Conversations of the Heart

This 6-week in-person series is open to the public. To ensure the conversation is made up of diverse identities and perspectives, there is an application process. Applications for the Fall 2024 cohort will be accepted until July 19. Applicants will be notified by August 1 if they will be part of this cohort. The group will be limited to 21 participants.
Participants must to commit to all SIX dates.
September 5, 19
October 3, 17, 31
November 14
Each session will take place from 6-8 p.m. in Founders Hall at the CSA Motherhouse on County Rd K.
During these sessions, we will be using Parker Palmer’s book, “Healing The Heart Of Democracy: The Courage To Create A Politics Worthy of the Human Spirit.” As Palmer writes, “When we choose to engage, not evade, the tension of our differences, we will become better equipped to participate in a government of, by, and for the people . . .” In the course of these conversations, we will learn more about what it means:
To listen to each other openly and without fear, learning how much we have in common despite our differences
To deepen our empathy for the alien “other” as we enter imaginatively into the experiences of people whose lives are radically unlike our own
To hold what we believe and know with conviction and be willing to listen openly to other viewpoints, changing our minds if needed
To seek out additional facts and explanations whenever we find reason to doubt our own truth claims or the claims made by others, thus becoming better informed
To probe, question, explore, and engage in dialogue, developing a fuller, more three-dimensional view of reality in the process
APPLY NOW at www.csasisters.org/unity
About The Congregation of Sisters of St. Agnes
The Congregation of Sisters of St. Agnes (CSA), founded in 1858, is based in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, within the Archdiocese of Milwaukee. Today, CSA has more than 150 sisters across the United States and Nicaragua who strive to minister with simplicity and hospitality in the fields of education, healthcare, pastoral ministry, and social service.