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November 6, 2026, Adrian, Michigan – Artificial Intelligence (AI) has become a controversial topic for many reasons. In an upcoming workshop, Kim Daniels explores the intersection of AI and Catholic social teaching, focusing on how the moral vocabulary of the Catholic tradition offers a practical framework to ensure that the development of AI benefits everyone. 

Artificial Intelligence, Human Dignity, and “The Least of These” is scheduled for 7:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. ET on Thursday, December 10, 2026. The workshop is livestreamed only.

Kim, Director of the Initiative on Catholic Social Thought and Public Life at Georgetown University, draws on Catholic social teaching about AI, including the recent encyclical by Pope Leo XIV, Magnifica Humanitas. Kim served from 2016 to 2026 as a member of the Vatican Dicastery for Communication and was an expert participant in the 2021-2024 Synod on Synodality.

The cost is $35 and registration is required. Visit www.webercenter.org and click on “programs,” call 517-266-4000, or email [email protected]. Limited scholarships are available. The livestream link will be provided closer to the time of the workshop. For information, call the Weber Center at 517-266-4000. View the flyer here. 

October 29, 2026, Adrian, Michigan – All are invited to the viewing and discussion of a documentary, Silent No More, at 1:00 p.m. Wednesday, November 18, 2026, at the Adrian Dominican Sisters Motherhouse.

The 52-minute film was created by White Bison, Inc. and the Wellbriety Movement, and focuses on the disappearance of and murders of Native American women at the rate of 10 times the national average. The film also focuses on the stories of suffering shared by families from Pine Ridge, South Dakota, and Lame Deer, Montana. 

Following the screening, the group will be led in prayer and discussion. The program is in the Rose Room of the Dominican Life Center on the Adrian Dominican Sisters Motherhouse Campus, 1257 E. Siena Heights Drive, Adrian.

There is no cost to attend, and all are invited to attend this event to learn about and help raise awareness of this issue.

For more information, contact Lisa Schell, event coordinator, at 517-266-3583 or [email protected].