Through its national conferences and publications, CTA has recorded the ideas and inspirations of many church and societal leaders from the U.S. and elsewhere. Some have been printed in CTA newsletters, others are available for sale as audiotapes or videotapes. We provide a comprehensive listing by category here. You can jump ahead to each category, or scroll down the page to see them all.
| Spirituality | Women | GBLT | Peace & Non-Violence |
| Church Reform | Justice | Human Sexuality | Anti-Racism |
| Bergant, Dianne | The Many Faces of Biblical Interpretation | Talk at 2002 Conf | Audiotape | |
| Bergant, Dianne | Would That All the Lordís People Were Prophets | Talk at 2003 Conf | Audiotape | |
| Brockman, Pat | The Tribal Dreams of the Christian Community | Talk at 2003 Conf | Audiotape | |
| Bundano, Cooke, Hinga, LaReau, Maduro & Turner | What Are They Saying About Jesus? | Talk at 2003 Conf | Audiotape | |
| Callahan, Sidney | Conscience | Talk at 2003 Conf | Audiotape | |
| Chittister, Joan | Heart of Flesh | 1997 Conference Presentation & Reprint | Audiotape &
Videotape |
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| Chittister & Waskow | Recovering the Sabbath | June 1997 Reprint | ||
| (Chung) Hyun Kyung | Welcome the Spirit: Hear Her Cries | Given at World Council of Churches Assembly in Canberra, Australia. Was Reprinted by Call To Action in November, 1991 | ||
| Coffey, Kathy | The Soulís Native Land: The Context Prayer | July 2003 Reprint | ||
| Crosby, Michael | Mary, Model of Liberation | 1996 Conference Presentation & Reprint | Audiotape | |
| Crosby, Michael | Energy in Our Exile | Talk at 1997 Conf | ||
| Dear, John | Love your Neighbor, Your Enemies: Jesusí All -Inclusive Nonviolence, New York to Kabul to Baghdad | Talk at 2002 Conf | Audiotape |
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| Dear, John | Living Peace: A Spirituality of Gospel Non-Violence | Talk at 2001 Conf | Audiotape |
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| Desautels, Kathleen | School of the Americas | Talk at 2003 Conf | Audiotape | |
| DiGann &Petersen | Zazen and Kriplau Yoga as Christian Contemplative Experience | Talk at 2003 Conf | Audiotape | |
| Donnelly, Doris | The Virtue of Hope | January 1999 Reprint | ||
| Duddy, Marianne | Iím Odie, Youíre ODIE | Talk at 2003 Conf | Audiotape | |
| Fox, Matthew | Creation Spirituality: Renewing Ourselves, Our Planet, and Our Church | Keynote at Call To Action Creation Spirituality Conference | ||
| Fox, Ruth | Women in the Bible and the Lectionary | June 1996 Reprint | ||
| Gaillot, Bishop Jacques | My Option for the Poor | Talk at 1996 Conf | Audiotape |
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| Gateley, Edwina | Rediscovering and Claiming the Feminine Soul | Reprint by Call To Action | ||
| Gateley, Edwina | The Only Life Raft Here is Love | Plenary talk at 2002 Conf | Audiotape & Videotape | |
| Gateley, Edwina | Homily at Nov. 1998 National Conference | Talk at 1998 Conf | ||
| Gentile, Norma | Praying Through the Chants of Hildegard of Bingen | Talk at 2003 Conf | Audiotape | |
| Hayes, Diana | Black, Catholic, Womanist: What have African American Catholic Women Contributed to the Church? | Talk at 2002 Conf | Audiotape | |
| Johnson, Elizabeth | Women, Earth, Spirit; The Madeleva Manifesto | July 2000 Reprint | ||
| Johnson, Elizabeth | Friends of God and Prophets: Toward Inclusive Community | Talk at 2000 Conf | Audiotape&
