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This year due to COVID-19 we are not going to have our traditional Dinner & Doctrine. The Portage County Deanery of Catholic churches got creative and created Digital Doctrine.
Like the new Portage County Deanery Facebook Page (https://www.facebook.com/PortageCatholic) where it will be live streamed.
Or you may contact our Director of Religious Education, Peg Haney (phaney@stjosephmantua.com) to receive a Zoom Link via email.
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2020-2021 Digital Doctrine Evenings
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October 13th ~ 7:00 p.m.
The Catholic Conundrum ~
Vote 2020
presented by
Fr. John Jerek,
Vicar for Clergy,
Diocese of Youngstown
Faced with a complex election season, there is no single candidate that embodies the whole of Catholic teaching. How should the individual Catholic discern the faithful response when voting? Join us online for an interactive discussion on this important issue.Facebook Live @PortageCatholic or
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November 10th ~ 7:00 p.m.
Our Call and Mission to be Instruments of Hope
through Caring Hearts
presented by
Fr. Rick Pentello,
Pastor, St. Patrick, Kent
& Dean of Portage CountyThere are so many bigger-than-life happenings and hurts going on in our world today. People seem to be fractured, fragmented and fraught with despair. Where do the followers of Jesus find hope? Within our very own hearts. As we reach out to others – even in simple acts of caring – we become agents of hope to them. And even though we cannot cure all the ills in our society and world, we can be instruments of hope and healing in our place and time.
Join us online for an interactive
discussion on this message of hope.Facebook Live @PortageCatholic or
Zoom (contact Peg Haney for link via email)
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January 12th ~ 7:00 p.m.
Pandemic Stories
presented by
Dr. Rachel Constance,
Associate Professor of History
& Director of the Byers Institute
for Community Health
at Walsh UniversityAs a specialist in the history of medicine, particularly global pandemics, Dr. Constance will provide historical context for our current pandemic experience which has elevated civic engagement, challenged scientific and business communities, and strained the spirit of personal and community life.
Recently, Dr. Constance designed the Walsh University Pandemic Stories Oral History Project, a collaboration between the Byers Institute, the Renacci Center for Civic Engagement, the Food Design Institute, and the Walsh University Archives. The oral history project uses the collective memory of our individual experiences as a testament to our pandemic times to provide context and meaning for future generations. The presentation serves as an invitation to participate. Be ready with a story to tell.
Read more about the Walsh University Pandemic Stories Oral History Project at https://www.walsh.edu/pandemic-stories.html. You are invited to participate by following the link to the story collection survey and tell your story.Join us online for an interactive
discussion on this timely and relevant issue.Facebook Live @PortageCatholic or
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February 9th ~ 7:00 p.m.
Policing and Being Policed
A Digital Doctrine exploring policing and the dignity lost to assumptions and biases. Our panel of experienced law enforcement officers will offer their perspectives on the evolution of policing, and how that has impacted the dignity offered, particularly to citizens of color, and current efforts to re-establish respect-based community relations.
Panel Members:
Todd Vargo - Patrol supervisor Garfield Heights Police Department, Area Crisis Intervention Team member, and parishioner at St. Joan of Arc parish.
Erica Payne - Detective Bedford Heights Police department, Area Crisis intervention Team member, and active in various women’s ministries.
George Allen - Detective Maple Heights Police Department, Area Crisis intervention Team member, Ordained Minister, and department chaplain Maple Hts. for Police Department.Facebook Live @PortageCatholic or Zoom
(Meeting ID: 521 788 6691 / Passcode: Portage)
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