About Us
We are a grassroots organization affiliated with Call to Action at the national level. Our purpose is to participate in the renewal and reform of the Catholic church to which we belong.
We do this through prayer, study, action and community experience. Our hope is to see our church live out more fully the Beatitudes which reflect the dream of Jesus for those who follow his way. We study contemporary theology and offer that opportunity to others through programs. We take action when we perceive injustice, exclusivity or a lack of accountability in our local church. Please join us, if you wish, so that together we can create the change we want to see in ourselves and in our faith tradition. In this time of global crises and spiritual hunger, we want to find ways to be “better stewards of the mysteries of God.”[1Cor.4:1]
Past Activities
• “Call to Action” Madison Wisconsin Press Release (March 5, 2011) in protest of protesting Governor Walker’s tax bill and budget proposal.
• Anti-Racism Workshop #2 by by Myra Brown (Minister at Spritus Christi Church in Rochester, NY) and Marian Fredal from the Anti-Racism Team of Call to Action National. Friday, April 15th & Saturday, April 1. Location: Urban League, Madison, WI. Click here for more information.
• Witnessed and social action for for Fr. Roy Bourgeois and Women’s ordination in the R.C. Church. St. Maria Goretti Church, Madison, WI. April 19th, 2011. News coverage.
• Tribute to Mary Daly. Celebrating the Life and Vision of Mary Daly: The Courage to See. Saturday, October 30, 2010. Click here for more information.
• Weekend Program with Fr. Roy Bourgeois addressing Woman's Ordination and the close of the School of the Americas. August 27, 28, and 29, 2010. Click here for more information.
• Exploring Power & Creating Community: An Anti-Racism Workshop #1. Saturday, May 15th, 2010, 8:30am – 3:30pm. Location: Holy Wisdom Monastery. Click here for more information and videos used during workshop.
• Presentation by Roman Catholic Women Priests. Date: Saturday, April 24, 2010.Location: Community of Hope UCC/Advent Lutheran Church. Click here for more information.
• Presentation by Roberth Haight: "If God is everywhere, what is the place of the Church.” Sunday, March 14th, 1:00 p.m. Location: Holy Wisdon Monastery. Click here for more information.
• Talk by John Chuchman and Karen Schrauben. Saturday, August 29th, 2009, 6:30 - 9 p.m. Theme of the talk was “Cracking Open the Beatitudes.” Click here for flyer (PDF) with more information.
• Special CTA-Madison with Stephen Boehrer, author of “The Purple Culture." (5/20/09). Click here for more information.
• Presentation by Bob McClory (4/18/09). Click Here for More Information.
• Open letter to then President-elect Barack Obama regarding the closing of the “School of the Americas.”
• Open letter to Bishop Morlino published in the Wisconsin State Journal (10/12/08). Click here for more information.
• Presentation by Dan Maguire (personal website): “Finding Hope on a Dying, War-Obsessed Planet” (10/11/08). Original flyer.
• Presentation by Michael Morwood (personal website): “Christian Spirituality within in a New Story” (4/26/08). Original flyer. Evaluations. Michael Morwood's interview at Here on Earth (Wisconsin Public Radio).
• Lay Synod: "Claiming your Rightful Place in the Catholic Church" (10/20/07). Original flyer. Topics from Synod:
Education (how Canon law supports us!), How we can become a “Beatitude” Church, Inclusiveness & Equality (women/GLBT/race), Accountability (parish closings/finances), Marketing CTA Madison, Dialogue with the bishop
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