speaking

check out some recent speaking/podcast appearances below

Watch:

lighting talk, Francesco Collaborative Catholic Social Teaching & Investing Summit, November 2025.

reflection author, Fifteenth Sunday of Ordinary Time, U.S. Catholic, July 2025

A Sunday reflection for July 13, 2025

guest speaker, “What is the Catholic Worker?”2024 Spring Speaker Series, Center for Catholic Social Thought, St. Paul, MN, February 2024

“Family Leave Policies in Catholic Dioceses Lag Behind,” EWTN, August 26, 2023. Television appearance on EWTN to discuss findings from the May 2022 report on parental leave in U.S. Catholic Dioceses.

“Art and Act: Performing the Catholic Imagination, Catholic Imagination Conference at the Hank Center, Loyola University of Chicago, September 19, 2019. Participant in panel presentation on theatre and formation with young seminarians. Watch my paper presentation on YouTube.

Listen:

Reaction to Antiqua et Nova for Catholic Morning Show, Iowa Catholic Radio, January 2025. Listen here.

“Peter Maurin’s Ideas & the Practice of Personalism,” Dustbowl Diatribes, Maurin Academy, September 2024. Listen Here.

“What is a Catholic Worker?” Glad You Asked Podcast, U.S. Catholic, June 2024. Listen Here.

Attentive Heart with John Gribowich, May 2023. Listen Here.

The UnCommon Good with Bo Bonner and Dr. Bud Marr.

“If the Catholic Church is pro-life, why is its maternity leave so bad?” Jesuitical Podcast, May 6, 2022. Podcast appearance on Jesuitical Podcast with my co-reporter, Kelly Sankowski, on our 2022 FemCatholic report on maternity leave in Catholic dioceses across the United States. Listen to the podcast on America’s website here, on Apple podcasts or Spotify.

Read:

Panel Participant, THE ECONOMY OF COMMUNION AND THE CULTURE OF GIVING: RETHINKING OUR APPROACH TO POVERTY, “A Hearth for the Human Family: Re-imagining Dialogue” Oblate School of Theology, March 2023. Read more here.

Retreat Speaker, Midway Retreat, Grotto Chicago, Chicago, Il, January 2023. Read reflection here.