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Fr. Derek Mobilio
Fr. Derek grew up in Barre & Worcester MA the son of Anthony F. Mobilio and Michelle A. (Robidoux) Mobilio,. His home parish is St. Francis of Assisi in Barre. He attended Our Lady of the Angels Elementary School and, in 2008, graduated from St. Peter-Marian Central Catholic Senior High School, both in Worcester.
He earned his bachelor’s degree in applied mathematics and meteorology from State University of New York at Oswego in 2012, his master’s degree in statistics from the University of Massachusetts Amherst in 2014, and his masters of education degree from Providence College in 2016.
He taught mathematics and religion at St. Mary’s High School in Worcester from 2014-2016. In 2016 he entered St. John’s Seminary in Brighton where he is working on his bachelor’s degree in sacred theology. He was ordained June 18, 2022.
His local parish assignments were Blessed Sacrament, Worcester; Our Lady of Providence, Worcester; Good Shepherd, Linwood and St. Augustine, Millville; and St. Mary, Shrewsbury. He also participated in the 2019 Tertio Millenio Seminar in Poland which was created “to deepen the dialogue on Catholic social doctrine (and the teachings of St. Pope John Paul II) between North American students and students from new democracies of central and eastern Europe.”
Click here to read an article written about Fr. Mobilio in The Catholic Free Press.
Dr. Deborah Savage
Dr. Deborah Savage recently joined the Theology faculty at Franciscan University, having taught both philosophy and theology at the St. Paul Seminary School of Divinity at the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul, Minnesota for thirteen years. She received her doctorate in Religious Studies from Marquette University in 2005; her degree is in both theology and philosophy. Dr. Savage is the co-founder and acting director of the Siena Symposium for Women, Family, and Culture, an interdisciplinary think tank, organized to respond to John Paul II’s call for a new and explicitly Christian feminism.
Dr. Savage is a student of St. Thomas Aquinas with a particular interest in investigating his thought in light of contemporary questions. Her primary academic areas are philosophical and theological anthropology; her recent research has been focused on the development of a robust theology of the nature of man and woman, both their identities and their complementarity. A second research area is the meaning of human action, the significance of human work and of vocation, and the metaphysics of creation as a foundation for both stewardship and economics. She has a particular interest in Catholic Social Thought and the fundamental theological categories that serve as its substructure. She is a scholar of the work of Karol Wojtyla/John Paul II and has written and presented or published several papers on how his philosophical anthropology informs his body of work as Pope.
Before pursuing her doctorate, Dr. Savage worked for over twenty-five years in the business sector, holding a variety of positions primarily in manufacturing organizations. This experience and the questions that arose as a result led her to investigate the theological meaning of work as a locus of personal conversion and sanctification.
Her writing has appeared in several publications, Nova et Vertera, Logos: A Journal of Catholic Thought and Culture, First Things, The Humanum Review, Catholic World Report, and Public Discourse. Some recent publications include “Redeeming Woman: A Catholic Response to the Second Sex Issue,” published in the journal Religions and “The Therapeutic and Pastoral Implications of Pope St. John Paul II’s Account of the Person,” published in The Journal of Christian Bioethics. The most recent iteration of her theory of Man and Woman is a chapter in a volume entitled The Complementarity of Men and Women, edited by Dr. Paul Vitz and published by CUA Press (May 2021). She is currently at work on a book entitled “Woman and Man” for formal consideration by Catholic University of America Press.
Dr. Savage is a member of the Academy of Catholic Theology and the American Catholic Philosophical Association. She served for several years as a member of the Board of Trustees at Franciscan University, resigning in 2021. She moved to Steubenville along with her husband of 32 years, Andrew Percic, and their daughter, Madeline.
Patricia Sandoval
Patricia Sandoval is an international pro life and chastity speaker who has traveled around the world since 2007 sharing her story of her three abortions, work behind the hidden doors of Planned Parenthood and followed by nearly three years as a homeless drug addict Her story is a testament to the saving love and mercy of Jesus Christ and His desire to bring this world's hidden dangers into the light for healing. Patrícia currently host a weekly television program, “Pro-Life Report,” (Informe Próvida) on EWTN español and is the author of the book “Transfigured,” which has been translated in several countries.
Fr. Philip Bochanski
Father Philip Bochanski, a native of suburban Philadelphia, studied at Saint Charles Borromeo Seminary and was ordained a priest of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia in 1999. In addition to several parish assignments in the archdiocese, he has served as a high school religion teacher, chaplain to cloistered nuns, and a spiritual director for seminarians.
In 2009, Father Bochanski began serving as chaplain for the Philadelphia chapter of Courage International, an apostolate founded in 1980 to provide pastoral care for men and women who experience same sex attractions and who have made a commitment to living chastely. In 2015 he was appointed as Associate Director of the Courage apostolate, at which time he moved to the Diocese of Bridgeport, where the apostolate is based. He was appointed Executive Director of Courage International at the beginning of 2017.
Father Bochanski is the author of six books, five sets of audio lectures, and numerous articles and book chapters, on various topics including church history, spirituality, evangelization and pastoral care. His most recent book, Wisdom of the Desert Fathers: Ancient Advice for the Modern World, was published by TAN Books in April 2020.
Father Bochanski currently serves as a consultant to the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops Subcommittee for the Promotion and Defense of Marriage. In December 2019, Pope Francis awarded him the Cross Pro Ecclesia et Pontifice*, a medal given in recognition of sustained and exceptional service to the Church.
Dr. Christopher Klofft
Christopher Klofft is Associate Professor of Theology at Assumption University in Worcester, Mass. His areas of specialization include sexual ethics marriage and family gender Catholicism and modernity and the intersection of Christianity and popular culture. He is the author of Living the Love Story: Catholic Morality in the Modern World and has an upcoming text on the Church's teaching on sexuality. He has lectured widely across the country on a variety of topics.
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Conference Details
Join us for the Worcester Catholic Women's Conference on Saturday, October 7th, 2023 to rediscover and renew your faith. The conference will once again be held at St. Joseph's School in Webster, MA.
When: October 7th, 2023
Where:
St. Joseph School
47 Whitcomb St.
Webster, MA 01570
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