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SUMMARY:Art and the Search for God
DESCRIPTION:A discussion on the stage adaptation of The Loser Letters\nCan art help us to discover whether it is easier to live a moral life with or without God? Join us for a discussion on the stage adaption of The Loser Letters\, with author Mary Eberstadt. \nA wickedly witty satire\, The Loser Letters chronicles the conversion of a young woman of Faith to Atheism…and beyond. \nBased on the novel by Mary Eberstadt\, and adapted for stage by Jeffrey Fiske (who also adapted today’s long-running version of The Screwtape Letters)\, The Loser Letters tells the tale of a sassy young addict named A.F. Christian. \nA.F.’s open letters to the leaders of the New Atheism explain her reasons for rejecting God. Along the way she offers sharp and acute advice to leading atheists in the hope of helping them win over more people of faith. But what about all those serious\, thoughtful people who are believers? \nIf the New Atheism is to make real headway\, she argues\, its advocates must do more to persuade the intelligent faithful to forsake God. A.F. is determined to help them do it — even if she is writing from an institution where all the attendants are identical\, the director might not be human\, and something called The Shadow constantly stalks our heroine. \nEchoing C.S. Lewis’ The Screwtape Letters and Dante’s Divine Comedy\, The Loser Letters uses humor and insight to take its protagonist through a full journey of changing faith and greater understanding. \nInformation on performances of The Loser Letters can be found here. There is a special discount on tickets for friends of the CIC. When you purchase your tickets for the show\, be sure to use the discount code: CICTLL
URL:https://cicdc.org/event/art-and-the-search-for-god/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20160919T180000
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SUMMARY:Making Citizens Great Again (Part 2)
DESCRIPTION:Creating Public Space for Virtue\nReligious Liberty at the Heart of a Pluralistic Society\nToday Americans are asking themselves what it means to be truly engaged in politics. This three-part series\, co-sponsored by the National Review Institute and the Catholic Information Center\, will explore what it means to renew politics and develop a virtuous citizenry.  \nKeynote:\nKevin J. “Seamus” Hasson \nFounder \nBecket Fund for Religious Liberty \n  \n  \n  \nPanelists: \nSr. Constance Veit \nCommunications Director \nLittle Sisters of the Poor \n  \n  \n  \nThomas Farr \n Director \n Religious Freedom Project at the Berkley Center for Religion\, Peace\, and World Affairs \n  \n  \n  \nModerated by:\n \nKathryn Jean Lopez \nSenior Fellow \nNational Review Institute \n  \n  \n  \nCo-sponsored by:\n  \n \nThe National Review Institute was founded by William F. Buckley Jr. in 1991\, some 36 years after he founded National Review  magazine. The Institute is a non-profit\, 501(c)(3)\, charitable organization\, established to complement its sister organization\, National Review\, by engaging in policy development\, public education\, and advocacy to advance the conservative principles Buckley championed.
URL:https://cicdc.org/event/making-citizens-great-again-part-2/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20160914T180000
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SUMMARY:"What a Piece of Work is Man": Reflections on the Human Person (Part 1)
DESCRIPTION:Our Common Identity \nWhat it Means to be Human in an Age of Confusion\nToday we live under what Pope Benedict XVI called a “dictatorship of relativism.” During this first installment of a three part series reflecting on the human person\, Fr. Stephen Fields will discuss how the human person is created in God’s image and likeness. He will also comment on the strengths and limits of humanity’s distinctive powers of reason and freedom. Fr. Fields will do this against the backdrop of authentic understandings of truth and goodness. \nFr. Stephen Fields\, SJ\nFr. Stephen Fields\, SJ is Associate Professor of Theology at Georgetown University\, where for over twenty years he has taught Aquinas\, Newman\, the history of Christian thought\, the natural law\, and the philosophy of religion. He has written “Being As Symbol: On the Origin and Development of Karl Rahner’s Metaphysics” (Georgetown University Press\, 2000) and “Analogies of Transcendence: An Essay on Nature\, Grace and Modernity” (Catholic University Press\, 2016)\, as well as numerous scholarly articles. He holds degrees from Oxford and Yale. \n  \n  \nEvent followed by a reception. \nCo-Sponsored by: \n \n 
URL:https://cicdc.org/event/what-a-piece-of-work-is-man-reflections-on-the-human-person-part-1/
CATEGORIES:CIC Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20160912T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20160912T190000
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SUMMARY:Making Citizens Great Again (Part 1)
DESCRIPTION:Educating for Virtue\nForming the Next Generation of Virtuous Citizens\nToday Americans are asking themselves what it means to be truly engaged in politics. This three-part series\, co-sponsored by the National Review Institute and the Catholic Information Center\, will explore what it means to renew politics and develop a virtuous citizenry. \n[button type=”simple_button_link” url=”https://app.etapestry.com/onlineforms/CatholicInformationCenter/Citizens1.html” target=”” button_color_fon=”#d79b4b” ]RSVP[/button] \nJohn Garvey \nPresident \nThe Catholic University of America \n  \n  \n  \nStephen D. Minnis \nPresident \nBenedictine College \n  \n  \n  \nModerated by:\n \nKathryn Jean Lopez \nSenior Fellow \nNational Review Institute \n  \n  \n  \n  \nCo-sponsored by:\n \nThe National Review Institute was founded by William F. Buckley Jr. in 1991\, some 36 years after he founded National Review  magazine. The Institute is a non-profit\, 501(c)(3)\, charitable organization\, established to complement its sister organization\, National Review\, by engaging in policy development\, public education\, and advocacy to advance the conservative principles Buckley championed.
URL:https://cicdc.org/event/making-citizens-great-again-part-1/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20160628T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20160628T190000
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SUMMARY:Rooftop Theology on Tap: Heroic
DESCRIPTION:DCCatholic and the Catholic Information Center present their rooftop Summer Theology on Tap series: Theology on TAPTalks. Join us Tuesday evenings June 7\, 14\, 21\, & 28 at the Catholic Information Center rooftop! All young adults (21-late 30s) are invited for Happy Hour from 6-7pm with a talk and Q/A to follow from 7-8pm. Must have valid 21+ ID to enter. \nHeroic Faith: Superheroes and Holiness\nwith Carlos Taja\nCarlos Taja works at the USCCB in the Secretariat for Evangelization and Catechesis and serves as the lead staff to the Subcommittee on the Catechism. He is a Ph.D. Candidate in Systematic Theology at the Catholic University of America.\nThe Francis Revolution: How to live in the culture and transform it\nwith Kate Bryan\nKate Bryan is a communications strategist and writer in Washington\, D.C. She writes and speaks regularly on life\, politics\, and culture. Her writing has appeared at TIME\, IJReview\, The Daily Caller\, Acculturated\, The Federalist\, Breitbart\, Catholic News Agency\, and Catholic Vote. Follow her on Twitter: @katembryan\n\n  \nRAIN LOCATION: Catholic information Center bookstore on the street level. \nLearn more at www.facebook.com/DCCatholic | www.adw.org/tot or email Jonathan Lewis at DCCatholic@adw.org.
