Call to Action Upstate Presents:

A Thruway Tour

Catholic Culture Wars

Featuring Michael Sean Winters

Michael Sean Winters is a journalist with the National Catholic Reporter covering politics and events in the Roman Catholic Church. He is the author of Left at the Altar: How Democrats Lost the Catholics and How Catholics Can Save the Democrats. His biography of the Rev. Jerry Falwell, God’s Right Hand: How Jerry Falwell Made God a Republican and Baptized the American Right was published in January 2012 to critical acclaim. Winters also reports on the U.S Church for the London-based Catholic weekly the Tablet.

About the Thruway Tour:

Culture Wars have distorted the Catholic intellectual and moral tradition of the Church. Winters will address the following topics:

· Achieving a balance of the “common good” in our divided society.

· The American tendency to reduce religion to ethics and politics and how that adds fuel to the fire of culture wars.

· Protecting ourselves and our Church from the distortions of Culture Wars.

· Becoming an inclusive church, one that listens, learns, and takes responsibility for proclaiming the Gospel.

· Questions and interactive discussion to follow. Image found at https://shop.catholic.com/catholics-and-the-culture-war/

Date	Time	City	Location	Contact
Sunday, May 1^st	2 pm	Albany	Upper Room Inclusive Catholic Community 431 New Kramer Rd	Dennis McDonald Deweymcd54@gmail.com
Monday, May 2^nd	7 pm	Syracuse	All Saints Church 1340 Lancaster Ave	Parish Office 315 472 9934 ext 4
Tuesday, May 3^rd	7 pm	Binghamton	St Francis of Assisi 1049 Chenango St	Fr. Tim Taugher 607 722 4388
Wednesday, May 4^th	7 pm	Rochester	Nazareth College Shults Center Forum 4235 East Ave	Jamie Fazio 585 389 2308 Jfazio1@naz.edu
Thursday, May 5^th	7 pm	Buffalo	Newman Center at UB North 495 Skinnersville Road Amherst	Mike Toner 716 636 1533 (landline)