Women's Conference 2012
GUEST PRESENTER BIOS

Sister Mary Johnson, SND, is a professor of sociology and religious studies at Emmanuel College in Boston. She co-authored the book Young Adult Catholics: Religion in teh Culture of Choice. She was the keynoted speaker at the University of Notre Dame's 2010 symposium entitled "Steward of the Treasures of Our Faith." She is currently doing research at Georgetown University.

 

 

Father James Martin, SJ graduated from the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School of Business in 1982 After working for six years in corporate finance and human resources with General Electric Co., he entered the Society of Jesus (the Jesuits) in 1988. During his novitiate, Fr. Martin worked in a hospice for the sick and dying with the Missionaries of Charity in Kingston, Jamaica; and at the Nativity Mission School, a school for poor boys, in New York City. He also worked for two years with the Jesuit Refugee Service in Nairobi, Kenya. He was ordained a Catholic priest in June 1999.


Eucharistic Procession with Msgr. Christopher D. Connelly
Vicar General for the Diocese of Springfield and rector of St. Michael’s Cathedral in Springfield. A graduate of Providence College, he was ordained in 1993.



Bishop Timothy A. McDonnell
Host and Celebrant

Music by
Robin Sheehan and “we Believe”