URL:https://cicdc.org/event/rooftop-theology-on-tap-heroic/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20160622T180000
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SUMMARY:It's Dangerous to Believe
DESCRIPTION:Religious liberty has become a hot button issue in the 2016 Republican primary races and is sure to carry over to the general election. For millions of Americans\, the so-called “first freedom” – religious freedom – is now a question mark as never before. In It’s Dangerous to Believe\, Mary Eberstadt provides a hard-hitting analysis of widespread attacks by unchecked secular activists on religious institutions and activities of all kinds – including but not limited to Christian schools\, colleges\, charities\, student organizations and clubs\, individual speakers and figureheads\, and more — and analyzes the dangers that runaway anti-religious animus is now inflicting on believers and society itself. \nPeople of faith are afraid. Afraid that they will lose their jobs\, their communities\, and their basic freedoms\, just because of their beliefs. They fear that religious universities and colleges will capitulate to the demands of secularism\, or retreat\, and be stripped to the bone. They fear that their children will be ostracized\, shunned\, and unable to keep or pass on their beliefs\, because the costs of professing traditional Christianity\, Judaism\, or any other faith will have become socially or financially prohibitive. They fear that they won’t be able to maintain operations that help the sick and feed the hungry. \nIs this what we want America to be? \nJournalist\, scholar and novelist Mary Eberstadt has been praised as “one of the most creative and acute social observers of our time” by Francis Fukuyama\, and as “intimidatingly intelligent” by George Will. With this book\, she takes an unflinching and powerfully argued position: that believers do not deserve the calumny and discrimination many now face; and that it’s up to reasonable people on all sides to empathize with people who are being wronged\, and to dissociate themselves from such injustices. Her book appeals to all men and women of good will to acknowledge that today’s intolerance towards Christians has already gone too far. It is also meant to spark second thoughts in the minds of the new anti-faith inquisitors by comparing their scorched-earth campaign against believers to the McCarthyite red scare of the 50s\, the Salem witch trials\, and other historical outbreaks of collectivist unreason. \nReligious belief — and religious believers — are being aggressively pushed out of public life by concerted secularist campaigns. As Eberstadt reveals in It’s Dangerous to Believe\, the new anti-religious intolerance is both wrong in itself\, and potentially disastrous for the well-being of America’s citizens and the nation’s future. Not until men and women outside religious precincts live up to their own stated standards of tolerance can America become the inclusive society that all people of reason should want her to be. \n \nMary Eberstadt\nMary Eberstadt is an essayist and author of several influential works of non-fiction\, including How the West Really Lost God: A New Theory of Secularization; Adam and Eve after the Pill: Paradoxes of the Sexual Revolution; and Home-Alone America. Her novel The Loser Letters: A Comic Tale of Life\, Death\, and Atheism\, has been adapted for stage and will premiere in fall 2016. She is also editor of the anthology Why I Turned Right: Leading Baby Boom Conservatives Chronicle Their Political Journeys. \nA frequent contributor to magazines and journals including TIME\, The Wall Street Journal\, National Review\, the Weekly Standard\, and First Things\, Mrs. Eberstadt (nee Tedeschi) has also served as an editor at Policy Review\, The Public Interest\, and The National Interest. Previous affiliations include the Hoover Institution and the Ethics and Public Policy Center. In 2011\, she founded a literary organization called the Kirkpatrick Society that mentored hundreds of women writers. \nDuring the Reagan administration\, Mrs. Eberstadt spent two years as a speechwriter to Secretary of State George Shultz. In 2014\, Seton Hall University awarded Mrs. Eberstadt an honorary doctorate in humane letters. She lives in the Washington\, DC area. \n 
URL:https://cicdc.org/event/its-dangerous-to-believe/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20160621T180000
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SUMMARY:Rooftop Theology on Tap: Joyful
DESCRIPTION:DCCatholic and the Catholic Information Center present their rooftop Summer Theology on Tap series: Theology on TAPTalks. Join us Tuesday evenings June 7\, 14\, 21\, & 28 at the Catholic Information Center rooftop! All young adults (21-late 30s) are invited for Happy Hour from 6-7pm with a talk and Q/A to follow from 7-8pm. Must have valid 21+ ID to enter. \nA Serious Call to Joy\nwith Kate Fowler\n\nAfter finishing her undergraduate studies in Northern California\, Kate Fowler came to the D.C. area as a Communications Intern for the Catholic Volunteer Network. She received her Master’s in Leadership for the New Evangelization from the Augustine Institute and works locally as the Social Media Coordinator and Blog Editor for the Catholic Apostolate Center. Kate returned to the D.C. area after getting married to her husband\, Adam\, this past December. The two are excited to welcome their first this fall! \n\n\nFinding Joy in Suffering\nwith Sr. Constance Veit\nSister Constance Veit began volunteering at a home of the Little Sisters while in high school to help pad her resume for college applications. God had a surprise in store for her and the rest is history; she has been a Little Sister of the Poor for almost 29 years. She has degrees in occupational therapy and health care administration and serves as the communications director for the Little Sisters’ U.S. homes. \nRAIN LOCATION: Catholic information Center bookstore on the street level. \nLearn more at www.facebook.com/DCCatholic | www.adw.org/tot or email Jonathan Lewis at DCCatholic@adw.org.
URL:https://cicdc.org/event/rooftop-theology-on-tap-joyful/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20160614T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20160614T190000
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SUMMARY:Rooftop Theology on Tap: Pilgrim
DESCRIPTION:DCCatholic and the Catholic Information Center present their rooftop Summer Theology on Tap series: Theology on TAPTalks. Join us Tuesday evenings June 7\, 14\, 21\, & 28 at the Catholic Information Center rooftop! All young adults (21-late 30s) are invited for Happy Hour from 6-7pm with a talk and Q/A to follow from 7-8pm. Must have valid 21+ ID to enter. \nA Pilgrimage to John Paul II’s Kraków\nwith George Weigel\nGeorge Weigel\, Distinguished Senior Fellow of Washington’s Ethics and Public Policy Center\, is a Catholic theologian and one of America’s foremost commentators on issues of religion and public life. Senior Vatican Analyst for NBC News\, Weigel is the author of twenty-one books\, including theNew York Times best-seller Witness to Hope: The Biography of Pope John Paul II. His work has been translated into more than a dozen languages. \nA Pilgrimage to Kraków in the Capital\nwith Jonathan Lewis\nJonathan Lewis is the Director of Evangelization\, Youth and Young Adult Initiatives for the Archdiocese of Washington. Originally from the Kansas City area\, Jonathan has served in the Archdiocese of Kansas City in Kansas\, Diocese of Wilmington and Archdiocese of San Francisco. He is an alumnus of The Catholic University of America and University of Notre Dame. \n  \nRAIN LOCATION: Catholic information Center bookstore on the street level. \nLearn more at www.facebook.com/DCCatholic | www.adw.org/tot or email Jonathan Lewis at DCCatholic@adw.org.
