Gathering 2025: If you can't make it to Chicago, join us online!
Chicago - July 10-12.
Hope Does Not Disappoint:
Wrestling with God in a Groaning Creation
Gathering 2025
Hope Does Not Disappoint: Wrestling with God in a Groaning Creation
If you can't join us in person, you can join us online for the plenaries and worship services, as well as zoom discussion. You will also have first access to the recordings from these services if you choose to watch later.
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If you have already registered, thank you!
We invite you to join us as we return to Chicago for our annual Gathering.
Dates: Thursday, July 10 - Saturday, July 12, 2025
The Gathering begins Thursday with registration in the morning and lunch at noon. The closing worship service and announcements will end Saturday at around noon.
Location: Catholic Theological Union, 5416 S Cornell Ave, Chicago, IL 60615
Our Plenary Speakers this year are Ruth Padilla DeBorst, Stan Chu Ilo, and Terry LeBlanc. Find out more about them on the Gathering page.
Theme
Building on last year’s Gathering Bearing Witness to Grief: Climate Collapse, Resistance, and Grounded Hope, the 2025 Gathering will explore questions surrounding grief and hope:
What is a theological account of hope?
How are grief and hope related and what role does lament play in holding these together?
How do we account for the pain of God’s silence and apparent inaction?
Where and how are Christians concretely experiencing and enacting hope flowing from the “Christ pattern”—death and resurrection—at work in their lives?
Learn more about our theme on the Gathering page.
Worship, Prayer & Conversation
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