{"id":7020,"date":"2026-07-31T13:20:53","date_gmt":"2026-07-31T13:20:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/iacs\/?page_id=7020"},"modified":"2026-08-05T16:36:40","modified_gmt":"2026-08-05T16:36:40","slug":"participation-dignity-elections","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/iacs\/participation-dignity-elections\/","title":{"rendered":"Participation | Dignity | Elections"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--rich-text \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--rich-text\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n      \n<div class=\"f--field f--wysiwyg\">\n\n    \n  <style>.cc--hero-basic-with-link{display:none;}h1,h3{color:#990000;}.spacer{width:100%;height:20px;}.btn-arrow:hover span:last-child{opacity:0.7;}.breakout-hero{margin: 0; padding: 0; text-align: center; width: 100vw; position: relative; left: 50%; right: 50%; margin-left: -50vw; margin-right: -50vw; top: -2.5rem; max-width: none; display: block;} @media screen and (max-width: 690px) { .breakout-hero{top: 0;}}<\/style>\n<p class=\"breakout-hero\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/iacs\/2023\/10\/11\/event\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" style=\"width: 100vw; max-width: 100%; height: auto; display: block;\" src=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/iacs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/62\/2026\/07\/Landingpage-hero.webp\" alt=\"Participation, Dignity, &#038; Elections\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1338\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n\n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--rich-text \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--rich-text\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n      \n<div class=\"f--field f--wysiwyg\">\n\n    \n  <h1 style=\"text-align: center;\">Participation | Dignity | Elections<\/h1>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">A Virtual Catholic Theological Conference<\/h3>\n<div class=\"spacer\"\/><\/div>\n<div style=\"width:100%; border-bottom: 0.0625rem solid #CCC;margin:10px 0;\"\/><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center; font-size:1.5em;\"><strong>Wednesday September 16th<br \/>&amp;<br \/>\nThursday September 17th <\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">4pm-6:30pmPT | 7pm-9:30pmET<\/p>\n<div style=\"width:100%; border-bottom: 0.0625rem solid #CCC;margin:10px 0;\"\/><\/div>\n<div class=\"spacer\"\/><\/div>\n<p>Catholic teaching does not baptize any\u00a0<i>particular model<\/i>\u00a0of democracy.\u00a0 For decades, however, Catholic teaching has embraced democratic governance as the best way of institutionalizing the core values at the heart of Catholic teaching: human dignity, religious freedom, shared public life, and the participation of all in the civic sphere.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>This Catholic embrace of democratic governance leads the Church to encourage citizens to participate fully in electoral processes, speak out for fair and transparent elections, and call people to respect electoral outcomes.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>This webinar brings responsible voices of Catholic ecclesial leaders and scholars to bear on the upcoming US elections. By understanding the current moment within a worldwide context and offering practical tools for promoting fair elections, the webinar will empower Catholic leaders\u2014homilists, liturgical ministers, teachers, as well as bishops, priests, religious, and deacons\u2014to speak faithfully and prayerfully into the polarization surrounding the upcoming elections.<\/p>\n<div class=\"spacer\"\/><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">CO-SPONSORED BY:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/iacs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/62\/2026\/08\/event-logos-0805-hi.jpg\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"spacer\"\/><\/div>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Featuring:<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Archbishop John C. Wester of the Diocese of Santa Fe<br \/>\nDr. Maria J. Stephan of Horizons Project<\/p>\n<div class=\"spacer\"\/><\/div>\n<h3><strong>Panel Topics Include:<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>The Church in a Global Context of Fragile Democracies: Brazil, Philippines, Hungary, Guatemala &amp; the US<\/li>\n<li>The Church\u2019s Evolving Relationship to Democracy: From Rejection to Embrace to Continued Imagination of New Models<\/li>\n<li>Truth through Noise: Media, AI and the Struggle for Practical Wisdom Grounded in the Faith<\/li>\n<li>The Challenge of Catholic Homiletics &amp; Leadership Amid Polarization: Empowering Parish, School and Apostolic Leaders to be both Prophetic and Reconciling.<\/li>\n<li>Voter Support as Pastoral Practice- practical strategies to help youth &amp; marginalized communities exercise their call to participation.<\/li>\n<li>Ministering amidst a Renewed Crisis of Electoral Participation: The repeal of voting rights, new targeting of immigrants and impact on Catholic communities.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"spacer\"\/><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Register below for details and to be sent further information about the webinar.<\/p>\n<div class=\"spacer\"\/><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;padding-bottom:50px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/forms\/d\/1JLDe1x_cK_O-oWQtQkvRFB1p31YgHspwAQ1-f_azw-c\/edit?ts=6a6b8d8b\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"btn-arrow\" style=\"display:inline-flex;align-items:center;gap:10px;padding:20px 20px;background:#000;color:#fff;text-decoration:none;font-size:20px;font-weight:700;line-height:1;border-radius:0px;\"><span>Register<\/span><span style=\"display:inline-block;transition:transform 0.2s ease;\">\u2192<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":944,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-7020","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.2 - 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