URL:https://cicdc.org/event/rooftop-theology-on-tap-pilgrim/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20160607T180000
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SUMMARY:Rooftop Theology on Tap: Digital
DESCRIPTION:DCCatholic and the Catholic Information Center present their rooftop Summer Theology on Tap series: Theology on TAPTalks. Join us Tuesday evenings June 7\, 14\, 21\, & 28 at the Catholic Information Center rooftop! All young adults (21-late 30s) are invited for Happy Hour from 6-7pm with a talk and Q/A to follow from 7-8pm. Must have valid 21+ ID to enter. \n10 Ideas for Evangelizing Social Media\nwith Fr Matthew P. Schneider\nFr Matthew P. Schneider\, LC is most well-known for his presence on Twitter and Instagram (@FrMatthewLC) where he has about 50\,000 followers between the two platforms. He is a religious priest with the Legionaries of Christ ordained in 2013. He lives in the Washington Archdiocese where he studies an STL (graduate theology degree)\, helps at Our Lady of Bethesda Retreat Center and does some writing for Regnum Christi. \nIs FaceTime Really Face Time?\nwith Monica Kolf\nMonica is the Founder and Executive Director of SHADES Media Literacy Project. SHADES’ mission is to inform individuals about the psychological effects of media so as to empower each person to have more influence on the world than the world has on him or her. Monica has a master’s in Education and more than 8 years’ experience teaching. She currently works as an executive assistant at a nearby law firm and looks forward to working full time for SHADES someday.  \n  \nRAIN LOCATION: Catholic information Center bookstore on the street level \nLearn more at www.facebook.com/DCCatholic | www.adw.org/tot or email Jonathan Lewis at DCCatholic@adw.org.
URL:https://cicdc.org/event/rooftop-theology-on-tap-digital/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20160517T120000
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SUMMARY:Catholic Vote Summit
DESCRIPTION:This is a ticketed event. Space is limited. To purchase your ticket and learn more: \n 
URL:https://cicdc.org/event/catholic-vote-summit/
CATEGORIES:CIC Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20160510T180000
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SUMMARY:Genocide Against Christians in the Middle East
DESCRIPTION:An Eyewitness Account with Fr. Douglas Bazi\n \nLiving his entire life in Iraq\, Fr. Douglas Bazi has seen his share of war. His church in Baghdad was bombed several times and in 2006 he was kidnapped and tortured for nine days by an Islamist terrorist group simply for being a Christian. He suffered two broken vertebrae in his back and his nose and teeth were smashed using a hammer.  In 2014\, Father Douglas founded a refugee center\, which now houses hundreds of Christians fleeing from persecution in ISIS-dominated regions of Iraq. The camp\, which is located in the predominately Christian Ankawa neighborhood of Erbil in the Kurdistan region of Iraq\, boasts prefabricated housing units\, a library\, and a strong emphasis on education.  Many parts of the world have declared the mass atrocities being carried out by ISIS as “genocide.” Fr. Bazi\, along with others\, lobbied the United States to follow suit. This past March\, the U.S. Secretary of State formally declared that ISIS has committed genocide against Christians and other religious groups.
URL:https://cicdc.org/event/genocide-against-christians-in-the-middle-east/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20160427T180000
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SUMMARY:Red\, White\, Blue\, and Catholic
DESCRIPTION:The Church’s work of evangelization and her contribution to the good of society are inseparable. As Catholics and as American citizens\, we are called to do more than just vote\, and called to do more than just follow a party. \nAmerica needs Catholics who are in love with our nation\, and who act from the deepest convictions of their faith to make America the best version of herself. If we love God and our neighbor\, we dedicate ourselves to the vitality of our society. We respond to the needs of our neighbors. We confront both physical poverty and spiritual poverty. Most importantly\, we follow Christ. \nAs Stephen P. White says\, we need Catholic citizens who are Red\, White\, Blue and Catholic. Think of this book as a Catholic guide to faithful citizenship for the 364 days of the year that aren’t the first Tuesday in November. \n  \n  \n\nAbout the Author\n\n\n\nStephen P. White is a fellow in the Catholic Studies Program at the Ethics and Public Policy Center. His work focuses on the application of Catholic social teaching to contemporary political and cultural issues. His writing has appeared in outlets such as the National Review Online\,Huffington Post\, America Magazine\, and The Catholic Herald (UK). He is a regular contributor at CatholicVote.org. Since 2005\, he has been coordinator of an annual seminar on Catholic social thought in Krakow\, Poland. \n \n\n\n \n \n \n \n  \n\n \nCo-Sponsored by:
URL:https://cicdc.org/event/red-white-blue-and-catholic/
CATEGORIES:CIC Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20160310T180000
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SUMMARY:Opposing Doctor Prescribed Suicide
DESCRIPTION:In the coming months\, the District of Columbia City Council will consider legislation to legalize doctor prescribed suicide. You are invited to discover more about what it means to accompany the dying and how to be involved in opposing doctor prescribed suicide legislation in Washington. \nA reception will follow.\nSister Constance Veit\, L.S.P. \nDirector of Communications\, Little Sisters of the Poor \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \nMichael Scott \nDirector\, D.C. Catholic Conference \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \nCo-sponsored by The Archdiocese of Washington and Catholic Voices USA
URL:https://cicdc.org/event/opposing-doctor-prescribed-suicide/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20160225T180000
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SUMMARY:Remembering God's Mercy with Dawn Eden
DESCRIPTION:Remembering God’s Mercy is a perfect resource for personal spiritual growth during the Jubilee Year of Mercy.\nJoin us for a book event with Dawn Eden!\n\nIn the first book to explore how memories impact and are affected by faith\, bestselling author Dawn Eden offers a guide to the process she used to heal the pain of her past. Through her own story\, as well as the examples of St. Ignatius of Loyola\, St. Peter Faber\, and Pope Francis\, she shows how the mercy of God\, who holds all of events of our life in his own memory\, can bring you healing and inner peace. \nDawn Eden’s My Peace I Give You helped thousands find peace after abuse and established her as the leading Catholic authority on recovering from traumatic stress. In Remembering God’s Mercy\, Eden—who suffered childhood sexual abuse that left her with PTSD—describes how she was inspired by the example of Pope Francis\, St. Ignatius\, and St. Peter Faber\, all of whom suffered from their own painful experiences and followed a similar path to healing. \nPope Francis has spoken openly about how a life-threatening bout of pneumonia affected his relationship with God\, saying that recognizing and accepting the power of memories to color perceptions is essential to seeing God in all things and experiencing inner peace. The pope was influenced by the examples of Ignatius and Faber. Ignatius suffered the loss of his mother at a young age and was sent by his father to live with another family. He also fought as a mercenary soldier as a young man and experienced the trauma of war and physical pain. Faber\, a student of Ignatius and among the early members of the Society of Jesus\, suffered from bouts of depression and anxiety for years. He wrote in his diary how he applied Ignatius’s spiritual practices in a way that enabled him to rise above his mental suffering to grow closer with God. \nThrough the wisdom of these three Jesuits\, Eden developed an Ignatian model of healing: \n\nAcknowledge your memories.