Our Values

Please join us on Tuesday, September 2 at 2:00PM for our 2025 Season of Creation prayer service based on the Season of Creation theme: "Peace with Creation."

October 2
Prayer at Serenity Circle (Nazareth Court & Center)
2:00PM Central  
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Sisters & Seekers is based on a national program called Nuns & Nones. Our purpose is to come together as women from diverse spiritual backgrounds and belief systems to reflect on the deeper meaning and spiritual questions of our lives in a world that is chaotic, polarized, and fear-driven.

Sisters & Seekers gatherings follow these guiding principles:

• Create safe places for relationship, dialogue, inquiry, and spiritual practice that can inform personal social action.
• Welcome mutual learning and pluralistic thought- not persuasion of belief
• Aim to root oneself in a personal spiritual foundation that can bring forth a more just and loving world, no longer dependent on systems of extraction and oppression.
• At best, grows into a supportive, welcoming and committed community
• Led by a Guiding Committee composed of two capable Sisters and two Seekers

Please use the RSVP button above to indicate your attendance or email csaedie@gmail.com.

Learn more about Sisters & Seekers

During six in-person sessions, we will be using Parker Palmer’s book, “Healing The Heart Of Democracy: The Courage To Create A Politics Worthy of the Human Spirit.” As Palmer writes, “When we choose to engage, not evade, the tension of our differences, we will become better equipped to participate in a government of, by, and for the people . . .” In the course of these conversations, we will learn more about what it means:

• To listen to each other openly and without fear, learning how much we have in common despite our differences
• To deepen our empathy for the alien “other” as we enter imaginatively into the experiences of people whose lives are radically unlike our own
• To hold what we believe and know with conviction and be willing to listen openly to other viewpoints, changing our minds if needed
• To seek out additional facts and explanations whenever we find reason to doubt our own truth claims or the claims made by others, thus becoming better informed
• To probe, question, explore, and engage in dialogue, developing a fuller, more three-dimensional view of reality in the process

Current cohort meeting dates: July 31; August 7, 21, 28; September 4, 11
This cohort is currently full. 

Please complete the application linked here to express interest in a future cohort. 

Upcoming cohort meeting dates: October 2, 8, 16, 23, 30 & Nov 6
This cohort is still accepting applications.
 

Click to apply
 

During six in-person sessions, we will be using Parker Palmer’s book, “Healing The Heart Of Democracy: The Courage To Create A Politics Worthy of the Human Spirit.” As Palmer writes, “When we choose to engage, not evade, the tension of our differences, we will become better equipped to participate in a government of, by, and for the people . . .” In the course of these conversations, we will learn more about what it means:

• To listen to each other openly and without fear, learning how much we have in common despite our differences
• To deepen our empathy for the alien “other” as we enter imaginatively into the experiences of people whose lives are radically unlike our own
• To hold what we believe and know with conviction and be willing to listen openly to other viewpoints, changing our minds if needed
• To seek out additional facts and explanations whenever we find reason to doubt our own truth claims or the claims made by others, thus becoming better informed
• To probe, question, explore, and engage in dialogue, developing a fuller, more three-dimensional view of reality in the process

Current cohort meeting dates: July 31; August 7, 21, 28; September 4, 11
This cohort is currently full. 

Please complete the application linked here to express interest in a future cohort. 

Upcoming cohort meeting dates: October 2, 8, 16, 23, 30 & Nov 6
This cohort is still accepting applications.
 

Click to apply
 

Contemplative prayer will be held on one Sunday a month, from 4-5pm. An opening and closing prayer will be offered, with silence during the time. This prayer is for our country, for peace in the world, for family and friends. Join us for your special needs and graces. All are welcome to participate for the hour or a portion of it. Please arrive at 4pm. 

Jan. 19
Feb. 16
Mar. 16
Apr. 13
May 18
[Summer Break]
Sept. 14
Oct. 12
Nov. 16
Dec. 14

320 County Rd K
Fond du Lac, WI  54937

The Mission Integration Committee of Marian University is pleased to present a series on the Catholic Intellectual Tradition. This 9-part series will be presented by Sister Dianne Bergant, CSA, Ph.D. in Stayer Auditorium, Marian University, 45 S. National Ave. from 3:00-4:00 p.m. on Tuesday afternoons throughout the academic year. The public is invited to attend. A livestream will also be available on the CSA YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@csasisters 

The first session will take place on Tuesday, August 26 and focus on the Dignity of the Human Person. 

