Joyous progressive Catholics--scholarships available!

The Call to Action national conference is November 4-6 in Milwaukee.
Thousands of Catholic laity, priests and religious will converge to pray, worship, meet, learn about social justice issues, hear about the experiences of women and minorities in the Church, talk about the ways we are working to make the Church better, and hear from a large proportion of the most important thinkers in the Church today. You can do the conference straight-up theology brain brain-y, which I may do, or you can learn about things like centering prayer and see performances of drama and film related to the modern Church for a more relaxing weekend. Who will be there? Sweatshop activist Chie Abad. Angela Bonavoglia, author of Good Catholic Girls: How Women are Leading the Fight to Change the Church. Super-priest pundit and author Donald Cozzens. Awesome modern saint, activist and mystic Edwina Gateley. Fortunate Families, a ministry to the families of gay and lesbian Catholics. Preeminent feminist theologian Rosemary Radford Ruether. Charles Curran, a deeply faithful moral theologian banned by the Vatican from teaching in Catholic institutions. Brilliant and spunky Catholic blogger Theologienne (in a mainly nonprofessional capacity.) Call to Action has scholarships to help young people--ages 18-42--make it there and anyone can exchange volunteer work for a conference entry fee. You are welcomed to come and be amazed. Will you?