The Way of the Cross: A Passion Pilgrimage Through Song, Part 2: Our Wicked Problems

Episode Topic: Our Wicked ProblemsListen to the discussion recorded on Tuesday, March 15, 2022, with JJ Wright and special guests, Kim Belcher, Tristan Cooley, and Eric T. Styles.Led by Grammy® Award winner Dr. J.J. Wright, this series introduces The Passion, a new artistic production combining Scripture with original poetry and set to original music. Through Christ’s Passion, we learn to encounter suffering and incarnate love, to behold one another in our “not-enoughness.” Through the Lenten and Easter seasons, we invite you to journey with the Folk Choir and some of its closest collaborators through the development, rehearsal, and performance process of The Passion. Along the way, we will explore the Passion and Resurrection in light of the most pressing issues on the minds of our students, including the clergy sexual abuse crisis, the role of women in the Church, and climate change. In May, the choir will make a pilgrimage to the Holy Land, where they’ll walk in Jesus’s steps through the Passion and record this new work at the Jerusalem Music Center.Featured Speakers: J.J. Wright, Director, Notre Dame Folk Choir, University of Notre DameKim Belcher, Professor in the Department of Theology, University of Notre Dame Tristan Cooley, Librettist for The PassionEric T. Styles, Rector of Carroll Hall and Host of the Podcast Meet Father Rivers, University of Notre DameRead this episode's recap over on the University of Notre Dame's open online learning community platform, ThinkND: go.nd.edu/1c6e3a.This podcast is a part of the Choirs of Notre Dame ThinkND Series titled “The Way of the Cross: A Passion Pilgrimage Through Song”.Thanks for listening! The ThinkND Podcast is brought to you by ThinkND, the University of Notre Dame's online learning community. We connect you with videos, podcasts, articles, courses, and other resources to inspire minds and spark conversations on topics that matter to you — everything from faith and politics, to science, technology, and your career.Learn more about ThinkND and register for upcoming live events at think.nd.edu.Join our LinkedIn community for updates, episode clips, and more.