SJU HeForShe Lecture Gender and the Church

Mon Oct 7 15:19:14 EDT 2019

A public lecture in support of UW’s commitment to the United Nations’

Supported by the #HeForShe Committee of

Hello,

I am very pleased to invite you to a public lecture, “Gender: But that is what the Church has always taught!” by Myroslaw Tataryn, Professor Emeritus of Religious Studies at St. Jerome’s University and the University of Waterloo. A married Ukrainian Greco-Catholic priest, he served as SJU Vice President and Academic Dean at SJU from 2005 to 2011.  This lecture is supported by the SJU #HeForShe committee as part of the United Nations Women<http://www.unwomen.org/en>’s HeForShe<http://www.heforshe.org/> campaign, and the University of Waterloo’s Impact 10x10x10<http://www.heforshe.org/impact> initiative.

•       In June 2019 the Vatican released a statement on gender theory, “Male and Female He Created Them.” Responses to the document show that many Catholics still accept two myths about  Church teaching on gender. The first is that it is unchanging, and the second is that it always comes from the top down. Yet, Pope Francis has also spoken of a need for both rethinking  Church teaching and more dialogue. In this lecture, Dr. Tataryn shows that Church teaching, especially in the area of sexuality, is not static but has changed over the centuries. Moreover, he  argues that the process should be more dialogical and less hierarchical.

•       Time:  Friday, October 18th at 7:30 p.m.
•       Place: Vanstone Hall in SJ2, St. Jerome's University

•       There is free parking, and refreshments are served before the lecture.

•       Please register in advance to assist us with hospitality planning and to ensure that we can contact you in the event of an event cancellation. You will not be required to show your ticket at the door. You may register for the event here: https://ticketfi.com/event/3384/lectures-in-catholic-experience-gender-october-18-2019.

•       This lecture is supported by the SJU #HeForShe committee as part of the United Nations Women<http://www.unwomen.org/en>’s HeForShe<http://www.heforshe.org/> campaign, and the University of Waterloo’s Impact 10x10x10<http://www.heforshe.org/impact> initiative.

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I hope we will see you there!

David Seljak
Professor
Department of Religious Studies
Coordinator, Lectures in Catholic Experience

St. Jerome’s University
In the University of Waterloo

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St. Jerome’s is part of the University of Waterloo’s commitment to the United Nations Women<http://www.unwomen.org/en>’s HeForShe<http://www.heforshe.org/> campaign, and I am SJU’s Faculty Advocate for the HeForShe Impact 10x10x10<http://www.heforshe.org/impact> initiative.

Myroslaw Tataryn: Gender: But this is what the Church has always taught!

October 18, 2019
Vanstone Hall, SJ2
St. Jerome’s University

In June 2019 the Vatican released a statement on gender theory, “Male and Female He Created Them.” Responses to the document show that many Catholics still accept two myths about  Church teaching on gender. The first is that it is unchanging, and the second is that it always  comes from the top down. Yet, Pope Francis has also spoken of a need for both rethinking  Church teaching and more dialogue. In this lecture, Dr. Tataryn shows that Church teaching, especially in the area of sexuality, is not static but has changed over the centuries. Moreover, he  argues that the process should be more dialogical and less hierarchical.

ABOUT THE SPEAKER

Myroslaw Tataryn is Professor Emeritus of Religious Studies at St. Jerome’s University (SJU). A married Ukrainian Greco-Catholic priest, he served as SJU Vice President and Academic Dean at SJU from 2005 to 2011. His most recent work, Discovering Trinity in Disability: A Theology for Embracing Difference, was co-authored with his wife Maria Truchan-Tataryn. He has authored books and papers in the history of the Ukrainian Greco-Catholic Church in Canada and topics in Eastern Christian theology.

Please register in advance to assist us with hospitality planning and to ensure that we can contact you in the event of an unexpected event cancellation. You will not be required to show your ticket at the door. You may register for the event here: https://ticketfi.com/event/3384/lectures-in-catholic-experience-gender-october-18-2019.

This lecture is supported by the SJU #HeForShe committee as part of the United Nations Women<http://www.unwomen.org/en>’s HeForShe<http://www.heforshe.org/> campaign, and the University of Waterloo’s Impact 10x10x10<http://www.heforshe.org/impact> initiative.

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St. Jerome’s is part of the University of Waterloo’s commitment to the United Nations Women<http://www.unwomen.org/en>’s HeForShe<http://www.heforshe.org/> campaign, and I am SJU’s Faculty Advocate for the HeForShe Impact 10x10x10<http://www.heforshe.org/impact> initiative.

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