SESSION 5 | Communicating Faith and Hope when the Going gets Tough

Signis Monday 17

SESSION 5
15.15 – 16.30 : Room 2320

Communicating Faith and Hope when the Going gets Tough
Our faith in God is easier when everything is going well. But what about the times in our lives when it is challenged, undermined and threatened by the things that happens to us, or those we love? This critical session will help put words around what we can communicate as we invite our sisters and brothers to hold on to a God who walks with us in “shadow of death” and the “valley of tears.”

Communiquer la foi et l’espérance en temps de crise
Il est plus facile de croire en Dieu lorsque tout va bien. Mais que faire quand notre foi est mise à l’épreuve, affaiblie et menacée par les choses qui nous arrive, ou à ceux que l’on aime ? Cette session importante aide à trouver les mots justes pour inviter nos sœurs et nos frères à s’ accrocher à un Dieu qui marche avec nous dans « l’ ombre de la mort » et la « vallée des larmes ».

Comunicar la fe y la esperanza cuando las cosas se ponen difíciles
Nuestra fe en Dios es fácil cuando todo va bien. Pero ¿qué pasa durante esos momentos de nuestra vida en que somos desafiados, envilecidos y amenazados por las cosas que nos suceden o, incluso, por aquellos a quienes amamos? Esta sesión ayudará a encontrar palabras para intentar comunicarnos en esos momentos críticos y para invitar a nuestras hermanas y hermanos a aferrarse a un Dios que camina a nuestro lado en esta “sombra de muerte“, en este “valle de lágrimas“.

Chair: Frank Frost (USA),
Vice President SIGNIS

Speaker: Fr Richard Leonard, SJ (Australia)
Director Australian Catholic Office for Film & Broadcasting

Fr Richard Leonard has degrees in arts and education, as well as a Master’s degree in theology. He is an Honorary Fellow of the Australian Catholic University and has been a visiting scholar within the School of Theatre, Film & Television at UCLA and a Visiting Professor of Communications at the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome. He is the author of many books including Where the Hell is God? which has become an international bestselling religious title.