Asking God’s Blessing for All Couples: A Discussion on the Vatican Document Fiducia Supplicans

In December 2023, the Vatican shocked both the Catholic community and the world with the release of Fiducia Supplicans, a document about the blessing of persons in irregular unions. Surprising many, the document explicitly discussed the blessing of same-sex couples. It sparked much discussion and debate, leaving people wondering what this means for the Catholic Church locally and internationally. Does this mark a radical change or a continuation of Pope Francis’s pastoral approach towards people in same-sex relationships? 

The Division of Mission Integration and the Institute for Catholic Thought & Culture invite you to explore Fiducia Supplicans, as well as its reception by the wider Catholic Church, at one or both of the following events on Tuesday, April 23:

• Faculty Fishbowl Conversation & Lunch
  12:30 p.m.–1:45 p.m. | Student Center 210
  RSVP requested for lunch: missionintegration@seattleu.edu
  
  
• Public Event and Discussion
  4:30–5:45 p.m. | Le Roux Conference Center (STCN 160)

Each event will include an interdisciplinary conversation with faculty colleagues: 

• Michael Jaycox, PhD, Associate Professor, Theology and Religious Studies Department
• Jodi O’Brien, PhD, Vice Provost for Faculty Affairs and Professor, Sociology Department
• Lucas Sharma, S.J., PhD Student, Sociology Department, UCSD, Seattle University Trustee, and ICTC Advisory Board Member