Building Bridges – What Can One Person Do?
The Discipleship Institute of Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church in Milwaukee offers this recording of a virtual event titled Building Bridges—What Can One Person Do? which was held on March 6, 2023. This discussion provides a panel of folks concerned with and/or working with the homeless. Our focus here is to be more informed about this issue, especially in our own city, and to see what more we might be able to do.
Guided Meditations
Sharing the Journey
Peace and God's Presence
A Walk with Jesus
Building Bridges – Dialogue to Make a Difference
The Discipleship Institute of Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church in Milwaukee offers this recording of a virtual event titled Building Bridges—Dialogue to Make a Difference which was held on January 25, 2021. Nancie Chmielewski, Parish Director of Our Lady of Lourdes, moderates a group of panelists on the topic of racism. Why is there such mistrust between people of color and white people in this country? What can I, as a disciple of Christ, do to extinguish racial injustice? It is part of our baptismal responsibility to live and learn the vision of Christ—it is our responsibility to treat all human beings with dignity and respect. This discussion starts us all on that journey.
Amos and Hosea: Social Justice Prophets
Community Reflection - Recognizing Racism and Prejudice
Disciples of Christ must oppose every form of racism. We must confront racism because it is evil and is an impediment to spreading the Gospel message. We must begin by taking an honest look into our own hearts about our own subtle and not-so-subtle prejudices. We must recognize our failures. We need to apologize and change ourselves before we can speak out to let others know the changes that need to be made. We must be Christ-like!
As a community we must be comfortable having uncomfortable conversations. We cannot shy away from topics such as race. The attached video gives our community the chance to come together (virtually) to acknowledge the prejudices and racism within us and ask for healing in order to become the whole body of Christ.
Bibliography on Racism
The Discipleship Institute has received a very extensive bibliography of books, podcasts, videos, etc. available for your on-going study of the issue of racism.