Nun, Expert on Church and Culture to Lecture on Church Abuse Crisis at Holy Cross

WORCESTER, Mass. – Sister Katarina Schuth, OSF, of the University of St. Thomas, St. Paul, Minn., will deliver a lecture titled "Seminaries and the Future of Ministry," on Wednesday, April 2 at 7:30 p.m. in the Rehm Library. The lecture is free and open to the public.

A member of the Sisters of St. Francis, Rochester, Minn. since 1960, Sister Schuth currently holds the Endowed Chair for the Social Scientific Study of Religion at the Saint Paul Seminary School of Divinity at the University of St. Thomas. Her primary research interests are Catholic theological education and the relationship between the Church and American culture.

She is the author of two books including Seminaries, Theologates, and the Future of Church Ministry: An Analysis of Trends and Transitions, for which she was awarded the 2000 Catholic Press Association Book Award.

A charter member of the Catholic Common Ground Initiative, Sister Schuth earned her B.A. from the College of St. Teresa, her M.T.S. and S.T.L. from Weston Jesuit School of Theology, and her M.A. and Ph.D. in cultural geography from Syracuse University.

Sponsored by the College's Center for Religion, Ethics and Culture, this lecture is part of "Beyond Brokenness: Healing, Renewal and the Church," a yearlong series of discussions regarding the renewal and reform of the Church, taking place at Holy Cross. The events scheduled as part of the series are designed to enhance understanding of the problems that have emerged as a result of the ongoing sexual abuse crisis, and to engage in meaningful reflection on them.