Host: All Dulles Area Muslim Society, Ashburn

Topic: Catholic Social Teaching and the Pope Francis Phenomenon

In this BRIDGES luncheon session we will discuss the seven principles of Catholic Social Teaching then join in conversation about how Francis has impacted you, your faith community, society at large. And we'll talk about what we can take from what and how he is doing things to make our community more inclusive and compassionate.

With Special Speaker: Kurt Aschermann is a Companion at Our Lady of the Holy Cross Cistercian Abbey in Berryville and the founder of followHim a small intentional community centered on understanding what Jesus calls Christians to and how they are to live that call in a difficult world.