This spring we link two very different and yet very similar works for our reading group. First, a collection of essays by Los Angeles Catholic Worker activist Jeff Dietrich called “Broken and Shared: Food, Dignity, and the Poor on Los Angeles Skid Row.” Dietrich has worked with the homeless poor on Skid Row in Los Angeles for more than 45 years. He has served more than 40 jail sentences for acts of civil disobedience. Dietrich will join us to discuss his book and his perspective from a long life of service to the poor. The second reading will be Shakespeare’s profound play “King Lear,” supplemented with a small book and CD, “In Possession of Shakespeare: Writing Into Nothing.” The discussion will be led by Theresia de Vroom, professor of English and director of the Marymount Institute for Faith, Culture and the Arts. The theme for the reading group will be the radical challenge to service, mission, and Catholicism presented by the most destitute of members of our society – Jesus’ own lepers, prostitutes, and outcasts. How do we help? How do they redeem us?
The meetings will take place on Feb. 14, March 21 and April 18 from noon to 2 p.m. at the Marymount Center, University Hall. Lunch will be served and reading materials will be provided ahead of time to all confirmed participants.
Wednesday, Feb. 14
Noon
Gailhac Community Lounge, Marymount Center (University Hall)
Registration is required for this reading group by Friday, Jan. 26, 2018. Spaces are limited.
For more information, please contact Emilou Reyes acti@lmu.edu