\nAccept that they change the way you see God\, your fate\, and other people.\nAllow God to transform your memories by coloring the past and present with his story of salvation.\n\nEden examines how Jesus’ wounds can bring healing to your own hurt through prayer\, Mass\, the Sacraments (particularly confession)\, and the life of the Church. In each chapter\, she will engage you with specific steps to take using the most famous Ignatian prayer\, the Suscipe—Latin for “receive”—to transform your past traumas into an offering to God that is united with Jesus’ own self-offering. \n\nAbout Dawn Eden:\n\n\nDawn Eden is the author of Remembering God’s Mercy: Redeem the Past and Free Yourself from Painful Memories\, The Thrill of the Chaste\, and My Peace I Give You: Healing Sexual Wounds with the Help of the Saints. \nBorn into a Jewish family in New York City\, Eden lost her faith as a teenager and became an agnostic. During her twenties\, in the 1990s\, she worked as a rock journalist in New York City\, interviewing oldies artists such as Brian Wilson and Harry Nilsson. She went on to work in editorial positions for the New York Post and the Daily News. \nAt the age of thirty-one\, Eden underwent a dramatic conversion to Christianity that ultimately led her to enter the Catholic Church. Both her books have been featured in the New York Times\, L’Osservatore Romano\, and on numerous EWTN programs\, and they have been translated into multiple languages\, including Spanish. \nEden received her pontifical licentiate in sacred theology from the Dominican House of Studies in 2014 and is currently completing a doctorate at the University of St. Mary of the Lake. She has spoken about spiritual healing and conversion to thousands of people throughout North America and abroad.
URL:https://cicdc.org/event/remembering-gods-mercy-with-dawn-eden/
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SUMMARY:Forced Abortion and China's Continuing War Against Women
DESCRIPTION:A discussion with Reggie Littlejohn on China’s new two-child policy and and their continuing coercion of women. \n  \nAbout Reggie Littlejohn\nReggie Littlejohn is Founder and President of Women’s Rights Without Frontiers\, an international coalition to expose and oppose forced abortion\, gendercide and sexual slavery in China. Reggie also led the international effort to free blind activist Chen Guangcheng\, who arrived in the United States on May 19\, 2012.   \nWomen’s Rights Without Frontiers seeks to form a left-right\, human rights and humanitarian coalition to end forced abortion and gendercide. Both pro-life and pro-choice venues have embraced this message. Reggie received the National Pro-Life Recognition Award at the 40th March for Life in Washington\, DC in 2013.  She was also the keynote speaker for the 2013 March for Life Canada in Ottawa\, and for the 2013 National Right to Life Convention in Dallas. \nReggie has briefed officials at the White House\, the United States Department of State\, the United Nations and the Vatican.  She is a frequent guest on radio and television programs\, including CNN\, C-SPAN and the BBC\, and has issued several groundbreaking reports that are included in the Congressional Record. An acclaimed international expert on China’s One Child Policy\, Reggie has testified six times at the United States Congress\, three times at the European Parliament\, and she has presented at the British\, Irish and Canadian Parliaments as well. Her first address at the European Parliament redefined the debate about China’s One Child Policy\, revealing it to be systematic\, state-sponsored violence against women.  This address was included as a chapter in the book\, Human Rights in China After the Olympic Games.  \nReggie is prominently featured in “It’s a Girl\,” the authoritative documentary film about gendercide in China and India.  She premiered the film at the European and British Parliaments in November 2012 and in Capitol Hill Visitors Center Auditorium in Washington\, DC in April\, 2013.  She screened the film three times at the United Nations Conference on the Status of Women in March\, 2013. \nReggie has appeared thirteen times on Voice of America\, the official U.S. broadcast into China\, Taiwan and Hong Kong.  WRWF has the only Chinese website in the world dedicated to exposing the brutal truth about forced abortion in China.A dynamic keynote speaker\, Reggie has spoken at the Harvard and Stanford law schools\, the Johns Hopkins and George Washington Universities\, The Heritage Foundation\, the Family Research Institute\, Institute for Cultural Diplomacy and the Victims of Communism Memorial Commemoration. \nA graduate of Yale Law School\, Reggie has represented Chinese refugees in their political  asylum cases.
URL:https://cicdc.org/event/forced-abortion-and-chinas-continuing-war-against-women/
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SUMMARY:"To the Martyrs" with Cardinal Wuerl
DESCRIPTION:Please join Cardinal Donald Wuerl for a book signing and discussion of Christian persecution. Books will be available for purchase. \nAbout the Book\nChristian persecution is so widespread that Pope Francis has called it a “third world war\, waged piecemeal\, a form of genocide.” Cardinal Donald Wuerl raises awareness and urges solidarity with suffering Christians in his latest work\, To the Martyrs: A Reflection on the Supreme Christian Witness. “Martyrdom may be constant\, and it may be inevitable\,” His Eminence writes\, “but that does not mean we should allow it to take place without consequence.” \nIn To the Martyrs\, Cardinal Wuerl recounts the experience of martyrdom in the life of the Church\, from the apostolic age to today. Through various periods of persecution throughout the world\, one thing remains the same: “Martyrdom is the most vivid and credible summary of the Gospel.” To the Martyrs challenges all Christians to courageously emulate the steadfast commitment of those who have followed Christ—even unto death. \n\n \nAbout the Author\nHis Eminence Cardinal Donald Wuerl is the Archbishop of Washington\, DC. He serves on numerous Vatican Congregations and Pontifical Councils including the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity and on various committees of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops. During his decades-long ministry as a priest\, bishop\, and cardinal\, His Eminence has had the privilege of working with refugees and other Christians who suffer religious persecution.  Among his many books an early one was entitled\, “The Forty English Martyrs”.\n \n 
URL:https://cicdc.org/event/to-the-martyrs-with-cardinal-wuerl/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20151209T180000
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SUMMARY:Christmas Poetry in DC
DESCRIPTION:Enjoy eggnog and seasonal treats as local young professionals along with members of The Thomas More Society of America bring the spirit of the season to DC with their favorite Christmas poems. Festive attire encouraged! 100% Scrooge-Free: No cost to attend \n \n  \n  \nCo-sponsored by The Thomas More Society of America.
