Chris Wood, OP
Sr. Chris Wood, OP, born, raised, and educated in California. Sr. Chris Wood has been a member of the Dominican Sisters ~ Grand Rapids since 2002. Prior to that, she was a member of the Sisters of the Holy Names of Jesus and Mary for 33 years. Her undergraduate education includes a BA in History...
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Ryan Hoffmann, DMin
Ryan serves as the Associate Director of the Religious Formation Conference (RFC). He has an extensive background in Catholic nonprofit organizational leadership. His primary areas of focus include mission effectiveness, marketing and communications, and leadership development.
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Dr. Robert Wicks
Dr. Wicks received his doctorate in Psychology (Psy.D.) from Hahnemann Medical College and Hospital, is Professor Emeritus at Loyola University Maryland, and has taught in universities and professional schools of psychology, medicine, nursing, theology, education, and social work. In 2003 he...
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Anna Corwin, PhD
Doctor Corwin received her Ph.D. from UCLA in 2014 and is a recipient of fellowships from the National Science Foundation and The National Endowment for the Humanities for her research on aging and well-being. An Associate Professor of Anthropology at Saint Mary’s College of California, Dr...
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Mary Lou Mitchell, SSJ, PhD.
Mary Lou Mitchell, SSJ serves as Congregational President for the Sisters of St. Joseph of Rochester. She holds a Ph.D. in nursing and completed two years of post-doctoral work in researching the mind-body connection in health and well-being. Prior to serving in leadership she was on faculty at...
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Mary Schneiders, OP, PhD
Mary Schneiders, OP, PhD is a Dominican Sister of Hope (Ossining, NY.) For the past 21 years, she has been a fulltime staff member of Berakah Spirituality and Retreat Center in Pittsfield, NH (formerly Berakah Renewal Center) where she teaches courses in Scripture, Theology and Spirituality, and...
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Massimo Faggioli, PhD
Massimo is a church historian and is a current Professor of Theology and Religious Studies at Villanova University and contributing writer to Commonweal magazine. He has served on the faculty at the University of St. Thomas (St. Paul, Minnesota) from 2009 to 2016, where he was the founding...
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Megan S. Turngren
Megan S. Turngren is an attorney in the Religious Immigration Services division of Catholic Legal Immigration Network (“CLINIC”). Ms. Turngren first came to the immigration field in 2003, and in 2005 began practicing immigration law with one of the best known immigration firms in the United...
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Michael Downey, PhD
With a Master of Arts in special education as well as in theology, Dr. Michael Downey is the first layperson to receive the Ph.D. in theology from The Catholic University of America. His abiding theological concern for those who are wounded and marginalized has brought him to serve the church...
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Michelle Lesher, SSJ
Sister Michelle Lesher is a Sister of Saint Joseph of Philadelphia currently serving as the Novice Director for the U.S. Federation of the Sisters of Saint Joseph. Michelle has a Masters degree in Pastoral Ministry from Boston College School of Theology and Ministry. Having attained her Master...
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