Eucharist: Sacrament of Unity, Dinner of Division? (Via Zoom)

October 28, 6:30pm-8:00pm (Central Time)

$15 preregistered/prepaid.

Registration Deadline: October 26 (A link will be sent to you one day prior to the event).

This event is co-sponsored by Pax Christi Parish.

Jesus scandalized his contemporaries by eating with anyone and everyone during his earthly ministry. However, the practice of the post-resurrection Church generally has been to guard the Eucharist carefully, reserving what is holy for people deemed holy. If the Body of Christ is both on the table and gathered at the table when Catholics celebrate the Eucharist, how can we pray that all might be united in Christ while decisions about who is welcome to share fully in the feast seem to promote divisions within this same Body? This presentation will consider communion practices in historical and contemporary perspective and how they relate to a Eucharistic spirituality that aims for consistency between believing, behaving, and belonging.

Anne McGowan is Assistant Professor of Liturgy at Catholic Theological Union in Chicago, IL, where she teaches courses on liturgy and sacraments including the Eucharist. She previously taught at the Yale Institute of Sacred Music, The University of Notre Dame and St. John’s School of Theology and Seminary. She is married and has two children.

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