​In 2019, the Aquinas Center started a series of educational events centered around knowledge of the complex facets that led to our current abuse crisis and what we can do as lay leaders to make a positive impact for the future of the Catholic Church.   This series is entitled “What’s Next?”.
Upcoming "What's Next?" Events
​Webinar Event
Title: Parish Life, Pandemics, and the People of God: Coming Home to a Place We've Never Been Before
Speaker: Susan Reynolds, Ph.D. , Assistant Professor of Catholic Studies at Candler School of Theology
Date: January 13, 2021, 7:00pm
Past "What's Next?" Events
The Aquinas Center provides conversation guides to accompany these videos, which can be used for Adult Faith Formation.
September 2020 - Fr. Dan Horan, OFM

Title: ​Empowered by the Spirit: Sketching Next Steps in Church Renewal, Lay Leadership, and the Rejection of Clericalism
March 2020 - Dr. Natalia Imperatori-Lee

Title: Learning from #metoo/#churchtoo: Intersectionality, Solidarity, and the Catholic Church
January 2020 - Thomas Doyle

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Title: Canon Law and Lay Involvement in Church Governance
October 2019 - Kerry Robinson

Title: Co-Responsibility in Church Management: A New Culture of Leadership
Octubre del 2019 - Dr. Hosffman Ospino

Título: ¿Qué Sigue?
September 2019 - Dr. Richard Gaillardetz

Title: Inverting the Pyramid: Re-Imagining the Role of the Laity in Today's Church
 April 2019 – Panel Discussion on Sex Abuse Crisis
Title: Dialogue on a Church in Crisis
February 2019 – Fr. Gerard McGlone, SJ

​Title: Sex Abuse Crisis: Fact, Fiction, Future