Presenters
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Patricia Weitzel-O'Neill, Ph. D., is the Executive Director of the Barbara and Patrick Roche Center for Catholic Education, Lynch School of Education, Boston College. She is responsible for the work of the Center, focusing on research, professional development, and advocacy, both locally and nationally. In particular, she serves on the leadership team for the Two-Way Immersion Network for Catholic Schools (TWIN-CS), and actively supports the work of this unique national program.
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Ronny O'Dwyer, SJ
Father Ronald R. O’Dwyer, S.J. is a clinical faculty member in the Institute for Catholic Education at St. Louis University and director of the Billiken Teacher Corps (BTC). The BTC places talented college graduates as teachers in underserved Catholic schools for two years. During that time, these individuals earn a graduate degree in education with full tuition remission. The BTC members live together in an intentional faith community focused on spiritual and personal formation in the Catholic, Jesuit tradition. Ordained to the priesthood in 2015, Father O’Dwyer holds graduate degrees in Philosophy and Catholic School Leadership and a Licentiate in Sacred Theology from Boston College. He has served as a Theology instructor and director of student activities at De Smet Jesuit High School, St. Louis, Missouri, where he received an excellence in teaching award. Most recently he served as assistant pastor of St. Peter Claver Parish, Punta Gorda, Belize, which oversees operations for over thirty village churches and rural Catholic elementary schools.
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Kristin Barstow Melley
Adam Krueckeberg
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