MOVING FORWARD IN HOPE SYMPOSIUM, Sept. 16-18

List of Invited Participants

Ms. Lisa Bagladi
Public Relations and Marketing
World Library Publications

Mr. Heherson O. Balabbo, CMF
Seminarian
Claretian Missionaries

Br. Paul Bednarczyk, CSC
Executive Director
National Religious Vocation Conference (NRVC)

Mr. DeKarlos Blackman
Supreme Knight and CEO
Knights of Peter Claver, Inc.

Sr. Mary Charlotte Chandler, RSCJ
Province Leadership Team
Religious of the Sacred Heart
Former Director, Center for the Study of Religious Life

Mr. Peter Cunningham
Membership Coordinator
USA Council of Serra International

Sr. Charlene Diorka, SSJ
Associate Director
National Religious Vocation Conference (NRVC)

Dr. Mary Gautier, PhD
Senior Research Associate
Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate (CARA)

Sr. Angela Gertsema, ASCJ
Teacher
Apostles of the Sacred Heart

Ms. Julie Gilberto-Brady
Communications Coordinator
School Sisters of Notre Dame
Board Member, National Communicators' Network of Women Religious (NCNWR)

Mrs. Maryellen Glackin
Vocation Director
Grey Nuns of the Sacred Heart
Board Member and Leadership Team Member, National Religious Vocation Conference (NRVC)

Sr. Doris Gottemoeller, RSM
Senior VP of Mission & Values Integration
Catholic Healthcare Partners
Former President, Sisters of Mercy of the Americas
Former President, Leadership Conference of Women Religious (LCWR)

Sr. Maria Hughes, ASC
Director
Institute of Religious Formation
Board Member, Religious Formation Conference (RFC)

Sr. Mary Hughes, OP
Prioress
Amityville Dominican Sisters
President, Leadership Conference of Women Religious (LCWR)

Br. Charles Johnson, SM
Former Vocation Director
Society of Mary (Marianists)
Institute of Religious Formation

Sr. Mary Johnson, SNDdeN
Professor of Sociology
Emmanuel College

Sr. Mary Emily Knapp, OP
Vocation Director
St. Cecelia Congregation Dominican Sisters

Mr. Matthew Kuczora, CSC
Seminarian
Congregation of Holy Cross, Indiana Province

Fr. Hank Lemoncelli, OMI
English Language Department
Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life, Vatican City

Sr. Maryann Seton Lopiccolo, SC
Episcopal Delegate for Religious
Diocese of Brooklyn/Queens
Former President, National Conference of Vicars for Religious (NCVR)

Sr. Bernadette McCauley, SCC
Vocation Director
Sisters of Christian Charity

Fr. William Shawn McKnight
Executive Director
USCCB Secretariat of Clergy, Consecrated Life, and Vocations

Dr. Kathleen Mahoney, PhD
Consultant

Sr. Donna Markham, OP, PhD
Clinical Psychologist
Former Prioress, Adrian Dominican Sisters
Former President, Leadership Conference of Women Religious (LCWR)

Fr. Edwin H. Obermiller, CSC
Assistant Provincial
Congregation of Holy Cross, Indiana Province

Br. Hugh O'Neill, CFC
Province Leader
Congregation of Christian Brothers
Board Member, Conference of Major Superiors of Men (CMSM)

Sr. Elyse Marie Ramirez, OP
Coordinator of Religious Vocation Ministries
Archdiocese of Chicago

Mr. Matthew Robaszkiewicz
Membership Services
National Federation of Catholic Youth Ministry (NFCYM)
National Association of Catholic Youth Ministry Leaders (NACYML)

Sr. Marcy Romine, OSF
Vocation Director
Franciscan Sisters of Our Lady of Perpetual Help
Board Member, National Religious Vocation Conference (NRVC)

Sr. Mary Joanna Ruhland, RSM
Associate Director
USCCB Secretariat of Clergy, Consecrated Life, and Vocations

Fr. Robin Ryan, CP
Vicar Provincial
Passionists, Eastern Province
Former Director, Catholics on Call

Br. Sean Sammon, FMS
Visiting Scholar
Marist College
Former Superior General, Marist Brothers of the Schools
Former President, Conference of Majors Superiors of Men (CMSM)

Sr. Joan Scanlon, OP
Council Member
Dominican Sisters of Peace

Ms. Carol Schuck-Scheiber
Publications Editor
National Religious Vocation Conference (NRVC)

Ms. Kathy Schmitt
Seminary Department
National Catholic Educational Association (NCEA)

Ms. Tami Schmitz
Campus Minister
University of Notre Dame

Sr. Katarina Schuth, OSF
Professor
St. Paul Seminary

Fr. Donald Senior, CP
President
Catholic Theological Union

Ms. Laurie Svatek
Campus Minister
St. Catherine's College
Vice Chair, Executive Board, Catholic Campus Ministry Association (CCMA) Board

Sr. Patricia Tekippe, FSPA
Vocation Minister
Franciscan Sisters of Perpetual Adoration

Ms. Patrice Tuohy
Publisher/Executive Director
TrueQuest Communications

Ms. Terry Tuohy
Development Director/Catechist
St. Matthias Church

Mr. Len Uhal
National Vocation Director
Society of the Divine Word

Mother Shaun Vergauwen, FSE
Mother General
Franciscan Sisters of the Eucharist
Board Member (Treasurer), Council of Major Superiors of Women Religious (CMSWR)

Sr. Julie Viera, IHM
Partner
A Nun's Life Ministry

Sr. Mary Ann Walsh, RSM
Director of Media Relations
United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB)

Fr. Freddy Washington, CSSp
Director of Formation
Spiritan Fathers and Brothers

Br. Patrick Winbush, OSB
Vocation Director
Benedictine Monks of Newark Abbey

Fr. Andrew-Carl Wisdom, OP
Vocation Director
Dominican Friars, Province of St. Albert the Great

Sr. Patricia Wittberg, SC
Professor of Sociology
Indiana University

Sr. Shu Chen Wu, MM
Formator
Maryknoll Sisters

Sr. Leonard Zielinska, OP
Vocation Director
Dominican Sisters of the Immaculate Conception

Sr. Judy Zielinski, OSF
Director, Faith and Values Programming
New Group Media

Overview

Letter from Cardinal Rode
Prefect for the Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life
Letter from Cardinal Seán O'Malley, OFM Cap,
Archbishop of Boston, Chair of the USCCB Committee on Clergy, Consecrated Life, and Vocations
Invited Participants to September Symposium
Syposium Schedule
Symposium Talks (to come)
Photos from the Symposium

Catholic News Service stories on the Symposium:
Next steps for vocations; Fr. Robin Ryan on young adults (scroll to second story)