Sr. Gill Goulding, CJ is having a busy summer! Amidst all the exigencies of doctoral and masters students, she has also been in Portugal working with other Fordham Research Fellows on the project “Taking Responsibility: Restorative Practices”. From Portugal, Sr. Gill flew to Rome to make a presentation on Theological Foundations for Governance for the bi-annual gathering of Presidents and Moderators of Ecclesial movements and Associations organized by the Dicastery for Laity, Family and Life. After her presentation, Pope Leo gave an address and Sr. Gill was privileged to meet him at the end of the morning and give him a copy of her latest book, ‘The Theological Imperative Informing Safeguarding: An Icon of the Child in Our Midst’. The photograph was taken as she gave the Holy Father a copy.
Following a week in the US undertaking supervision for priests involved in giving a retreat to seminarians at the Institute for Priestly Formation, Sr. Gill returned to Rome for three other conferences: the International Safeguarding Conference, a conference on Trinitarian Ontology organized by one of the Pontifical universities and the European Academy for Religion where she looks forward to joining RSM faculty and students. Sr. Gill is much looking forward to some holiday time in July!