Catholic Common Ground

In 1996, the Catholic Common Ground Initiative was founded in an effort to lessen polarities and divisions that weaken the communion of the church. At the origin of the Initiative, the National Pastoral Life Center released a charter statement, “Called to Be Catholic: Church in a Time of Peril,” proposing guidelines for dialogue within the church. The Initiative begun more than twenty years ago by Cardinal Joseph Bernardin continues today.

2023 CCGI Bernardin Conference Keynote: Seeking Common Ground Across Generations

By Young Shin

Ellen Koneck is the executive director at Commonweal. She was previously the head writer at...

2020 Bernardin Award with Ms. Kerry Robinson & Msgr. Philip J. Murnion Lecture presented by Dr. Cathleen Kaveny

By Catholic Theological Union

During this online Bernardin Center event, the Cardinal Joseph Bernardin Award was be presented to...

Evangelization in the Digital Age Webinar

By CatholicTheologicalUnion

Catholic Common Ground Initiative So many of our conversations happen online today. But is dialogue...

The Gift of Dialogue in a Humble Church

By Catholic Theological Union

2019 Msgr. Philip J. Murnion Lecture with Brian Flanagan, PhD

By CatholicTheologicalUnion

The lecture, Dialogue in a Humbled Church speaks of the Catholic Common Ground Initiative’s call for dialogue...

2019 Bernardin Awardee John Carr

By CatholicTheologicalUnion

John Carr is the Director of the Initiative on Catholic Social Thought and Public Life at...