{"id":25053,"date":"2026-04-22T09:42:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-22T13:42:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/?p=25053"},"modified":"2026-04-22T11:37:00","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T15:37:00","slug":"udm-to-hold-conversation-with-catholic-thought-leaders-april-25","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/2026\/04\/22\/udm-to-hold-conversation-with-catholic-thought-leaders-april-25\/","title":{"rendered":"UDM to hold conversation with Catholic thought leaders, April 25"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-25055 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/106\/2026\/02\/symposium-1.jpg?resize=225%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/106\/2026\/02\/symposium-1.jpg?resize=225%2C300&amp;ssl=1 225w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/106\/2026\/02\/symposium-1.jpg?resize=768%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/106\/2026\/02\/symposium-1.jpg?resize=413%2C550&amp;ssl=1 413w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/106\/2026\/02\/symposium-1.jpg?w=825&amp;ssl=1 825w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/>All are invited to a conversation with Catholic thought leaders to reflect together on the &#8220;Church\u2019s Mission in this time and place.&#8221; The discussion will take place on <b>Saturday, April 25, at 2 p.m.,\u00a0<\/b>in the\u00a0Student Union Ballroom, on the McNichols Campus.<\/div>\n<p>Panelists are as follows:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Archbishop Edward Wiesenberger<\/b>, metropolitan archbishop of the Catholic Diocese of Detroit<\/li>\n<li><b>Helen Marie Burns, RSM<\/b>, former president of Leadership Conference of Women Religious<\/li>\n<li><b>Bishop John Stowe, O.F.M. Conv<\/b>. of Lexington, Ky., president of Pax Christi, USA<\/li>\n<li><b>Matt Mio,<\/b> professor of Chemistry, University of Detroit Mercy, expert on\u00a0<i>Laudato Si<\/i><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The session will be moderated by <b>Bridget Deegan-Krause<\/b>, author of\u00a0<i>Together Through Reflection: Themes for Those Who Lead and Serve in Catholic Organizations.<\/i><\/p>\n<div>If you have questions about the event,\u00a0please contact Fr. Charles Oduke at <a href=\"mailto:odukeca@udmercy.edu\">odukeca@udmercy.edu<\/a> or 313-993-1651<\/div>\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/www.udmercy.edu\/alumni\/events\/faith-in-action.php\">Register here.<\/a><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>All are invited to a discussion with Catholic thought leaders reflecting on the \u201cChurch\u2019s Mission in this time and place\u201d on Saturday, April 25, at 2 p.m., in the Student Union Ballroom on the McNichols Campus.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":677,"featured_media":25055,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[6,6438,4404],"tags":[61,96,7336],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/106\/2026\/02\/symposium-1.jpg?fit=825%2C1100&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pbwnTV-6w5","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25053"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/677"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25053"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25053\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25058,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25053\/revisions\/25058"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25055"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25053"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25053"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25053"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}