Videotape |
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| MacGillis, Miriam Therese | Living The New Story | Interview with MT MacGillis in In Context, a Quarterly of Humane sustainable Culture. Reprinted by Call To Action | ||
| McKenna, Megan | See, I Am Doing A New Thing | Talk at 1998Conf | ||
| McNeill, John J. | Achieving Spiritual Maturity | Talk at 1999 Conf | ||
| Meadow, Mary Jo | Faith and Tolerance in an Interfaith Perspective | Talk at 1999 Conf | ||
| Morwood, Michael | Who is Jesus? | Talk at 2002 Conf | Audiotape | |
| Nazareth, Malcolm | Here & Now with Anthony de Mello | Talk at 2001 Conf | Audiotape |
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| Nobleman, Schenk & Whited | Women in the Church | Talk at 2003 Conf | Audiotape | |
| Ruiz, Bishop Samuel | Indigenous Cultures | Talk at 1999 Conf | Audiotape
&Videotape |
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| Vladimiroff, Christine | An ObedientChurch is a Listening Church | Talk at 2002 Conf | Audiotape | |
| Winter, Miriam Therese | Eucharistic Tradition | 1999 Conference Presentation & Reprint | Audiotape | |
| Winter, Miriam Therese | Who Do You Say That I AM? | Talk at Nov 2002 Conf | Audiotape |
| CTA | 25 Years of Spirituality and Justice | History of CTA prepared for 25th Anniversary in 2001 | |
| Allen, John | Conclave: The Politics and Personalities of the Next Papal Election | Talk at 2002 Conf | Audiotape |
| Ashe, Kaye | Women Celebrating Eucharist | Talk at 1999 Conf | |
| Barnes, & Chavez | Prophets in Our Time: Women in Ministry | Talk at 2003 Conf | Audiotape |
| Baum, Gregory | The Church Since Vatican II: Prophetic Sign of Hope | Given at 1982 Call To Action Conference | |
| Bergant, Dianne | The Many Faces of Biblical Interpretation | Talk at 2002 Conf | Audiotape |
| Bianchi, Curran, MacMillan | Operation Reclamation: Reception, Collegiality & Subsidiarity | Panel at 2003 Conf | Audiotape |
| Blaine & Isley | Sexual Abuse Survivors | Talk at 2003 Conf | Audiotape |
| Callahan, Bill | Alive and Believing for the ë80ís | Talk given to Call To Action Members in April, 1980 | |
| Callahan, Sidney | Conscience | Talk at 2003 Conf | Audiotape |
| Carroll, James | Enhancing Democracy the Key to Reform | 2002 Conference Presentation & Reprint | Audiotape
& Videotape |
| Chittister, Joan | Both Roots and Wings | 2001 Conference Presentation & Reprint | Audiotape
& Videotape |
| Chittister, Joan | Heart of Flesh | 1997 Conference Presentation & Reprint | Audiotape
& Videotape |
| (Chung), Hyun Kyung | Welcome the Spirit: Hear Her Cries | Given at World Council of Churches Assembly in Canberra, Australia. Reprinted by Call To Action in November, 1991 | |
| Cooke, Bernard | CTA After 25 Years: Was Detroit a Prophetic Dream | 2001 Conferences | Audiotape |
| Crosby, Michael | Mary, Model of Liberation | 1996 Conference Presentation & Reprint | Audiotape |
| Crosby, Michael | A Kairos Moment for the Catholic Church | Talk at 2002 Conf | Audiotape |
| Crosby, Michael | Energy in Our Exile | Talk at 1997 Conf | Audiotape
& Videotape |
| Curran, Charles | Catholic Ethics in Tension: Sexuality and Social Justice | Given at Call To Action Conference in November, 1987 | |
| Davis, Charlie | Divorced Catholics Need Our Pastoral Help to Remarry | Talk at Nov 2002 Conf | Audiotape |
| Donnelly, Doris | The Virtue of Hope | January 1999 Reprint | |
| Doyle, Thomas | Beyond the Sex Abuse Crisis, Hope for the Future | Talk at 2002 Conf | Audiotape |
