The Conference is pleased to announce that the Most Reverend Robert W. McElroy has agreed to be a keynote speaker at the 2023 Congress November 9-12 in Chicago. The Cardinal will give the plenary address on Friday, November 10th. Upon accepting our invitation to speak, Cardinal McElroy commented that RFC's mission is "absolutely essential at the current moment."
We're excited Cardinal McElroy is joining us at the 2023 Congress and we look forward to having him with us in Chicago.
Robert W. McElroy was born in San Francisco on February 5, 1954. He received his undergraduate education at Harvard, and received a master’s degree in American history from Stanford in 1976. Entering the seminary for the Archdiocese of San Francisco, he was ordained a priest in l980 and was assigned to the parish where both his parents had been raised. Bishop McElroy served has pastor at St. Gregory Parish, San Francisco for 15 years.
In l985 Archbishop Quinn asked him to pursue studies in the field of Catholic social teaching. He received a doctorate in moral theology from the Gregorian University in Rome and a doctorate in political science from Stanford in l989. In the following years he served the Archdiocese of San Francisco as vicar general and as a pastor, and in 2010 Pope Benedict appointed him auxiliary bishop of San Francisco. In 2015 Pope Francis appointed him bishop of San Diego.
Bishop McElroy has written two books: The Search for an American Public Theology and Morality and American Foreign Policy. In addition, he has written a series of articles on theology and public policy for a variety of journals.
Click here for a Congress schedule-at-a-glance and information regarding registration and lodging. Registration will open in April.
We hope you'll plan to join us in Chicago this fall!
-2023 Congress Planning Committee
Adriana Calzada, CCVI
Juan Gaspar, OMI
Nancy Gerth, SCN
Mary Ann Nelson, OP
Corrina Thomas, FSPA
Erin Zubal, OSU
Ryan Hoffmann (staff)
Brian Michalski (staff)
Sofia Mikolyash (staff)