Speaker Biographies

Karen Clifton

Contact Karen Clifton for more information. Karen Clifton speaking at an October 2011 Religious Leaders Dialogue about the Death... MORE

Sr. Ilaria Buonriposi

Sr. Ilaria Buonriposi

Sr. Ilaria Buonriposi is an Italian Comboni Missionary Sister.  After graduating in Social Work at the  Universidad Pontificia Comillas (the Jesuits’ University in Madrid, Spain), she ministered for 17 years in Peru and Colombia in different areas. In Peru she... MORE

Rev. Patrick Delahanty

Rev. Patrick Delahanty

Fr. Patrick Delahanty is the Executive Director of the Catholic Conference of Kentucky (CCK). A native of Kentucky, he is an honorary graduate of Trinity High School and a graduate of St. Mary’s College and University, as well as the... MORE

Dick Dowling

Dick Dowling is the recently retired executive director of the Maryland Catholic Conference, a position he held since late 1984. Headquartered in Annapolis, the Conference represents the mutual public-policy interests of the Catholic bishops serving Maryland in the Baltimore, Washington,... MORE

Sr. Helen Prejean, CSJ

Sister Helen Prejean, CSJ, a native of Louisiana, is known internationally for her tireless work against the death penalty. She was instrumental in sparking national dialogue on the issue and in shaping the Catholic Church’s newly vigorous opposition to all... MORE

Dale Recinella

Dale speaking at Mount St. Mary’s University in Emmittsburg, Md., on April 11, 2011. Dale Recinella, author of Now I Walk on Death Row: A Wall Street Finance Lawyer Stumbles into the Arms of a Loving God (Chosen Books: April 2011) and The... MORE

Dr. Susan Ward Recinella

Dr. Recinella speaking at Mount St. Mary’s University in Emmittsburg, Md., on April 11, 2011. Dr. Susan Ward Recinella, awarded her Doctorate in Clinical Psychology (Psy.D.) at Nova University, School of Psychology, Fort Lauderdale, FL (1986), is licensed in Florida... MORE

Vicki Schieber

Vicki Schieber

Vicki Schieber’s daughter, Shannon, was raped and murdered on May 7, 1998 while finishing her first year of graduate school on a full scholarship at the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. Since this tragic incident, Vicki and her... MORE