CHARLOTTE — St. Peter will host its 25th annual Kennedy Lecture Saturday, Jan. 25, featuring a conversation with Jesuit Father Agbonkhianmeghe E. Orobator, dean and professor at the Jesuit School of Theology at Santa Clara University, California.The annual event is free, and all are welcome.
Father Orobator will speak on “Women are the Teachers of Synodality. What Does the Bible Say About That?”
The internationally acclaimed theologian and author will also talk about the Synod in Rome, the role of women in the changing Church, and the growth of Catholicism in Africa.
After his remarks, Father Orobator will be interviewed by parishioner and former religion reporter Tim Funk and Toni Tupponce, a writer and speaker on social justice and cultural equity and an Our Lady of Consolation parishioner.
The day begins at 8:30 a.m. with coffee and a book signing in Biss Hall, followed by the lecture from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. in the church.
The Kennedy Lecture is funded through Thomas and Richard Kennedy in memory of their parents, Keith and Joan Kennedy.
Begun in 2000, the Kennedy Lecture series takes a deeper look at Catholic teachings and aims to stimulate thinking by engaging prominent people in the field of religion and ethics.
For details, go to www.stpeterscatholic.org.
CHARLOTTE — People are invited to pray for six men expected to be ordained priests in June using special kneelers now making their way to parishes across the Diocese of Charlotte.
The special kneelers, or prie-dieus, are commissioned each year for the ordinands by the Mary’s Sons apostolate.
The kneelers travel to parishes across the diocese to allow the faithful to pray for vocations and the six men expected to be ordained priests: Deacons Christopher William Angermeyer, of St.Thomas Aquinas Parish in Charlotte; Deacon Anthony del Cid Lucero, of St. Joseph Parish in Newton; Deacon Nicholas James Kramer, of St. Margaret Mary Parish in Swannanoa; Deacon Kolbe Raymond Murrey, of St. John the Baptist Parish in Tryon; Deacon Andrew Jeffery Templeton, of St. Michael the Archangel Parish in Gastonia; and Deacon Joseph Gerard Yellico, of St. Mark Parish in Huntersville.
Journals also accompany the kneelers so people can convey their well-wishes to the future priests.
The kneelers, pictured at St. Thomas Aquinas Parish in Charlotte, will be given to the new priests at their ordination at St. Mark Church in Huntersville on June 14.
Find an upcoming location to pray at the kneelers:
April 7 - 14: St. Margaret Mary, Swannanoa
April 14 - 21: St. Dorothy, Lincolnton
April 28 - May 5: St. Michael the Archangel, Gastonia
Learn more
At www.maryssons.org: Learn more about the Mary’s Sons apostolate