Theme:

Building Community With Mary

As Marianists, we are community builders. We build community everywhere we go because of Mary, for Mary, and in a way that is informed by Mary. Some of the communities we build up are within the three branches of the Marianist Family as well as its many ministries and educational institutions. But Marianists are also engaged in building community in every other area of life as well: from family life to civil society, from the business world to the margins of society. "Building Community with Mary" is therefore a theme that will help us encounter Mary on a deeper level, while also developing our means of carrying out our community building efforts in the Church and world.

Keynote:

Natalia Imperatori-Lee

Prof. Natalia Imperatori-Lee, PhD., is a theologian and author whose work explores how the stories we tell about the Church shape its future. A lifelong Catholic and professor at Fordham University in New York, she writes and speaks widely on women in the Church, community life, Mary, and the role of faith in today’s world. Her books, including Cuéntame: Narrative in the Ecclesial Present and Women and the Church invite readers to see the Church through the lens of lived experience and storytelling. Natalia will be joining us from the Bronx, NYC where she lives with her husband and two children.

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Location:

Crowne Plaza Hotel
830 Phillips Ln
Louisville, KY 40209