Sr. Sallie Latkovich is a member of the Congregation of St. Joseph and holds a Doctor of Ministry Degree from the Graduate Theological Foundation in Scripture and Spirituality. She has taught high school, served as a parish pastoral associate, co-directed a House of Prayer, taught graduate programs in ministry at the Edmund Rice School for…
Dr. Arturo Chávez currently serves as the Associate Vice President for Mission at the University of the Incarnate Word (UIW) in San Antonio, TX. He develops, supports, and oversees the University’s DEI (Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion) programs and initiatives. Previously, he served as the President of MACC, the Mexican American Catholic College – also in…
Katlyn Toelle is the Director of Communications for Catholic Mobilizing Network. She is a graduate of Virginia Tech and has previously worked in communications, marketing, and development for other mission-driven Catholic organizations. She lives in Aldie, Virginia with her husband and daughter.
Father Dustin Feddon is a Roman Catholic priest and the founder and executive director of Joseph House, a nonprofit ministry based in Tallahassee, Florida, that supports individuals returning to society after incarceration. With years of experience ministering to men in solitary confinement and on death row, Father Dustin brings a profound commitment to the practice…
Ellie Hidalgo is the Co-Director of Discerning Deacons, an organization whose mission is to engage Catholics in the active discernment of our Church about women and the diaconate. Previously, she served for 12 years as the pastoral associate and previously as a pastoral assistant for Dolores Mission Catholic Church and School, a Jesuit parish in the…
Karen Clifton is the founding Executive Director of Catholic Mobilizing Network (CMN). She began her work against the death penalty in 1996 in Houston, Texas, when her social justice and advocacy projects intersected with those of Sr. Helen Prejean, CSJ. This relationship resulted in the 2008 formation of CMN in partnership with the Congregation of…
Jeanne Bishop is a public defender, human rights advocate, writer, speaker, teacher and mom. Since the 1990 murders of her sister Nancy Bishop Langert, brother-in-law and their unborn baby, Jeanne has advocated for forgiveness and reconciliation, violence prevention and reform of the criminal justice system to make it more merciful. She is the author of…
Fr. Donald Fest S.S.J., originally from Pittsburgh PA, has been a Josephite priest for 43 years serving at various parishes in Baltimore MD, Barrett Station TX, Washington DC, and presently in Alexandria VA. The Josephites, founded in 1871, are an American society of priests and brothers who were founded to serve solely in the African American community…
Dr. Arturo Chávez currently serves as the Associate Vice President for Mission at the University of the Incarnate Word (UIW) in San Antonio, TX. He develops, supports, and oversees the University’s DEI (Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion) programs and initiatives. Previously, he served as the President of MACC, the Mexican American Catholic College – also in…
Debra is a founding partner of the law firm of Kiyonaga & Soltis, PC in Washington, DC. Her primary practice areas are criminal defense and employment/civil rights. Debra also has extensive experience in criminal appellate matters. She has been recognized as a top lawyer for some 20 years by Washingtonian Magazine and has been voted…