URL:https://cicdc.org/event/christmas-poetry-in-dc-3/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20151118T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20151118T190000
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SUMMARY:City of Saints with George Weigel
DESCRIPTION:George Weigel\, New York Times best-selling author of Witness to Hope and the preeminent biographer of John Paul II\, presents a spiritual travelogue that further illuminates the life and homeland of one of the most influential Catholic leaders of all time. \nWeigel’s latest book\, City of Saints: A Pilgrimage to John Paul II’s Krakόw (on sale Oct. 27)\, takes readers to Krakόw\, the site of World Youth Day 2016\, to learn the dramatic story of how a city and a man interacted in ways that changed the course of contemporary history. \nIn City of Saints\, “the story of Karol Wojtyła\, St. John Paul II\, and the story of Krakόw are interwoven in a chronological pilgrimage through the life of a saint that reveals\, at the same time\, the richly textured life of a city where a boy grew into a man\, priest\, a bishop—and an apostle to the world\,” writes Weigel. \nPart travel guide\, part history book\, and part biography of St. John Paul II\, City of Saints is the perfect resource for those wishing to learn more about John Paul II\, the city that shaped him\, and their impact on the history of our times. \n“To follow Karol Wojtyła through Krakόw is to follow an itinerary of sanctity while learning the story of a city\,” writes Weigel. \nWith over 100 stunning photographs by Stephen Weigel and historical notes on the city’s principal sites by Carrie Gress\, City of Saints offers an in-depth look at a man and a city that made an indelible impression on the life and thought of the Catholic Church and the 21st century world. Additionally\, it is a must-have guide for pilgrims traveling to Krakόw for World Youth Day 2016. \nWorld Youth Day was founded in 1985 by Pope John Paul II as a worldwide encounter with the Pope for young people that draws millions of participants from around the world. The 2016 World Youth Day is especially significant because it will take place in Kraków\, the longtime home of its founder. \nAs Weigel notes\, “In 2016\, World Youth Day will come to the city where\, in a sense\, this remarkable innovation in the rhythm of global Catholic life first started – in young Father Karol Wojtyła’s remarkable chaplaincy to university students who became his lifelong friends.”
URL:https://cicdc.org/event/city-of-saints-with-george-weigel/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20151105T180000
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SUMMARY:Social Justice Isn't What You Think It Is with Michael Novak
DESCRIPTION:WHAT IS SOCIAL JUSTICE? For Friedrich Hayek\, it was a mirage—a meaningless\, ideological\, incoherent\, vacuous cliché. He believed the term should be avoided\, abandoned\, and allowed to die a natural death. For its proponents\, social justice is a catchall term that can be used to justify any progressive-sounding government program. It endures because it venerates its champions and brands its opponents as supporters of social injustice\, and thus as enemies of humankind. As an ideological marker\, social justice always works best when it is not too sharply defined. \nIn Social Justice Isn’t What You Think It Is\, Michael Novak and Paul Adams seek to clarify the true meaning of social justice and to rescue it from its ideological captors. In examining figures ranging from Rosmini\, Hayek\, and Abraham Lincoln\, to Popes Leo XIII\, John Paul II\, and Francis\, the authors reveal that social justice is not a synonym for “progressive” government as we have come to believe. Rather\, it is a virtue rooted in Catholic social teaching and developed as an alternative to the unchecked power of the state. For big government\, they argue\, is too out of touch with the millions of individual wills at play in society and too domineering for their own humane intentions. \nIn this surprising reinterpretation\, social justice represents an immensely powerful virtue for nurturing personal responsibility and building the human communities that can counter the widespread surrender to an ever-growing state. \nMichael Novak is distinguished visiting professor at Ave Maria University in Florida\, after holding for thirty-two years the chair in religion and public policy at the American Enterprise Institute. He was the 1994 recipient of the Templeton Prize\, and was on three occasions a U.S. ambassador under Ronald Reagan. Novak has written numerous influential books on economics\, philosophy\, and theology. For his work\, he has received many international awards.
URL:https://cicdc.org/event/social-justice-isnt-what-you-think-it-is-with-michael-novak/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20151008T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20151008T190000
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SUMMARY:The Catholic Roots of American Religious Liberty
DESCRIPTION:The American Founders had a strong belief in what was\, at the time\, a radical notion of religious liberty. Individuals should be free and churches should be free. Most people assume that liberty is rooted in Protestantism and the Enlightenment\, yet\, as Jim Tonkowich demonstrates\, the fascinating and largely untold story is about Catholic thinking about the nature of the individual\, the state\, and the Church.\n  \nJim Tonkowich is the author of The Liberty Threat: The Attack on Religious Freedom in America Today. A writer\, commentator\, and speaker focusing on the role of religion in our public life\, Jim is a regular columnist at The Stream and writes a daily devotional at BreakPoint.org. In addition to writing\, Jim serves at Wyoming Catholic College as Special Advisor to the President for Strategic Initiatives and Director of Distance Learning. He and his wife live near Washington\, DC.
