both in-person and virtually through a YouTube livestream.
Full Nov. 21st Schedule:
- 5:15 pm EST: The CIC’s doors open for registrant check-in
- 5:30 pm EST: Mass in the CIC chapel celebrated by Fr. Sherbrooke
- 6:30 pm EST: Fr. Sherbrooke and Mary Eberstadt’s discussion with time for Q&A (this portion will be offered virtually via a livestream)
- 7:30 pm EST: Light Happy (Half) Hour
- 8:00 pm EST: Evening concludes.
Many Americans have come to know of the work of Fr. Alexander Sherbrooke in his two decades as pastor of a wondrously active Catholic church in the heart of London’s frenetic Soho neighborhood. With its mission to evangelize the post-modern world by means of the Real Presence of Christ in the Eucharist, St. Patrick Catholic Church is known as an energetic hub overflowing with London’s spiritually hungry young adults who come for the sacraments, prayer, intellectually engaging programs, and opportunities to serve London’s poorest of the poor.
Central London has the highest population of homelessness in the United Kingdom, and Fr. Sherbrooke has offered care and opportunities of physical and spiritual nourishment to people experiencing homelessness through open houses, meals, socials such as their Sunday movie nights, and opportunities for prayer.
Father came to the attention of many U.S. Catholics through George Weigel’s 2020 essay in First Things about St. Patrick’s and their extraordinary pastor.
Join Fr. Sherbrooke and Mary Eberstadt for this special evening at the CIC that will examine the current state of Western culture and offer considerations on how we can proactively make a difference.
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About the Speakers
Fr. Alexander Sherbrooke has been the parish priest of St Patrick’s, Soho Square, London for the past twenty years—a parish that is at the center of London’s New Evangelization. Amongst many extraordinary things taking place at St. Patrick’s through Fr. Alexander’s leadership, most notable is the parish’s ministry to the homeless.
Mary Eberstadt holds the Panula Chair in Christian Culture at the Catholic Information Center in Washington DC, is Senior Research Fellow at the Faith & Reason Institute, and is an American writer whose contributions to the intellectual landscape traverse several genres.
