Sister Mary Kate Birge, S.S.J., will deliver the eleventh annual William K. Collinge Lecture Monday, June 12, at 7 p.m., in the multipurpose room at St. Francis Xavier School, 465 Table Rock Rd., Gettysburg. In her lecture, “‘Impatient for Justice and Patient for God’—Catholic Social Teaching and Its Call to the Work of Anti-Racism,” Sister Mary Kate will employ the lens of Scripture to explore Catholic Social Teaching’s challenge to racism.
Sister Mary Kate, a Sister of St. Joseph of Springfield, MA, since 1982, holds a Ph.D. in Biblical Studies from The Catholic University of America and a graduate certificate in spiritual direction and retreats from Creighton University. She is an Associate Professor of Theology at Mount St. Mary’s University, Emmitsburg, MD, where she has taught since 2001. Her scholarly writing reflects her interest in the intersection of Scripture with justice.
The Collinge Lecture, an annual event jointly sponsored by the Interfaith Center for Peace and Justice and St. Francis Xavier Church, honors the late William K. Collinge, who left significant bequests to both. Admission is free.