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By Editor, August 8, 2025<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Saint Meinrad Seminary and School of Theology will host a conference titled “Deepening Communion in a Polarized World<\/strong>” on November 4-6, 2025. This conference is designed for Catholic theologians, theology students, and Church leaders, bringing together leaders from diverse perspectives to model healthy discourse, seek common ground, and make recommendations to foster unity within the Church.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Workshop topics will include: Deepening Communion in the Catholic Hierarchy, Deepening Communion through Catholic Media, Deepening Communion in the Implementation of Vatican II, <\/strong>and Deepening Communion in the Liturg<\/strong>y. The conference will feature a variety of conference speakers, with conference facilitators will be Br. John Mark Falkenhain, OSB, from Saint Meinrad Seminary and School of Theology and Amy Uelmen, SJD, from Georgetown University Law Center.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For more information visit the website here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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