Root & Branch Community for Reform
warmly welcomes you
to our lay-led gathering​
Empowering Ourselves:
flourish & thrive.
If you missed
EMPOWERING OURSELVES flourish & thrive.
Take a look at our programme
SR. JOAN CHITTISTER
OUR OPENING GUESTS
Opening Prayer and Reflections:
Empowering Ourselves.​​
see Joan here:
Photo: Susie Triffitt
Also joining Joan
DR. MARY McALEESE
Dr Mary McAleese was two term President of Ireland from 1997 to 2011. The theme of her presidency was Building Bridges and working for peace and reconciliation. She is a leading critic of Catholic Church teaching on among other things, women, homosexuality, Church members’ human rights, children’s rights, corporal punishment, church governance and episcopal accountability.
Broadcaster and academic lawyer, she has a licentiate and doctorate in Canon Law.
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OUR KEY SPEAKERS
KEYNOTE SPEAKER
TONY FLANNERY, CSsR
Banned from priestly ministry
“I see myself as a seeker.”
PENNY BROWN
EMPOWERING OURSELVES
“God made us to flourish & thrive.”
RUTH GEE
Methodist President 2013
Co-Chair British Methodist Commission
HESTON GROENEWALD
VICAR, ALL HALLOWS, Leeds
"Welcome to Open Table"
We valued the time to listen to each of our speakers
to reflect, discuss, and take
time to pause, think, share
We’d love to have you with us at one of our future online meetings
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