Peter Denio (right) facilitated an interview with Cesar DaGama, who shared his
expeirence as an undocumented worker in the United States for 20 years before
receiving his working papers.
COMMON GROUND AT A GLANCE
Catholic Common Ground Initiative begun by the late Cardinal Joseph Bernardin, found its home at the NPLC. Its purpose is to promote dialogue among church leaders on issues that often divide the church in the United States. It was inaugurated with the release of a statement, Called to Be Catholic: Church in a Time of Peril, in 1996.
It originated in a concern that unnecessarily polarizing differences among church leaders and members hinder efforts to build the church community and to carry out its mission. The statement proposes working principles for dialogue within the church and expresses the conviction that dialogue will transform those who engage in it as well as strengthen the church for its mission in the new millennium. The Initiative convenes the Annual Cardinal Bernardin Conference and an Annual Monsignor Murnion Lecture on a topic of vital pastoral interest.
CONTACT COMMON GROUND
Staff:
Peter Denio, Director of Catholic Common Ground Initiative
Aida Rodriguez, Adminstrative Assistant
E-mail:
Phone: (212) 431-7825
Fax: (212) 274-9786
Catholic Common Ground Initiative
18 Bleecker Street
New York, NY 10012
