Religion & the Immigrant Experience: Building This Country Together

FREE. RSVP HERE: https://www.interfaithphiladelphia.org/phila250_staugestine/

A panel of scholars, historians, and theologians discuss how the history of religious pluralism in the United States is inextricably linked to the immigrant experience and how this informs our future.
Learn the history of St. Augustine’s, an immigrant church, which was burned to the ground during the Nativist Riots of 1844.

Panelists
Fr. Michael DiGregorio, Order of Saint Augustine
Peter Pedemonti, Co-Director, New Sanctuary Movement of Philadelphia
Catherine E. Wilson, PhD, Associate Professor, Villanova University, Department of Public Administration

Moderator
Kathy Rigby, Saint Augustine Roman Catholic Church
This program is part of the Religious Freedom: Then & Now initiative.
This program will be held in-person and livestreamed at https://masslivestream.com/churches/staugustinechurch