National Religious Colloquy
Thursday, May 3, 7:00 pm -  8:15 pm 
		
	
    
    FREE
    
	The panel explores activism in Roman Catholicism for LGBT inclusiveness and push back from the Vatican.
 
		Dr.  Elizabeth Linehan  (Panelist)
				
				Associate Professor
				Saint Joseph's University
Dr. Elizabeth Linehan is Associate Professor of Philosophy at Saint Joseph's University, where she serves as Co-Chair of Alliance, which supports tolerance and respect around issues of sexual orientation in the Catholic Church.
 
		Reverend Eileen  McCafferty DiFranco   (Panelist)
				
				Pastor
				St. Mary Magdalene Community
Eileen McCafferty DiFranco is the first female priest to preside at Dignity Philadelphia. Reverend DiFranco serves as a Pastor at the St. Mary Magdalene Community.
 
		Michael Rocks  (Panelist)
				
				Leader 
				Catholic Organizations for Renewal
Michael J. Rocks, a former President of Dignity Philadelphia, has been active in the local Catholic Organizations for Renewal, a coalition of dissenting Roman Catholic groups in the Philadelphia area.







