Jayna Hoffacker, M.A.

Jayna Hoffacker, M.A. is the Director of Restorative Justice Ministry and the Diocesan Director of the Catholic Campaign for Human Development for the Archdiocese of Atlanta. She is the chair of the Georgia Catholics Against the Death Penalty committee, serves on the board of the National Multifaith Initiative to End Mass Incarceration, and is a part of Catholic Mobilizing Network’s RJ Advisory. She also teaches Catholic Social Teaching in the archdiocese’s permanent diaconate formation program. Recently, Jayna became the facilitator of the archdiocesan LGBTQ+ Pastoral Affairs Commission and joined the archdiocese’s Core Synod Team. Jayna holds Masters degrees in History from Georgia State University and in Theology from Loyola University Chicago, in addition to a certification in Social Justice from the University of Dayton. She is a parishioner at Immaculate Heart of Mary in Northeast Atlanta, and a member of the parish Social Justice Committee.