Research Guides: Faith & Justice Summer Reading 2025: June Book Discussions

Wednesday, June 4th: Radical Hospitality and Welcoming the Stranger

Cornerstones: Sacred Stories of LGBTQ+ Employees in Catholic Institutions by Ish Ruiz (Editor); Mark Guevarra (Editor)
ISBN: 9780935877106
Publication Date: 2024-05-01
From the back cover:
"In 'Cornerstones: Sacred Stories of LGBTQ+ Employees in Catholic Instutions', editors Mark Guevarra and Ish Ruiz have compiled a diversity of testimonies from LGBTQ+ people who have worked in Catholic schools and parishes. These stories underscore the blessings and challenges faced by many LGBTQ+ church employees, and they protray the lives of people who answered the call to serve in the Catholic Church despite the risk of termination...these are stories of faith, dedication, and sacrifice which show how those on the margins are becoming the foundation of a renewed and vibrant church."

Marc Davidson and Dr. Pat Somers will lead the discussion at the Heble Center for Benedictine Values and on Zoom. Please read the book "Cornerstones: Sacred Stories of LGBTQ+ Employees in Catholic Institutions" edited by Ish Ruiz and Mark Guevarra to participate in the discussion.

Date of Discussion:

Wednesday, June 4th, 12:00pm CT

Hosted at the Judith Ann Heble Center for Benedictine Values and on Zoom. Email campusministry@ben.edu to register.

Ask at the Library's Circulation Desk for a print copy of the book to check out. This book is only available in print.

Wednesday, June 18th: Juneteenth Book Discussion: 12pm CST

Dr. Julie Dockery, Chief Diversity Officer, and Joy Matteson, University Librarian, will lead the book discussion entitled Holy Ground: On Activism, Environmental Justice, and Finding Hope by Catherine Coleman Flowers. You can find the ebook online through the University Library catalog, or a print copies are also available for checkout at the Circulation Desk.

Holy Ground by Catherine Coleman Flowers
Call Number: available online and in print (click the title link)
ISBN: 9781954118683
Publication Date: 2025-01-28
"Described by Bryan Stevenson as 'the center of the quest for environmental justice in America,' Catherine Coleman Flowers has dedicated her life to fighting for the most vulnerable communities--rural, poor, of color--who have been deprived of the basic civil right to a clean, safe, and sustainable environment. Both deeply personal and urgently political, the essays in Holy Ground draw on history to illuminate and contextualize the most pressing issues of this moment: from climate change to human rights, from rural poverty to reproductive justice, from the notorious history of Lowndes County, Alabama, to the broader crisis of racialized disinvestment in the South. Flowers maps the distance and direction toward justice, examining her own diverse ancestry as evidence of our interconnectedness."

Date of Discussion:

Wednesday, June 18th, 12:00pm CT

Hosted at the Judith Ann Heble Center for Benedictine Values and on Zoom. Email campusministry@ben.edu to register.

Ask at the Library's Circulation Desk for a print copy of the book to check out. This book is available in print and online as an ebook.