Join Bishop Barron at Evangelisation & Culture Conference on The Bible

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To proclaim Christ in the culture, we must know Christ; and to know Christ, we must know Scripture. As St Jerome observed, "Ignorance of the Scriptures is ignorance of Christ."

But in order to uncover the spiritual and theological meaning of the Bible, we need to take a genuinely Catholic approach: reading it within the context of the great and beautiful chorus of voices from across the centuries of the Church's tradition.

Join us in London on 21 - 22 February for Word on Fire Ministries' first-ever conference on the Bible.

Speakers will be:

Bishop Robert Barron, Bishop of the Diocese of Winona-Rochester (Minnesota) and Founder of Word on Fire Catholic Ministries. He served as the Rector/President of Mundelein Seminary / University of St Mary of the Lake from 2012 until 2015. On July 21, 2015, Pope Francis appointed Bishop Barron to be Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of Los Angeles. He was ordained bishop on September 8, 2015. On Thursday, June 2, 2022, Pope Francis appointed Bishop Barron the ninth bishop of the Diocese of Winona-Rochester.

Professor Tracey Rowland. She holds the St John Paul II Chair of Theology at the University of Notre Dame (Australia) and was a member of the ninth International Theological Commission. She is the English sub-editor of a forthcoming Ratzinger Lexicon. Her academic work bridges the gap between rigorous theological analysis and the spiritual and pastoral needs of the Church. Professor Rowland has the ability to communicate complex theological ideas in a way that is both accessible and deeply rooted in the Catholic tradition

Professor NT Wright, Bishop of Durham (Church of England) 2003-2010, and Research Professor Emeritus of New Testament and Early Christianity at the University of St Andrews and Senior Research Fellow at Wycliffe Hall, Oxford.

Justin Brierley, former host of the Unbelievable? podcast and the co-host of the Re-Enchanting podcast from Seen & Unseen. He is the author of The Surprising Rebirth of Belief in God and the host of a podcast documentary series of the same name, documenting the renewed interest in the question of God among secular thinkers.

Dr Matthew Petrusek, Senior Director of the Word on Fire Institute and its Professor of Catholic Ethics. He has authored/edited several books, including Evangelization and Ideology: How to Understand and Respond to the Political Culture; Jordan Peterson, God, and Christianity: The Search for a Meaningful Life; Ethics and Advocacy: Bridges and Boundaries; and Value and Vulnerability: An Interfaith Dialogue on Human Dignity. Petrusek lectures broadly in both English and Spanish on moral philosophy/theology, politics, social issues, and the Catholic intellectual tradition.

Brenden Thompson, UK Programme Director for Word on Fire, Lead Coordinator of Catholic Voices, and a Trustee of the Bible Society. Brenden studied theology and religious studies at St Mary's University, Twickenham, before going on to do a master's degree in applied theology at Oxford University and is a Teaching Fellow of the Word on Fire Institute. Having made multiple appearances on television and radio, including on the BBC, Sky News, and Al Jazeera, Brenden also speaks to thousands of people every year about the Gospel with joy and enthusiasm and trains others in how to share the Christian faith with charity and clarity.

Haley Stewart. Editor of Word on Fire Votive. She hosts the Votive Podcast from Word on Fire and is author of The Grace of Enough, Jane Austen's Genius Guide to Life, and a series for young readers titled The Sister Seraphina Mysteries.

For more information and booking see: https://events.wordonfire.org/the-bible-event#checkout