Pilgrims of Hope in a Year of a New Pope

This program has been rescheduled to Monday, May 4. If you have already registered, there is no need to register again. We will send a zoom link before the event.

In a year of violence throughout the globe, an on-going environmental crisis, and an increasingly divisive political climate, how might we be called to be pilgrims of hope? How has Pope Leo XIV's first months as Pope shaped this discussion?

Join the Dominican Sisters of Hope and the Center at Mariandale as we welcome Cardinal Timothy Radcliffe, OP, to reflect on what it could mean to be a pilgrim of hope in this jubilee year of the election of Pope Leo XIV, the first pope from the United States..

As they celebrate their 30th year, the Congregation and Sisters are honored to welcome this former Master of the Order of Preachers and internationally recognized author, preacher, and retreat presenter. Fr. Radcliffe was elevated by Pope Francis to Cardinal in December 2024. His books have been bestsellers, particularly I Call You Friends, Seven Last Words, Why Go to Church? The Drama of the Eucharist, and What Is the Point of Being a Christian? He is well known throughout the globe for preaching retreats and, in the past two years led those gathered for the Synod on Synodality in reflections prior to the start of their deliberations.

Maureen Sullivan op Reflecting with Cardinal Radcliffe is Dominican Sister of Hope Maureen Sullivan, OP, a noted scholar of Vatican II and emerita professor of theology at St. Anselm's College. Sr. Maureen has written two books on the historic Council: 101 Questions and Answers on Vatican II (2002) and The Road to Vatican II: Key Changes in Theology (2007), both published by Paulist Press. She has been honored by Future Church and is the 2021 recipient of the F. Sadlier Dinger Award. In recent years Sr. Maureen has presented at Mariandale twice with church historian Massimo Faggioli, Ph.D., on the topics and impact of the Synod on Synodality.