Teresa of Avila was a Spanish mystic who surprisingly had a lot to say in the 16th century that might be helpful for today's survivors. She argued that we are all created as beautiful, and nothing that anyone can do to us can diminish our soul's expansive beauty. She argued that we don't have to be fully healed or whole to be worthy of love. And, she argued that we are most ourselves when we are free to participate in a supportive and egalitarian community of friends. In this presentation, theologian Dr. Julia Feder will offer Teresa of Avila as a "Saint for Survivors.”
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Julia Feder, Ph.D. is a Catholic feminist theologian who troubles the sanctification of human suffering. She is the assistant director of the Center for the Study of Spirituality and associate professor of religious studies and theology at Saint Mary’s College in Notre Dame, IN. Previously, she was an associate professor of theology at Creighton University and a postdoctoral research fellow at the Center for Theology, Science, and Human Flourishing at the University of Notre Dame. She is the author of Incarnating Grace: A Theology of Healing from Sexual Trauma and co-principal investigator of “Just One Jesuit: Communities’ Accounts of the Effects of Clergy Abuse Through the Lens of a Singular Priest’s Mission Activities,” a grant from Fordham University’s “Taking Responsibility Project.” In all things, she is devoted to exploring practices of radical community and homemaking.
For more information contact Paula Kaempffer, Coordinator for Restorative Practices and Survivor Support for the Archdiocese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis: [email protected].