Maryland Catholic Women’s Conference 2021

Cost: $45 (lunch included); $30 for attendees ages 25 and under; Religious Sisters Free

Doors open at 8am.
Mass will be celebrated by Bishop Adam Parker at 9am.
Sacrament of Reconciliation will be available before Mass and during lunchtime.
Adoration will be available throughout the day. We will close our day with Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament together.

Keynote Speakers

Katie Prejean McGrady is an award-winning author, host of The Katie McGrady Show on Sirius XM, and writer contributing to Blessed is She, Catholic News Service, and various diocesan publications around the world. Katie studied Theology at the University of Dallas and the Augustine Institute and lives in Lake Charles, LA with her husband and daughters.

Sister Mary Madeline Todd, O.P., S.T.D., a Dominican Sister of the Congregation of Saint Cecilia, serves as Chair of the Philosophy Department at Mount de Sales Academy and Instructor in Theology at Aquinas College in Nashville. Sister earned her doctorate at the Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas in Rome and a Master of Arts in English from the University of Memphis. Her dissertation was on Christ, The Liberator of Woman, a study of the theology of Mulieris Dignitatem in light of current questions. Sister Mary Madeline writes on spiritual and moral theology, including contributions to the books Promise and Challenge, Beautiful Mercy, and Pope Francis and the Event of Encounter. Her articles and reflections have been published in L’Osservatore Romano, The Catechetical Review, and the National Catholic Register. She has spoken on both theological and literary topics internationally, including presenting for the Towards an Integral Feminine Theology Conference in Rome, the Catholic Women’s Forum Symposium in Washington DC, and the St. Clement Center for Ecumenical Dialogue in Kiev, Ukraine. Sister currently serves on the Boards of Directors for the GIVEN Institute and St. Agnes Catholic School. Her retreat and parish mission ministry has been a graced opportunity to share the light of Christ’s merciful love from Australia to Alaska.