Guest Speaker Sara Larson

Sara Larson, Executive Director, AWAKE, will present "No Going Back: What Abuse Survivors Can Teach Us About Being Catholic Today" on Monday, April 20, 2026, at 5 p.m. Brennan Hall #228, Pearn Auditorium
Awake includes a nationwide community of abuse survivors, concerned Catholics, and allies responding to the wounds of sexual abuse in the Catholic Church.

Larson will address the question of what it means to be Catholic, here and now, in response to what is often called the ongoing “abuse crisis” in the church. It is a difficult topic, but Larson infuses all of her work, including outreach to abuse survivors, with a perspective of hope.

The event, open to the publica, t is sponsored by the Ellacuria Initiative and the Slattery Center at The University of Scranton.