The Crisis of Connection: Strengthening Faith and Relationships

This Salt and Light Gathering is for young Catholics and others to come together to explore key issues and personal stories involving faith and public life with respected leaders.

How can we navigate this crisis of connection to live with faith, hope, purpose, and meaning? How can we resist the cultural trends of detachment and isolation to foster genuine relationships in our personal lives? How can we build community and live out principles of human dignity and solidarity to repair divisions between young men and women?

This Salt and Light Gathering for young adults will bring together four leaders to understand this generational crisis of connection and how young people can cultivate authentic community and live faithfully, act on our beliefs, and encounter one another, leading to participation rather than isolation.

Christopher White, associate director of the Initiative on Catholic Social Thought and Public Life, will moderate the conversation.

This gathering will have three parts:

6:00 – 7:00 p.m. | Happy Hour
Meet and network with other young leaders over food and drink

7:00 – 8:00 p.m. | Dialogue
A conversation on “The Crisis of Connection: Strengthening Faith and Relationships” with four leaders

8:00 – 9:00 p.m. | Reception
Continue the conversation with other young leaders

Recording and Accessibility​

For those who cannot join us in person, the dialogue will be livestreamed, starting at 7:00 p.m. EDT, and posted online for later viewing.

All in-person accommodation requests should be sent to cathsocialthought@georgetown.edu by Friday, April 17. A good-faith effort will be made to fulfill requests.