Should We Still Sing You are Mine?
We are working to prepare our next steps for these ongoing discussions. Please check back for updates.
9-10-2020
On Thursday, September 10 at 7:30 p.m. Bellarmine Chapel hosted a livestream panel with Dr. Ashley Theuring and Dr. Marcus Mescher, moderated by Brendan Hemmerle, Director of Music and Liturgy. Our goal for the evening’s presentation was to lay groundwork for open, honest, sensitive, and vulnerable discussions of this issue as a parish.
9-10-2020
On Thursday, September 10 at 7:30 p.m. Bellarmine Chapel hosted a livestream panel with Dr. Ashley Theuring and Dr. Marcus Mescher, moderated by Brendan Hemmerle, Director of Music and Liturgy. Our goal for the evening’s presentation was to lay groundwork for open, honest, sensitive, and vulnerable discussions of this issue as a parish.
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Dr. Ashley Theuring
Ashley Theuring is an Assistant Professor in Theology, specializing in constructive and practical theologies. She completed her doctorate at the Boston University School of Theology in the Practical Theology program. Her dissertation, entitled “Toward a Catholic Feminist Practical Theology of Hope After Domestic Violence,” explored the question “What constitutes hope after domestic violence?” Her theological research is informed by her past work at a rape, crisis, and abuse center, Women Helping Women of Hamilton County, where she was as an advocate and educator. Her research continues to be informed by contemporary communities of trauma survivors and focuses on exploring religious practices, meaning making, and survival in response to trauma. |
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Dr. Marcus Mescher
Dr. Mescher specializes in Catholic social teaching and moral formation, focusing especially on the principles of solidarity and the global common good. He is the author of a dozen academic articles and book chapters and also contributes to public theology in venues like America, National Catholic Reporter, and Millennial Journal. His current research and writing focus on moral injury caused by clergy sexual abuse and the possibilities and limits of restorative justice. His book, The Ethics of Encounter, proposes what it would take to build the "culture of encounter" championed by Pope Francis in an American context marked by unjust inequalities, polarization, and echo chambers online. |