| Doyle, Thomas | Understanding the Crisis and Taking Back Our Church | Talk at 2002 Conf | Audiotape |
| Esack, Farid | Beyond Religious Pluralism | Talk at 2002 Conf | Audiotape |
| Feichtlbauer, Hubert | Between Resignation and Hope | Talk at 1999 Conf | |
| Ficca, Dirk | Close Encounters of the Interreligious Kind | Talk at 2002 Conf | Audiotape |
| Fiorenza, Elisabeth Schussler | A Radical Democratic Ekklesial Vision | 1998 Conference Presentation & Reprint | Audiotape
& Videotape |
| Fox, Ruth | Women in the Bible and the Lectionary | June 1996 Reprint | |
| Frey, Schenk | Women in Church Leadership | Talk at 2003 Conf | Audiotape |
| Gaillot, Bishop Jacques | My Option for the Poor | Talk at 1996 Conf | Audiotape |
| Garcia, Bishop Samuel Ruiz | Indigenous Cultures: A New Springtime for the Church | 1999 Conference Presentation & Reprint | Audiotape &
Videotape |
| Gateley, Edwina | Rediscovering and Claiming the Feminine Soul | March 1994Reprint by Call To Action | |
| Gramick & Morrissey | Scapegoating Gay Priests | Talk at 2003 Conf | Audiotape |
| Haight, Roger | Four Gifts of the American Church to the Universal Church | Talk at 2002 Conf | Audiotape |
| Hayes, Diana | Black, Catholic, Womanist: What have African American Catholic Women Contributed to the Church? | Talk at 2002 Conf | Audiotape |
| Hehir, Bryan | American Catholics and Public Policy | Call To Action Conference | |
| Hinga, Teresia | Feminist Theological Reflection from Africa | Talk at 2003 Conf | Audiotape |
| Johnson, Elizabeth | Women, Earth, Spirit; The Madeleva Manifesto | July 2000 Reprint | |
| Johnson, Elizabeth A. | Friends of God and Prophets: Toward Inclusive Community | Talk at 2000 Conf | Audiotape
& Videotape |
| Kane, Theresa | Women in Church Leadership: Where Do I Find Hope? | Talk at 2002 Conf | Audiotape |
| Kane, Theresa | Welcome to Pope John Paul II | October, 1979 | |
| Kennedy, Ross, Fox | The Current Crisis in the Priesthood and the Church | Panel at 2002 Conf | Audiotape |
| K¸ng, Hans | The Church From Above and the Church from Below | Talk at Call To Action Conference, 1981 | |
| Kyung Hyun | Somewhere Over the Rainbow | Plenary talk at 2002 Conference | Audiotape |
| Labayen, Bishop Julio Xavier | A Call To Action: Towards an Inclusive Community | Talk at 2000 Conf | Audiotape |
| Lawson., Rev. James M., Jr | Justice and Nonviolence in the Global Community | 2003 CTA Conference Presentation & Reprint | Audiotape
& Videotape |
| MacGillis, Miriam Therese | Living The New Story | Interview in "In Context, a Quarterly of Humane sustainable Culture". Reprinted by Call To Action, February, 1991 | |
| Mananzan, Sr. Mary John | The Jubilee from an Asian Womanís Perspective | Talk at 1999 Conf | |
| Meadow, Mary Jo | Faith and Tolerance in an Interfaith Perspective | Talk at 1999 Conf | |
| Morwood, Michael | Who is Jesus? | Talk at 2002 Conf | Audiotape |
| Nasimiyu-Wasike, Sr. Anne | How Effective is the Prophetic Role of the Catholic Church in Kenya | Talk at 2000 Conf | Audiotape |
| Nobleman, Schenk, Whited | Women in the Church | Talk at 2003 Conf | Audiotape |
| OíConnell, Timothy | Passing On Our Values | Talk at 2002 Conf | Audiotape |
| Padovano, Anthony | Power and Sex in the Catholic Church | Talk at 2004 Conf |
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| Padovano, Anthony | The American Catholic Church: Assessing the Past, Discerning the Future | 2003 CTA Conference Presentation & Reprint | Audiotape &
