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Rooted and Rising: Understanding Moral Injury
Last week, Awake hosted a Rooted and Rising event centered on moral injury, continuing the new speaker series designed to offer survivors practical tools for healing. Participants joined from across the country and beyond, reflecting Awake’s growing national and international community of survivors, loved ones, and supporters committed to healing and transformation.
New Audio Documentary Explores Spiritual Abuse of Adults
“Descent Into Light” is an eight-part documentary created by Sr. Theresa Aletheia Noble and Sr. Danielle Victoria Lussier of the Sisters of the Little Way. In this Q&A, the sisters tell us what inspired this project.
The Top 10 Questions We Hear About Awake
Awake’s reach as a national organization continues to grow! We welcome the many new members of the Awake community and offer you this information about our work.
Case of Prominent Jesuit Highlights Church Failures Around Abuse of Adults
The case of Fr. Marko Rupnik, a prominent Jesuit priest who has been accused of sexual and spiritual abuse of religious women, suggests that the Church hierarchy remains unwilling to take the abuse of adults seriously. Rupnik, 68,…
Courageous Conversation: Abuse Survivors Share What They Want Catholics to Understand
Last week, Awake Milwaukee launched the third season of its popular Courageous Conversations series with “What I Want Catholics to Understand,” a panel discussion that featured five victim-survivors of abuse in the Catholic Church. A recording of the conversation is now available on Awake’s YouTube channel. Here we offer a summary of the main insights shared during the conversation, which was moderated by Sara Larson, executive director of Awake Milwaukee.