URL:https://cicdc.org/event/the-catholic-roots-of-american-religious-liberty/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20150929T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20150929T190000
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SUMMARY:Truth Overruled with Ryan Anderson
DESCRIPTION:The Supreme Court has issued a decision\, but that doesn’t end the debate.  Now that the Supreme Court has ruled\, Americans face momentous debates about the nature of marriage and religious liberty. Because the Court has redefined marriage in all 50 states\, we have to energetically protect our freedom to live according to conscience and faith as we work to rebuild a strong marriage culture. In the first book to respond to the Supreme Court’s decision on same-sex marriage\, Ryan Anderson draws on the best philosophy and social science to explain what marriage is\, why it matters for public policy\, and the consequences of its legal redefinition. Attacks on religious liberty–predicated on the bogus equation of opposition to same-sex marriage with racism–have already begun\, and modest efforts in Indiana and other states to protect believers’ rights have met with hysterics from media and corporate elites. Anderson tells the stories of innocent citizens who have been coerced and penalized by the government and offers a strategy to protect the natural right of religious liberty. Anderson reports on the latest research on same-sex parenting\, filling it out with the testimony of children raised by gays and lesbians. He closes with a comprehensive roadmap on how to rebuild a culture of marriage\, with work to be done by everyone. The nation’s leading defender of marriage in the media and on university campuses\, Ryan Anderson has produced the must-read manual on where to go from here. There are reasonable and compelling arguments for the truth about marriage\, but too many of our neighbors haven’t heard them. Truth is never on “the wrong side of history\,” but we have to make the case. We will decide which side of history we are on. \n  \nRyan T. Anderson is the William E. Simon Senior Research Fellow in American Principles and Public Policy at the Heritage Foundation\, and the Founder and Editor of Public Discourse: Ethics\, Law\, and the Common Good\, the online journal of the Witherspoon Institute in Princeton\, NJ. A Phi Beta Kappa and magna cum laude graduate of Princeton University\, he earned his Ph.D. in political philosophy from the University of Notre Dame. He has worked as assistant editor of First Things and was a Robert Novak Journalism Fellow. His writings have appeared in the New York Times\, the Washington Post\, the Wall Street Journal\, USA Today\, the Harvard Journal of Law and Public Policy\, First Things\, the Weekly Standard\, National Review\, the New Atlantis\, and the Claremont Review of Books. Anderson has appeared on ABC\, CNN\, CNBC\, MSNBC\, and the Fox News Channel. In addition to a memorable 2013 debate about marriage on CNN’s Piers Morgan Live\, his news interviews include appearances on ABC’s This Week with George Stephanopoulos\, CNN’s New Day with Chris Cuomo\, MSNBC’s The Ed Show with Ed Schultz\, and Fox News’ Hannity.
URL:https://cicdc.org/event/truth-overruled-with-ryan-anderson/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20150917T180000
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SUMMARY:Gender and Homosexuality
DESCRIPTION:“Gay Marriage”: What Is Really at Stake?\nBoth critics and advocates of the legal acceptance of “gay marriage” argue that marriage’s purposes and basic role in society has been changing. This lecture will push this point further\, discussing ways in which this development represents a codification of a new understanding of the human person as such and why it should matter. \nwith David S. Crawford \nAssociate Professor of Moral Theology and Family Law \nJohn Paul II Institute for Studies on Marriage and the Family \n  \n  \nThe Body and Gender\nThis presentation compares St. John Paul II’s view of the body with dominant contemporary views\, focusing especially on questions regarding the gender distinction and homosexuality.\nwith David L. Schindler \nDean Emeritus \nEdouard Cardinal Gagnon Professor of Fundamental Theology \nJohn Paul II Institute for Studies on Marriage and the Family
URL:https://cicdc.org/event/gender-and-homosexuality/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20150910T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20150910T190000
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SUMMARY:Who is the Child? Gift
DESCRIPTION:This conversation will explore the effects that artificial reproductive technologies and divorce have on every member of a family\, particularly children. \nAdult Children of Divorced Parents\nThere is much that is new in the current debate over marriage\, above all the severing of the hitherto indissoluble link between marriage and the capacity in principle to have children\, not to mention the link between children and their own parents. In another way\, the debate is cashing in on a check written long ago with the advent of no-fault divorce. For all of its apparent advantages\, it is undeniable that divorce opened the gates to the widespread instability between parents and their children\, introducing the latter to a whole array of new relationships in their ever-changing “step” and “blended” families. Numerous studies of adult children of divorce are beginning to reveal that the experience of divorce strikes to the root of who and what a child is: the permanent one-flesh union of his or her parents. \nBy looking at the children of divorce\, then\, we are faced not only with momentous truths about childhood\, but also about marriage itself\, the adults in it\, the young people being prepared for it\, and what it is they all most deeply desire. In sum we are faced with the central question about our humanity.\n \nwith Margaret McCarthy \nAssistant Professor of Theological Anthropology \nJohn Paul II Institute for Studies on Marriage and the Family \n  \n\n\n  \nRe-conceiving the Human Person: The ART of Reproduction\nAmerica has apparently made its peace with Assisted Reproductive Technologies (ARTs)\, now estimated to be responsible for some 4 million births worldwide. This peace is premised upon the assumption that such technologies raise no fundamental questions about the meaning of the human being. \nAnd yet in saying ‘yes’ to ARTs\, we have said ‘yes’ to much more besides. ARTs are the sine qua non for embryonic stem cell research\, germline manipulation\, and a host of other brave new eugenical fantasies. ARTs are the condition of possibility for same sex marriage. And the decoupling of sex and procreation has given rise to a surrogacy industry that often leads to legal quagmires and to the exploitation of poor women abroad. Meanwhile questions about the fate of children thus conceived are met mostly with silence; while the experience of adult children who dare to question their origins is treated mostly with scorn. \nAll of this suggests that this peace rests upon a false premise\, that ARTS do indeed provoke fundamental questions—questions about human identity origins\, about motherhood and fatherhood\, and about the human body and human nature itself— which cannot be suppressed. This presentation will begin to pose and address these questions.\nwith Michael Hanby \nAssociate Professor of Religion and Philosophy of Science \nJohn Paul II Institute for Studies on Marriage and the Family
URL:https://cicdc.org/event/who-is-the-child-gift/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20150903T180000
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SUMMARY:Reconsidering Marriage
