Put Out into the Deep
March 12 2025
Hello, and welcome to the Put Out into the Deep, the newsletter of Building Catholic Futures. Today, more upcoming events, and a short reflection on Lent and accompaniment.
Mission Week Boston:
We are preparing to share BCF's mission and insights at a series of events in Boston. So if you are in the Boston area, please join us! Or if you have friends there who would benefit from attending a live event or two, please forward this email to them and extend an invitation.
On Monday, March 17 from 7:00 – 9:00 PM the Without Exception Network will host Eve at an event for Catholic educators. Eve will be sharing insights from BCF’s work on “Why Catholic Schools Keep Fighting Over LGBT+ Questions,” and suggest some paths to finding common ground and serving all students. Registration is required.
On Tuesday, March 18 from 7:00 – 8:30 PM the Archdiocese of Boston is sponsoring a facilitated discussion for Catholic parents whose children identify as LGBT, which Eve will lead. This event will take place at the Sullivan Center at St. Camillus in Arlington, MA. For more information and to pre-register (not required but encouraged):
On Wednesday, March 19, Eve's topic is
“Gay and Catholic:
Stories of Conversion and Vocation”
...at St. Leonard of Port Maurice (320 Hanover St). The talk, followed by Q&A, will begin at 7pm, immediately after the usual weekly Adoration and Confession.
If you have any questions, send them to [email protected] . And please do share these events with anyone you know who may be interested!
He Sent Them Ahead of Him in Pairs
Love, care, and relationship: these characterize the inner life of the Trinitarian God, and they characterize the life of faith as well. The more we seek to understand Scripture and Christian history, the more our imaginations expand beyond the forms of love and companionship we find easiest to recognize today.
As we journey into the desert of Lenten sacrifice, we are befriended and beloved by Christ—and accompanied by “a cloud of witnesses” who themselves were not sent out alone. Ruth went to a new land and became part of a new people at the side of her beloved mother-in-law Naomi. The Twelve Apostles (Mark 6) and the first 72 disciples (Luke 10) were sent out in pairs to spread the Good News. Pilgrims, historically, often traveled with a beloved fellow pilgrim. Even hermits often had a hermit friend (yes… you can be double hermits), praying in solitude and yet together.
Who are you called to accompany into the desert? Whether you go with many, with one other pilgrim, or with Jesus as your ever-faithful Friend, know that you do not make this journey alone.
Your Prayers and Ours
For the health of the Holy Father.
And BCF asks that you continue praying that the Holy Spirit will guide our work in Boston.
Eve and Keith