Lived Catholicism Online Conference 2-3rd December 2025

The first two Lived Catholicism conferences opened up some of the pressing questions for the Catholic Church today: how to manage the tension between innovation and tradition;  how to take seriously prophetic and paradoxical voices from the edges of our community; and how to make visible the complexities of power and powerlessness at all levels.  Many of these questions are now being raised by the synod process, but remain underexplored. 

We are inviting short papers and poster presentations from across the disciplines, including practical theology, organisational studies, ecclesiology, sociology/anthropology, cultural studies/theory of change, community organising, ecclesial ethics, history of Catholicism, spirituality.  

There will be two kinds of presentation:

• 15-minute papers, given live.
• Pop-up Podium: 5-minute poster presentations, pre-recorded on video.

 Confirmed speakers include:

• Tricia Bruce
• Agbonkhianmeghe E. Orobator SJ
• Estela Padilla

For more details, please see the attached pdf, or visit our website at https://livedcatholicism.org/

Proposals can be submitted at this form by the 1 October 2025: https://forms.cloud.microsoft/e/a6wq368yM6

Register to attend at: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1433579618229?aff=oddtdtcreator

Please do share the details of this conference with anyone who may be interested.

Lived Catholicism 2025 is a project of the Centre for Catholic Studies at Durham University, and the Nanovic Institute of the University of Notre Dame