Challenges Facing the Church and Catholic Educators in the Globalized World

Mary Ann Glendon

July 25, 2016
World Congress of Assumptionists
Assumption College
Worcester, Massachusetts

I.    Introduction:  Putting Out into the “New Deep”

II.    Challenges of the “New Deep”
A.    A (social) environmental crisis
B.    A perfect storm: faith illiteracy and indifference, militant secularism, relativism
C.    Formation for “The hour of the laity”

III.     Meeting the Challenges:  How are Our Boats and Nets?

A.    The Catholic intellectual heritage
B.    Catholic Social Teaching
C.    Truth and Beauty
D.    Globalization:  Friend or Foe?

IV.    “Making a difference”

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