Professor Tina Beattie

Tina is the Director of the Digby Stuart Research Centre for Religion, Society and Human Flourishing and Professor of Catholic Studies. She researches in the field of Catholic theology and gender, human rights and women's rights, and theology and the visual arts. She is a trustee of the Catholic weekly journal, The Tablet. Tina works extensively with parishes, religious orders, schools and universities to promote greater theological understanding and awareness of issues to do with Catholic social teaching, the role of women, and the importance of the visual arts. She is a regular contributor to The Tablet, The Guardian online and to BBC Radio 4.

2pm Tina Beattie: “Women in the Catholic Church: Hopeful but not Optimistic” Followed by Q & A

3.30pm We Are Church Ireland AGM

Admission free: there will be a collection