Speakers
Keynote Speakers
| Carolyn WooPresident/CEO, Catholic Relief ServicesKeynote title: “Working for a Better World: God, Neighbor, Self” |
| Kathleen Sprows CummingsAssociate Professor of History, University of Notre Dame, |
| Sister Mary Catherine Hilkert, OPProfessor of Theology, University of Notre DameKeynote title: "Go and Tell: The Testimony of Women and the Faith of the Church" |
Breakout Sessions
Tammy Becht, Director of “One Bread, One Cup,” Saint Meinrad Seminary and School of Theology
Title: "Maintaining Balance and Respite"
Kathryn Lilla Cox, Associate Professor of Theology, College of Saint Benedict and Saint John’s University, Collegeville, Minnesota
Title: "Transcending Women’s States of Life: Insights into Our Giftedness from Scripture, the Rule of Benedict, and Infertility"
Ann Garrido, Associate Professor of Homiletics, Aquinas Institute, St. Louis, Missouri
Title: “Challenging Conversations: Strategies for Working through the Conflicts We Face as Women in Ministry”
Sister Teresa Gunter, OSB, Vocation Director, Sisters of St. Benedict of Ferdinand, Indiana
Title: "Ideas for Discerning a Religious Vocation"
Edward Hahnenberg, Professor of Systematic Theology, John Carroll University, Cleveland, Ohio
Title: "Leading the Way: Discerning a Call to Lay Ecclesial Ministry"
Sister Karen Joseph, OSB, Sister of St. Benedict, Board Member, Alliance for International Monasticism
Title: “Harvest of Wisdom: Exploring the Heart of Benedictine Spirituality and Its Timeless Values”
Nancy Pineda-Madrid, Associate Professor of Theology and Latino/Latina Ministry, Boston College School of Theology and Ministry
Title: "Tragedy and the Cultivation of Hope"
Sister Guadalupe Ramírez, MCDP, Associate Professor of Pastoral Theology, Mexican-American Catholic College, San Antonio, Texas
Title: "The New Horizon in Hispanic Female Leadership"
Nancy Pineda-Madrid, Associate Professor of Theology and Latino/Latina Ministry, Boston College School of Theology and Ministry
Title: "Tragedy and the Cultivation of Hope"
C. Vanessa White, Assistant Professor of Spirituality and Ministry, Catholic Theological Union, Chicago, Illinois
Title: "A Ministry Mosaic: Intercultural Leadership in Today's World"
Sister Kate Willegal, OSB, Sister of St. Benedict, Nurse Clinician of Post-Surgical and Pediatric Services at Memorial Hospital and Health Care Center, and
Sister Rose Mary Rexing, OSB, Sister of St. Benedict, Executive Director of Mission Integration, Memorial Hospital and Health Care Center
Title: "Women Transforming Healthcare Through Radical Loving Care"
Bishops' Reflections
Most Rev. Charles Thompson, Bishop of Evansville
Most Rev. Joseph Tobin, C.S.s.R., Archbishop of Indianapolis
Conference Song
Janèt Sullivan Whitaker, Liturgical Composer
Preacher for the Opening Vespers
Kerry Robinson, Executive Director, The National Leadership Roundtable on Church Management