Informed Speaker Series
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We are excited to announce our Informed Speaker Series featuring powerful national speakers on topics that will speak to the hearts of Catholics living in the midst of our secular culture.
Wednesday, October 12, 7PM, St. Timothy Room - JP De Gance, co-author, Endgame: The Church's Strategic Move to Save Faith and Family in AmericaJP De Gance is the co-author of the book, Endgame: The Church’s Strategic Move to Save Faith and Family in America and the Founder and President of Communio, a nonprofit that consults with churches and equips them to solve our nation’s family and faith crisis. Originally incubated as the Culture of Freedom Initiative at the Philanthropy Roundtable, the Initiative raised and spent $20 Million over three years in three states seeking to identify the most effective strategies to boost marital health and family stability. The experimental Initiative worked with an ecumenical network of churches and drove down the divorce rate by 24 percent in Jacksonville, Florida. JP now leads Communio as it partners with churches across all Christian faith traditions to build out Data-Informed, Full-Circle Relationship Ministries®. A husband and father, JP lives in Virginia with his wife Christina and their eight young children.
Thursday, November 3, 7PM, St. Timothy Room - Dr. Catherine Pakaluk - Soulmates and Other Myths about the Family in America
Catherine Ruth Pakaluk is a professor of economics in the Busch School of Business and Economics at The Catholic University of America, a faculty research fellow at the Stein Center for Social Research, and a fellow at the Austin Institute. Her research is concerned broadly with the study of family, gender, and fertility. Most recently, she has been working on theoretical frameworks for evaluating the effect of changes in contraceptive technology on sexual behavior and fertility. She also studies the relationship between churches, schools, and families and is developing new metrics for measuring the value of a "good fit" between students and schools. Professor Pakaluk received her doctorate in economics from Harvard University in 2010. She lives in Maryland with her husband, Michael, and eight children.
Thursday, April 20, 7PM, St. Timothy Room - Damon Owens
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Questions?
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Laura Hughesadultfaithsjnaustin.orgDirector of Adult Faith Formation
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Thank you for being so interested in supporting this vital ministry. We are delighted to bring speakers to St. John Neumann to speak on these essential topics from a Christian perspective.
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