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Every Sunday at 10 am

Each week, guest speakers from a variety of backgrounds and disciplines join the Reverend Peter Thompson and other St. Bart's clergy for deep and insightful conversations about topics that matter to our lives as responsible citizens and people of faith. Speakers in recent years have included winners of the Tony Award, the Emmy Award, the MacArthur Fellowship, and the Pulitzer Prize, professors from prominent universities like Yale, Harvard, Princeton, and Columbia, and journalists from New YorkThe New Yorker, and The Atlantic.

Sunday, November 24, at 10 am

Trans Justice, the Church, and Rising Authoritarianism

Aaron Scott, the Episcopal Church’s Staff Officer for Gender Justice, draws connections between escalating social and policy violence toward transgender and non-binary people and the ascendancy of White Christian Nationalism and discusses the critical role trans-affirming churches can play in the months and years to come.


Upcoming Sundays

Sunday, December 1

Communion

Matthew LaBanca discusses his autobiographical play Communion about a Roman Catholic school teacher who is fired for marrying someone of the same gender. Communion is currently playing Off-Broadway at the cell theatre (338 W 23rd Street).

Watch or listen to The Forum from previous weeks below.

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The Life and Leadership of Frances Hesselbein
11.10.24 | Articles | The Forum

The makers of the new documentary Defining Moments: The Life and Leadership of Quiet Revolutionary Frances Hesselbein pay tribute to the long-time friend of St. Bart’s who counseled military and business leaders and served as the CEO of the...

Doctor, Will You Pray for Me?
10.20.24 | Articles | The Forum

Robert Klitzman, Professor of Psychiatry and Director of the Masters of Bioethics Program at Columbia University Medical Center, discusses the role that spirituality  can play in medical care. 

Ethics at the End of Life
10.13.24 | Articles | The Forum

Liz Blackler, MBE, LCSW, Program Manager for the Ethics Committee at Memorial Sloan Kettering, looks at the ethical issues that can arise at the end of a human life.

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