Panel discussion at U of D Mercy on the Church's prophetic role in our day

Left to right are Fr. Charles Oduke, SJ, the University of Detroit Mercy's vice president for mission integration; Bridget Deegan-Krause, M.Div., BCC, panel moderator, author and ministry leadership consultant; Lexington Bishop John Stowe, OFM Conv.; Sr. Helen Marie Burns, RSM, university board member and former president of the Leadership Conference of Women Religious; Matt Mio, Ph.D., chairman and longtime professor of chemistry and biochemistry; and Detroit Archbishop Edward J. Weisenburger.

On Saturday, April 25, Archbishop Weisenburger took part in a panel discussion at the University of Detroit Mercy about the Church's prophetic role in some of the most important conversations of the day. The event, "Synodality Encounters: A Conversation on the Church's Prophetic Role of the Church in This Time and Place," featured Archbishop Weisenburger along with other panelists including Bishop John E. Stowe, OFM Conv., of Lexington, Kentucky; Sr. Helen Marie Burns, RSM, current university board member and former president of the Leadership Conference of Women Religious; and Matt Mio, Ph.D., chairman and longtime professor of chemistry and biochemistry, as well as a devoted local Catholic. The panel was moderated by Bridget Deegan-Krause, M.Div., BCC, who has 30 years of ministry in Catholic health care and higher education, and hosted by Fr. Charles Oduke, SJ, the university's vice president for mission integration.

Check back in this week's Detroit Catholic for a report on the panel discussion.



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