Lent & Restorative Justice - A Panel Discussion 

 

Join us for a restorative justice panel centered on healing, accountability, and hope during the Lenten season. Through testimony, dialogue, and critical reflection, this gathering invites participants to engage with restorative justice as both a communal and spiritual practice that aligns with Lent’s call to conversion, repair, and renewed relationship. Stay tuned and reserve your place!

Wednesday, March 25, 2026
8 PM ET | 7 PM CT | 6 PM MT | 5 PM PT

 

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Cost: Free, but donations to the Maryknoll Fathers and Brothers are welcome. If you are able to make a donation, please visit the secure PayPal site after completing your registration. If you wish to donate by check, please contact us.
Euphrasia (Efu) Nyaki was born and raised in Tanzania, as a natural healer and a Maryknoll Missionary. Efu is a Faculty Member of Somatic Experiencing® and a Professor of Family Constellation System Therapy. In the last 31 years Efu has been living in Brazil facilitating trainings and therapy for trauma healing. While living in Brazil, Efu has also been travelling in different countries such as India, Egypt, South Korea, China, Bolivia, Peru, Spain, Uruguay, Tanzania, Philippines, Hong Kong, USA, Polland, Kenya and Sweden facilitating trainings, workshops, summits, webinars, podcasts, conferences, individual therapy sessions and case consults in-person and online. Efu is a co- founder of AFYA: Holistic Healing Center located in the northeast of Brazil. Afya supports people from the local community and international individuals that approaches the center to receive support in holistic healing methodologies. Efu is a writer of the book titled Trauma healing using Family Constellation System Therapy and Somatic Experiencing®.
 
Carina Yepez is a fiber and material-based artist whose work centers on cultural memory, community, and the transformative potential of craft. She earned her MFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and works at the intersection of arts education and socially engaged practice as a Program Specialist at Firebird Community Arts and an Adjunct Professor at SAIC. Yepez has exhibited at the Art Institute of Chicago, the Dom Museum Wien in Vienna, Austria (acquisition), and the National Museum of Mexican Art, where she also curated Puntadas del Alma: Told through Quilts
 

Dr. Walter Hidalgo is a father, educator, coach, and world traveler whose work bridges faith, culture, and social transformation. He earned his Master of Arts in Church History and Sociology from Union Theological Seminary at Columbia University and later completed his Doctorate there, specializing in socio-theology with a focus on the intersection of Hip-Hop culture and socio-spiritual movements. Dr. Hidalgo has taught across diverse settings—including universities, high schools, prisons, nonprofits, and faith-based institutions—both in the U.S. and abroad. His award-winning book, Beyond the Four Walls: The Rising Ministry and Spirituality of Hip-Hop, received the 2025 International Impact Book Award for Faith and Religion and has become a valuable resource for educators, artists, and youth activists.

 

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