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COVID-19 updates and Fall Plans for WTC schools (July 23, 2020)

An update of news we have from various WTC schools about their classes and future plans in response to the current COVID-19 health crisis:

Byzantine Catholic Seminary online courses continue through the summer.  Seminarians return for in class coursework Aug. 19, Andy BYZANTINE ONLINE courses (for WTC students) begin August 24. For schedule…

Welcome to New Member of the Consortium: Museum of the Bible

The Washington Theological Consortium Board of Trustees voted to receive the Museum of the Bible (MOTB) in Washington, DC as the newest Consortium member as of July 1, 2020. Along with Associate and Affiliate members of the Consortium, MOTB will enhance Consortium and member school programs under a new category…

A Kairos Moment in History? Join this Work...

We are at a tipping point in history that can become a kairos moment filled with divine purpose and change. In light of the global pandemic and the growing cries for racial justice filling U.S.  streets, I find myself turning more and more to prayers that imparts the humility of faith…

Consortium and its Members Engage Racial Justice Struggle

Recent statements and resources bespeak commitments to anti-racism work

The Council of Deans of the Washington Theological Consortium will hold a Faculties’ Convocation this fall on “Toward Anti Racist Theology and Practice: Transforming our Teaching.” This is a theological and practical engagement in the critique and re-framing of theological education to engage white privilege and supremacy head on, and…

Faith Groups Also Demonstrate for Racial Justice

Faith groups around the nation are gathering to demonstrate for racial justice in our criminal justice system, and for a nation-wide action to fight systemic racism on every front.  Today, as I went to the Consortium office at Theological College in D.C. I met a group of Catholic demonstrators, including…