Speaking Opportunities

Kevin Ahern is available for speaking engagements and workshops for parishes, schools, and organizations on themes relating to Catholic social teaching, social ethics, moral theology, global governance, and organizational life. Please contact Kevin for more information.

Recent (non-academic) presentations and workshops include:

• Workshop on Pope Francis’ Laudato Si’ to the DENA Youth Summer Assembly, 7/16/18. (Manhattan College).
• Workshop on Student Organizing at The Catholic Campus and Advocacy for Justice Conference, 4/20/18 (Iona College).
• “Building Youth Toolbox for Justice: Catholic Lay Movements,” at Holy Trinity Catholic Church, 1/27/18 (Washington, DC).
• Day workshop on “The Catholic Intellectual Tradition in Religious Formation,” at the 7th International Session of Lasallian Studies, 10/11/17 (Rome, Italy).
• Day workshop on “The Apostolic Challenge: Catholic Organizing in the Anthropocene” for the Maryknoll Lay Missionaries Orientation Program, 10/5/17 (Maryknoll, NY).
• Lecture: “Pope Francis: Finding Hope in an Age of Despair,” at Marian Woods, 9/26/17 (Hartsdale, NY).
• “Migration and Mercy in an Indifferent World,” Newman Lecture at Gettysburg College, 3/27/16 (Gettysburg, PA).
• “The Call to be People of Joy, Working for Justice in a Broken World” Saint Eulalia’s Parish 50th Anniversary Lecture, 11/14/16 (Winchester, MA).
• “Forming Consciences for Faithful Citizenship,” parish presentation at Sacred Heart Church, 10/20/16 (Bayside, NY).
• “Pope Francis and the Apostolic Potential of Religious Life,” Day-long workshop to the Archdiocesan Conference of Women Religious, 4/19/16 (Sparkill, NY).
• “Holiness on a Suffering Planet,” Presentation at St. Matthew’s Parish, 4/17/16 (Voorheesville, NY).
• “Welcoming the Stranger: A Challenge of Mercy,” Presentation to the Monastery Church of the Sacred Heart, 3/1/16 (Yonkers, NY).
• “Another World is Possible: The Ecological Challenge of Pope Francis,” Day of Reflection with the Religious of the Sacred Heart of Mary, 12/13/15 (Tarrytown, NY).
• Do Justice, Love Mercy, and Walk Humbly with God: The Prophetic Mission of Religious Life in the 21st Century, Manhattan College, 11/12/15 (Riverdale, NY).
• “Youth and Peace.” Young Generations at the Service of Mankind, Conference Organized by the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace for the 50th Anniversary of Gaudium et Spes, the Pastoral Constitution on the Church in the Modern World, 11/6/15 (Rome, Italy).
• “A Call to be Radically Apostolic,” Day-Long Presentation to the Leadership of the Sisters of Charity of New York and the Sisters of Charity of New Jersey 10/13/15 (Long Beach Island, NJ).

For a complete listing, see Dr. Ahern’s CV.