Videotape |
| Padovano, Anthony | Ambiguous Victories | Talk at 2000 Conf | Audiotape |
| Perez, Suyapa | The Latin American Church and the Gifts & Challenges of Diversity | Talk at 2002 Conf | |
| Porter, Patricia | A Therapist Look at Clergy Sex Abuse | Talk at 2002 Conf | Audiotape |
| Ruether, Rosemary Radford | Crises and Challenges of Catholicism Today | Given at Call To Action Conference, November, 1985 | |
| Ruether, Rosemary Radford | Church as Community | Talk given at Wisconsin Call To Action Meeting, May 1998 | |
| Ruiz, Bishop Samuel | Indigenous Cultures | Talk at 1999 Conf | Audiotape
& Videotape |
| Sipe, Richard | Clergy Sexual Abuse: The Crisis Behind the Headlines | Talk at 2003 Conf | Audiotape |
| Sylvester, Nancy | Was Detroit a Prophetic Dream? | 2001 Conference Presentation | Audiotape
& Videotape |
| Tamez, Elsa | Liberation Theologies in Latin America Today | Talk at 2001 Conf | Audiotape |
| Vladimiroff, Christine | An Obedient Church is a Listening Church | Talk at 2002 Conf | Audiotape |
| Weakland, Archbishop Rembert | Reflections for Rome | July 1998 Reprint | |
| Winter, Miriam Therese | An Alternative Eucharistic Tradition | Talk at 1999 Conf | Audiotape |
| Ashe, Kaye | Women Celebrating Eucharist | Talk at 1999 Conf | |
| Barnes & Chavez | Prophets in Our Time: Women in Ministry | Talk at 2003 Conf | Audiotape |
| Chittister, Joan | Heart of Flesh | 1997 Conference Presentation & Reprint | Audiotape
& Videotape |
| Fox, Ruth | Women in the Bible and the Lectionary | June 1996 Reprint | |
| Frey & Schenk | Women in Church Leadership | Talk at 2003 Conf | Audiotape |
| Gateley, Edwina | Rediscovering and Claiming the Feminine Soul | Reprint by Call To Action, March 1994 | |
| Gateley, Edwina | Homily at Nov 1998 Conference | Talk at 1998 Conf | |
| Gentile, Norma | Praying Through the Chants of Hildegard of Bingen | Talk at 2003 Conf | Audiotape |
| Hayes, Diana | Black, Catholic, Womanist: What have African American Catholic Women Contributed to the Church? | Talk at 2002 Conf | Audiotape |
| Hinga, Teresia | Feminist Theological Reflection from Africa | Talk at 2003 Conf | Audiotape |
| Johnson, Elizabeth | Women, Earth, Spirit; The Madeleva Manifesto | July 2000 Reprint | |
| Kane, Theresa | Women in Church Leadership: Where Do I Find Hope? | Talk at 2002 Conf | Audiotape |
| Kane, Theresa | Welcome to Pope John Paul II | October, 1979 | |
| Kyung, Hyun | Somewhere Over the Rainbow | Plenary talk at 2002 Conference | Audiotape |
| Mananzan, Sr. Mary John | The Jubilee from an Asian Womanís Perspective | Talk at 1999 Conf | |
| McKenna, Megan | See, I Am Doing A New Thing | Talk at 1998Conf | |
| Nobleman, Schenk, Whited | Women in the Church | Talk at 2003 Conf | Audiotape |
| Bobo & Sweeney | Globalization | July 1999 Reprint | |
| Cone, James | The Easy Conscience of Americaís Churches on Race | 2002 Conference Presentation & Reprint | Audiotape
& Videotape |
| Curran, Charles | Catholic Ethics in Tension: Sexuality and Social Justice | Given at Call To Action Conference, November, 1987 | |
| Curtis, Anne | Using the Federal Budget as a "Weapon in Peacemaking | Talk at 2003 Conf | Audiotape |
| Dear, John | Love your Neighbor, Your Enemies: Jesusí All -Inclusive Nonviolence, New York to Kabul to Baghdad | Talk at 2002 Conf | Audiotape |
| Dear, John | Living Peace: A Spirituality of Gospel Non-Violence | Talk at 2001 Conf | Audiotape |
