{"id":4156,"date":"2019-10-04T16:25:08","date_gmt":"2019-10-04T21:25:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.luc.edu\/ips\/?p=4156"},"modified":"2019-10-04T16:25:08","modified_gmt":"2019-10-04T21:25:08","slug":"lunch-with-auxiliary-bishop-ron-hicks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.luc.edu\/ips\/?p=4156","title":{"rendered":"Lunch with Auxiliary Bishop Ron Hicks"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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In an attempt to build stronger\nand healthier dialogical bridges between the academy and the episcopal\nhierarchy in the Catholic Church, the Catholic Theological Society of America\nhas sponsored an initiative to provide grants for bishops and theologians to\nmeet for social and intellectual exchange, usually in the context of discussing\na shared text. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

IPS\nwas awarded such a grant and met with Auxiliary Bishop Ron Hicks this week. IPS faculty and staff members Michael Canaris,\nDavid Dault, timone davis, Peter Jones, Heidi Russell, Bill Schmidt, Nathaniel\nSamuel,  Deborah Watson, and John Fontana along with Bishop Hicks discussed  Synodality in the life and mission of the Church<\/em><\/a>, <\/em>a <\/em>study by the International\nTheological Commission, that serves in an advisory capacity to the Pope and the\nCongregation for the Doctrine of the Faith on current relevant topics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bishop\nHicks, vicar general of the Archdiocese of Chicago, previously served as\nregional director at an orphanage in El Salvador between 2005 and 2009, and for\nthat reason IPS chose to enjoy Salvadorian food (including the local staple —\npupusas!) for this meeting.  The bishop was also at one time Dean of\nFormation for St. Joseph College Seminary in its earlier iteration as an\nacademic unit at Loyola.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The\nconversation included an ongoing commitment to mutual active listening by those\nseeking to live in the community of the faith at all levels.  Both\nBishop Hicks and the IPS professors commented on how modeling such behavior is\nan important antidote to the tribalism and silos of our day.  Oscar Romero\nwas frequently invoked in the discussions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The\nCatholic Theological Society of America is the principal association of\nCatholic theologians in North America. Founded in 1946 it has over 1300 members\nand is the largest professional society of theologians in the world. As stated\nin their guiding documents, the purpose of CTSA is to promote theological\nresearch in the Roman Catholic tradition that is attentive to contemporary\nproblems faced by the Church and the world.  Obviously, this\nconversation and relationship-building initiative touched on ecumenical and\nsocial themes that extended far beyond the bounds of the visible Catholic\nChurch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As\nthe convener of the session, Professor Canaris expressed his gratitude for the\nproject.  “It came up in my colleagues’ comments that we are in an\nanomalous historical and political situation where an outside grant is\nsometimes necessary to spur dialogue in some places between Catholic higher\neducation and local ordinaries.  We are thankfully in a much healthier\ncontext here in Chicago, where Bishop Hicks, Cardinal Cupich, and the wider\narchdiocesan apparatus are largely supportive of the work in which we are\nengaged in forming lay leaders and advocates for social justice here at Loyola\nin general, and in the IPS in particular.  However, I remain thankful for\nthis CTSA initiative which enabled us to deepen these relationships and plan\nfor future collaboration and mutual support.  We will be following up with\nour local leaders when we host some events at the USCCB meetings alongside them\nthis November, as is our recent tradition here.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

More\ninformation about the grant initiative can be found here: https:\/\/ctsa-online.org\/TheologicalGroupDiscussions<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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