Videos

  • 2019 Conference: Creating a Just Church — Grassroots Panel Discussion

    VOTF President Mary Pat Fox moderates Grass Roots Panel Discussion with (left to right) Tom Beecher, Buffalo, New York; Susan Vogt and Jan Seidal, Cincinnati, Ohio; and Kathleen Coogan, Washington, D.C. Panel members present their faith communities’ responses to clergy sexual abuse and cover-ups and diocesan financial malfeasance.

  • 2019 Conference: Creating a Just Church — Fr. Richard Lennan Presentation

    Fr. Richard Lennan, professor of theology at Boston College, presents a summary of “To Serve the People of God: Renewing the Conversation on Priesthood and Ministry,” which is the product of a 2-year seminar on “Priesthood and Ministry for the Contemporary Church” at Boston College.

  • 2019 Conference: Creating a Just Church — Welcome & Opening Prayer

    Voice of the Faithful President Mary Pat Fox opens VOTF’s 2019 Conference: Creating a Just Church. She is followed immediately by Jayne O’Donnell, former VOTF Trustee and co-facilitator of VOTF’s Broken Vessel™ Healing Circle program, who leads conference attendees in an opening prayer.

  • 2019 Conference: Creating a Just Church — Fr. Richard Lennan Q&A

  • 2019 Conference: Creating a Just Church — Child Protection Working Group Presentation

    Patricia Gomez, VOTF trustee and chair of VOTF’s Protection of Children Working Group, presents an exciting plan for a Task Force that will monitor the transparency of each U.S. diocese’s child protection protocols, as well as encourage grassroots initiatives to ensure safety in each parish.

  • 2019 Conference: Creating a Just Church — Char Rivette Presentation

    Char Rivette, Executive Director of the Chicago Children’s Advocacy Center, speaks to the audience about the role ChicagoCAC exercises in helping childhood victims of abuse, as well as prevention initiatives.

  • 2019 Conference: Creating a Just Church — Anne Burke & Char Rivette Presentations Q&A

  • 2019 Conference: Creating a Just Church — Finance Working Group 2019 Diocesan Online Financial Transparency Report Presentation

    Margaret Roylance, VOTF trustee and chair of VOTF’s Finance Working Group, gives a detailed and insightful summary of VOTF’s 2019 Diocesan Survey on Financial Transparency.

  • 2019 Conference: Creating a Just Church — Anne Burke Presentation

    Illinois Supreme Court Chief Justice Anne Burke reflects on her experience with the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ National Review Board as chair from 2002 until 2004. Justice Burke says she has lost confidence in the Catholic bishops ability to hold themselves accountable.

  • Prof. Massimo Faggioli, Ph.D., addresses VOTF 2018 Conference

    2018 VOTF Conference: Prof. Massimo Faggioli from Voice of the Faithful on Vimeo.

  • Prof. Bill Clark, S.J., S.T.D., addresses VOTF 2018 Conference

    VOTF 2018 Conference: Prof. Bill Clark, S.J., S.T.D. from Voice of the Faithful on Vimeo.

  • VOTF President Mary Pat Fox Introduces VOTF 2018 Conference

    2018 VOTF Conference: Mary Pat Fox from Voice of the Faithful on Vimeo.

  • VOTF Trustee Margaret Roylance presents VOTF 2018 Conference with results of 2018 Online Diocesan Financial Transparency Study

    VOTF 2018 Conference: Margaret Roylance on Financial Transparency from Voice of the Faithful on Vimeo.

  • Where Are “U” in Our Catholic Ch^rch

    Catholic Chrch from Voice of the Faithful on Vimeo.

  • Storytelling for Healing