Breaking Bread from House to House: Dinner and Conversation About Care for Orphaned and Vulnerable Children
Breaking Bread is a shared meal with table fellowship and conversation about ways to care for orphaned and vulnerable children. A one-time shared ritual meal, Breaking Bread creates space for community reflection and discussion, giving everyone at the table a chance to imagine what it means to care for children who have lost – or are at risk of losing – family care. The conversation includes facilitated discussion questions, quotations from spiritual and social justice traditions, and images to encourage deep conversation about ethics, values, policies, and actions.
This event is co-sponsored by the Collaborative on Global Children’s Issues; Walsh School of Foreign Service; Center for Child and Human Development; Center for Social Justice Research, Teaching and Service; Global Human Development Program; Global Health Institute; Office of Mission and Ministry; Global Culture of Safeguarding Program, Georgetown University; Berkley Center for Religion, Peace, and World Affairs; Georgetown Jesuit Community; and Laboratory for Global Performance and Politics at Georgetown University in partnership with Catholic Relief Services and Helping Children Worldwide. It is part of the Children in a World of Challenges Workshop series.
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Laura Horvath is the director of programs and global engagement at Helping Children Worldwide (HCW) and co-host of the Optimistic Voices podcast. Prior to joining HCW in 2014, Horvath was an active volunteer for the organization for more than a decade. She brings an in-depth knowledge and a deep passion for global child welfare, public health, ethical missions, sustainable community-led development, and education to HCW’s work. Laura has an Ed.D. in curriculum and instruction from George Washington University.
Mary Beth Iduh is a senior program manager at Catholic Relief Services (CRS) who brings more than 17 years of Catholic international development experience to her role. Since joining CRS in 2008, she has worked on child-focused issues in Africa and South America and on deepening global solidarity within the U.S. Catholic community. She has an undergraduate degree in psychology from the University of Notre Dame and dual master’s degrees in pastoral ministry and global macro social work from Boston College.
Rev. Gerard J. McGlone, S.J., is a senior research fellow at Georgetown University’s Berkley Center for Religion, Peace, and World Affairs and leads the Global Culture of Safeguarding Program, Georgetown University. He has written several award-winning books and articles and has been at the forefront in designing, researching, and implementing evidenced-based formation programming on healthy celibacy and integrated healthy sexuality within the Catholic Church. He is also the lead author of several nationally acclaimed sexual abuse prevention programs.