Catholic Identity through Religious Pluralism: Building Hope for the Future

This presentation responds to Pope Francis’s call for Christians to become livings signs of hope by offering important educational strategies to religious educators that provide young people with experiences of deep communion. By creating spaces of encounter in Catholic secondary classrooms where adolescents can embrace people unlike themselves through meaningful dialogue and engaging activities, they can deepen their own religious and moral identity.

I am an Assistant Professor of Religious Education at Loyola Institute for Ministry at Loyola University, New Orleans.  I graduated with my Ph.D. in Religion and Religious Education from Fordham University and I specialize in youth and young adult ministry and religious education. Before moving to New Orleans, I spent time as a youth and young adult minister, the director of parish Confirmation programs, and a classroom teacher in primary and secondary schools.

Sponsored by Loyola Institute for Ministry

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