February 15, 2008

Women’s convocation to explore ‘God’s Work of Art’

“God’s Work of Art” is the theme for the sixth annual Catholic Women’s Convocation on March 8 at St. Christopher Parish, 5301 W. 16th St., in Indianapolis.

Author Kathy Coffey of Denver is the keynote presenter for the Lenten day of reflection, which begins at 8 a.m. and concludes at 3 p.m.

Nancy Meyer, a pastoral associate at the Indianapolis West Deanery parish, said women who are members of other parishes and faith traditions are invited to participate in the convocation.

Coffey’s keynote address was inspired by a verse from St. Paul’s Letter to the Ephesians, “For we are his handiwork, created in Christ Jesus for the good works that God has prepared in advance, that we should live in them” (Eph 2:10).

Coffey will explore how women can collaborate with God to craft an artful and faithful life as well as how human beings made in God’s image become most fully themselves and age gracefully when they are creating art, music, prose and even friendship.

She is the author of Hidden Women of the Gospels, Women of Mercy, God in the Moment: Making Every Day a Prayer, Dancing in the Margins and Immersed in the Sacred: Discovering the ‘Small s’ Sacraments.

Coffey also will present a workshop titled “Celebrating the Gospel with the Arts.” Other workshops include “The Psalms of Our Lives,” presented by Franciscan Sister Barbara Leonhard of Batesville, and “St. Mother Theodore Guérin,” presented by Providence Sister Mary Montgomery of West Terre Haute, who will explore why St. Theodora is a woman for our time.

Other presenters are St. Christopher parishioner Helen Morlock of Danville, who will discuss “Window to the Soul,” and Diane Nelson Roberts of Indianapolis, who will talk about “The Amazing Grace of Laughter.” Franciscan Sister Olga Wittekind of Oldenburg will reflect on “Healing the World from the Inside Out.”

(The convocation registration fee, which includes lunch, is $40 per person before Feb. 18 then $50 per person. For more information, call St. Christopher Parish at 317-241-6314, ext. 122, or send an e-mail to nmeyer@saintchristopherparish.org.)†

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