DESCRIPTION:A discussion on the pastoral and doctrinal questions surrounding the indissolubility of marriage. \n\nMarriage and Eucharistic Communion: Pastoral Care for Civilly Remarried Catholics\nOne of the questions under discussion at the 2014 and 2015 Synods on the Family is the possibility of allowing civilly divorced and remarried Catholics to receive the Eucharist. What is the relationship between marriage and the Eucharist\, the source and summit of Christian life? The Church is called to be a “field hospital” extending God’s merciful love and forgiveness. What is the role of the sacraments within this pastoral mission of mercy?\nwith Nicholas J. Healy \nAssistant Professor of Philosophy and Culture \nJohn Paul II Institute for Studies on Marriage and the Family \n  \n  \nMarriage: An Untenable Promise?\nIndissolubility\, rather than merely an ideal to strive for or a moral imposition\, is Christ’s gift to the spouses who marry in him. What is the meaning of this gift? What light and joy does it bring to life? What sacrifice does it require? Does it make nuptial love truer?\nwith Fr. Antonio Lopez\, F.C.S.B. \nProvost/Dean\, Associate Professor of Theology \nJohn Paul II Institute for Studies on Marriage and the Family
URL:https://cicdc.org/event/reconsidering-marriage/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20150811T180000
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SUMMARY:Rooftop Theology on Tap: Millennials
DESCRIPTION:DCCatholic and the Catholic Information Center present their rooftop Summer Theology on Tap series: Theology on TAPTalks. Join us Tuesday evenings July 7\, 14\, 21\, 28 August 4 and August 11 at the Catholic Information Center​ rooftop! All young adults (21-late 30s) are invited for Happy Hour from 6-7pm with a talk and Q/A to follow from 7-8pm. \n\nI am Exceptional: The Millennial Experience\nThe Millennial Generation is the generation of startups and quarter­life crises\, of constant status updates\, and identity invention. However\, it is also a generation committed to the promise we received when we were young: that our lives would be extraordinary. For most of us\, born at the optimistic turn of the century\, that greatness has been elusive. We desired to embody fully achieved potential\, creativity\, and social enterprise\, but life often comes up short. I am Exceptional: the Millennial Experience is the culmination of a year’s long work amongst millennials across the country.  It seeks to plumb the depths of this promise\, not out of narcissism\, but rather out of the keen awareness that the Millennial problem is a timely\, poignant expression of the human problem\, the need to know who we are and the meaning of life. \n\nAmy Sapenoff is a high school teacher in the DC metro area; teaching primarily history and social studies.  Originally from Kanas\, Amy earned her Bachelors degree in Political Science from Benedictine College. She relocated to DC to complete her Masters in Political Theory from Catholic University.  Amy is involved in the life of the ecclesial movement Communion and Liberation and serves as the secretary for the DC community. \nFr. Jose Medina is a  member of the Priestly Fraternity of the Missionaries of St. Charles Borromeo and the national leader of the Catholic ecclesial movement Communion and Liberation.  After spending several years as principal of Cristo Rey Boston\, an inner-city Catholic high school\, he continues to accompany young people through various initiatives proposed within the charism of Communion and Liberation.  He received his civil engineering degree from the Universidad Politecnica de Madrid\, a Bachelors of Sacred Theology from the Pontificia Universita Lateranense in Rome\, Italy and a Master in Education from the Harvard Graduate School of Education. \n\nRAIN LOCATION: Catholic information Center bookstore on the street level. \n+Must have valid 21+ ID to enter
URL:https://cicdc.org/event/rooftop-theology-on-tap-millennials/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20150804T180000
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SUMMARY:Rooftop Theology on Tap: Creation
DESCRIPTION:DCCatholic and the Catholic Information Center present their rooftop Summer Theology on Tap series: Theology on TAPTalks. Join us Tuesday evenings July 7\, 14\, 21\, 28 August 4 and August 11 at the Catholic Information Center rooftop! All young adults (21-late 30s) are invited for Happy Hour from 6-7pm with a talk and Q/A to follow from 7-8pm. \n \nTAPtalk 1: Ecological Conversion by Rhett Engelking\nEcological activist Rhett Engelking\, OFS shares quirky\, sometimes painful lessons from his own ecological conversion story. Simple\, intentional living is presented as an antidote for the trappings of a 21st Century existence. He emphasizes a life focused on the experience of the living God and an integral ecology to Christian life. \nTAPtalk2: Finding Our Worth in Today’s World by Christie Dondero\nAll too often we look to the world to tell us how to live\, and our society is obsessed with finding its worth in accomplishments\, appearances and pleasure. This TAPtalk will investigate what it means to have been created in the image of God and how to live fully as a body\, soul and spirit while finding our identity in God without turning to the idols of the world. Christie will briefly share her personal story of recovery from an eating disorder to illustrate how misplaced identity and conforming to the world’s standards can keep us from living full and free lives in Christ. The talk will conclude with hope and thoughts on wholehearted living and what it looks like to live this out daily in the midst of our faith walk. \nRhett Engelking transitioned from an 8 year career in Mental Health and medicine to a role as Director of the Franciscan Earth Corps\, a young adult leadership development initiative of the Franciscan Action Network. Rhett is a Secular Franciscan who is passionate about creating community around practices of being contemplative in action. Rhett’s advocacy efforts focus especially on ecology. \nChristie Dondero is the Executive Director at Rock Recovery\, a Washington\, D.C. area non-profit organization that supports the journey to freedom from disordered eating. Having gone through recovery herself\, Christie understands the depth of emotional\, physical and spiritual support needed to recover and is passionate about spreading the message that freedom is possible. \nRAIN LOCATION: Catholic information Center bookstore on the street level. \n+Must have valid 21+ ID to enter
URL:https://cicdc.org/event/rooftop-theology-on-tap-creation/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20150728T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20150728T190000
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SUMMARY:Rooftop Theology on Tap: Beauty
DESCRIPTION:DCCatholic and the Catholic Information Center present their rooftop Summer Theology on Tap series: Theology on TAPTalks. Join us Tuesday evenings July 7\, 14\, 21\, 28 August 4 and August 11 at the Catholic Information Center rooftop! All young adults (21-late 30s) are invited for Happy Hour from 6-7pm with a talk and Q/A to follow from 7-8pm. \n  \n\nTAPtalk 1: Looking Up: Living Real Culture in Daily Life by Fr. Vincent De Rosa\nAs young adults\, our default posture is “looking down\,” our vision often limited to a 4″ mobile screen. Studies as well as personal experience tell us this isn’t the way to fulfillment (physiologically\, psychologically\, spiritually). How can we help ourselves to “look up” to see the beauty of our surroundings and the people we’re walking with through life? Forming cultural circles to explore great literature\, music\, visual art and the beautiful physical surroundings of DC can go a long way to lifting our gaze toward God in each other. \nFr Vincent De Rosa was ordained a priest in 2008 and has served in several parishes of the archdiocese since then. He is a graduate of the George Washington University (BA International Affairs) and has his STL (Moral Theology) from The Pontifical University of the Holy Cross in Rome. His special interests in ministry include young adult ministry\, men’s spirituality\, and the use of culture for evangelization. \nTAPtalk 2: How the Novel Can Save Your Soul by Travis LaCouter\nThe young Catholic today feels constantly called upon to “pick sides” in our ongoing culture wars. This tendency towards politicization tends to clutter up the interior life and obstruct genuine spiritual growth. The best Catholic fiction\, in its focus on the inner lives of its characters and on the subtle interactions of grace and sin\, indicates a path out of the hellish loop of stale political animosity. This talk will explore a few representative works of Catholic fiction and explain why young Catholics should think of their lives more as a novel than a textbook. \nTravis LaCouter is a Research Associate at the Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation. Travis previously worked at the Intercollegiate Studies Institute and has held fellowships with the Claremont Institute\, the Witherspoon Institute\, and the Hertog Program in Political Studies. He graduated from the College of the Holy Cross in 2013\, majoring in political science and Catholic studies. In October he will start graduate studies in theology at the University of Oxford. \nRAIN LOCATION: Catholic information Center bookstore on the street level. \n+Must have valid 21+ ID to enter
