Call to Action keynote speaker addresses grace on the margins

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Nov. 09, 2011
By Zoe Ryan

Ten years ago, Jamie Manson was just a young attendee at her first national conference of Call To Action, a Catholic church reform group. This Nov. 4, she was a keynote speaker, kicking off the weekend to rousing applause.

Manson brought to light for young and old something some didn't know existed: the church among people, the church on the margins.

"If we continue to think creatively outside of the institutional church, we will discover the myriad ways that we are already church -- in our work, in our families, in our volunteering, in our communities," she said. "We must discover all of the ways in which we bring the very life of God into our world. We must discover all of the ways that we are doing the traditional work of the church, even if it is well outside the walls of the institution."

Older attendees commented on the higher number of young people in attendance at this year’s Call to Action conference and how good it was "to see a young person speak." Call to Action hosts a national conference the first weekend in November every year.

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