The full list of topics and dates are

• August 26 - Dignity of the Human Person: Image of God
• September 23 - Appreciation of Creation: Interconnected
• October 21 - Commitment to Universal Truth: Anthropocentric to Cosmocentric
• November 18 - Faith & Reason: What is Theology?
• January 27 - Integral Relationship with the Catholic Church: Missionary Disciple
• February 24 - Hospitality & Tradition: Dialogue
• March 31 - Sacramental Vision: Mystery
• April 21 - Power of Beauty: Vision or Reality
• May 5 - Innovation for the Common Good: Interdependence

About the Speaker

Sister Dianne served as President of Catholic Biblical Association of America (2000-2001) and as the Rev. Robert J. Randall Distinguished Professor of Christian Culture, Providence College, Providence, RI (2009-2010). She was awarded honorary doctorates from the Jesuit School of Theology of Santa Clara University, CA (2013), Marian University, Fond du Lac, WI (2014), and the Catholic University of Australia, Melbourne, Victoria (2015). She was an active member of the Chicago Catholic/Jewish Scholars Dialogue (1988-2017), a member of the Board of Trustees, Sacred Heart School of Theology (1983-1989), and of St. Francis Seminary, Milwaukee, WI (1996-2005). She sat on the editorial boards of The Bible Today (1979-2005), Biblical Theology Bulletin (1990-2014), Catholic Biblical Quarterly (1992-2001), New Theology Review (1997-2003), Teaching Theology and Religion (2003-2005), and Chicago Studies (2003-2009). She has taught and lectured in various places in the United States, as well as in South Africa and Namibia, Trinidad, England and Ireland, Kiribati, Philippines, Thailand, Mexico, Nicaragua, Rome, Australia and New Zealand. She was widely interviewed after one of her students became Pope!
 

You're Invited to the Inauguration of Marian University’s 18th President, Aaron Sadoff!

Join Marian University on September 25 as they formally inaugurate Aaron Sadoff, the 18th president of Marian University of Wisconsin. 

All are welcome to attend.

11 AM | Mass | Dorcas Chapel
2:30 PM | Inauguration | Howard L. Sadoff Gymnasium
4:30 PM | Reception | Quad -  Featuring live music from Kingfish

Celebrate this important milestone with us as we look ahead to a bold and bright future for Marian University. 

RSVPS REQUESTED

If you would like to attend as a guest, please complete Marian's RSVP form by September 4. Click here to go to the form.

If you wish to send a note of congratulations to President Sadoff, please click here to submit it on the congratulations form.

We’re excited to partner with Faith in Place for their upcoming Annual Environment & Spirituality Summit, happening September 29–30, 2025, and featuring keynote speaker Robin Wall Kimmerer. Join us for an in-person watch party of the keynote:

RSVP for the Watch Party by registering for the Summit and selecting our location from the Watch Party list: https://aes-summit.org/ 

Keynote Description:

Robin Wall Kimmerer is a renowned author, scientist, and enrolled member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation.

Through her internationally acclaimed book Braiding Sweetgrass, Robin has transformed countless relationships to nature by weaving Indigenous wisdom and scientific understanding into a tapestry of ecological reciprocity and gratitude. In her latest work, The Serviceberry, she continues to offer profound insights on abundance, community, and our shared responsibility to care for the Earth.

In line with our 2025 theme, “Strong and Supported,” Robin will invite us into a deeper contemplation of the reciprocal support and strength shared between humans and the natural world. Drawing from her rich experience as a mother, educator, scientist, and storyteller, Robin will illuminate how healing our relationship with the Earth can empower us to foster resilient, thriving communities rooted in generosity and mutual care.

Join us for this inspiring keynote, as Robin Wall Kimmerer guides us toward a future where gratitude shapes our relationship with each other and the living world.

Learn more about Robin Wall Kimmerer here.