Theologian John Klassen talks about "Reconciliation: A Scarred Church Faces the New Century," at 7 p.m. Monday at Our Lady Queen of Peace Chapel at the College of St. Scholastica. The lecture is free.
Klassen is the first of three speakers this spring who will be featured in the Here Comes Everybody lecture series, sponsored by the Braegelman Catholic Studies Program at St. Scholastica. The theme for all three lectures this year is "Reconciliation in the New Age."
During his talk, Klassen will address the topic of reconciliation and healing from several perspectives: the sex-abuse crisis in the Catholic Church, and more specifically, how it has affected the interactions among bishops, priests, and laity; same-sex relationships, marriage and procreation; and, sharing in ministry and clerical-lay partnerships.
Klassen is in his 10th year as leader of Saint John's Abbey in Collegeville, Minn. He leads a community of 145 Benedictine monks who sponsor and work at Saint John's University, Saint John's Preparatory School, the Liturgical Press, as well as in parishes, hospitals and retirement centers in Minnesota and also at Trinity Benedictine Monastery in Fujimi, Japan.
For more information, call (218) 723-6699.
