Vocations Newsletter

If asked what movie I have seen most frequently in my whole life, I would have to reply: A Man for All Seasons. This 1960s film was based on a striking play written by Robert Bolt. In explaining his choice of Thomas More for the drama, Bolt gave this rationale: “A man takes an oath only when he wants to commit himself quite exceptionally to the statement, when he wants to make an identity between the truth of it and his own virtue; he offers himself as a guarantee.”
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 We sit down with Jeannine Hill Fletcher, professor at Fordham University, a theologian and author of The Sin of White Supremacy (Orbis Books).Get ready as we take a deep dive into the inner section of theology and issues of diversity as it relates to gender, race and religion.  We'll be discussing how Jeannine was able to step back from her suburban, predominantly white catholic environment and upbringing to see the work that still needs to be done. As you listen to this episode, we want you to think about how we as christians and catholics can take a look at the lense we use to think through these things for change. We can't change history, but how are we called to transform and change these perceptions and reality.  About the Jeannine hill FletcherJeannine Hill Fletcher is a professor at Fordham University and a constructive theologian whose research is at the intersection of systematic theology and issues of diversity (including gender, race, and religious diversity). Her books include Monopoly on Salvation?  A Feminist Approach to Religious Pluralism (2005) and Motherhood as Metaphor: Engendering Inter-religious Dialogue (2013). 
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Friday of the Thirty-third Week in Ordinary TimeLK 19:45-48Jesus entered the temple area and proceeded to drive outthose who were selling things, saying to them,“It is written,My house shall be a house of prayer,but you have made it a den of thieves.”
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Today is the second-to-last Sunday of the Church’s liturgical year.  Next Sunday we celebrate the Feast of Christ the King; then we begin the season of Advent.  Our readings today, especially from the prophet Malachi and the evangelist Luke, are not easily understood.  They are a type of writing known as “apocalyptic literature.”
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