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Intro to Restorative Justice (November 2024)
November 21, 2024 @ 12:00 pm – 3:30 pm EST
Join Catholic Mobilizing Network for a virtual 3.5-hour introductory workshop on restorative justice, to learn core concepts and practices related to its application in Catholic ministry. Through presentations, exercises, and sharing, participants:
- LEARN about the powerful potential of restorative justice to advance justice and healing, transform the U.S. criminal legal system, and to live out Catholic teachings on justice and mercy;
- LISTEN to stories of restorative practices being applied in Catholic ministry—a featured presenter will share a first-hand experience of a restorative justice process;
- EXPERIENCE the restorative practice of circle process in a small group;
- REFLECT on opportunities to apply restorative approaches in ministry, parishes, and daily life.
FOR WHOM? This workshop is ideal for individuals who are new to restorative justice and practices or who are interested in their implementation in faith-based contexts. Ministry groups are welcome—Please email lucie@catholicsmobilizing.org.
Event Details
DATE: Thursday, November 21, 2024
Registration is now closed. Click here to see the list of upcoming workshops.
TIME: 12–3:30 p.m. ET / 11 a.m.–2:30 p.m. CT / 9 a.m.–12:30 p.m. PT
This event is highly participatory. Attendees are asked to arrive on time and stay until the end.
LOCATION: Virtual via Zoom. The event is not recorded.
SUGGESTED DONATION: $50
To donate a different amount, or for any questions about registration, email lucie@catholicsmobilizing.org.
Participants will receive a list of digital resources for continued learning. They will also be mailed two printed resources: Harm Healing and Human Dignity: A Catholic Encounter with Restorative Justice and Paths of Renewed Encounter: A Restorative Justice Engagement Guide for Catholic Communities.
Featured Presenter
Andrea Hug began her journey with the restorative justice practice after her husband (and the father of her three children), Chris, was killed by an intoxicated driver in 1993. In 2008, Andrea and her children, along with three restorative justice practitioners, met with the man who caused the collision. Through a structured dialogue over two days, the circle brought healing to her family and the driver. The process unfolded the importance of restorative justice practice as a way to bring healing and peace to both families. Although they were never the same, restorative justice gave them space for the painful stories to come forth, and then, wholeness, healing and hope could be realized.
Having worked as a hospice bereavement counselor, Andrea currently serves as the Catholic Visitation Chaplain at a senior living facility and as a spiritual director in private practice in Illinois.
Co-Facilitators
Caitlin Morneau serves as Director of Restorative Justice at Catholic Mobilizing Network. She was the lead adaptor for CMN’s faith formation guide, Harm, Healing and Human Dignity: A Catholic Encounter with Restorative Justice, and led the collaborative creation of Paths of Renewed Encounter: A Restorative Justice Engagement Guide for Catholic Communities. Caitlin holds an MA in Conflict Transformation from the Center for Justice and Peacebuilding at Eastern Mennonite University and is trained in circle process and restorative community conferencing.
Lucie Martinot-Lagarde is CMN’s Restorative Justice Program Manager. A native of France, she graduated with an MA in Conflict Transformation from the Center for Justice and Peacebuilding at Eastern Mennonite University, with a focus on trauma healing.
Lucie has experience living and working in cross-cultural and cross-denominational contexts, serving as a spiritual companion and circle keeper, and supporting the implementation of restorative practices in public schools.