Fr. Roy Bourgeois will speak in the Greater New York City area events January 19-22, 2012. These events are sponsored by: Voices of the Faithful, School of the Americas Watch, Brooklyn for Peace, NJ Peace Action, Huntington Cinema Arts Centre, and Park Slope United Methodist Church Social Action Committee.
January 19: Montclair, NJ: 7:30 PM: "Struggling for Social Justice in Latin America and Beyond," with Fr. Roy Bourgeois. First Congregational Church
January 20: Brooklyn, NY: 7 PM: "Struggling for Social Justice in Latin America and Beyond," with Fr. Roy Bourgeois. Park Slope United Methodist Church $10 suggested donation.
January 21: Manhattan, NY: 1-5 PM: "Day of Justice for Women in the Church with Father Roy Bourgeois," Saint Bartholomew's Church
1:15 - 1:45 Excerpt from Film: "Pink Smoke over the Vatican"
1:45 - 2:15 Address by Roy Bourgeois
2:15 - 3:00 Questions & Answers
3:00 - 3:20 Break, Refreshments
3:20 - 4:30 Presentations on
1. Women in the Church through History: Sr. Chris Schenk
2. Studying the Arguments on Ordaining Women: Francis Piderit
3. Primacy of Conscience in Catholic Teaching: Stanley Azaro
4:30 - 4:40 Petition Presentation
4:40 - 5:00 Closing Prayer service
January 22: Huntington, NY: 10 AM - 1PM Huntington Cinema Arts Center presents the award winning documentary, Pink Smoke Over the Vatican, with Fr. Roy Bourgeois. Join for brunch beginning at 10 AM, followed by the film at 11 AM, with a discussion to follow. $15
Fr. Roy Bourgeois is the founder of The School of Americas Watch, a grassroots movement to close The School of the Americas, a military training camp housed at the Fort Benning Army Base in Columbus, GA. The SOA trains soldiers from Latin America in counter insurgency techniques, including torture. Soldiers trained at the SOA have been and still are responsible for perpetrating death and violence against the people of Latin America. For over 20 years, Roy has dedicated himself to the goal of closing the SOA and educating the public about U.S. foreign policy in Latin America.
In recent years Roy's conscience has lead him on another related journey, supporting women's rights to ordination in the Catholic Church. As a human rights activist, Roy can't ignore the blatant sexism of the Catholic Church and is willing to risk excommunication in speaking out:"As men we say we are called to the priesthood. Who are we to say God would not call women?"Read on
"Silence is the Voice of Complicity" - Fr. Roy Bourgeois
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