Embracing Racial Justice as Spiritual Practice

We often imagine antiracism as all about the intellect and action; about learning something and doing something. And so it is. But, as James Baldwin teaches us, there is also a profound "death of the heart" that must be addressed if we hope to dismantle racism, colonialism, and all the other -isms that plague or broken world. This retreat invites us into reverent silence to cultivate racial justice as a spiritual practice, so that we may then go forth to build a more just future.

About Matthew Cressler, PhD

Matthew J. Cressler, Ph.D. is a scholar of religion, race, and culture. He is the author of Authentically Black and Truly Catholic: The Rise of Black Catholicism in the Great Migrations and creator of Bad Catholics, Good Trouble, an educational webcomic series that brings to life true stories of Catholic injustice and the ordinary people of faith who confront white supremacy and colonial violence in their communities. Together with Adelle Banks, he won a Wilbur Award from the Religion Communicators Council for the Religion News Service series “Beyond the Most Segregated Hour.”

Weekend Ignatian Retreat: Journey to Justice