| DeBernardo, Francis | Making Peace With Prophets | Talk at 2003 Conf | Audiotape |
| Dennis, Marie | A Faith Reflection on the Global Economy -2002 | Talk at 2002 Conf | Audiotape |
| Dennis, Marie | People of Faith Meet the Global Economy | Talk at 2002 Conf | Audiotape |
| Desautels, Kathleen | School of the Americas | Talk at 2003 Conf | Audiotape |
| Esack, Farid | Beyond Religious Pluralism | Talk at 2002 Conf | Audiotape |
| Fox, Matthew | Creation Spirituality: Renewing Ourselves, Our Planet, and Our Church | Keynote at Call To Action Creation Spirituality Conference, February, 1990 | |
| Gaillot, Bishop Jacques | My Option for the Poor | Talk at 1996 Conf | Audiotape |
| Gandhi, Arun | Leadership in a Culture of Nonviolence | Talk at 2003 Conf | Audiotape |
| Garcia, Bishop Samuel Ruiz | Indigenous Cultures: A New Springtime for the Church | 1999 Conference Presentation & Reprint | Audiotape
& Videotape |
| Gateley, Edwina | Homily at Nov 1998 Conference | Talk at 1998 Conf | |
| Hehir, Bryan | American Catholics and Public Policy | Call To Action Conference, November, 1984 | |
| Hinga, Teresia | Feminist Theological Reflection from Africa -2003 | Talk at 2003 Conf | Audiotape |
| Kelly, Kathy | War and Peace in Iraq | Talk at 2003 Conf | Audiotape & Videotape |
| Korten, David | The End of Empire and the Step to Earth Community | Talk at 2003 Conf | Audiotape |
| Kyung, Hyun | Somewhere Over the Rainbow | Plenary talk at 2002 Conference | Audiotape |
| Labayen, Bishop Julio Xavier | A Call To Action: Towards an Inclusive Community | Talk at 2000 Conf | Audiotape |
| LaDuke, Winona | Environmental Action, Grassroots Organizing, and Vision for the Future | Talk at 2002 Conf | Audiotape |
| Laughlin, Kristi | Beyond Afghanistan | Talk at 2002 Conf | Audiotape |
| Lawson, Rev. James M., Jr. | Justice and Nonviolence in the Global Community | 2003 CTA Conference Presentation & Reprint | Audiotape
& Videotape |
| Leano, McClory, Preston-Pile | From Violence to Wholeness | Talk at 2003 Conf | Audiotape |
| MacGillis, Miriam Therese | Making Peace With Earth | Talk at 2003 Conf | Audiotape |
| Marshal, Lawrence | Defending the Wrongfully Convicted | Talk at 2003 Conf | Audiotape |
| McAlister, Elizabeth | Never Again War | Talk at 2003 Conf | Audiotape |
| McClory, Robert | Blessed Are the Peacemakers | Talk at 2003 Conf | Audiotape & Videotape |
| McNulty & Kennedy | Building Community While Closing the SOA | Talk at 2002 Conf | Audiotape |
| Nasimiyu-Wasike, Sr. Anne | How Effective is the Prophetic Role of the Catholic Church in Kenya | Talk at 2000 Conf | Audiotape |
| Ortiz, Dianna | Torture in the 21st Century | Talk at 2003 Conf | Audiotape |
| Perez, Suyapa | The Latin American Church and the Gifts & Challenges of Diversity | Talk at 2002 Conf | |
| Prejean, Helen | Dead Man Walking: The Journey | 2000 Conference Presentation & Reprint | Audiotape
& Videotape |
| Pruitt, Kathleen | Challenging Pax Americana; Catholic Peacemaking in an Age of Empire Building | Talk at 2003 Conf | Audiotape |
| Rodriguez, Jeanette | Panel: Toward a Theology of Peace | Panel at 2002 Conf | Audiotape |
| Ruether, Rosemary Radford | The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict | Talk at 2003 Conf | Audiotape |
| Tamez, Elsa | Liberation Theologies in Latin America Today | Talk at 2001 Conf | Audiotape |
| Tinker, George | Dreaming a New Dream: Cowboys, Indians, Global Violence and the Gospel | 2000 Conference Presentation & Reprint | Audiotape
