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Social Justice Ministry Conference on Racism Begins June 6th

Posted on June 02, 2020 in: News, Events

Social Justice Ministry Conference on Racism Begins June 6th

As racial strife once again sweeps our nation, the Archdiocese of Hartford Office of Catholic Social Ministry would like to encourage you to join the launch of the year-long virtual conference series on the US Bishops’ pastoral letter against racism, This event was planned long before the current events in our nation, but its message is very timely.

Bishop Peter Rosazza Social Justice Conference

Webinar Series

The Conference, "Rooted in Faith, Opening Wide Our Hearts",will begin on Saturday, June 6th with a 60 minute webinar in English and one in Spanish, featuring scheduled keynote speaker, Alejandro Aguilera-Titus.

Alejandro will Kick things off with an overview to the pastoral letter at this webinar.

The 60 minute webinar will be at 10:00 AM in English, and 1:00 PM in Spanish. There is no cost to the event, but registration is required: REGISTER HERE FOR ENGLISH or REGISTER HERE FOR SPANISH

Please view our video on the event. More information on the entire Opening Wide our Hearts conference series can be found here.

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