The entire world is impacted by what is happening under the current U.S. Government’s administration. To remain silent is to be complicit with what is happening around us. Christians must stand up for and protect the vulnerable and marginalized.
The question we are asking about the current U.S. Government’s policies is: Are we repeating this history of 1933 Germany? As preparation for this series, we invite you to watch a brief story about Dietrich Bonhoeffer: A Story of Courage and Faith.
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April 9, 2025: Webinar Introduction:
What similarities are there between Adolf Hitler’s rise and Donald Trump’s rise? How are we, as Christians, being called to act when the current U.S. administration is threatening the whole basis of freedom and justice? Open the webinar by playing Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez recorded comments to Congress.
We invite Bishop Budde, the episcopal bishop who spoke at the U.S. inaugural prayer service, as our guest.
April 23, 2025: Webinar: The rise and detrimental development of Nazism in Germany
Our guest speakers will be Max Stetter, a German Catholic priest, and Helmut Schueller, an Austrian Catholic priest, will be the guest speakers. Interviews will be conducted with people who lived through the aftermath of Nazi times.
May 7, 2025 Webinar: Courageous Opposition to Nazism
Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Cardinal Robert McElroy have been invited as guest speakers.
Notable heroes from Nazi times will be highlighted:
Max Josep Metzger, a military chaplain during World War I, became a passionate advocate for peace and reconciliation between nations after witnessing the horrors of war.
Maximilian Maria Kolbe was a Polish Catholic priest and Conventual Franciscan friar who volunteered to die in place of a man named Franciszek Gajowniczek in the German death camp of Auschwitz. Restituta Kafka was an Austrian nun and resistance fighter during the Nazi era. She worked as a head nurse at a hospital in Vienna. Her outspoken criticism of the Nazi regime and active resistance, including hanging crucifixes in patient rooms despite an explicit ban, brought her into conflict with Nazi authorities.
May 21, 2025 Webinar: Courageous Opposition in South America
You will be invited to watch the movie Romero. Roger Ebert depicts the story of Salvadoran archbishop Óscar Romero, who organized peaceful protests against the violent military regime, eventually at the cost of his own life. Frank Callus will facilitate this meeting.
With each presentation, we aim to convey precisely what is evolving in the United States under Trump’s administration. In the Hitler regime, so many said afterward: “We didn’t know. . .” our objective is to be a wakeup call to Americans. Pay attention to what is happening right in front of you.
We don’t want Trump’s term ending in four years with an irreversible oligarchy established and Americans saying, “We didn’t know….” Christians are called to stand up to injustices and speak out against them. Join us to learn more in this series.