& Videotape |
| Tinker, George | Dreaming a New Dream | Talk at 2003 Conf | Audiotape |
| Weakland, Rembert | Living the Gospel in an Affluent Society | Given at Call To Action Conference, November, 1986 | |
| White, Mel | Soul Force | Talk at 2003 Conf | Audiotape |
| Zarate-Laun, Cecilia | Plan Colombia: Another El Salvador? | Talk at 2002 Conf | Audiotape |
| DeBernardo, Francis | Making Peace With Prophets | Nov 2003 | Talk at 2003 Conf | Audiotape |
| Duddy, Marianne | Iím Odie, Youíre ODIE | Nov 2003 | Talk at 2003 Conf | Audiotape |
| Gramick, Morrissey | Scapegoating Gay Priests | Nov 2003 | Talk at 2003 Conf | Audiotape |
| McNeill, John J. | Achieving Spiritual Maturity | Nov 1999 | Talk at 1999 Conf | |
| White, Mel | Soul Force | Nov 2003 | Talk at 2003 Conf | Audiotape |
| Curran, Charles | Catholic Ethics in Tension: Sexuality and Social Justice | Given at Call To Action Conference, November, 1987 | |
| DeBernardo, Francis | Making Peace With Prophets | Talk at 2003 Conf | Audiotape |
| Duddy, Marianne | Iím Odie, Youíre ODIE | Talk at 2003 Conf | Audiotape |
| Fox, Tom | Sexuality and Catholicism | Talk at 2003 Conf | Audiotape & Videotape |
| Gramick & Morrissey | Scapegoating Gay Priests | Talk at 2003 Conf | Audiotape |
| McNeill, John J. | Achieving Spiritual Maturity | Talk at 1999 Conf |
| Curtis, Anne | Using the Federal Budget as a "Weapon in Peacemaking | Talk at 2003 Conf | Audiotape |
| Dear, John | Love your Neighbor, Your Enemies: Jesusí All -Inclusive Nonviolence, New York to Kabul to Baghdad | Talk at 2002 Conf | Audiotape |
| Dear, John | Living Peace: A Spirituality of Gospel Non-Violence | Talk at 2001 Conf | Audiotape |
| Gandhi, Arun | Leadership in a Culture of Nonviolence | Talk at 2003 Conf | Audiotape |
| Kelly, Kathy | War and Peace in Iraq | Talk at 2003 Conf | Audiotape & Videotape |
| Laughlin, Kristi | Beyond Afghanistan | Talk at 2002 Conf | Audiotape |
| Lawson, Rev. James M., Jr. | Justice and Nonviolence in the Global Community | 2003 CTA Conference Presentation & Reprint | Audiotape
& Videotape |
| Leano, McClory & Preston-Pile | From Violence to Wholeness | Talk at 2003 Conf | Audiotape |
| McAlister, Elizabeth | Never Again War | Talk at 2003 Conf | Audiotape |
| McClory, Robert | Blessed Are the Peacemakers | Talk at 2003 Conf | Audiotape & Videotape |
| Pruitt, Kathleen | Challenging Pax Americana; Catholic Peacemaking in an Age of Empire Building | Talk at 2003 Conf | Audiotape |
| Rodriguez, Jeanette | Panel: Toward a Theology of Peace | Panel at 2002 Conf | Audiotape |
| Ruether, Rosemary Radford | The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict | Talk at 2003 Conf | Audiotape |
| White, Mel | Soul Force | Talk at 2003 Conf | Audiotape |
| Zarate-Laun, Cecilia | Plan Colombia: Another El Salvador? | Talk at 2002 Conf | Audiotape |
| Cone, James | The Easy Conscience of Americaís Churches on Race | 2002 Conference Presentation & Reprint | Audiotape
& Videotape |
| Hayes, Diana | Black, Catholic, Womanist: What have African American Catholic Women Contributed to the Church? | Talk at 2002 Conf | Audiotape |
| Tinker, George | Dreaming a New Dream: Cowboys, Indians, Global Violence and the Gospel | 2000 Conference Presentation & Reprint | Audiotape
& Videotape |
| Tinker, George | Dreaming a New Dream | Talk at 2003 Conf | Audiotape |
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