URL:https://cicdc.org/event/rooftop-theology-on-tap-beauty/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20150721T180000
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SUMMARY:Rooftop Theology on Tap: Friendship
DESCRIPTION:TAPtalk 1: We are Family by Fr. Rick Kramer\nDirector for the Office for Family Life\, Fr. Rick Kramer will share with us the ridiculously obvious answer to the meaning of family life. He will challenge us to celebrate the gift and joy of family and will share 5 time-tested tools\, no matter your state in life\, to purposefully build a culture of family life. \nTAPtalk 2: Friendship on Death Row by Dani Clark\nFriendship between members of the Catholic Community of Sant’Egidio and prisoners on death row form the foundation of the community’s work to end the death penalty around the world. As advocates for peace\, the Community believes that capital punishment–as a symbol of the involvement of the state in a process of death\, in the destruction of human life–must be overcome. Washington\, DC community member Dani Clark will share her personal story of friendship with Texas death row inmate Ivan Cantu\, the unexpected gifts of this unlikely relationship\, and what faith has to do with it. \nDani Clark has been a member of the Community of Sant’Egidio in Washington since 2000\, after having met the community while living in Rome as a volunteer in a L’Arche community. A writer and editor for an international development organization\, Dani lives in Washington with her husband and seven year old son. \n  \nDCCatholic and the Catholic Information Center present their rooftop Summer Theology on Tap series: Theology on TAPTalks. Join us Tuesday evenings July 7\, 14\, 21\, 28 August 4 and August 11 at the Catholic Information Center rooftop! All young adults (21-late 30s) are invited for Happy Hour from 6-7pm with a talk and Q/A to follow from 7-8pm. \nRAIN LOCATION: Catholic information Center bookstore on the street level. \n+Must have valid 21+ ID to enter
URL:https://cicdc.org/event/rooftop-theology-on-tap-friendship/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20150714T180000
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SUMMARY:Rooftop Theology on Tap: Discernment
DESCRIPTION:DCCatholic and the Catholic Information Center present their rooftop Summer Theology on Tap series: Theology on TAPTalks. Join us Tuesday evenings July 7\, 14\, 21\, 28 August 4 and August 11 at the Catholic Information Center​ rooftop! All young adults (21-late 30s) are invited for Happy Hour from 6-7pm with a talk and Q/A to follow from 7-8pm. \n\nTAPtalk 1: Becoming a Discerning Person by Megan McCleneghen\nDiscerning a vocation doesn’t have to be scary or traumatic; God desires your happiness more than you do. In this talk\, Megan will make the connection between vocational discernment and becoming a discerning person\, in the context of the mayhem of daily life. This talk with explore the dynamic of opening yourself up to God while developing a whole new relationship of trust with Him along the way! \nMegan McCleneghen has been a lay consecrated woman in the Regnum Christi movement for 7 years. She moved to the DC metro area last August and is a current student at the John Paul II Institute for Studies on Marriage and Family. Previous to that she was a youth minister within the archdiocese of Galveston-Houston where she also served in various vocations events within the archdiocese. \nTAPtalk 2: A Restless Heart…\nWe have all been made for greatness\, with a specific plan designed by God for our lives.  As Christians\, each of us walks our own faith journey through life seeing to discern that plan and God’s will for us.  In this talk\, we will explore the meaning of discernment and how to listen to the voice of God amid the “noise” and busyness of daily life. \nRobert Boxie is a seminarian for the Archdiocese of Washington\, is currently in his 4th year of Theology at the Pontifical North American College in Rome. Originally from Lake Charles\, Louisiana\, Robert moved to the Washington area for a federal clerkship after completing his law degree. Later\, while working at a law firm in Washington\, Robert realized that God was calling him to the priesthood\, and he put aside his law career to enter the seminary. \nRAIN LOCATION: Catholic information Center bookstore on the street level. \n+Must have valid 21+ ID to enter
URL:https://cicdc.org/event/rooftop-theology-on-tap-discernment/
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SUMMARY:Rooftop Theology on Tap: Communication
DESCRIPTION:DCCatholic and the Catholic Information Center present their rooftop Summer Theology on Tap series: Theology on TAPTalks. Join us Tuesday evenings July 7\, 14\, 21\, 28 August 4 and August 11 at the Catholic Information Center rooftop! All young adults (21-late 30s) are invited for Happy Hour from 6-7pm with a talk and Q/A to follow from 7-8pm. \n\nTAPtalk 1: How to be a Catholic Influencer by Catherine Szeltner\nFrom commercials to conversations\, we all have the ability to influence others. And in a unique way\, Catholics can become walking billboards for the Church. Acknowledging this opens up the door for evangelization opportunities and should call the faithful to live out authentically Christian lives. \nCatherine Szeltner is a Reporter/Producer for “EWTN News Nightly”\, an international evening news program from a Catholic perspective. As a founding news team member\, she’s assisted with St. John XXIII and St. John Paul II canonization coverage in Rome\, and reported on topics ranging from Supreme Court hearings to pro-life issues in D.C. She graduated from Florida State University with a degree in Advertising and previously worked at The Zimmerman Agency\, where she assisted coordinating digital content for national brands\, such as Pilot Pen\, Club Med\, and Nature’s Own. \nTAPtalk 2: Making Mistakes Well in Prayer by Leah Libresco\nHow do you find your way through a new and challenging prayer practice or an old one that’s gone stale? Learn a few habits and strategies for beginning prayers badly in order to learn how to engage in them well in the future. As a convert\, Leah took her cue from St. Peter\, whose frequent struggles with Christ’s commands and teachings offer a model in how to be a heartfelt follower of Christ\, even when we’re plagued with uncertainty. \nLeah Libresco grew up as an atheist\, picked fights with the most interesting wrong people she knew\, and wound up being recieved into the Catholic Church. She writes about faith and ethics for Patheos at unequally-yoked.com and on statistics for FiveThirtyEight. Her first book\, Arriving at Amen: Seven Catholic Prayers That Even I Can Offer came out this year. \nRAIN LOCATION: Catholic information Center bookstore on the street level. \n+Must have valid 21+ ID to enter
URL:https://cicdc.org/event/rooftop-theology-on-tap-communication/
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