Attendees listen to a panel discussion at the New York Encounter in 2024. / Credit: New York Encounter
Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jan 28, 2025 / 08:00 am (CNA).
Overthecourseofthreedaysnextmonth,CatholicsfromtheU.S.andabroadwillgatherintheheartofNewYorkCityforaone-of-a-kindculturalconferencededicatedtoeducation,dialogue,andfriendship.
OrganizedannuallybymembersofCommunionandLiberation,anecclesiastical movement foundedbytheItalianpriestFatherLuigiGiussani,the event willtakeplaceFeb.14–16attheMetropolitanPavilion,125West18thSt.,NewYorkCity.Severalofthepresentationswillbelivestreamed,andnoregistrationisrequired.
“There’snothinglikeit,”HollyPeterson,oneoftheNewYorkEncounter’slongtimeorganizers,toldCNAinaninterview.“Doingsomethingfreethat’slikeaprettyhighlevelkindofdoesn’texist.”
Indeed,thewide-rangingprogramofeventsattheEncounterincludespaneldiscussions,artisticperformances,andexhibitsexploringtopicsthatarenottypicallyengagedatrun-of-the-millCatholicgatherings.
Thisyear,forexample,oneexhibitwi