November 9, 2023
Presenters: Suzanne Belote Shanley and Brayton Shanley
Join the Agape Community of Hardwick, Massachusetts for a conversation around vibrant and prophetic contemporary approaches to Gospel living. Suzanne Belote Shanley and Brayton Shanley, who co-founded the community in 1982 and have lived its daily life since, share wisdom drawn from the story of the Agape Community. Professor Thomas H. Groome and STM doctoral candidate Thomas N. Murphy facilitate a dialogue among participants, inspired by the mission and foundations of the Agape Community, weaving contemplative living, nonviolence, and ecological sustainability.
Sponsored by Boston College Libraries, School of Theology and Ministry, and Boston College C21 Center
Suzanne Belote Shanley and Brayton Shanley, co-founders of Agape Community; accompanied by Tom Murphy, PhD candidate in theology and education at Boston College School of Theology and Ministry, and Tom Groome, professor of theology and religious education at Boston College School of Theology and Ministry