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SUMMARY:Community Café: Tools for Parish Circles on Immigration
DESCRIPTION:Conversations in Communion continues to grow with newly released sample circle process outlines designed to support facilitators in fostering dialogue and connection. This month\, we’re featuring a timely new series focused on immigration—offering inspiration and practical guidance for engaging this important topic in your community.  \n\n\n\n\n\nEvent Details\n\n\n\nDate: Friday\, April 17\, 2026Time: 12-1 p.m. Eastern Time | 11 a.m.-12 p.m. Central Time | 9-10 a.m. Pacific TimeLocation: Virtual via Zoom (this session will not be recorded) \n\n\n\nSign Up!\n\n\n\n\nThe Church is called to be co-responsible in mission\, where every baptized person—including clergy and laity—walks together in communion.Synod on Synodality Final Document\, 2024 \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nIn November\, the U.S. Bishops issued a rare Special Message on Immigration\, highlighting the need for dialogue and encounter in a time marked by fear\, polarization\, and dehumanizing rhetoric. \n\n\n\n\n“We are saddened by the state of contemporary debate and the vilification of immigrants. … Catholic teaching exhorts nations to recognize the fundamental dignity of all persons\, including immigrants. … Human dignity and national security are not in conflict.” \n\n\n\n\nThis Community Café will explore how restorative practices and conversations in communions can help create spaces for meaningful dialogue and support around immigration in parish and ministry settings. Facilitators will share their experiences planning and facilitating these circles\, and participants will reflect together on practical ways to introduce and guide conversations safely and compassionately in their own communities. \n\n\n\nParticipants will leave with concrete insights\, facilitation tips\, and sample circle outlines to support this work in the spirit of communion\, listening\, and encounter. \n\n\n\nAbout Community CafésCommunity Cafés are free\, monthly gatherings hosted by CMN’s RJ Ministry Community of Practice. They are designed to support those implementing restorative justice practices and circle processes in ministries and community settings\, offering a space for reflection\, mutual learning\, and connection. \n\n\n\nWho is this for?Community Cafés are for individuals who have a foundation in facilitating restorative practices\, circle process\, or conversations in communion. We welcome participants at all stages of experience—from newly trained facilitators to seasoned practitioners. Wherever you are in your journey\, this is a space to reflect\, sharpen your skills\, and grow alongside peers. \n\n\n\n\nNew to restorative justice? Register for one of CMN’s quarterly virtual Intro to Restorative Justice workshops. \n\n\n\nInterested in becoming a circle process facilitator in Catholic ministry? Apply to join a Conversations in Communion virtual training cohort! \n\n\n\n\nSign up now!
URL:https://catholicsmobilizing.org/event/community-cafe-april-2026/
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SUMMARY:Conversations in Communion Alumni Reunion
DESCRIPTION:Over the past two years\, more than 180 leaders across 19 Conversations in Communion cohorts have been facilitating circle processes in their parishes and ministries! You’ve been building connection\, practicing new ways of listening\, and helping your communities live the call to synodality. \n\n\n\nThis Community Café will be a space to reconnect as alumni and hear stories from across the network: stories of inner growth\, milestones (big and small!)\, and new possibilities emerging. We’ll share the experiences that have stayed with you\, the wins you’ve celebrated\, and the ways these practices are taking root. \n\n\n\nWhether you’ve been facilitating regularly or are just beginning to explore how to introduce these practices into your ministry… come\, share\, and be encouraged! \n\n\n\n\n\nEvent Details\n\n\n\nDate: Friday\, May 15\, 2026Time: 12-1 p.m. Eastern Time | 11 a.m.-12 p.m. Central Time | 9-10 a.m. Pacific TimeLocation: Virtual via Zoom (this session will not be recorded) \n\n\n\nSign Up!\n\n\n\n\nThe Church is called to be co-responsible in mission\, where every baptized person—including clergy and laity—walks together in communion.Synod on Synodality Final Document\, 2024 \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThis event is reserved for alumni of the Conversations in Communion training program.  \n\n\n\nNew to restorative justice? Register for one of CMN’s quarterly virtual Intro to Restorative Justice workshops. Interested in becoming a circle process facilitator in Catholic ministry? Apply to join a Conversations in Communion virtual training cohort! \n\n\n\n\n\nSign up now!
URL:https://catholicsmobilizing.org/event/community-cafe-may-2026/
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