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Thursday, February 18 • 9:00am - 10:15am
Dealing with Disaster: Religious Education and Questions about COVID-19 *PRE-RECORDED*

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Sudden, confusing, and catastrophic events have struck throughout human history. The COVID-19 pandemic, the widest reaching disaster of our time that has caused significant disruption and suffering, raises some significant questions for Religious Educators such as, “How could God allow something like this to happen?” to “How did people in the Bible deal with pestilence and disaster?” This sessions provides suggestions for understanding pandemic and disease within a faith context while allowing students to reflect on their own experiences and concerns in light of how people within the biblical narrative confronted disease and disaster.
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Dr. Gerard McLarney

Teacher, Elk Island Catholic Schools
Dr. McLarney teaches at St. Isidore Learning Center in Sherwood Park, AB., and serves as a sessional instructor at St. Joseph's College, University of Alberta. His academic interests include Religious Education, World Religions, J.R.R. Tolkien, as well as Sacred Scripture and Myt... Read More →

Thursday February 18, 2021 9:00am - 10:15am MST
Online (Pre-Recording)
  Religious & Moral Education (TQS 3), Division 4 (Gr 10-12), Division 3 (Gr 7-9)