Fairfield University to present Rev. Bryan N. Massingale on ‘Spirituality for Racial Justice’

Fairfield University is hosting Rev. Bryan N. Massingale”™s presentation “Spirituality for Racial Justice” on Jan. 31 at 7:30 p.m. at the school”™s Dolan School of Business Event Hall. This lecture event is free and open to the public; tickets are required and can be obtained through QuickCenter.com.

Fr. Massingale is a professor of theological and social ethics at Fordham University, where he holds the James and Nancy Buckman Chair in Applied Christian Ethics and is a senior fellow in the Center for Ethics Education. He received his Doctor of Sacred Theology at the Alphonsian Academy in Rome, the pontifical institute for moral theology. He is the immediate past president of the Society of Christian Ethics, a former president of the Catholic Theological Society of America and a former convener of the Black Catholic Theological Symposium.

Fr. Massingale is the author of two books and an award-winning contributor to major Catholic publications including U.S. Catholic, Commonweal, America magazine, The Tablet and The National Catholic Reporter. His current writing projects explore the contributions of the Black radical imagination to Catholic theology and the intersections of race, sexuality, and faith.

“Bryan Massingale is a giant in the American Catholic Church,” said Professor Paul Lakeland, chairman of the Center for Catholic Studies at Fairfield University. “A distinguished practitioner of theological ethics, a fearless speaker, and a compassionate pastor, his work challenges all of us to face our complicity in the racism that so stubbornly remains in our American society, and to do what needs to be done.”

Fr. Massingale”™s appearance is being presented by Fairfield University”™s Office of Mission & Ministry, Center for Catholic Studies, the Fairfield University Student Association and the Regina A. Quick Center for the Arts.