Session 1 - Msgr. James Shea

Session 1 - Our New Apostolic Moment with Msgr. James Shea, University of Mary
December 7, 2021 - 3:00pm-4:30pm

This session will be foundational for all of the following sessions. Msgr. Shea will provide us with a lens through which we can see our culture and the situation that the Church finds herself in. By seeing clearly and understanding deeply our cultural moment, we are able to live out our mission more fruitfully. This session will draw upon much of Monsignor Shea's work in From Christendom to Apostolic Mission. It would be very helpful, though not necessary for attendees to have read and even discussed his book beforehand. 

GOALS
 

• Understand our cultural situation and the urgency of the Church's mission in our new Apostolic Era
• Equip ourselves with tools to discern what aspects of our Church life are relics of our Christendom mode of ministry

Monsignor James Shea serves as president of the University of Mary in Bismark, North Dakota. Monsignor Shea was inaugurated in 2009 as the sixth president of the university and, at the age of 34, became the youngest college or university president in the United States. The oldest of eight children, Monsignor Shea grew up on a dairy and grain farm near Hazelton, ND. Monsignor Shea has worked with Mother Teresa's Missionaries of Charity at theGift of Peace AIDS Hospice while teaching religion at two inner city elementary schools in Washington, D.C. In Rome, he serves as chaplain for the Bambino Gesu Children's Hospital and also at the Rome campus of the Center for Catholic Studies at the University of St. Thomas. Deeply committed to the education and formation of young people, he has been an inspirational teacher and mentor for many students.