conference 2026

February 25-27

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HIGHLIGHTS

9:00 a.m. | Panel and Discussion: “The Ecclesiology of Communications and Evangelization in a Digital Age”

Kristin Colberg, College of St. Benedict and St. John’s University

Kim Daniels, Georgetown University

Massimo Faggioli, Trinity College Dublin

Facilitator: Rev. Sam Sawyer, S.J. America Media

10:50 a.m. | Panel and Discussion: “Social Media: Possibilities and Pathologies”

Sr Natalie Becquard, X.M.C.J., General Secretariat of the Synod of Bishops

M. Cathleen Kaveny, Boston College

Meghan Sullivan, University of Notre Dame

Facilitator: Gretchen Crowe, OSV News

4:00 p.m. | Panel and Discussion: “The Challenge of Artificial Intelligence”

Vincent Alvarez, Climate jobs National Resource Center

Rev. John Dardis, S.J., Jesuit Curia

Michael P. Murphy, Loyola University Chicago

Irina Raicu, Santa Clara University

Facilitator: Anne Thompson, NBC News

9:00 a.m. | Panel and Discussion: “Pastoral and Practical Perspectives”

Fr. Louis Cameli, Archdiocese of Chicago

Helen Osman, Greater Wings

Daniella Zsupan-Jerome, St. John’s School of Theology and Seminary

Facilitator: Christopher White, Georgetown University

10:45 a.m. | Panel and Discussion: “Experts in the Field”

Fr. Casey Cole, O.F.M., Diocese of Charlotte

Sebastian Gomes, America Media

Ellen Koneck, Commonweal

Facilitator: Michael J. O’Loughlin, National Catholic Reporter

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