Christian Summer University on Social Justice
Building the Common Good
For five years now, the collective Bâtir le Bien Commun, in partnership with the Centre Avec, has been inviting you to reflect on an emancipatory Christian path — a critical and fervent path, where we take to the streets out of friendship for God, where we tax the rich to save their souls, and where class, race and gender no longer determine who gets a seat at the feast.
The Christian Summer University on Social Justice is a time of reflection, prayer and conviviality. For three days, we explore the links between theology and liberation, we gather in the rhythm of the Liturgy of the Hours, and we share the same (vegetarian) table to experience the joy of being together.
Programme
For this anniversary edition, the usual weekend on a single site gives way to a rebirth across three different locations:
- Friday 10 July, from 6 p.m. to 11 p.m., we will celebrate at Le Nomade (203 Chaussée de Wavre, 1050 Ixelles).
- Saturday 11 July, from 8 a.m. to 9:30 p.m., we will gather at Cîmes et Racines (1 Allée de Clerlande, 1340 Ottignies).
- Sunday 12 July, from 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., we will come together at the House of Compassion (2062 Place du Béguinage, 1000 Brussels).
Themes
Spiritual resistance to the far right, anti‑nationalist Christianity, women and the Church, Christian ecospirituality, theology and homosexuality, Christian trade unionism, feminism and Catholicism, understanding institutional violence, ecumenism, and more.
Speakers
Lucie de Cock, Myriam Tonus, Christine Pedotti, Nathalie Grandjean, Pierre‑Paul Renders, Devenir Un en Christ, Vincent Spronck, Nicolas Van Nuffel, Jérôme Clément‑Wilz, and many others. The full programme will be available soon.
A semi‑final programme is available at the following link.
More information: https://www.batirlebiencommun.com/
